1970 Houston Oilers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Wally Lemm (3-10-1)
Location: Houston, Texas
1970 Houston Oilers StatisticsTeam Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Wally Lemm (3-10-1)
Location: Houston, Texas
1970 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 3 wins and 10 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Houston racked up 217 points, while the leaky defense allowed 352. Charley Johnson passed for 1,652 yards, and Jerry Rhome spent time under center, too. Alvin Reed hauled in 47 passes for 604 yards, while Jerry LeVias provided receiving help also.
Joe Dawkins ran for a team-leading 517 yards for the Oilers.
Zeke Moore picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Wally Lemm coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Bob Atkins | DB | April 2, 1946 | 6'3" | 215 | Grambling St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 61 | Hank Autry | C | May 2, 1947 | 6'3" | 240 | Southern Miss | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | Jim Beirne | WR-TE | October 15, 1946 | 6'2" | 206 | Purdue | McKeesport, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | RDE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Garland Boyette | MLB | March 22, 1940 | 6'1" | 238 | Grambling St. | Rayville, LA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 73 | Lee Brooks | DT | December 7, 1947 | 6'5" | 261 | Texas | Shidler, OK USA | 13 | 0 |
| 35 | Woody Campbell | RB | September 26, 1944 | 5'10" | 204 | Northwestern | Mount Pleasant, FL USA | 6 | 0 |
| 84 | Donnie Davis | WR-TE | September 18, 1940 | 6'3" | 225 | Southern | Opelousas, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | Joe Dawkins | FB | January 27, 1948 | 6'0" | 223 | Wisconsin | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 71 | Tom Domres | RDT | October 19, 1946 | 6'3" | 260 | Wisconsin | Marshfield, WI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 75 | Elbert Drungo | RG | April 30, 1943 | 6'5" | 265 | Tennessee St. | Columbus, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Roy Gerela | K | April 2, 1948 | 5'10" | 185 | New Mexico St. | Sarrail, AB Canada | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | Hoyle Granger | RB | March 7, 1944 | 6'1" | 225 | Mississippi St. | Oberlin, LA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 62 | Ken Gray | LG | March 10, 1936 | 6'2" | 245 | Howard Payne | San Saba, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
| 86 | Mac Haik | WR | January 19, 1946 | 6'1" | 195 | Mississippi | Meridian, MS USA | 13 | 0 |
| 88 | Claude Harvey | LB | March 27, 1948 | 6'4" | 225 | Prairie View | Willis, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 78 | Glen Hines | RT | October 26, 1943 | 6'5" | 265 | Arkansas | El Dorado, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 79 | Pat Holmes | LDE | August 3, 1940 | 6'5" | 255 | Texas Tech | Durant, OK USA | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Roy Hopkins | RB | February 18, 1945 | 6'1" | 235 | Texas Southern | Gilmer, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 29 | Ken Houston | SS | November 12, 1944 | 6'3" | 197 | Prairie View | Lufkin, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | Benny Johnson | DB | June 29, 1948 | 5'11" | 178 | Johnson C. Smith | Fort Valley, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Charley Johnson | QB | November 22, 1938 | 6'1" | 200 | Schreiner College | Big Spring, TX USA | 10 | 10 |
| 18 | Charlie Joiner | WR | October 14, 1947 | 5'11" | 188 | Grambling St. | Many, LA USA | 9 | 8 |
| 11 | Spike Jones | P | July 9, 1947 | 6'2" | 197 | Georgia | Louisville, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Jerry LeVias | KR | September 5, 1946 | 5'9" | 177 | SMU | Beaumont, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 37 | Jess Lewis | LB | July 28, 1947 | 6'1" | 230 | Oregon St. | Aumsville, OR USA | 10 | 0 |
| 50 | Bobby Maples | C | December 28, 1942 | 6'3" | 250 | Baylor | Mount Vernon, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 41 | Leroy Mitchell | LCB | September 22, 1944 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas Southern | Wharton, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | Zeke Moore | RCB | December 2, 1943 | 6'3" | 198 | Lincoln (MO) | Tuskegee, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Spain Musgrove | DE-DT | July 30, 1945 | 6'4" | 275 | Utah St. | Kansas City, MO USA | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | Bob Naponic | QB | March 9, 1947 | 6'0" | 190 | Illinois | Greensburg, PA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | Willie Parker | LDT | March 12, 1945 | 6'3" | 275 | Ark-Pine Bluff | Bastrop, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Johnny Peacock | FS | March 2, 1947 | 6'1" | 200 | Houston | Austin, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 58 | Ron Pritchard | RLB | April 9, 1947 | 6'1" | 235 | Arizona St. | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Alvin Reed | TE | August 1, 1944 | 6'5" | 235 | Prairie View | Kilgore, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 60 | Tom Regner | G | April 19, 1944 | 6'1" | 235 | Notre Dame | Kenosha, WI USA | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Jerry Rhome | QB | March 6, 1942 | 6'0" | 190 | SMU | Dallas, TX USA | 13 | 4 |
| 24 | Mike Richardson | RB | December 8, 1946 | 5'11" | 196 | SMU | Fort Worth, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Ron Saul | G | February 5, 1948 | 6'2" | 255 | Michigan St. | Butler, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 39 | Tommie Smiley | RB | February 18, 1944 | 6'1" | 235 | Arizona | Port Arthur, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 69 | Terry Stoepel | TE | February 8, 1945 | 6'4" | 235 | Tulsa | Cincinnati, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 76 | Walt Suggs | LT | May 15, 1939 | 6'5" | 260 | Mississippi St. | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Olen Underwood | LLB | May 25, 1942 | 6'1" | 220 | Texas | Holly Grove, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 53 | Loyd Wainscott | LB | October 26, 1946 | 6'2" | 235 | Texas | Texas City, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
| 90 | George Webster | LB | November 25, 1945 | 6'4" | 220 | Michigan St. | Anderson, SC USA | 7 | 0 |
| 63 | Doug Wilkerson | G | March 27, 1947 | 6'3" | 253 | North Carolina Central | Fayetteville, NC USA | 9 | 0 |
| 87 | Paul Zaeske | WR | December 4, 1945 | 6'2" | 200 | North Park | Sioux City, IA USA | 5 | 0 |
