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Record: 1 - 13 (pythagorean: 1 - 13, .084) Coaching: Bill Peterson 1 - 13 1972 Pro Bowl Players: DE - Elvin Bethea S - Ken Houston 1972 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-6 (6) - Gregory Sampson, Stanford, DE   3-4 (56) - Lewis Jolley, North Carolina, RB   3-23 (75) - Solomon Freelon, Grambling, G   6-4 (134) - Joe Bullard, Tulane, DB   6-6 (136) - Elmer Allen, Mississippi, LB   7-6 (162) - Eric Hutchinson, Northwestern, DB   8-5 (187) - Guy Roberts, Maryland, LB   9-4 (212) - Willie Postler, Montana, T   10-6 (240) - Rhett Dawson, Florida State, WR   10-25 (259) - Jimmy Butler, Tulsa, TE   11-4 (264) - Ron Evans, Baylor, T   12-4 (290) - Willie Rodgers, Kentucky State, RB   13-6 (318) - Willie Roberts, Houston, DB   14-5 (343) - Gary Crockett, Lamar, C   16-6 (396) - Guy Murdock, Michigan, C   17-5 (421) - Kelly Cochrane, Miami (FL), QB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 HOO 17 at DEN 30 Week 2 HOO 13 at MIA 34 Week 3 NYJ 20 at HOO 16 Week 4 OAK 34 at HOO 0 Week 5 HOO 7 at PIT 24 Week 6 CLE 23 at HOO 17 Week 7 HOO 7 at CIN 30 Week 8 HOO 0 at CLE 20 Week 9 PHI 18 at HOO 17 Week 10 GNB 23 at HOO 10 Week 11 HOO 20 at SDG 34 Week 12 HOO 10 at ATL 20 Week 13 PIT 9 at HOO 3 Week 14 CIN 61 at HOO 17
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 164 3191 18 80 88 15 183   375 181 2045 10 23 45 372   397 1518 7   66 581 30 10 -- DEFENSE 380 4734 40 147 100 16 263   324 174 2315 12 6 24 172   546 2591 23   79 741 29 -- 18     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 34 163 0   OPP: 31 299 1   OWN: 54 1093 0   OPP: 28 547 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 85 3486 0 1 0   OPP: 61 2569   OWN: 17 18 13 21   OPP: 39 40 33 40
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Dan Pastorini 14 299 144 48.2 1711 5.72 7 12 37 310 57.1   38 205 5.4 2 17   0 0 0.0 0 0 Kent Nix 12 63 33 52.4 287 4.56 3 6 6 45 41.0   3 3 1.0 0 5   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ed Baker 1 10 4 40.0 47 4.70 0 4 2 17 15.4   1 9 9.0 0 9   0 0 0.0 0 0 Fred Willis 8 3 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0.0   92 334 3.6 0 43   36 251 7.0 2 27 Paul Robinson 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   86 355 4.1 3 30t   14 112 8.0 0 24 Willie Rodgers 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   71 204 2.9 2 14   6 61 10.2 0 15 Robert Holmes 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   43 172 4.0 0 18   6 32 5.3 0 13 Hoyle Granger 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   42 175 4.2 0 14   15 74 4.9 0 20 Al Johnson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   11 13 1.2 0 7   6 24 4.0 0 16 Ward Walsh 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   8 36 4.5 0 14   4 22 5.5 0 16 Charlie Joiner 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 12 6.0 0 9   16 306 19.1 2 82t Ken Burrough 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   26 521 20.0 4 80t Dave Smith 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   20 218 10.9 0 24 Alvin Reed 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   19 251 13.2 0 29 Jim Beirne 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 95 13.6 1 19 Rhett Dawson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 78 13.0 1 20   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Ken Houston 14 25 148 5.9 7 33 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Zeke Moore 8 7 15 2.1 2 19 0   1 22 22.0 22 0 Al Johnson 14 2 0 0.0 1 0 0   7 154 22.0 28 0 Willie Rodgers 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   17 335 19.7 32 0 Benny Johnson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   13 230 17.7 29 0 Lewis Jolley 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   11 267 24.3 43 0 Robert Holmes 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 39 19.5 21 0 Linzy Cole 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 41 20.5 21 0 Hoyle Granger 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 5 5.0 5 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Skip Butler 13 3 105 47 0 0 0 0.0 35.0   3/3 3/5 3/4 3/6 0/1 49 12 19 15 16 Mark Moseley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 1/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 20 1 2 2 2 Dan Pastorini 14 82 3381 63 1 0 0 0.0 41.2   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Willie Alexander 14 0.0 0   1 16 16 0 Bob Atkins 14 0.0 0   2 37 34 0 Benny Johnson 14 0.0 0   1 34 34 0 John Charles 13 0.0 0   2 6 6 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Allen Aldridge 8 1 0 0 -25 0 Willie Alexander 14 0 0 2 27 0 Bob Atkins 14 0 0 1 0 0 Ed Baker 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Beirne 10 0 0 0 0 0 Elvin Bethea 14 0 0 5 0 0 Ron Billingsley 4 0 0 1 0 0 Garland Boyette 14 0 0 1 0 0 Leo Brooks 12 0 0 1 0 0 Ken Burrough 14 0 0 0 0 0 Skip Butler 13 0 1 0 0 0 Levert Carr 14 0 0 0 0 0 John Charles 13 0 0 0 0 0 Linzy Cole 2 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Croyle 12 0 0 0 0 0 Rhett Dawson 14 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Solomon Freelon 14 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Funchess 14 0 0 0 0 0 Hoyle Granger 13 2 0 0 0 0 Wally Highsmith 9 0 0 0 0 0 Pat Holmes 14 0 1 0 0 0 Robert Holmes 6 0 1 0 0 0 Ken Houston 14 2 2 2 24 0 Calvin Hunt 10 0 2 0 0 0 Al Johnson 14 2 1 0 4 0 Benny Johnson 14 1 1 1 16 0 Charlie Joiner 6 1 0 0 0 0 Lewis Jolley 7 0 0 0 0 0 Rich Lewis 10 0 0 1 0 0 Ralph Miller 6 0 0 0 0 0 Zeke Moore 8 3 1 0 0 0 Mark Moseley 1 0 0 0 0 0 Guy Murdock 14 0 1 0 0 0 Kent Nix 12 3 2 0 0 0 Dan Pastorini 14 6 2 0 -10 0 Ron Pritchard 6 0 0 0 0 0 Alvin Reed 14 2 0 0 0 0 Tom Regner 14 0 1 0 0 0 Floyd Rice 14 0 0 0 0 0 Guy Roberts 7 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Robinson 8 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Rodgers 14 5 3 1 0 0 Council Rudolph 14 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Sampson 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Saul 13 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Smith 2 0 1 0 0 0 Mike Tilleman 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Tolbert 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ward Walsh 6 0 0 0 0 0 George Webster 5 0 0 2 0 0 Fred Willis 8 2 0 0 0 0

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