1980 Houston Oilers roster and stats

1980 Houston Oilers: 11-5-0
Previous Season Next Season

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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Cliff Parsley 67 2,727 40.7 8 19 0 40 394 32.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Toni Fritsch 1/1 7/9 7/8 4/6 0/0 19/24 26/27 83 Chester Marcol 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/ 1 1/ 3 4 Ted Thompson 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 4/ 4 4 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jesse Baker 6.5 Elvin Bethea 2.0 Gregg Bingham 1.0 Robert Brazile 6.5 2 38 0 Andy Dorris 5.5 Carter Hartwig 1 0 0 Thomas Henderson 1.0 1 3 0 Ken Kennard 0.5 Vernon Perry 5 85 0 Mike Reinfeldt 4 36 0 Greg Stemrick 4 25 0 Mike Stensrud 7.0 Jack Tatum 7 100 0 Ted Washington 4.0 J.C. Wilson 2 26 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

Logos shown here are the property of their respective leagues and teams.