1977 Houston Oilers: 8-6-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (186 points scored, 94 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (113 points scored, 136 allowed) Head Coach: Bum Phillips
299 points scored (5th of 28 teams), 230 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 181 347 1,875 (17) 5.07 14 21 509 1,989 (14) 3.9 15 3,864 (18) 38
Defense: 192 379 2,142 (20) 5.21 12 26 522 1,815 (10) 3.5 11 3,957 (14) 54
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 14 6'4 210 29 8 Texas Southern 2 Skip Butler K 1 6'2 200 30 7 Texas-Arlington 7 Dan Pastorini QB 14 6'3 205 28 7 Santa Clara 11 Tom Duniven QB 1 6'3 210 23 R Texas Tech 15 Al Johnson DB 14 6'0 200 27 5 Cincinnati 16 Toni Fritsch K 9 5'7 189 32 6 None 18 Cliff Parsley P 14 6'1 211 22 R Oklahoma State 19 Willie Alexander DB 14 6'2 195 28 7 Alcorn State 20 Bill Currier DB 14 6'0 190 22 R South Carolina 21 John Hadl QB 14 6'2 215 37 16 Kansas 22 Zeke Moore DB 14 6'2 195 33 11 Lincoln (Mo.) 23 Tom Dempsey K 5 6'1 260 36 9 Palomar J.C. (CA) 25 Kurt Knoff DB 3 6'2 188 23 1 Kansas 26 Rob Carpenter RB 11 6'1 214 22 R Miami (Ohio) 27 Greg Stemrick DB 9 5'11 185 26 3 Colorado State 28 Mike Weger DB 11 6'2 200 32 10 Bowling Green 29 Rich Sowells DB 9 6'0 180 29 7 Alcorn State 30 Don Hardeman RB 12 6'2 235 25 3 Texas A&I 31 Mike Voight RB 14 6'0 214 23 R North Carolina 37 Mike Reinfeldt DB 14 6'2 195 24 2 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 39 Art Stringer LB 13 6'1 223 23 1 Ball State 45 Tim Wilson RB 10 6'3 220 23 R Maryland 47 Ronnie Coleman RB 14 5'10 198 26 4 Alabama A&M 51 Ted Thompson LB 14 6'1 220 24 3 Southern Methodist 52 Robert Brazile LB 14 6'4 238 24 3 Jackson State 54 Gregg Bingham LB 14 6'1 230 26 5 Purdue 55 Carl Mauck C 14 6'3 250 30 9 Southern Illinois 57 Steve Kiner LB 14 6'0 225 30 7 Tennessee 58 David Carter C 14 6'2 225 23 R Western Kentucky 59 Ted Washington LB 14 6'1 245 29 5 Mississippi Valley State 60 Ed Fisher OG 14 6'3 250 28 4 Arizona State 63 Steve Baumgartner DE 6 6'7 255 26 5 Purdue 64 George Reihner OG 13 6'4 263 22 R Penn State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 9 6'3 255 31 10 North Carolina A&T 67 Ken Kennard DT 11 6'2 245 23 R Angelo State 68 Albert Burton DE 6 6'5 270 25 2 Bethune-Cookman 69 Andy Dorris DE 5 6'4 240 26 5 New Mexico State 70 Conway Hayman OT 12 6'3 260 28 3 Delaware 72 Kevin Hunt OT 13 6'5 260 28 6 Doane 73 Greg Sampson OT 14 6'6 270 27 6 Stanford 75 Elbert Drungo OG 14 6'5 265 34 8 Tennessee State 76 Morris Towns OT 1 6'4 275 23 R Missouri 77 James Young DE 13 6'2 260 27 1 Texas Southern 79 Ernest Kirk DE 14 6'2 265 25 1 Howard Payne 82 Gary Garrison WR 3 6'1 194 33 12 San Diego State 83 Warren Anderson WR 8 6'2 195 22 R West Virginia State 84 Billy Johnson WR 14 5'9 170 25 4 Widener 86 Mike Barber TE 13 6'3 235 24 2 Louisiana Tech 87 Curley Culp DT 14 6'1 265 31 10 Arizona State 88 Jimmie Giles TE 14 6'3 225 22 R Alcorn State 89 Eddie Foster WR 14 5'10 185 26 1 Oklahoma
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Dan Pastorini 319 169 53.0 1,987 6.23 11.8 13 4.1 18 5.6 20 198 62.3
John Hadl 24 11 45.8 76 3.17 6.9 0 0.0 3 12.5 2 26 13.9
Ronnie Coleman 3 1 33.3 44 14.67 44.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 121.5
Ken Burrough 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Billy Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ken Burrough 43 816 19.0 8 Rob Carpenter 23 156 6.8 0 Ronnie Coleman 22 115 5.2 1 Billy Johnson 20 412 20.6 3 Tim Wilson 20 107 5.3 0 Jimmie Giles 17 147 8.6 0 Eddie Foster 15 208 13.9 0 Don Hardeman 11 47 4.3 1 Mike Barber 9 94 10.4 1 Gary Garrison 1 5 5.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ronnie Coleman 185 660 3.6 5 Rob Carpenter 144 652 4.5 1 Tim Wilson 99 343 3.5 3 Don Hardeman 42 162 3.9 2 Billy Johnson 6 102 17.0 1 Dan Pastorini 18 39 2.2 2 Mike Voight 7 20 2.9 0 John Hadl 3 11 3.7 1 Ken Burrough 4 10 2.5 0 Jimmie Giles 1 -10 -10.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Billy Johnson 25 630 25.2 1 Warren Anderson 8 182 22.8 0 Mike Voight 8 156 19.5 0 Tim Wilson 2 33 16.5 0 Eddie Foster 1 31 31.0 0 Art Stringer 1 15 15.0 0 Ted Thompson 1 9 9.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Billy Johnson 35 539 15.4 8 2 Greg Stemrick 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1977 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 11 OT Morris Towns 92 Missouri 2 38 OG George Reihner 27 Penn State 3 66 RB Tim Wilson 101 Maryland [pick acquired from GB] 3 70 TE Jimmy Giles 188 Alcorn State [pick acquired from MIA] 3 84 RB Rob Carpenter 118 Miami (Ohio) [pick acquired from OAK via BUF] 4 98 WR Warren Anderson 10 West Virginia [pick acquired from SD via MIA] 6 148 DB Gary Woolford 12 Florida State 6 165 C David Carter 121 Western Kentucky [pick acquired from NE] 8 198 WR Steve Davis Georgia [pick acquired from SEA] 8 205 WR Eddie Foster 15 Houston 9 232 DB Bill Currier 111 South Carolina 10 262 LB Harvey Hull Mississippi State 11 289 LB Al Romano Pittsburgh 12 316 K Ove Johansson 2 Abilene Christian
Traded draft picks: #3 to SF (Elmo Boyd), #4 to KC (Darius Helton), #7 to NYG (Al Dixon)
Transactions:
| 08-05-1977 | traded Houston's #4 pick in the 1979 draft to Chargers for Neal Jeffrey |
| 08-11-1977 | traded Houston's #8 pick in the 1978 draft to Bills for Jimmy Dean |
| 09-01-1977 | placed Gary Woolford on injured reserve |
| 09-01-1977 | placed John Housman on injured reserve |
1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 vs New York Jets W 20-0 1-0-0 09/25/77 at Green Bay Packers W 16-10 2-0-0 10/02/77 at Miami Dolphins L 7-27 2-1-0 10/09/77 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 27-10 3-1-0 10/16/77 vs Cleveland Browns L 23-24 3-2-0 10/23/77 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10-27 3-3-0 10/30/77 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-13 (OT) 3-4-0 11/06/77 vs Chicago Bears W 47-0 4-4-0 11/13/77 at Oakland Raiders L 29-34 4-5-0 11/20/77 at Seattle Seahawks W 22-10 5-5-0 11/27/77 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 34-20 6-5-0 12/04/77 vs Denver Broncos L 14-24 6-6-0 12/11/77 at Cleveland Browns W 19-15 7-6-0 12/18/77 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 21-16 8-6-0
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