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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 293 points (20.9/g), 12th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 226 points (16.1/g), 5th.
Differential of 67 points (4.8/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 9.1-4.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 6th.
Simple Rating System: Total 6.4, Offense: 1.2, Defense: 5.2, SoS: 1.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bum Phillips
Defensive Coordinator: Ed Biles
Training Camp: Sam Houston State (Huntsville, Texas)
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | CarAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 6 | HOU | Robert Brazile | LB | 10 | 1975 | 1984 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 147 | Jackson St. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 15 | HOU | Don Hardeman | RB | 5 | 1975 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 64 | 397 | 1460 | 11 | 58 | 285 | 2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | |||||
| 2 | 40 | HOU | Emmett Edwards | WR | 2 | 1975 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 0 | Kansas | |||||
| 6 | 146 | HOU | Jesse O'Neal | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grambling St. | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 162 | HOU | Mike Biehle | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 171 | HOU | Mark Cotney | DB | 9 | 1975 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 127 | Cameron | |||||||||||
| 8 | 196 | HOU | Jerry Lawrence | DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Dakota St. | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 221 | HOU | Bob Bruer | TE | 5 | 1979 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 68 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 72 | 709 | 8 | Mankato St. | |||||
| 10 | 246 | HOU | Alan Pringle | K | 1 | 1975 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rice | |||||||||||
| 11 | 271 | HOU | John Sawyer | TE | 9 | 1975 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 110 | 129 | 1496 | 2 | Southern Miss | ||||||||
| 12 | 302 | HOU | Willie Miller | WR | 7 | 1975 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 112 | 1786 | 15 | Colorado St. |
| 13 | 327 | HOU | Ricky Scales | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 352 | HOU | Jody Medford | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rice | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 377 | HOU | Jack Holmes | RB | 5 | 1978 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 393 | 4 | 71 | 453 | 1 | Texas Southern |
| 16 | 402 | HOU | Ken Lambert | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 427 | HOU | Ricky Seeker | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Texas A&M | ||||||||||||||||