1972 Houston Oilers 4-10 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Houston 40 59 37 43 0 179 Opponent 65 68 76 99 0 308 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 179 308 0-1 23 @Denver 35 First Downs 217 285 0-2 3 @Miami 55 Rush 92 138 0-3 16 New York(A) 20 Pass 105 132 0-4 3 Oakland 27 Pen 20 15 0-5 0 @Pittsburgh 34 Penalties 65 76 0-6 9 Cleveland 13 Yards 552 640 0-7 17 @Cincinnati 20 1-7 20 @Cleveland 11 Rushing Att 449 540 2-7 23 Philadelphia 6 Yards 1935 2449 2-8 10 Green Bay 27 Ave 4.3 4.5 2-9 10 @San Diego 20 TD 9 21 2-10 7 @Atlanta 22 3-10 12 Pittsburgh 9 Passing Att 334 310 4-10 26 Cincinnati 9 Comp 159 178 % 47.6 57.4 Int 19 5 % 5.7 1.6 TD 6 10 % 1.8 3.2 Yards 2025 2423 Sacked 40 26 Punt Return 32 26 Yards 146 205 Ave 4.6 7.9 Kick Return 68 50 Yards 1347 1020 Ave 19.8 20.4 Punts 54 57 Yards 2192 2249 Ave 40.6 39.5 FG Att 30 34 Made 23 28 % 76.7 82.4 Third Downs 180 183 Made 61 71 % 33.9 38.8 Fourth Downs 18 16 Made 5 15 % 27.8 93.8 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 21 28 Lost 9 10 Turnovers 28 15 Net Offense 3680 4692 Per Play 4.5 5.4 1972 Houston Oilers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Willis 145 641 4.4 13 32 42 3 Willis 33 5 307 9.3 0 18 22 0 Robinson,P 120 581 4.8 12 30 30 3 Smith,D 30 2 376 12.5 2 20 31 1 Rodgers 73 243 3.3 3 13 15 3 Burrough 27 3 442 16.4 6 22 39 3 Granger 41 180 4.4 5 7 17 0 Reed 22 2 373 17.0 5 14 64 1 Pastorini 39 173 4.4 0 3 8 0 Robinson,P 13 1 130 10.0 0 9 19 0 Holmes,R 29 110 3.8 3 6 18 0 Beirne 10 0 166 16.6 2 7 51 0 Walsh 2 7 3.5 1 1 10 0 Granger 9 1 67 7.4 0 6 13 1 449 1935 4.3 37 92 42 9 Dawson,R 7 0 89 12.7 0 5 20 0 Rodgers 6 1 61 10.2 0 4 16 0 Holmes,R 2 0 14 7.0 0 0 8 0 159 15 2025 12.7 15105 64 6 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Pastorini 333 159 47.7 2025 12.7 64 26 15 19 5.7 40 6 1.8 49.4 Willis 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 334 159 47.6 2025 12.7 64 26 15 19 5.7 40 6 1.8 49.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Butler 16 14 87.5 30 23 76.7 50.0 50.0 50 83 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Pastorini 54 2192 58 1 1 14 26 205 36.4 40.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jolley 13 288 22.2 80 0 Johnson,A 3 0 3 1.0 6 0 Johnson,A 5 109 21.8 31 0 Houston 29 13 143 4.9 24 0 Rodgers 29 602 20.8 34 0 32 13 146 4.6 24 0 Johnson,B 20 338 16.9 30 0 Granger 1 10 10.0 10 0 Murdock 1 0 0.0 0 0 68 1347 19.8 80 0 Fumbles Pastorin 8 Houston 2 Reed 1 Burrough 1 Rodgers 6 Willis 2 Johnson, 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Bethea 10 Bethea 15 Bethea 21 Houston 10 Tilleman 4 Bethea 5 Holmes,P 6 Holmes,P 7 Rice 8 Alexande 7 Charles 3 Boyette 2 Tilleman 5 Brooks 3 Tilleman 6 Charles 4 Houston 3 Billings 2 Brooks 3 Billings 1 Brooks 5 Bethea 4 Bethea 3 Murdock 2 Boyette 1 Holmes,P 5 Brooks 3 Boyette 2 Rodgers 2 Billings 1 Boyette 4 Johnson, 3 Rice 2 Holmes,P 1 Croyle 2 Moore,Z 3 Sampson 2 Johnson, 1 Lewis,R 1 Rice 3 Holmes,P 2 Brooks 1 Atkins 1 Croyle 1 Brooks 1 Pastorin 1 Billings 1 Holmes,P 1 Moore,Z 1 Reed 1 Boyette 1 Billings 1 Rice 1 Tilleman 1 Roberts, 1 Robinson 1 Rudolph 1 Carr,L 1 Dawson,R 1 Saul 1 Atkins 1 Tackles Houston 124 Alexande 61 Charles 44 Tolbert 18 Sampson 9 Lewis,R 2 Bethea 101 Tilleman 58 Johnson, 34 Atkins 17 Moore,Z 8 Boyette 78 Croyle 50 Brooks 31 Rudolph 14 Dawson,R 7 Rice 74 Holmes,P 48 Billings 25 Roberts, 10 Aldridge 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Charles 2 20 10.0 13 0 Atkins 1 10 10.0 10 0 Bethea 1 0 0.0 0 0 Alexander 1 12 12.0 12 0 5 42 8.4 13 0 1972 Houston Oilers Coach:Bill Peterson Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Baker,Ed 2 O 2 1 QB Nix,Kent 4 O 2 1 QB Pastorini,Dan 5 O 2 2 P Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Granger,Hoyle 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Holmes,Robert 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Johnson,Al 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Jolley,Lewis 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Robinson,Paul 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Rodgers,Willie 1 0 5 B 4 2 KR RB Walsh,Ward 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Willis,Fred 1 0 4 B 3 3 WR Burrough,Ken 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Dawson,Rhett 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Smith,Dave 0 0 2 O 1 1 TE Reed,Alvin 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE-WR Beirne,Jim 2 0 3 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Freelon,Soloman 4 4 5 G Miller,Ralph 3 3 2 G Regner,Tom 5 5 5 G Saul,Ron 5 5 4 T Carr,Lavert 6 6 5 T Ferguson,Gene 3 3 2 T Funchess,Tom 5 5 5 C Hunt,Calvin 3 3 3 C Murdock,Guy 5 5 5 C-T Highsmith,Buzz 3 3 3 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Billingsley,Ron 3 2 0 1 2 DT Brooks,Lee 4 3 0 1 4 DT Tilleman,Mike 5 4 0 1 5 DL Holmes,Pat 4 2 0 2 5 KR DL Sampson,Greg 3 2 0 1 5 DE Aldridge,Allen 3 2 0 1 2 DE Bethea,Elvin 8 5 0 3 5 DE Rudolph,Council 3 2 0 1 5 ILB Boyette,Garland 4 2 2 0 5 ILB Lewis,Rich 3 2 1 0 3 OLB Croyle,Phil 4 2 2 0 4 OLB Rice,Floyd 4 2 2 0 5 OLB Roberts,Guy 3 2 1 0 2 CB Alexander,Willie 6 0 6 0 5 CB Johnson,Benny 4 0 4 0 5 KR CB Moore,Zeke 5 0 5 0 4 RET CB Tolbert,Jim 3 0 3 0 2 S Atkins,Bob 4 1 3 0 5 S Charles,John 4 1 3 0 4 S Houston,Ken 9 1 8 0 5 PR Special Teams K-P Butler,Skip K Moseley,Mark