1976 Houston Oilers: 5-9-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (84 points scored, 100 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (138 points scored, 173 allowed) Head Coach: Bum Phillips
222 points scored (22nd of 28 teams), 273 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 227 423 2,072 (15) 4.48 17 19 416 1,498 (27) 3.6 6 3,570 (24) 33
Defense: 173 345 1,915 ( 8) 4.85 17 11 540 2,072 (16) 3.8 13 3,987 (10) 28
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College ? Mitch Hoopes P 1 6'1 210 23 2 Arizona ? Leroy Clark P 1 5'11 200 26 1 Prairie View A&M 00 Ken Burrough WR 14 6'4 210 28 7 Texas Southern 2 Skip Butler K 14 6'2 200 29 6 Texas-Arlington 7 Dan Pastorini QB 13 6'3 205 27 6 Santa Clara 15 Al Johnson RB 14 6'0 200 26 4 Cincinnati 18 Melvin Baker WR 8 6'0 182 26 3 Texas Southern 19 Willie Alexander DB 12 6'2 195 27 6 Alcorn State 21 John Hadl QB 14 6'2 215 36 15 Kansas 22 Zeke Moore DB 14 6'2 195 32 10 Lincoln (Mo.) 27 Greg Stemrick DB 14 5'11 185 25 2 Colorado State 28 Mike Weger DB 4 6'2 200 31 9 Bowling Green 30 Don Hardeman RB 13 6'2 235 24 2 Texas A&I 33 Joe Dawkins RB 14 5'11 220 28 7 Wisconsin 37 Mike Reinfeldt DB 11 6'2 178 23 1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 38 C.L. Whittington DB 14 6'1 200 24 3 Prairie View A&M 40 Ken Ellis DB 1 5'10 190 29 7 Southern 42 Altie Taylor RB 11 5'10 200 29 8 Utah State 44 Fred Willis RB 13 6'0 205 28 6 Boston College 47 Ronnie Coleman RB 13 5'10 198 25 3 Alabama A&M 48 Bob Atkins DB 14 6'3 210 30 9 Grambling 49 Sam Williams DB 4 6'2 192 24 3 California 50 Duane Benson LB 14 6'2 225 31 10 Hamline 51 Ted Thompson LB 14 6'1 220 23 2 Southern Methodist 52 Robert Brazile LB 14 6'4 238 23 2 Jackson State 53 Ron Lou C 14 6'2 242 25 3 Arizona State 54 Gregg Bingham LB 14 6'1 230 25 4 Purdue 55 Carl Mauck C 14 6'3 250 29 8 Southern Illinois 56 Dennis Havig OG 14 6'2 256 27 5 Colorado 57 Steve Kiner LB 14 6'0 225 29 6 Tennessee 58 Tim Rossovich LB 14 6'4 240 30 7 Southern California 59 Ted Washington LB 13 6'1 245 28 4 Mississippi Valley State 60 Ed Fisher OG 14 6'3 250 27 3 Arizona State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 14 6'3 255 30 9 North Carolina A&T 68 Albert Burton DE 12 6'5 270 24 1 Bethune-Cookman 70 Conway Hayman OG 14 6'3 262 27 2 Delaware 71 Dave Simonson OT 2 6'6 250 24 3 Minnesota 71 Joe Owens DE 3 6'2 245 29 7 Alcorn State 72 Kevin Hunt OT 13 6'5 260 27 5 Doane 73 Greg Sampson OT 8 6'6 270 26 5 Stanford 75 Elbert Drungo OT 14 6'5 265 33 7 Tennessee State 77 Bubba Smith DE 4 6'7 265 31 9 Michigan State 78 Curley Culp DT 14 6'1 265 30 9 Arizona State 80 John Little DT 14 6'3 250 29 7 Oklahoma State 81 John Sawyer TE 14 6'2 230 23 2 Southern Mississippi 82 Mack Alston TE 14 6'2 230 29 7 Maryland Eastern Shore 84 Billy Johnson WR 14 5'9 170 24 3 Widener 85 Tody Smith DE 9 6'5 250 27 6 Southern California 86 Mike Barber TE 2 6'3 235 23 R Louisiana Tech 87 Alvis Darby TE 2 6'5 216 22 R Florida 87 Emmett Edwards WR 3 6'1 190 24 2 Kansas 88 Jim Beirne WR 7 6'2 208 30 9 Purdue 89 Earl Thomas WR 7 6'3 215 28 6 Houston
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Dan Pastorini 309 167 54.0 1,795 5.81 10.7 10 3.2 10 3.2 24 234 68.6
John Hadl 113 60 53.1 634 5.61 10.6 7 6.2 8 7.1 15 123 60.9
Ronnie Coleman 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ken Burrough 51 932 18.3 7 Billy Johnson 47 495 10.5 4 Ronnie Coleman 40 247 6.2 3 Fred Willis 32 255 8.0 1 Mack Alston 19 174 9.2 1 John Sawyer 18 208 11.6 1 Don Hardeman 7 25 3.6 0 Earl Thomas 4 15 3.8 0 Melvin Baker 3 32 10.7 0 Joe Dawkins 3 21 7.0 0 Altie Taylor 2 15 7.5 0 Greg Stemrick 1 10 10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ronnie Coleman 171 684 4.0 2 Fred Willis 148 542 3.7 2 Don Hardeman 32 114 3.6 1 Joe Dawkins 31 61 2.0 1 Dan Pastorini 11 45 4.1 0 Ken Burrough 3 22 7.3 0 Altie Taylor 5 11 2.2 0 John Hadl 7 11 1.6 0 Billy Johnson 6 6 1.0 0 Melvin Baker 1 2 2.0 0 Skip Butler 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Billy Johnson 26 579 22.3 0 Altie Taylor 15 302 20.1 0 Al Johnson 8 150 18.8 0 Don Hardeman 7 171 24.4 0 Melvin Baker 1 15 15.0 0 Jim Beirne 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Billy Johnson 38 403 10.6 9 0 Ronnie Coleman 7 91 13.0 2 1 C.L. Whittington 3 10 3.3 0 0 Zeke Moore 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1976 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 48 TE Mike Barber 129 Louisiana Tech 4 117 WR Steve Largent 200 Tulsa [pick acquired from LA via PHI, GB] 6 173 OT Todd Simonsen South Dakota State 7 197 DT Larry Harris Oklahoma State [pick acquired from DEN] 8 229 OT Bobby Simon Grambling 9 256 LB Art Stringer 41 Ball State 10 284 QB Steve Kincannon Humboldt State 11 311 RB Skip Walker Texas A&M 12 324 OT Larry Bell East Texas State [pick acquired from CLE] 13 368 WR Dan O'Rourke Colorado State 14 395 OT John Reimer Wisconsin 15 422 DB Bobby Byars Cheyney (Pa.) 16 452 LB Claude Johnson Florida A&M 17 479 WR Allen Misher LSU
Traded draft picks: #1 to NE via SF (Tim Fox), #3 to KC (Henry Marshall), #4 to SD via OAK (Ron Singleton), #5 to KC (Jimbo Elrod), #7 to NE (Perry Brooks), #12 to SD (Herman Harris)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Mark Cotney in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Fred Hoaglin in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Jesse O'Neal in expansion draft |
| 04-02-1976 | traded Lynn Dickey to Packers for John Hadl, Ken Ellis, Los Angeles' #4 pick in the 1976 draft, Green Bay's #3 pick in the 1977 draft and cash |
| 06-01-1976 | traded Houston's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Chiefs for Otis Taylor |
| 08-17-1976 | traded Ron Saul to Redskins for Washington's #7 pick in the 1977 draft, their #6 pick in the 1978 draft and their #3 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-25-1976 | traded two undisclosed draft picks to Lions for Altie Taylor |
| 08-25-1976 | traded Houston's #7 pick and Washington's #7 pick in the 1977 draft to Giants for Joe Dawkins and Dave Simonson |
| 08-26-1976 | traded Steve Largent to Seahawks for Seattle's #8 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-21-1976 | traded Ken Ellis to Dolphins for Miami's #3 pick and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-29-1976 | traded Emmett Edwards to Bills for Oakland's #3 pick in the 1977 draft |
1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 20-0 1-0-0 09/19/76 at Buffalo Bills W 13-3 2-0-0 09/26/76 vs Oakland Raiders L 13-14 2-1-0 10/03/76 at New Orleans Saints W 31-26 3-1-0 10/10/76 vs Denver Broncos W 17-3 4-1-0 10/17/76 at San Diego Chargers L 27-30 4-2-0 10/24/76 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 7-27 4-3-0 11/01/76 at Baltimore Colts L 14-38 4-4-0 11/07/76 vs Cleveland Browns L 7-21 4-5-0 11/14/76 at Cincinnati Bengals L 27-31 4-6-0 11/21/76 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 16-32 4-7-0 11/28/76 vs Atlanta Falcons W 20-14 5-7-0 12/05/76 at Cleveland Browns L 10-13 5-8-0 12/11/76 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 0-21 5-9-0
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