1975 Houston Oilers: 10-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (139 points scored, 117 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (154 points scored, 109 allowed) Head Coach: Bum Phillips 293 points scored (12th of 26 teams), 226 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 165 347 1,869 (23) 5.00 14 17 526 2,068 (12) 3.9 14 3,937 (19) 34 Defense: 235 409 2,457 (17) 5.41 14 24 498 1,680 ( 3) 3.4 13 4,137 (12) 43
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 14 6'4 210 27 6 Texas Southern 2 Skip Butler K 14 6'2 200 28 5 Texas-Arlington 4 David Beverly P 2 6'2 182 25 2 Auburn 7 Dan Pastorini QB 14 6'3 205 26 5 Santa Clara 10 Lynn Dickey QB 14 6'4 210 26 4 Kansas State 17 Elmo Wright WR 2 6'0 190 26 5 Houston 19 Willie Alexander DB 14 6'2 190 26 5 Alcorn State 20 Billy Parks WR 10 6'1 190 27 5 Long Beach State 22 Zeke Moore DB 14 6'2 197 31 9 Lincoln (Mo.) 27 Greg Stemrick DB 11 5'11 185 24 1 Colorado State 29 Willie Germany DB 14 6'0 192 27 3 Morgan State 30 Don Hardeman RB 13 6'2 235 23 R Texas A&I 33 Mark Cotney DB 14 5'11 200 23 R Cameron 34 Willie Rodgers RB 14 6'0 210 26 3 Kentucky State 36 Robert Holmes RB 14 5'9 220 30 7 Southern 38 C.L. Whittington DB 14 6'1 200 23 2 Prairie View A&M 44 Fred Willis RB 13 6'0 205 27 5 Boston College 47 Ronnie Coleman RB 14 5'10 195 24 2 Alabama A&M 48 Bob Atkins DB 14 6'3 210 29 8 Grambling 50 Duane Benson LB 4 6'2 220 30 9 Hamline 51 Ted Thompson LB 14 6'1 215 22 R Southern Methodist 52 Robert Brazile LB 14 6'4 235 22 R Jackson State 53 Fred Hoaglin C 14 6'4 250 31 10 Pittsburgh 54 Gregg Bingham LB 14 6'1 230 24 3 Purdue 55 Ralph Cindrich LB 4 6'1 230 26 4 Pittsburgh 56 Guy Roberts LB 14 6'1 220 25 4 Maryland 57 Steve Kiner LB 14 6'0 220 28 5 Tennessee 58 Carl Mauck C 14 6'3 245 28 7 Southern Illinois 59 Ted Washington LB 14 6'1 240 27 3 Mississippi Valley State 60 Ed Fisher OG 14 6'3 245 26 2 Arizona State 64 Ron Saul OG 14 6'2 250 27 6 Michigan State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 14 6'3 255 29 8 North Carolina A&T 70 Conway Hayman OG 14 6'3 262 26 1 Delaware 72 Kevin Hunt OT 13 6'5 260 26 4 Doane 73 Greg Sampson OT 14 6'6 270 25 4 Stanford 75 Elbert Drungo OT 13 6'5 265 32 6 Tennessee State 77 Bubba Smith DE 12 6'7 265 30 8 Michigan State 78 Curley Culp DT 14 6'1 265 29 8 Arizona State 79 Jim White DE 14 6'3 255 27 3 Colorado State 80 John Little DT 14 6'3 250 28 6 Oklahoma State 81 John Sawyer TE 8 6'2 230 22 R Southern Mississippi 82 Mack Alston TE 13 6'2 230 28 6 Maryland Eastern Shore 83 Willie Frazier TE 5 6'4 235 33 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 Billy Johnson WR 14 5'9 170 23 2 Widener 85 Tody Smith DE 13 6'5 250 26 5 Southern California 86 Nate Hawkins WR 11 6'1 190 25 1 Nevada-Las Vegas 87 Emmett Edwards WR 11 6'1 187 23 R Kansas 88 Jim Beirne WR 6 6'2 206 29 8 Purdue
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Pastorini 342 163 47.7 2,053 6.00 12.6 14 4.1 16 4.7 24 210 61.0 Lynn Dickey 4 2 50.0 46 11.50 23.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 3 20 52.1 Ronnie Coleman 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ken Burrough 53 1,063 20.1 8 Billy Johnson 37 393 10.6 1 Fred Willis 20 104 5.2 0 Mack Alston 18 165 9.2 4 Ronnie Coleman 18 129 7.2 0 John Sawyer 7 144 20.6 1 Don Hardeman 5 10 2.0 0 Emmett Edwards 2 22 11.0 0 Nate Hawkins 1 32 32.0 0 Jim Beirne 1 15 15.0 0 Willie Frazier 1 9 9.0 0 Billy Parks 1 8 8.0 0 Robert Holmes 1 5 5.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ronnie Coleman 175 790 4.5 5 Don Hardeman 166 648 3.9 5 Fred Willis 118 420 3.6 2 Dan Pastorini 23 97 4.2 1 Willie Rodgers 18 55 3.1 1 Robert Holmes 19 42 2.2 0 Billy Johnson 5 17 3.4 0 Lynn Dickey 1 3 3.0 0 Emmett Edwards 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Billy Johnson 33 798 24.2 1 Mark Cotney 10 189 18.9 0 Ronnie Coleman 8 149 18.6 0 Willie Rodgers 1 13 13.0 0 C.L. Whittington 1 0 0.0 0 Ted Thompson 1 -5 -5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Billy Johnson 40 612 15.3 1 3 Mark Cotney 2 8 4.0 1 0 Ronnie Coleman 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 LB Robert Brazile 147 Jackson State [pick acquired from KC] 1 15 RB Don Hardeman 64 Texas A&I 2 40 WR Emmett Edwards 20 Kansas 6 146 DE Jesse O'Neal Grambling 7 162 OT Mike Biehle Miami (Ohio) [pick acquired from KC] 7 171 DB Mark Cotney 127 Cameron (Ok.) 8 196 DT Jerry Lawrence South Dakota State 9 221 TE Bob Bruer 68 Mankato State 10 246 K Alan Pringle 1 Rice 11 271 TE John Sawyer 110 Southern Mississippi 12 302 WR Willie Miller 77 Colorado State 13 327 WR Ricky Scales Virginia Tech 14 352 OG Jody Medford Rice 15 377 RB Jack Holmes 64 Texas Southern 16 402 DB Ken Lambert Virginia 17 427 C Ricky Seeker Texas A&M
Traded draft picks: #3 to ATL (Woody Thompson), #4 to DAL (Pat Donovan), #5 to BUF via OAK (John McCrumbly)
Transactions:
| 04-1975 | traded a draft pick to Eagles for Charlie Ford |
| 04-10-1975 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Chiefs for Morris Stroud |
| 05-29-1975 | traded the rights to Booker Brown and compensation rights to Benny Johnson to Chargers for Carl Mauck |
| 06-17-1975 | traded Houston's #12 pick in the 1976 draft to Chargers for Jerry LeVias |
| 07-16-1975 | traded Willie Miller to Browns for Cleveland's #12 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 07-18-1975 | traded Al Cowlings to Colts for a #3 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 08-05-1975 | traded Jeff Severson to Broncos for Denver's #7 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 08-05-1975 | traded Houston's #7 pick in the 1976 draft to Patriots for Bob Adams |
| 08-24-1975 | signed Elmo Wright from Chiefs as a free agent |
| 08-26-1975 | Chargers claimed George Amundson on waivers |
| 09-13-1975 | sent Houston's #5 and Green Bay's #6 pick in the 1976 draft, and Houston's #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Chiefs as compensation for free agent Elmo Wright |
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 at New England Patriots W 7-0 1-0-0 09/28/75 vs San Diego Chargers W 33-17 2-0-0 10/05/75 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 19-21 2-1-0 10/12/75 at Cleveland Browns W 40-10 3-1-0 10/19/75 vs Washington Redskins W 13-10 4-1-0 10/26/75 vs Detroit Lions W 24-8 5-1-0 11/02/75 at Kansas City Chiefs W 17-13 6-1-0 11/09/75 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17-24 6-2-0 11/16/75 vs Miami Dolphins W 20-19 7-2-0 11/24/75 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 9-32 7-3-0 11/30/75 at Cincinnati Bengals L 19-23 7-4-0 12/07/75 at San Francisco 49ers W 27-13 8-4-0 12/14/75 at Oakland Raiders W 27-26 9-4-0 12/21/75 vs Cleveland Browns W 21-10 10-4-0