Team Summary [+]
1971 Houston Oilers
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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 251 points (17.9/g), 16th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 330 points (23.6/g), 22nd.
Differential of -79 points (-5.6/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 4.8-9.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 24th.
Simple Rating System: Total -6.7, Offense: -3.0, Defense: -3.8, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Ed Hughes(4-9-1)
Training Camp: Schreiner Institute (Kerrville, Texas)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Allen Aldridge
de · #88 · Prairie View A&M
- Willie Alexander
RCB · #19 · Alcorn State
- Bob Atkins
db · #48 · Grambling State
- Braden Beck
k · #17 · Stanford
- Jim Beirne
WR · #81 · Purdue
- Bruce Bergey
de · #83 · Glendale CC (CA); UCLA
- Elvin Bethea
RDE · #65 · North Carolina A&T
- Ron Billingsley
RDT · #82 · Wyoming
- Garland Boyette
MLB · #52 · Grambling State
- Lee Brooks
dt · #73 · Texas
- Ken Burrough
wr · #00 · Texas Southern
- Woody Campbell
RB · #35 · Northwestern
- John Charles
FS · #25 · Purdue
- Linzy Cole
KR · #87 · TCU
- Phil Croyle
lb · #59 · California
- Joe Dawkins
fb · #34 · Wisconsin
- Lynn Dickey
qb · #10 · Kansas St.
- Tom Domres
dt · #71 · Wisconsin
- Elbert Drungo
RG · #75 · Tennessee St.
- Gene Ferguson
LT · #74 · Norfolk State
- Willie Frazier
te · #83 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- Tom Funchess
lt · #66 · Jackson State
- Mac Haik
wr · #86 · Mississippi
- Pat Holmes
LDE · #79 · Texas Tech
- Robert Holmes
FB · #36 · Southern (LA)
- Andy Hopkins
rb · #28 · Stephen F. Austin State
- Ken Houston
SS/PR · #29 · Prairie View A&M
- Leroy Howard
db · #45 · Bishop
- Benny Johnson
rcb · #33 · Johnson C. Smith
- Charley Johnson
qb · #12 · Schreiner; New Mexico State
- Charlie Joiner
WR · #18 · Grambling State
- Zeke Moore
LCB · #22 · Lincoln (MO)
- Mark Moseley
K · #11 · Texas A&M; Stephen F. Austin State
- Dave Olerich
lb · #37 · San Francisco
- Dan Pastorini
QB/P · #7 · Santa Clara
- Dickie Post
hb · #2 · Houston
- Ron Pritchard
RLB · #58 · Arizona State
- Alvin Reed
TE · #89 · Prairie View A&M
- Tom Regner
g · #60 · Notre Dame
- Floyd Rice
lb · #85 · Alcorn State
- Mike Richardson
rb · #24 · SMU
- Ron Saul
lg · #64 · Michigan State
- Leroy Sledge
rb · #41 · Bakersfield J.C. (CA)
- Jerry Sturm
c · #62 · Illinois
- Walt Suggs
C · #76 · Mississippi State
- Mike Tilleman
LDT · #78 · Montana
- Ward Walsh
rb · #32 · Colorado
- Sam Walton
RT · #92 · Texas A&M-Commerce
- George Webster
LLB · #90 · Michigan State
- Bob Young
LG · #56 · Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne
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