Seahawks Off-Season Trivia Question...

[BlueThunder]

The Question:

In 1977, who did the Houston Oilers select with the future 8th round draft pick they received from the trade with the Seattle Seahawks in 1976 in exchange for Steve Largent?

Bonus points if you can give a brief career history of said player.

Your prize will be a heartfelt "Attaboy", and the shear pride you will feel from your internet search awesomeness.... 8) :lol:

P.S. I'll use a larger font on the "Attaboy" if you said you knew it from memory....

 

[BlueTalon]

Something like that isn't an internet search contest (or it shouldn't be).

I have no idea. Great question.

 

[razgriz737]

Eddie Foster? I have no idea.

 

[BlueThunder]

Still kinda waiting for Hawkstorian to strut his stuff here....

 

[v1rotv2]

Steve Davis.

 

[BlueThunder]

So is it Eddie Foster or Steve Davis? Cut and paste your research... One of the two is correct...

 

[400WattHPSHawk]

So is it Eddie Foster or Steve Davis? Cut and paste your research...

Suprised it's taken this long.

 

[BlueThunder]

So is it Eddie Foster or Steve Davis? Cut and paste your research...

Suprised it's taken this long.

(Judge Smails from Caddyshack) "Wellll.... We're Waiting!"......

 

[razgriz737]

I googled "Houston Oilers 1977 Roster" and clicked this link:

http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/roste ... l/1977-hou

Then I clicked all of the rookies and saw which one was drafted in the 8th round. I have the feeling that I'm completely overlooking something though, haha.

 

[BlueThunder]

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[Hawkstorian]

Great question, I have no idea ... although to be fair it is more Houston Trivia than Seattle.

 

[Hawkstorian]

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2 ... 70,4408408

Steve Davis was cut, I can't tell if he ever played anywhere else.

 

[BlueThunder]

I'm not giving in, just 'cause I seemed to have actually posted a good stumper... I'll wait to hear a definitive answer from here first before I divulge where I learned the answer...

 

[razgriz737]

It's Steve Davis. v1rotv2 got it.

 

[3Girls'HawkDad]

Trick question - No such team as Houston Oilers

 

[nsport]

Steve Davis - yes indeed. But no career stats: http://www.nfl.com/player/stevedavis/25 ... areerstats

 

[BlueThunder]

It's Steve Davis. v1rotv2 got it.

DING DING DING DING!!!!! Congrats and "Attaboy" V1rotv2.

I found the answer when I stumbled across this article on the internet:

http://www.texnews.com/texsports97/oilers063097.html

And the clip from that article?

- Steve Largent. The Oilers drafted the Tulsa receiver in the fourth round in 1976, then marked him for waivers in training camp. With a shrug, they traded him to Seattle for an eighth-round pick the following year. The Oilers used that pick to draft Steve Davis, a wide receiver from Georgia. Davis didn't make the team. Largent, the NFL's all-time leading receiver when he retired, made the Hall of Fame.


Here are Mr. Steve Davis' Awesome stats! I'm sure Oiler fans were thrilled about ten years into Largent's career with the 'Hawks... :lol:

Steve Davis:

1977: Jack Shit, and cut in pre-season. Biggest robbery in NFL History, IMO.

Steve Largent:

Receiving

Year Team G Rec Yds Avg Yds/G Lng TD 20+ 40+ 1st FUM

1989 Seattle Seahawks 10 28 403 14.4 40.3 33 3 -- -- -- --

1988 Seattle Seahawks 15 39 645 16.5 43.0 46 2 -- -- -- --

1987 Seattle Seahawks 13 58 912 15.7 70.2 55 8 -- -- -- --

1986 Seattle Seahawks 16 70 1,070 15.3 66.9 38T 9 -- -- -- --

1985 Seattle Seahawks 16 79 1,287 16.3 80.4 43 6 -- -- -- --

1984 Seattle Seahawks 16 74 1,164 15.7 72.8 65 12 -- -- -- --

1983 Seattle Seahawks 15 72 1,074 14.9 71.6 46T 11 -- -- -- --

1982 Seattle Seahawks 8 34 493 14.5 61.6 45 3 -- -- -- --

1981 Seattle Seahawks 16 75 1,224 16.3 76.5 57T 9 -- -- -- --

1980 Seattle Seahawks 16 66 1,064 16.1 66.5 67T 6 -- -- -- --

1979 Seattle Seahawks 15 66 1,237 18.7 82.5 55T 9 -- -- -- --

1978 Seattle Seahawks 16 71 1,168 16.5 73.0 57T 8 -- -- -- --

1977 Seattle Seahawks 14 33 643 19.5 45.9 74T 10 -- -- -- --

1976 Seattle Seahawks 14 54 705 13.1 50.4 45 4 -- -- -- --

TOTAL 200 819 13,089 16.0 65.4 74 100 0 0 0 0

Ooooh, that's gotta hoit! Sorry Houston!

 

[Evil_Shenanigans]

I am in awe!