You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Teams > Houston Oilers > 1976 Starters, Roster, & Players
1976 Houston Oilers
Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season
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)
Like this page? Sponsor it for $10 per year.
1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Dan Pastorini | 27 | 5 | 10 | 167 for 309, 1,795 yards, 10 td, 10 int, & 11 rushes for 45 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1971 |
| RB | Ronnie Coleman | 25 | 2 | 0 | 171 rushes for 684 yards, 2 td, & 40 catches for 247 yards and 3 td | |
| FB | Fred Willis | 29 | 5 | 0 | 148 rushes for 542 yards, 2 td, & 32 catches for 255 yards and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1971 |
| WR | Ken Burrough | 28 | 6 | 0 | 51 catches for 932 yards, 7 td, & 3 rushes for 22 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Billy Johnson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 47 catches for 495 yards, 4 td, & 6 rushes for 6 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| TE | Mack Alston | 29 | 6 | 0 | 19 catches for 174 yards, 1 td | Washington Redskins / 11th / 277th pick / 1970 |
| LT | Greg Sampson | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1972 |
| LT | Kevin Hunt | 28 | 4 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 246th pick / 1971 |
|
| LG | Conway Hayman | 27 | 1 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 141st pick / 1971 |
|
| C | Carl Mauck | 29 | 7 | 14 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
|
| RG | Ed Fisher | 27 | 2 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RT | Elbert Drungo | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tody Smith | 28 | 5 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1971 |
|
| LDE | Al Burton | 24 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| NT | Curley Culp* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| RDE | Elvin Bethea | 30 | 8 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| LOLB | Ted Washington | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| LILB | Steve Kiner | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| RILB | Gregg Bingham | 25 | 3 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| ROLB | Robert Brazile* | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1975 |
| LCB | Willie Alexander | 27 | 5 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 134th pick / 1971 |
|
| RCB | Zeke Moore | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| SS | Mike Reinfeldt | 23 | Rook | 11 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | C.L. Whittington | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Skip Butler | 29 | 5 | 0 | 16 of 27 field goals & 24 of 24 extra points | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 96th pick / 1970 |
| P | Dan Pastorini | 27 | 5 | 10 | 70 punts for a 36.7 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1971 |
| PR | Billy Johnson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 38 punt returns for a 10.6 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| KR | Billy Johnson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 22.3 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Alexander | 27 | DB | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 9/21/1949 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 134th pick / 1971 |
| Mack Alston | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/27/1947 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 277th pick / 1970 |
| Bob Atkins | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 4/2/1946 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1968 |
| Melvin Baker | 26 | WR | 8 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 8/12/1950 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 208th pick / 1974 |
| Mike Barber | 23 | TE | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 6/4/1953 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1976 |
| Jim Beirne | 30 | WR-TE | 7 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/15/1946 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 105th pick / 1968 |
| Duane Benson | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Hamline | 8/5/1945 | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 280th pick / 1967 |
| Elvin Bethea | 30 | DE | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 3/1/1946 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| Gregg Bingham | 25 | LB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/13/1951 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| Robert Brazile* | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 241 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 2/7/1953 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1975 |
| Ken Burrough | 28 | WR | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 7/14/1948 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| Al Burton | 24 | DE | 12 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Bethune-Cookman | 3/30/1952 | Rook | |
| Skip Butler | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Texas-Arlington | 10/21/1947 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 96th pick / 1970 |
| Leroy Clark | 26 | P | 1 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 1/16/1950 | Rook | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Alabama A&M | 7/9/1951 | 2 | |
| Curley Culp* | 30 | DT-NT-G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 3/10/1946 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| Al Darby | 22 | TE | 2 | 0 | 221 | 6-5 | Florida | 9/14/1954 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 6th / 157th pick / 1976 |
| Joe Dawkins | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 1/27/1948 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 249th pick / 1970 |
| Elbert Drungo | 33 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 4/30/1943 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| Emmett Edwards | 24 | WR | 3 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Kansas | 6/6/1952 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1975 |
| Ken Ellis | 29 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Southern | 9/27/1947 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1970 |
| Ed Fisher | 27 | G-C-DE | 14 | 14 | 249 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 5/31/1949 | 2 | |
| John Hadl | 36 | QB | 14 | 4 | 214 | 6-1 | Kansas | 2/15/1940 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| Don Hardeman | 24 | RB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8/13/1952 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1975 |
| Dennis Havig | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-2 | Colorado | 5/6/1949 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 189th pick / 1971 |
| Conway Hayman | 27 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 264 | 6-3 | Delaware | 1/9/1949 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 141st pick / 1971 |
| Mitch Hoopes | 23 | P | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | Arizona | 7/8/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 200th pick / 1975 |
| Kevin Hunt | 28 | T-G | 13 | 6 | 260 | 6-5 | Doane | 11/29/1948 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 246th pick / 1971 |
| Al Johnson | 26 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 6/17/1950 | 4 | |
| Billy Johnson | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Widener | 1/21/1952 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| Steve Kiner | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 6/12/1947 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| John Little | 29 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Oklahoma State | 5/3/1947 | 6 | New York Jets / 14th / 358th pick / 1970 |
| Ron Lou | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 7/24/1951 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 339th pick / 1973 |
| Carl Mauck | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-4 | Southern Illinois | 7/7/1947 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
| Zeke Moore | 33 | DB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/2/1943 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| Joe Owens | 30 | DE | 3 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 11/8/1946 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 215th pick / 1969 |
| Dan Pastorini | 27 | QB | 13 | 10 | 208 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 5/26/1949 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1971 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 23 | DB | 11 | 11 | 192 | 6-2 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 5/6/1953 | Rook | |
| Tim Rossovich | 30 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 3/14/1946 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1968 |
| Greg Sampson | 26 | T-DT-DE | 8 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Stanford | 10/25/1950 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1972 |
| John Sawyer | 23 | TE | 14 | 4 | 230 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 7/26/1953 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 271st pick / 1975 |
| Dave Simonson | 24 | T | 2 | 0 | 246 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 5/2/1952 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 292nd pick / 1974 |
| Bubba Smith | 31 | DE-DT | 4 | 0 | 265 | 6-7 | Michigan State | 2/28/1945 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1967 |
| Tody Smith | 28 | DE | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Michigan State,USC | 12/24/1948 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1971 |
| Greg Stemrick | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Colorado State | 10/25/1951 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 29 | RB | 11 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Utah State | 9/29/1947 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1969 |
| Earl Thomas | 28 | WR-TE | 7 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Houston | 10/4/1948 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 135th pick / 1971 |
| Ted Thompson | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | SMU | 1/17/1953 | 1 | |
| Ted Washington | 28 | LB | 13 | 0 | 244 | 6-1 | Miss. Valley State | 2/16/1948 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| Mike Weger | 31 | DB | 4 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/2/1945 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| C.L. Whittington | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Prairie View | 8/1/1952 | 2 | |
| Sam Williams | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | California,New Mexico Highlands | 7/22/1952 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 289th pick / 1974 |
| Fred Willis | 29 | RB | 13 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Boston College | 12/9/1947 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 223.7 | 6-2.0 | 4.3 |