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