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1979 Houston Oilers: 11-5-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (208 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (154 points scored, 186 allowed) Head Coach: Bum Phillips 362 points scored (8th of 28 teams), 331 points allowed (16th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 195 386 2,256 (25) 5.40 17 21 616 2,571 ( 4) 4.2 24 4,827 (22) 32 Defense: 242 465 2,765 (14) 5.36 18 34 522 2,225 (17) 4.3 19 4,990 (13) 50


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 16 6'4 210 31 10 Texas Southern 7 Dan Pastorini QB 15 6'3 205 30 9 Santa Clara 12 Guido Merkens WR 16 6'1 200 24 2 Sam Houston State 14 Gifford Nielsen QB 16 6'4 205 25 2 Brigham Young 16 Toni Fritsch K 16 5'7 195 34 8 None 18 Cliff Parsley P 16 6'1 211 24 3 Oklahoma State 19 Willie Alexander DB 13 6'2 195 30 9 Alcorn State 20 Bill Currier DB 16 6'0 195 24 3 South Carolina 21 Charles Jefferson DB 5 6'0 178 22 R McNeese State 26 Rob Carpenter RB 16 6'1 214 24 3 Miami (Ohio) 27 Greg Stemrick DB 16 5'11 185 28 5 Colorado State 30 Kenny King RB 12 5'11 203 22 R Oklahoma 32 Vernon Perry DB 16 6'2 211 26 1 Jackson State 33 J.C. Wilson DB 16 6'0 177 23 2 Pittsburgh 34 Earl Campbell RB 16 5'11 224 24 2 Texas 36 Carter Hartwig DB 16 6'0 185 23 R Southern California 37 Mike Reinfeldt DB 16 6'2 195 26 4 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 42 Boobie Clark RB 15 6'2 245 29 7 Bethune-Cookman 45 Tim Wilson RB 16 6'3 220 25 3 Maryland 47 Ronnie Coleman RB 14 5'10 198 28 6 Alabama A&M 50 Daryl Hunt LB 16 6'3 220 22 R Oklahoma 51 Ted Thompson LB 16 6'1 220 26 5 Southern Methodist 52 Robert Brazile LB 16 6'4 238 26 5 Jackson State 53 Art Stringer LB 8 6'1 223 25 3 Ball State 54 Gregg Bingham LB 16 6'1 230 28 7 Purdue 55 Carl Mauck C 16 6'3 250 32 11 Southern Illinois 56 Mike Murphy LB 3 6'2 222 22 R Southwest Missouri State 57 Jimbo Elrod LB 4 6'0 223 25 4 Oklahoma 58 David Carter C 16 6'2 225 25 3 Western Kentucky 59 Ted Washington LB 15 6'1 245 31 7 Mississippi Valley State 60 Ed Fisher OG 16 6'3 250 30 6 Arizona State 61 Wesley Phillips OT 8 6'5 275 26 1 Lenoir-Rhyne 63 Steve Baumgartner DE 12 6'7 245 28 7 Purdue 64 George Reihner OG 2 6'4 263 24 3 Penn State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 14 6'3 255 33 12 North Carolina A&T 67 Mike Stensrud DT 6 6'5 270 23 R Iowa State 68 Tom Randall OG 13 6'5 245 23 2 Iowa State 69 Andy Dorris DE 16 6'4 240 28 7 New Mexico State 70 Conway Hayman OG 16 6'3 270 30 5 Delaware 71 Ken Kennard DT 16 6'2 245 25 3 Angelo State 74 Leon Gray OT 16 6'3 260 27 7 Jackson State 75 Jesse Baker DE 16 6'5 265 22 R Jacksonville State 76 Morris Towns OT 16 6'4 275 25 3 Missouri 77 James Young DE 5 6'2 260 29 3 Texas Southern 81 Jeff Groth WR 6 5'10 172 22 R Bowling Green 82 Mike Renfro WR 15 6'0 184 24 2 Texas Christian 84 Billy Johnson WR 2 5'9 170 27 6 Widener 85 Rich Ellender RB 13 5'11 171 22 R McNeese State 86 Mike Barber TE 15 6'3 235 26 4 Louisiana Tech 87 Conrad Rucker TE 16 6'3 260 24 2 Southern 87 Curley Culp DT 16 6'1 265 33 12 Arizona State 88 Rich Caster WR 16 6'5 230 31 10 Jackson State 89 Eddie Foster WR 1 5'10 185 28 2 Oklahoma
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Pastorini 324 163 50.3 2,090 6.45 12.8 14 4.3 18 5.6 29 212 62.1 Gifford Nielsen 61 32 52.5 404 6.62 12.6 3 4.9 3 4.9 3 26 69.3 Ken Burrough 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           40    752   18.8    6
Tim Wilson             29    208    7.2    1
Mike Barber            27    377   14.0    3
Rich Caster            18    239   13.3    1
Mike Renfro            16    323   20.2    2
Rob Carpenter          16    116    7.2    1
Earl Campbell          16     94    5.9    0
Ronnie Coleman         12    114    9.5    1
Billy Johnson           6    108   18.0    1
Boobie Clark            6     58    9.7    0
Conrad Rucker           4     40   10.0    0
Guido Merkens           3     44   14.7    1
Rich Ellender           1     15   15.0    0
Jeff Groth              1      6    6.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Earl Campbell         368  1,697    4.6   19
Rob Carpenter          92    355    3.9    3
Tim Wilson             84    319    3.8    2
Ronnie Coleman         21     81    3.9    0
Boobie Clark           22     51    2.3    0
Rich Caster             4     25    6.2    0
Dan Pastorini          15     23    1.5    0
Kenny King              3      9    3.0    0
Gifford Nielsen         5      7    1.4    0
Mike Barber             2      4    2.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rich Ellender          24    514   21.4    0
Ronnie Coleman         16    321   20.1    0
Carter Hartwig         13    238   18.3    0
Billy Johnson           4     37    9.2    0
Rob Carpenter           2     34   17.0    0
Tim Wilson              2     30   15.0    0
Guido Merkens           2     22   11.0    0
Jeff Groth              1     21   21.0    0
Kenny King              1     17   17.0    0
Rich Caster             1      0    0.0    0
Greg Stemrick           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rich Ellender          31    203    6.5    2    0
Billy Johnson           4     17    4.2    0    0
Guido Merkens           2      6    3.0    5    0
Ronnie Coleman          1     -5   -5.0    0    0
Ted Thompson            0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Cliff Parsley 93 3,777 40.6 5 14 0 64 726 31.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Toni Fritsch 0/0 7/7 5/6 7/10 2/2 21/25 41/43 104 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Willie Alexander 2 27 0 Jesse Baker 15.5 Elvin Bethea 1.5 Gregg Bingham 1.0 3 78 0 Robert Brazile 5.0 2 45 0 Curley Culp 4.0 Andy Dorris 9.5 Carter Hartwig 2 24 0 Ken Kennard 4.5 Vernon Perry 3 33 0 Mike Reinfeldt 12 205 0 Greg Stemrick 2 50 0 Mike Stensrud 2.0 Art Stringer 2 21 0 Ted Washington 8.0 J.C. Wilson 6 135 1
1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 31 DE Mike Stensrud 139 Iowa State [pick acquired from KC] 2 50 DE Jesse Baker 128 Jacksonville State 3 72 RB Kenny King 97 Oklahoma [pick acquired from OAK via BAL] 6 143 LB Darryl Hunt 78 Oklahoma [pick acquired from BUF] 6 159 LB Mike Murphy 3 S.W. Missouri State 7 171 DB Tim Ries S.W. Missouri State [pick acquired from BAL] 8 214 DB Carter Hartwig 86 USC 9 243 WR Rich Ellender 13 McNeese State 11 298 OT Mike Taylor Georgia Tech 12 324 RB Wayne Wilson 111 Shepherd

Traded draft picks: #1 to KC (Steve Fuller), #3 to TB (Reggie Lewis), #4 to SD (John Floyd), #5 to TB (Chuck Fusina), #7 to NYJ (Keith Brown)


Transactions:
05-03-1979traded Washington's #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Colts for Oakland's #3 pick and Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1979 draft
05-03-1979traded Houston's #1 pick in the 1979 draft to Chiefs for Kansas City's #2 picks in the 1979 and 1980 drafts
08-15-1979traded cash and Houston's #1 and #6 picks in the 1980 draft to Patriots for Leon Gray
08-21-1979placed Franklin King on injured reserve
08-28-1979claimed Tom Randall on waivers from Cowboys
09-11-1979placed Billy Johnson on injured reserve


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/23/79    vs Denver Broncos          W 13-7
12/29/79    at San Diego Chargers      W 17-14
01/06/80    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 13-27


1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    at Washington Redskins     W 29-27       1-0-0
09/09/79    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 7-38        1-1-0
09/16/79    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 20-6        2-1-0
09/23/79    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 30-27 (OT)  3-1-0
09/30/79    vs Cleveland Browns        W 31-10       4-1-0
10/07/79    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 17-24       4-2-0
10/14/79    at Baltimore Colts         W 28-16       5-2-0
10/21/79    at Seattle Seahawks        L 14-34       5-3-0
10/28/79    vs New York Jets           W 27-24 (OT)  6-3-0
11/05/79    at Miami Dolphins          W 9-6         7-3-0
11/11/79    vs Oakland Raiders         W 31-17       8-3-0
11/18/79    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 42-21       9-3-0
11/22/79    at Dallas Cowboys          W 30-24       10-3-0
12/02/79    at Cleveland Browns        L 7-14        10-4-0
12/10/79    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 20-17       11-4-0
12/16/79    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 20-26       11-5-0

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