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1977 Houston Oilers
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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 299 points (21.4/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 230 points (16.4/g), 14th.
Differential of 69 points (4.9/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 9.1-4.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.1/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 6.6, Offense: 4.4, Defense: 2.3, SoS: 1.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bum Phillips
Offensive Coordinator: Ken Shipp
Defensive Coordinator: Ed Biles
Training Camp: Stephen F. Austin State (Nacogdoches, Texas)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Dan Pastorini | 28 | 6 | 12 | 169 for 319, 1,987 yards, 13 td, 18 int, & 18 rushes for 39 yards and 2 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1971 |
| RB | Ronnie Coleman | 26 | 3 | 0 | 185 rushes for 660 yards, 5 td, & 22 catches for 115 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Rob Carpenter | 22 | Rook | 7 | 144 rushes for 652 yards, 1 td, & 23 catches for 156 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| WR | Ken Burrough* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 43 catches for 816 yards, 8 td, & 4 rushes for 10 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Eddie Foster | 23 | Rook | 14 | 15 catches for 208 yards, 0 td | Houston Oilers / 8th / 205th pick / 1977 |
| TE | Mike Barber | 24 | 1 | 10 | 9 catches for 94 yards, 1 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1976 |
| LT | Greg Sampson | 27 | 5 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1972 | |
| LG | George Reihner | 22 | Rook | 0 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1977 | |
| C | Carl Mauck | 30 | 8 | 14 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 | |
| RG | Elbert Drungo | 34 | 8 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| RT | Kevin Hunt | 29 | 5 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 246th pick / 1971 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Young | 27 | Rook | 0 | ||
| NT | Curley Culp* | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| RDE | Elvin Bethea | 31 | 9 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| LOLB | Ted Washington | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| LILB | Steve Kiner | 30 | 7 | 14 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| RILB | Gregg Bingham | 26 | 4 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| ROLB | Robert Brazile* | 24 | 2 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1975 |
| LCB | Willie Alexander | 28 | 6 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 134th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Zeke Moore | 34 | 10 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| SS | Bill Currier | 22 | Rook | 11 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| FS | Mike Reinfeldt | 24 | 1 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Toni Fritsch | 32 | 6 | 0 | 12 of 16 field goals & 19 of 20 extra points | |
| P | Cliff Parsley | 23 | Rook | 0 | 77 punts for a 39.4 average, 2 blocked | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 147th pick / 1977 |
| KR | Billy Johnson*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 25.2 average and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| KR | Billy Johnson*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 25.2 average and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Willie Alexander | 28 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 194 | 6-2 | Alcorn St. | 9/21/1949 | 6 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 134th pick / 1971 |
| 83 | Warren Anderson | 22 | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | West Virginia St. | 7/3/1955 | Rook | 0 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 98th pick / 1977 | |
| 86 | Mike Barber | 24 | TE | 13 | 10 | 235 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 6/4/1953 | 1 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1976 |
| 63 | Steve Baumgartner | 26 | 6 | 0 | 256 | 6-7 | Purdue | 3/26/1951 | 4 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 51st pick / 1973 | |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | 31 | RDE | 9 | 9 | 260 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 3/1/1946 | 9 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| 54 | Gregg Bingham | 26 | RILB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/13/1951 | 4 | 10 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| 52 | Robert Brazile* | 24 | ROLB | 14 | 14 | 241 | 6-4 | Jackson St. | 2/7/1953 | 2 | 13 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1975 |
| 00 | Ken Burrough* | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 7/14/1948 | 7 | 13 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| 68 | Al Burton | 25 | 6 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Bethune-Cookman | 3/30/1952 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Skip Butler | 30 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Texas-Arlington | 10/21/1947 | 6 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 96th pick / 1970 | |
| 26 | Rob Carpenter | 22 | FB | 11 | 7 | 224 | 6-1 | Miami (OH) | 4/20/1955 | Rook | 9 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| 58 | David Carter | 24 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | West. Kentucky | 11/27/1953 | Rook | 1 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 165th pick / 1977 | |
| 47 | Ronnie Coleman | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Alabama A&M | 7/9/1951 | 3 | 9 | |
| 78 | Curley Culp* | 31 | NT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 3/10/1946 | 9 | 11 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| 20 | Bill Currier | 22 | SS | 14 | 11 | 196 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 1/5/1955 | Rook | 7 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| 23 | Tom Dempsey | 30 | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Palomar College | 1/12/1947 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 69 | Andy Dorris | 26 | 5 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | New Mexico St. | 8/11/1951 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 93rd pick / 1973 | |
| 75 | Elbert Drungo | 34 | RG | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-5 | Tennessee St. | 4/30/1943 | 8 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| 11 | Tom Duniven | 23 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Texas Tech | 5/20/1954 | Rook | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 160th pick / 1977 | |
| 60 | Ed Fisher | 28 | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 5/31/1949 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 89 | Eddie Foster | 23 | WR | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-10 | Houston | 6/5/1954 | Rook | 3 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 205th pick / 1977 |
| 16 | Toni Fritsch | 32 | K | 9 | 0 | 190 | 5-7 | none | 7/10/1945 | 6 | 0 | |
| 82 | Gary Garrison | 33 | 3 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | San Diego St. | 1/21/1944 | 11 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 | |
| 88 | Jimmie Giles | 23 | te | 14 | 3 | 239 | 6-3 | Alcorn St. | 11/8/1954 | Rook | 4 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1977 |
| 21 | John Hadl | 37 | qb | 14 | 2 | 214 | 6-1 | Kansas | 2/15/1940 | 15 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1962 |
| 30 | Don Hardeman | 25 | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8/13/1952 | 2 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1975 | |
| 70 | Conway Hayman | 28 | g | 12 | 2 | 264 | 6-3 | Delaware | 1/9/1949 | 2 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 141st pick / 1971 |
| 72 | Kevin Hunt | 29 | RT | 13 | 12 | 260 | 6-5 | Doane | 11/29/1948 | 5 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 246th pick / 1971 |
| 15 | Al Johnson | 27 | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 6/17/1950 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 84 | Billy Johnson*+ | 25 | KR | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Widener | 1/21/1952 | 3 | 10 | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| 71 | Ken Kennard | 23 | 11 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Angelo State (TX) | 10/4/1954 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 57 | Steve Kiner | 30 | LILB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 6/12/1947 | 7 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| 79 | Ernest Kirk | 25 | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 4/14/1952 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 25 | Kurt Knoff | 23 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | Kansas | 4/6/1954 | Rook | 0 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1976 | |
| 55 | Carl Mauck | 30 | C | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-4 | Southern Illinois | 7/7/1947 | 8 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
| 22 | Zeke Moore | 34 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/2/1943 | 10 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| 18 | Cliff Parsley | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Oklahoma St. | 12/26/1954 | Rook | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 147th pick / 1977 |
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | 28 | QB | 14 | 12 | 208 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 5/26/1949 | 6 | 11 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1971 |
| 64 | George Reihner | 22 | LG | 13 | 0 | 263 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 4/27/1955 | Rook | 6 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1977 |
| 37 | Mike Reinfeldt | 24 | FS | 14 | 14 | 192 | 6-2 | Wisc-Milwaukee | 5/6/1953 | 1 | 9 | |
| 73 | Greg Sampson | 27 | LT | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-6 | Stanford | 10/25/1950 | 5 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1972 |
| 29 | Rich Sowells | 29 | 9 | 0 | 179 | 6-0 | Alcorn St. | 10/27/1948 | 6 | 1 | New York Jets / 12th / 292nd pick / 1971 | |
| 27 | Greg Stemrick | 26 | 9 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Colorado St. | 10/25/1951 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 39 | Art Stringer | 23 | 13 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | Ball St. | 1/30/1954 | Rook | 2 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 256th pick / 1976 | |
| 51 | Ted Thompson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | SMU | 1/17/1953 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 76 | Morris Towns | 23 | 1 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Missouri | 1/10/1954 | Rook | 0 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 11th pick / 1977 | |
| 31 | Mike Voight | 23 | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | North Carolina | 2/28/1954 | Rook | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 76th pick / 1977 | |
| 59 | Ted Washington | 29 | LOLB | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-1 | Miss. Valley St. | 2/16/1948 | 4 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| 28 | Mike Weger | 32 | 11 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/2/1945 | 10 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 | |
| 45 | Tim Wilson | 23 | fb | 10 | 5 | 226 | 6-3 | Maryland | 1/14/1954 | Rook | 6 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1977 |
| 77 | Jim Young | 27 | LDE | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 7/8/1950 | Rook | 7 | |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 225.7 | 6-1.9 | 3.6 |
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