1970 Houston Oilers season

1970 Houston Oilers season
Head coach Wally Lemm
Results
Record 3–10–1
Division place 4th AFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1970 Houston Oilers season was the 11th season overall and its first as part of the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–6–2, winning only three games.[1] The Oilers would start out the season winning 2 of its first 3 games, both road wins against the Steelers and Bengals. However, the Oilers would struggle the rest of the season, as they would go 0-6-1 following the 2-1 start. They would only win one more game the entire season, a 31-21 win over the Denver Broncos, before losing their final 3 games of the season to finish the season 3-10-1. They missed the playoffs for the 2nd time in 3 seasons.

Offseason

NFL draft

1970 Houston Oilers draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 14 Doug Wilkerson *  Guard North Carolina Central
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[2]

Roster

Houston Oilers roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 36 Roy Hopkins

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen
  • 62 Ken Gary G
  • 69 Terry Stoepel

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 20, 1970 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 19–7
45,538
2 September 27, 1970 Miami Dolphins L 20–10
39,840
3 October 4, 1970 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20–13
55,094
4 October 11, 1970 Baltimore Colts L 24–20
48,050
5 October 18, 1970 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–3
42,799
6 October 25, 1970 at San Diego Chargers T 31–31
41,427
7 November 1, 1970 at St. Louis Cardinals L 44–0
47,911
8 November 8, 1970 at Kansas City Chiefs L 24–9
49,810
9 November 15, 1970 San Francisco 49ers L 30–20
43,040
10 November 22, 1970 at Cleveland Browns L 28–14
74,723
11 November 29, 1970 Denver Broncos W 31–21
35,733
12 December 7, 1970 Cleveland Browns L 21–10
50,582
13 December 13, 1970 Cincinnati Bengals L 30–20
34,435
14 December 20, 1970 at Dallas Cowboys L 52–10
50,504

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cincinnati Bengals 8 6 0 .571 3–3 7–4 312 255 W7
Cleveland Browns 7 7 0 .500 4–2 7–4 286 265 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 9 0 .357 3–3 5–6 210 272 L3
Houston Oilers 3 10 1 .231 2–4 3–7–1 217 352 L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ↑ 1970 Houston Oilers
  2. ↑ "1970 Houston Oilers draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
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