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1976 Houston Oilers

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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 222 points (15.9/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 273 points (19.5/g), 17th.
 Differential of -51 points (-3.6/g), 18th.
 Expected W-L: 5.3-8.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 20th.

Coached by Bum Phillips (5-9-0)

1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 12 box W 1-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 0 21 372 182 190 4 8 110 58 52 2
2 Sun September 19 box W 2-0 @ Buffalo Bills 13 3 11 260 52 208 1 13 168 79 89 2
3 Sun September 26 box L 2-1 Oakland Raiders 13 14 17 268 189 79 1 13 234 128 106 1
4 Sun October 3 box W 3-1 @ New Orleans Saints 31 26 14 255 168 87 1 22 375 270 105 3
5 Sun October 10 box W 4-1 Denver Broncos 17 3 18 312 217 95 8 154 67 87 1
6 Sun October 17 box L 4-2 @ San Diego Chargers 27 30 16 380 329 51 1 24 468 245 223 2
7 Sun October 24 box L 4-3 Cincinnati Bengals 7 27 12 176 148 28 4 18 328 166 162 1
8 Mon November 1 box L 4-4 @ Baltimore Colts 14 38 12 190 107 83 3 25 458 190 268 1
9 Sun November 7 box L 4-5 Cleveland Browns 7 21 11 188 63 125 3 13 262 62 200 1
10 Sun November 14 box L 4-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 27 31 20 252 111 141 3 15 300 215 85 3
11 Sun November 21 box L 4-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 16 32 12 225 124 101 4 17 248 105 143 2
12 Sun November 28 box W 5-7 Atlanta Falcons 20 14 17 359 200 159 2 15 283 165 118 3
13 Sun December 5 box L 5-8 @ Cleveland Browns 10 13 9 175 117 58 4 15 265 89 176 5
14 Sat December 11 box L 5-9 Pittsburgh Steelers 0 21 9 158 65 93 2 20 334 76 258 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 222 3570 878 4.1 199 227 423 2072 17 19 4.5 110 416 1498 6 3.6 71 33 14 18
Team Defense 273 3987 935 4.3 335 173 345 1915 17 11 4.8 90 540 2072 13 3.8 226 28 17 19
Lg Rank Offense 22 24 26 3 15 9 18 22 27 27 27 24 11 8
Lg Rank Defense 17 10 5 8 8 18 22 9 19 16 11 9 20 14

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Dan Pastorini 27 QB 13 10 167 309 54.0 1795 10 3.2 10 3.2 67 5.8 4.7 10.7 138.1 68.6 24 234 4.7 3.6 7.2
John Hadl 36 14 4 60 113 53.1 634 7 6.2 8 7.1 69 5.6 3.0 10.6 45.3 60.9 15 123 4.0 1.7 11.7
Ronnie Coleman 25 RB 13 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 27.2 14 227 423 53.7 2429 17 4.0 19 4.5 69 5.7 4.1 10.7 173.5 65.4 39 357 4.5 3.0 8.4
Opp Total 14 173 345 50.1 1915 17 4.9 11 3.2 5.6 4.6 11.1 136.8 70.1 50 344 4.8 3.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Ronnie Coleman 25 RB 13 0 171 684 2 39 4.0 52.6 13.2 40 247 6.2 3 19 3.1 19.0 931 5 8
Fred Willis 29 FB 13 0 148 542 2 44 3.7 41.7 11.4 32 255 8.0 1 42 2.5 19.6 797 3 3
Don Hardeman 24 13 0 32 114 1 21 3.6 8.8 2.5 7 25 3.6 0 11 0.5 1.9 139 1 0
Joe Dawkins 28 14 0 31 61 1 7 2.0 4.4 2.2 3 21 7.0 0 14 0.2 1.5 82 1 0
Dan Pastorini 27 QB 13 10 11 45 0 11 4.1 3.5 0.8 45 0 6
John Hadl 36 14 4 7 11 0 8 1.6 0.8 0.5 11 0 2
Billy Johnson 24 WR 14 0 6 6 0 10 1.0 0.4 0.4 47 495 10.5 4 40 3.4 35.4 501 4 3
Altie Taylor 29 11 0 5 11 0 8 2.2 1.0 0.5 2 15 7.5 0 8 0.2 1.4 26 0 0
Ken Burrough 28 WR 14 0 3 22 0 12 7.3 1.6 0.2 51 932 18.3 7 69 3.6 66.6 954 7 0
Melvin Baker 26 8 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.3 0.1 3 32 10.7 0 14 0.4 4.0 34 0 0
Skip Butler 29 K 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Mack Alston 29 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 174 9.2 1 29 1.4 12.4 174 1 1
John Sawyer 23 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 208 11.6 1 53 1.3 14.9 208 1 0
Earl Thomas 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 15 3.8 0 14 0.6 2.1 15 0 0
Greg Stemrick 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.7 10 0 0
Team Total 27.2 14 416 1498 6 44 3.6 107.0 29.7 227 2429 10.7 17 69 16.2 173.5 3927 23 26
Opp Total 14 540 2072 13 3.8 148.0 38.6 173 1915 11.1 17 12.4 136.8 3987 30 33

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Billy Johnson 24 WR 14 0 38 403 0 46 10.6 26 579 0 53 22.3 1483
Altie Taylor 29 11 0 15 302 0 32 20.1 328
Al Johnson 26 14 0 8 150 0 25 18.8 150
Ronnie Coleman 25 RB 13 0 7 91 1 69 13.0 1022
Don Hardeman 24 13 0 7 171 0 40 24.4 310
C.L. Whittington 24 FS 14 0 3 10 0 7 3.3 10
Melvin Baker 26 8 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 49
Jim Beirne 30 7 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Team Total 27.2 14 48 504 1 69 10.5 58 1229 0 53 21.2 5660
Opp Total 14 60 0 53 1125 0 21.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Dan Pastorini 27 QB 13 10 70 2571 74 0 36.7
Skip Butler 29 K 14 0 1 1 4 4 10 7 8 3 4 1 27 16 59.3% 24 24 100.0% 11 370 39 1 33.6
Leroy Clark 26 1 0 10 335 47 0 33.5
Mitch Hoopes 23 1 0 7 221 38 0 31.6
John Sawyer 23 14 4 1 32 32 0 32.0
Team Total 27.2 14 1 1 4 4 10 7 8 3 4 1 27 16 59.3% 24 24 100.0% 99 3529 74 1 35.6
Opp Total 14 29 18 62.1% 31 29 93.5% 96 3715 38.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Mack Alston 29 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Beirne 30 7 0 0 1 0 0
Elvin Bethea 30 RDE 14 14 0 2 4 0
Gregg Bingham 25 RILB 14 14 2 18 0 15 0 1 0 0
Robert Brazile* 23 ROLB 14 14 1 8 0 8 0 1 0 0
Al Burton 24 lde 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Coleman 25 RB 13 0 8 2 0 0
Curley Culp* 30 NT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Elbert Drungo 33 RT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Ed Fisher 27 RG 14 14 0 2 0 0
John Hadl 36 14 4 2 1 0 0
Mitch Hoopes 23 1 0 1 1 -15 0
Billy Johnson 24 WR 14 0 3 1 0 0
Steve Kiner 29 LILB 14 0 0 1 6 0
Carl Mauck 29 C 14 14 1 0 -20 0
Zeke Moore 33 RCB 14 0 1 28 0 28
Dan Pastorini 27 QB 13 10 6 0 0 0
Mike Reinfeldt 23 SS 11 11 1 19 0 19 0 2 0 0
Tim Rossovich 30 14 0 0 2 0 0
Greg Sampson 26 LT 8 0 0 1 0 0
John Sawyer 23 14 4 0 1 0 0
Greg Stemrick 25 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ted Washington 28 LOLB 13 0 0 1 0 0
C.L. Whittington 24 FS 14 0 5 103 0 50 1 2 96 1
Fred Willis 29 FB 13 0 3 0 0 0
Team Total 27.2 14 11 176 0 50 26 28 71 1
Opp Total 14 39 33 16 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Skip Butler 29 K 14 0 24 16 72
Ken Burrough 28 WR 14 0 7 42
Ronnie Coleman 25 RB 13 0 2 3 1 36
Billy Johnson 24 WR 14 0 4 24
Fred Willis 29 FB 13 0 2 1 18
Mack Alston 29 TE 14 0 1 6
Joe Dawkins 28 14 0 1 6
Don Hardeman 24 13 0 1 6
John Sawyer 23 14 4 1 6
C.L. Whittington 24 FS 14 0 1 6
Team Total 27.2 14 6 17 1 1 24 16 222
Opp Total 14 13 17 29 18 2 273