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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.8, Offense: -2.7, Defense: 1.0, SoS: 1.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Bum Phillips

 Defensive Coordinator: Ed Biles

 Other Notable Asst.: Wade Phillips (Linebackers)

Training Camp: Sam Houston State (Huntsville, Texas)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD
Team Offense 222 3570 878 4.1 33 14 18 199 227 423 2072 17 19 4.5 110 416 1498 6 3.6 71
Team Defense 273 3987 935 4.3 28 17 19 226 173 345 1915 17 11 4.8 90 540 2072 13 3.8 117
Lg Rank Offense 22 24 11 8 26 3 15 9 18 21 27 27 27 24
Lg Rank Defense 17 10 20 14 8 8 8 18 22 12 19 16 11 9

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
7 Dan Pastorini 27 P/QB 13 10 4-6-0 167 309 54.0 1795 10 3.2 10 3.2 67 5.8 5.0 10.7 138.1 68.6 24 234 4.69 3.94 7.2 0 1
21 John Hadl 36 qb 14 4 1-3-0 60 113 53.1 634 7 6.2 8 7.1 69 5.6 3.7 10.6 45.3 60.9 15 123 3.99 2.27 11.7
47 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 0.00 -45.00 0.0
Team Total 27.2 14 5-9-0 227 423 53.7 2429 17 4.0 19 4.5 69 5.7 4.5 10.7 173.5 65.4 39 357 4.48 3.37 8.4 0 1
Opp Total 14 173 345 50.1 2259 17 4.9 11 3.2 6.5 6.10 13.1 161.4 74.3 50 344 4.8 4.5 12.7

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
47 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
44 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
30 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
33 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
7 Dan Pastorini 27 P/QB 13 10 11 45 0 11 4.1 3.5 0.8 45 0 6
21 John Hadl 36 qb 14 4 7 11 0 8 1.6 0.8 0.5 11 0 2
84 Billy Johnson 24 KR/PR/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
42 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
00 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
12 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
2 Skip Butler 29 K 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
82 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
81 John Sawyer 23 te 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 208 11.6 1 53 1.3 14.9 208 1 0
89 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
27 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
84 Billy Johnson 24 KR/PR/WR 14 0 38 403 0 46 10.6 26 579 0 53 22.3 1483
42 Altie Taylor 29 11 0 15 302 0 32 20.1 328
15 Al Johnson 26 14 0 8 150 0 25 18.8 150
47 Ronnie Coleman 25 RB 13 0 7 91 1 69 13.0 1022
30 Don Hardeman 24 13 0 7 171 0 40 24.4 310
38 C.L. Whittington 24 FS 14 0 3 10 0 7 3.3 10
12 Melvin Baker 26 8 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 49
88 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
7 Dan Pastorini 27 P/QB 13 10 70 2571 74 0 36.7
2 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
14 Leroy Clark 26 p 1 0 10 335 47 0 33.5
12 Mitch Hoopes 23 p 1 0 7 221 38 0 31.6
81 John Sawyer 23 te 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
47 Ronnie Coleman 25 RB 13 0 0 8 2 0 0
38 C.L. Whittington 24 FS 14 0 5 103 0 50 0 0 1 2 96 1
7 Dan Pastorini 27 P/QB 13 10 0 6 0 0 0
84 Billy Johnson 24 KR/PR/WR 14 0 0 3 1 0 0
54 Gregg Bingham 25 RILB 14 14 2 18 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 John Hadl 36 qb 14 4 0 2 1 0 0
37 Mike Reinfeldt 23 SS 11 11 1 19 0 19 0 0 0 2 0 0
44 Fred Willis 29 FB 13 0 0 3 0 0 0
65 Elvin Bethea 30 RDE 14 14 0 0 2 4 0
52 Robert Brazile* 23 ROLB 14 14 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0
78 Curley Culp* 30 NT 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
75 Elbert Drungo 33 RT 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
60 Ed Fisher 27 RG 14 14 0 0 2 0 0
12 Mitch Hoopes 23 p 1 0 0 1 1 -15 0
58 Tim Rossovich 30 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
27 Greg Stemrick 25 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
82 Mack Alston 29 TE 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
88 Jim Beirne 30 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
68 Al Burton 24 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
57 Steve Kiner 29 LILB 14 0 0 0 1 6 0
55 Carl Mauck 29 C 14 14 0 1 0 -20 0
22 Zeke Moore 33 RCB 14 0 1 28 0 28 0
73 Greg Sampson 26 LT 8 0 0 0 1 0 0
81 John Sawyer 23 te 14 4 0 0 1 0 0
59 Ted Washington 28 LOLB 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.2 14 11 176 0 50 0 0 26 28 71 1
Opp Total 14 39 33 16 2

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2 Skip Butler 29 K 14 0 24 16 72
00 Ken Burrough 28 WR 14 0 7 7 42
47 Ronnie Coleman 25 RB 13 0 2 3 1 6 36
84 Billy Johnson 24 KR/PR/WR 14 0 4 4 24
44 Fred Willis 29 FB 13 0 2 1 3 18
82 Mack Alston 29 TE 14 0 1 1 6
33 Joe Dawkins 28 14 0 1 1 6
30 Don Hardeman 24 13 0 1 1 6
81 John Sawyer 23 te 14 4 1 1 6
38 C.L. Whittington 24 FS 14 0 1 1 6
Team Total 27.2 14 6 17 1 1 25 24 16 222
Opp Total 14 13 17 29 18 2 273