1977 Houston Oilers roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Cliff Parsley 77 3,030 39.4 9 12 2 46 340 31.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Toni Fritsch 1/1 5/6 5/6 1/2 0/1 12/16 19/20 55 Tom Dempsey 0/0 3/3 1/2 0/1 0/0 4/ 6 8/11 20 Skip Butler 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/2 0/0 0/ 0 2/ 3 2 Dan Pastorini 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Willie Alexander 3 111 1 Steve Baumgartner 1.0 Elvin Bethea 2.0 Gregg Bingham 2.5 2 36 0 Robert Brazile 5.0 3 40 0 Curley Culp 1.0 1 25 0 Bill Currier 2.0 2 0 0 Andy Dorris 1.0 Ken Kennard 3.5 Steve Kiner 1.0 1 17 0 Ernest Kirk 1 2 0 Zeke Moore 1.0 3 56 0 Mike Reinfeldt 1.0 5 78 0 Greg Stemrick 1 18 0 Art Stringer 1 20 0 Ted Washington 3.5 3 26 0 James Young 7.5

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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