1980 Houston Oilers: 11-5-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (149 points scored, 126 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (146 points scored, 125 allowed) Head Coach: Bum Phillips
295 points scored (20th of 28 teams), 251 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 296 463 3,007 (17) 6.14 15 28 573 2,635 ( 2) 4.6 18 5,642 ( 4) 47
Defense: 246 454 2,801 ( 4) 5.74 16 26 444 1,811 ( 8) 4.1 8 4,612 ( 5) 39
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 2 6'4 210 32 11 Texas Southern 5 Chester Marcol K 1 6'0 190 31 9 Hillsdale 10 Craig Bradshaw QB 2 6'5 215 23 R Utah State 12 Ken Stabler QB 16 6'3 210 34 11 Alabama 14 Gifford Nielsen QB 16 6'4 205 26 3 Brigham Young 16 Toni Fritsch K 15 5'7 180 35 9 None 18 Cliff Parsley P 16 6'1 211 25 4 Oklahoma State 26 Rob Carpenter RB 15 6'1 230 25 4 Miami (Ohio) 27 Greg Stemrick DB 16 5'11 185 29 6 Colorado State 28 Jack Tatum DB 16 5'10 205 31 10 Ohio State 29 Guido Merkens WR 1 6'1 200 25 3 Sam Houston State 32 Vernon Perry DB 16 6'2 211 27 2 Jackson State 33 J.C. Wilson DB 16 6'0 177 24 3 Pittsburgh 34 Earl Campbell RB 15 5'11 224 25 3 Texas 36 Carter Hartwig DB 15 6'0 205 24 2 Southern California 37 Mike Reinfeldt DB 16 6'2 195 27 5 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 39 Adger Armstrong RB 16 6'0 210 23 R Texas A&M 41 Sammy Green LB 2 6'2 230 26 5 Florida 42 Boobie Clark RB 6 6'2 245 30 8 Bethune-Cookman 45 Tim Wilson RB 16 6'3 220 26 4 Maryland 47 Ronnie Coleman RB 14 5'10 198 29 7 Alabama A&M 50 Daryl Hunt LB 16 6'3 220 23 2 Oklahoma 51 Ted Thompson LB 15 6'1 220 27 6 Southern Methodist 52 Robert Brazile LB 16 6'4 238 27 6 Jackson State 53 Art Stringer LB 8 6'1 223 26 4 Ball State 53 Thomas Henderson LB 7 6'2 220 27 6 Langston 54 Gregg Bingham LB 16 6'1 230 29 8 Purdue 55 Carl Mauck C 16 6'3 250 33 12 Southern Illinois 56 Bob Young OG 15 6'2 279 38 15 Howard Payne 57 John Corker LB 16 6'5 240 21 R Oklahoma State 58 David Carter C 16 6'2 245 26 4 Western Kentucky 59 Ted Washington LB 16 6'1 245 32 8 Mississippi Valley State 60 Ed Fisher OG 16 6'3 250 31 7 Arizona State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 14 6'3 255 34 13 North Carolina A&T 66 Greg Davidson C 14 6'2 250 22 R North Texas State 67 Mike Stensrud DT 16 6'5 280 24 2 Iowa State 69 Andy Dorris DE 16 6'4 240 29 8 New Mexico State 70 Conway Hayman OG 5 6'3 270 31 6 Delaware 71 Ken Kennard DT 16 6'2 245 26 4 Angelo State 74 Leon Gray OT 14 6'3 260 28 8 Jackson State 75 Jesse Baker DE 16 6'5 265 23 2 Jacksonville State 76 Morris Towns OT 16 6'4 275 26 4 Missouri 77 Angelo Fields OT 16 6'6 330 23 R Michigan State 78 Curley Culp DT 10 6'1 265 34 13 Arizona State 79 Charles Davis DT 1 6'1 275 28 7 Texas Christian 81 Jeff Groth WR 16 5'10 172 23 2 Bowling Green 82 Mike Renfro WR 16 6'0 184 25 3 Texas Christian 83 Tim Smith WR 16 6'2 192 23 R Nebraska 84 Billy Johnson WR 16 5'9 170 28 7 Widener 85 Carl Roaches WR 16 5'8 165 27 1 Texas A&M 86 Mike Barber TE 16 6'3 225 27 5 Louisiana Tech 87 Dave Casper TE 10 6'4 230 29 7 Notre Dame 88 Rich Caster TE 16 6'5 230 32 11 Jackson State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Ken Stabler 457 293 64.1 3,202 7.01 10.9 13 2.8 28 6.1 27 264 68.7
Gifford Nielsen 4 2 50.0 12 3.00 6.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 0 0 95.8
Earl Campbell 2 1 50.0 57 28.50 57.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 135.4
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Mike Barber 59 712 12.1 5 Rob Carpenter 43 346 8.0 0 Mike Renfro 35 459 13.1 1 Dave Casper 34 526 15.5 3 Billy Johnson 31 343 11.1 2 Tim Wilson 30 170 5.7 1 Rich Caster 27 341 12.6 3 Ronnie Coleman 16 168 10.5 0 Earl Campbell 11 47 4.3 0 Ken Burrough 4 91 22.8 0 Jeff Groth 4 47 11.8 0 Tim Smith 2 21 10.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Earl Campbell 373 1,934 5.2 13 Rob Carpenter 97 359 3.7 3 Tim Wilson 66 257 3.9 1 Ronnie Coleman 14 82 5.9 1 Mike Renfro 1 12 12.0 0 Dave Casper 2 8 4.0 0 Boobie Clark 1 3 3.0 0 Mike Barber 1 1 1.0 0 Billy Johnson 2 1 0.5 0 Gifford Nielsen 1 0 0.0 0 Ken Stabler 15 -22 -1.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Carl Roaches 37 746 20.2 0 Jeff Groth 12 216 18.0 0 Mike Barber 1 12 12.0 0 Rob Carpenter 1 7 7.0 0 Gregg Bingham 1 0 0.0 0 Tim Smith 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Carl Roaches 47 384 8.2 6 0 Jeff Groth 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gregg Bingham 0 0 ? 2 0 |
1980 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 38 OT Angelo Fields 30 Michigan State [pick acquired from KC] 2 52 DT Daryle Skaugstad 37 California 3 79 WR Tim Smith 90 Nebraska 4 106 TE Chris Combs 32 New Mexico 5 134 LB John Corker 32 Oklahoma State 7 182 QB Craig Bradshaw 2 Utah State [pick acquired from OAK] 8 217 RB Harold Bailey 20 Oklahoma State 9 244 RB Ed Harris Bishop 11 301 WR Eddie Preston Western Kentucky 12 328 WR Wiley Pitts Temple
Traded draft picks: #1 to NE (Vegas Ferguson), #6 to NE (Preston Brown), #7 to NYJ (Bennie Leverett), #10 to SEA (Billy Rivers)
Transactions:
| 03-15-1980 | traded Dan Pastorini to Raiders for Ken Stabler |
| 04-30-1980 | traded Kenny King to Raiders for Jack Tatum, Oakland's #7 pick in the 1980 draft and #7 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 04-30-1980 | traded Houston's #10 pick in the 1980 draft and #7 pick in the 1981 draft to Seahawks for Sammy Green |
| 08-28-1980 | Cardinals claimed Chris Combs on waivers |
| 10-14-1980 | traded Houston's #1 and #2 picks in the 1981 and #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Raiders for Dave Casper |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/28/80 at Oakland Raiders L 7-27
1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17-31 0-1-0 09/15/80 at Cleveland Browns W 16-7 1-1-0 09/21/80 vs Baltimore Colts W 21-16 2-1-0 09/28/80 at Cincinnati Bengals W 13-10 3-1-0 10/05/80 vs Seattle Seahawks L 7-26 3-2-0 10/12/80 at Kansas City Chiefs L 20-21 3-3-0 10/19/80 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 20-14 4-3-0 10/26/80 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 23-3 5-3-0 11/02/80 at Denver Broncos W 20-16 6-3-0 11/10/80 vs New England Patriots W 38-34 7-3-0 11/16/80 at Chicago Bears W 10-6 8-3-0 11/23/80 at New York Jets L 28-31 (OT) 8-4-0 11/30/80 vs Cleveland Browns L 14-17 8-5-0 12/04/80 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 6-0 9-5-0 12/14/80 at Green Bay Packers W 22-3 10-5-0 12/21/80 vs Minnesota Vikings W 20-16 11-5-0
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