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1980 Houston Oilers
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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 295 points (18.4/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 251 points (15.7/g), 2nd.
Differential of 44 points (2.8/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 9.5-6.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 21st.
Coached by Bum Phillips (11-5-0)
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1980 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) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Ken Stabler | 35 | 10 | 16 | 293 for 457, 3,202 yards, 13 td, 28 int, & 15 rushes for -22 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1968 |
| RB | Earl Campbell*+ | 25 | 2 | 15 | 373 rushes for 1,934 yards, 13 td, & 11 catches for 47 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 1st pick / 1978 |
| FB | Tim Wilson | 26 | 3 | 16 | 66 rushes for 257 yards, 1 td, & 30 catches for 170 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1977 |
| WR | Billy Johnson | 28 | 6 | 6 | 31 catches for 343 yards, 2 td, & 2 rushes for 1 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| WR | Mike Renfro | 25 | 2 | 16 | 35 catches for 459 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 12 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 98th pick / 1978 |
| TE | Mike Barber | 27 | 4 | 16 | 59 catches for 712 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1976 |
| TE | Dave Casper* | 29 | 6 | 9 | 34 catches for 526 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 8 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1974 |
| LT | Leon Gray+ | 29 | 7 | 14 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1973 |
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| LG | Bob Young | 38 | 14 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| C | Carl Mauck | 33 | 11 | 16 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
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| RG | Ed Fisher | 31 | 6 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RT | Morris Towns | 26 | 3 | 12 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 11th pick / 1977 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Andy Dorris | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 93rd pick / 1973 |
| NT | Ken Kennard | 26 | 3 | 11 | ||
| NT | Curley Culp | 34 | 12 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
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| RDE | Elvin Bethea | 34 | 12 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| LOLB | Ted Washington | 32 | 7 | 15 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| LILB | Art Stringer | 26 | 3 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 256th pick / 1976 |
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| LILB | Daryl Hunt | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 143rd pick / 1979 |
| RILB | Gregg Bingham | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| ROLB | Robert Brazile* | 27 | 5 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1975 |
| LCB | J.C. Wilson | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 8th / 210th pick / 1978 |
| RCB | Greg Stemrick* | 29 | 5 | 16 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | Vernon Perry | 27 | 1 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Mike Reinfeldt | 27 | 4 | 16 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Toni Fritsch | 35 | 9 | 0 | 19 of 24 field goals & 26 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Cliff Parsley | 26 | 3 | 0 | 67 punts for a 40.7 average, 0 blocked | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 147th pick / 1977 |
| PR | Carl Roaches | 27 | Rook | 0 | 47 punt returns for a 8.2 average and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 14th / 377th pick / 1976 |
| KR | Carl Roaches | 27 | Rook | 0 | 37 kick returns for a 20.2 average and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 14th / 377th pick / 1976 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Adger Armstrong | 23 | RB | 16 | 0 | 213 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 6/21/1957 | Rook | |
| Jesse Baker | 23 | DE | 16 | 4 | 269 | 6-5 | Jacksonville State | 7/10/1957 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1979 |
| Mike Barber | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 6/4/1953 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1976 |
| Elvin Bethea | 34 | DE | 14 | 12 | 260 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 3/1/1946 | 12 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| Gregg Bingham | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/13/1951 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| Craig Bradshaw | 23 | QB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Louisiana Tech,Utah State | 8/14/1957 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 7th / 182nd pick / 1980 |
| Robert Brazile* | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 241 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 2/7/1953 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1975 |
| Ken Burrough | 32 | WR | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 7/14/1948 | 10 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| Earl Campbell*+ | 25 | RB | 15 | 15 | 232 | 5-11 | Texas | 3/29/1955 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 1st pick / 1978 |
| Rob Carpenter | 25 | RB | 15 | 1 | 224 | 6-1 | Miami (OH) | 4/20/1955 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| David Carter | 27 | C-G | 16 | 4 | 250 | 6-2 | Western Kentucky | 11/27/1953 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 165th pick / 1977 |
| Dave Casper* | 29 | TE | 10 | 9 | 240 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 9/26/1951 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1974 |
| Rich Caster | 32 | TE-WR | 16 | 1 | 228 | 6-5 | Jackson State | 10/16/1948 | 10 | New York Jets / 2nd / 46th pick / 1970 |
| Boobie Clark | 30 | RB | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/8/1950 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 302nd pick / 1973 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 29 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Alabama A&M | 7/9/1951 | 6 | |
| John Corker | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 12/29/1958 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 134th pick / 1980 |
| Curley Culp | 34 | DT-NT-G | 10 | 5 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 3/10/1946 | 12 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| Greg Davidson | 22 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | North Texas | 4/24/1958 | Rook | |
| Charles Davis | 29 | DT-NT | 1 | 0 | 269 | 6-1 | TCU | 11/17/1951 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 229th pick / 1974 |
| Andy Dorris | 29 | DE | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-4 | New Mexico State | 8/11/1951 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 93rd pick / 1973 |
| Angelo Fields | 23 | T | 16 | 3 | 321 | 6-6 | Michigan State | 9/15/1957 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1980 |
| Ed Fisher | 31 | G-C-DE | 16 | 16 | 249 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 5/31/1949 | 6 | |
| Toni Fritsch | 35 | K | 15 | 0 | 190 | 5-7 | none | 7/10/1945 | 9 | |
| Leon Gray+ | 29 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-3 | Jackson State | 11/15/1951 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1973 |
| Sammy Green | 26 | LB | 2 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Florida | 10/12/1954 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 29th pick / 1976 |
| Jeff Groth | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Bowling Green | 7/2/1957 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 206th pick / 1979 |
| Carter Hartwig | 24 | DB | 15 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | USC | 2/27/1956 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 214th pick / 1979 |
| Conway Hayman | 31 | G-T | 5 | 3 | 264 | 6-3 | Delaware | 1/9/1949 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 141st pick / 1971 |
| Thomas Henderson | 27 | LB | 7 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Langston | 3/1/1953 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 18th pick / 1975 |
| Daryl Hunt | 24 | LB | 16 | 6 | 229 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 11/3/1956 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 143rd pick / 1979 |
| Billy Johnson | 28 | WR | 16 | 6 | 170 | 5-9 | Widener | 1/21/1952 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| Ken Kennard | 26 | NT-DE | 16 | 11 | 248 | 6-2 | Angelo State (TX) | 10/4/1954 | 3 | |
| Chester Marcol | 31 | K | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Hillsdale | 10/24/1949 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1972 |
| Carl Mauck | 33 | C | 16 | 16 | 243 | 6-4 | Southern Illinois | 7/7/1947 | 11 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
| Guido Merkens | 25 | WR-QB-DB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Sam Houston State | 8/14/1955 | 2 | |
| Gifford Nielsen | 26 | QB | 16 | 0 | 205 | 6-4 | BYU | 10/25/1954 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1978 |
| Cliff Parsley | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 12/26/1954 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 147th pick / 1977 |
| Vernon Perry | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 211 | 6-2 | Jackson State | 9/22/1953 | 1 | |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 192 | 6-2 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 5/6/1953 | 4 | |
| Mike Renfro | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 184 | 6-0 | TCU | 6/19/1955 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 98th pick / 1978 |
| Carl Roaches | 27 | WR | 16 | 0 | 168 | 5-8 | Texas A&M | 10/2/1953 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 14th / 377th pick / 1976 |
| Tim Smith | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 3/20/1957 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 79th pick / 1980 |
| Ken Stabler | 35 | QB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/25/1945 | 10 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1968 |
| Greg Stemrick* | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-11 | Colorado State | 10/25/1951 | 5 | |
| Mike Stensrud | 24 | NT-DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 280 | 6-5 | Iowa State | 2/19/1956 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1979 |
| Art Stringer | 26 | LB | 8 | 8 | 223 | 6-1 | Ball State | 1/30/1954 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 256th pick / 1976 |
| Jack Tatum | 32 | DB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 11/18/1948 | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 19th pick / 1971 |
| Ted Thompson | 27 | LB | 15 | 3 | 220 | 6-1 | SMU | 1/17/1953 | 5 | |
| Morris Towns | 26 | T | 16 | 12 | 270 | 6-4 | Missouri | 1/10/1954 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 11th pick / 1977 |
| Ted Washington | 32 | LB | 16 | 15 | 244 | 6-1 | Miss. Valley State | 2/16/1948 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| J.C. Wilson | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh,Tampa | 3/11/1956 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 210th pick / 1978 |
| Tim Wilson | 26 | FB | 16 | 16 | 226 | 6-3 | Maryland | 1/14/1954 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1977 |
| Bob Young | 38 | G-DE-DT | 15 | 12 | 270 | 6-1 | Howard Payne,Texas,Texas State | 9/3/1942 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals / 19th / 261st pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 27.7 | 16 | 226.9 | 6-1.7 | 4.6 |