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Record: 5-9-0, 4th in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bum Phillips (5-9-0)

Points For: 222 (15.9/g) 22nd of 28

Points Against: 273 (19.5/g) 17th of 28

Expected W-L: 5.3-8.7

SRS: -1.77 (18th of 28), SOS: 1.88

Offensive Coordinator: King Hill

Defensive Coordinator: Ed Biles

Other Notable Asst.: Richie Petitbon (Defensive Backs) and Wade Phillips (Linebackers)

Stadium: Houston Astrodome

Founder/Owner/Chairman/President/CEO: Bud Adams

Head Coach/General Manager: Bum Phillips

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Training Camp: Sam Houston State (Huntsville, Texas)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	222	3570	878	4.1	33	14	199	227	423	2072	17	19	4.5	110	416	1498	6	3.6	71	99	776	18
Opp. Stats	273	3987	935	4.3	28	17	226	173	345	1915	17	11	4.8	90	540	2072	13	3.8	117	107	963	19
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

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										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	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	0	21	372	182	190	4	8	110	58	52	2
2	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Buffalo Bills	13	3	11	260	52	208	1	13	168	79	89	2
3	Sun	September 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Oakland Raiders	13	14	17	268	189	79	1	13	234	128	106	1
4	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	New Orleans Saints	31	26	14	255	168	87	1	22	375	270	105	3
5	Sun	October 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Denver Broncos	17	3	18	312	217	95		8	154	67	87	1
6	Sun	October 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	San Diego Chargers	27	30	16	380	329	51	1	24	468	245	223	2
7	Sun	October 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		Cincinnati Bengals	7	27	12	176	148	28	4	18	328	166	162	1
8	Mon	November 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Baltimore Colts	14	38	12	190	107	83	3	25	458	190	268	1
9	Sun	November 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5		Cleveland Browns	7	21	11	188	63	125	3	13	262	62	200	1
10	Sun	November 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6	@	Cincinnati Bengals	27	31	20	252	111	141	3	15	300	215	85	3
11	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	32	12	225	124	101	4	17	248	105	143	2
12	Sun	November 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-7		Atlanta Falcons	20	14	17	359	200	159	2	15	283	165	118	3
13	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8	@	Cleveland Browns	10	13	9	175	117	58	4	15	265	89	176	5
14	Sat	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		Pittsburgh Steelers	0	21	9	158	65	93	2	20	334	76	258	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Dan Pastorini	27	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	7.21	4.69	3.9	0	1
2	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	11.72	3.99	2.3	0	0
3	Ronnie Coleman	25	RB	13	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	5-9-0	227	423	53.7	2072	17	4.0	19	4.5	69	5.7	4.5	10.7	148.0	65.4	39	357	8.44	4.48	3.37	0	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Ken Burrough	28	WR	14	14	3	22	0	12	7.3	1.6	0.2	51	932	18.3	7	69	3.6	66.6	54	17.7	954	7	0
2	Ronnie Coleman	25	RB	13	13	171	684	2	39	4.0	52.6	13.2	40	247	6.2	3	19	3.1	19.0	211	4.4	931	5	8
3	Fred Willis	29	FB	13	12	148	542	2	44	3.7	41.7	11.4	32	255	8.0	1	42	2.5	19.6	180	4.4	797	3	3
4	Billy Johnson	24	WR	14	13	6	6	0	10	1.0	0.4	0.4	47	495	10.5	4	40	3.4	35.4	53	9.5	501	4	3
5	John Sawyer	23	TE	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	208	11.6	1	53	1.3	14.9	18	11.6	208	1	0
6	Mack Alston	29	TE	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	174	9.2	1	29	1.4	12.4	19	9.2	174	1	1
7	Don Hardeman	23	RB	13	2	32	114	1	21	3.6	8.8	2.5	7	25	3.6	0	11	0.5	1.9	39	3.6	139	1	0
8	Joe Dawkins	28	RB	14	1	31	61	1	7	2.0	4.4	2.2	3	21	7.0	0	14	0.2	1.5	34	2.4	82	1	0
9	Dan Pastorini	27	QB	13	10	11	45	0	11	4.1	3.5	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	4.1	45	0	6
10	Melvin Baker	26	WR	8	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.1	3	32	10.7	0	14	0.4	4.0	4	8.5	34	0	0
11	Altie Taylor	29	RB	11	0	5	11	0	8	2.2	1.0	0.5	2	15	7.5	0	8	0.2	1.4	7	3.7	26	0	0
12	Earl Thomas	28	WR	7	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	15	3.8	0	14	0.6	2.1	4	3.8	15	0	0
13	John Hadl	36	QB	14	4	7	11	0	8	1.6	0.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	1.6	11	0	2
14	Greg Stemrick	25	DB	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.7	1	10.0	10	0	0
15	Skip Butler	29	K	14	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	416	1498	6	44	3.6	107.0	29.7	227	2429	10.7	17	69	16.2	173.5	643	6.1	3927	23	23

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Elvin Bethea	30	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	14.5	0
2	Gregg Bingham	25	RILB	14	14	2	18	0	15	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
3	Robert Brazile	23	ROLB	14	14	1	8	0	8	0	1	0	0	6.5	0	PB,AP-2
4	Curley Culp	30	NT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.0	0	PB
5	Elbert Drungo	33	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Ed Fisher	27	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Carl Mauck	29	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	-20	0	0.0	0
8	Ronnie Coleman	25	RB	13	13	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Billy Johnson	24	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Steve Kiner	29	LILB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	5.0	0
11	Zeke Moore	33	RCB	14	13	1	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	C.L. Whittington	24	FS	14	13	5	103	0	50	1	2	96	1	1.0	0
13	Ted Washington	28	LOLB	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
14	Fred Willis	29	FB	13	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Mack Alston	29	TE	14	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dan Pastorini	27	QB	13	10	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Mike Reinfeldt	23	SS	11	10	1	19	0	19	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Greg Sampson	26	LT	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Tody Smith	28	LDE	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Al Burton	24	LDE	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
21	John Hadl	36	QB	14	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	John Sawyer	23	TE	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Greg Stemrick	25	DB	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Joe Owens	30	DE	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	Tim Rossovich	30	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
26	Jim Beirne	30	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	John Little	29	NT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
28	Ted Thompson	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11	176	0	50	25	27	86	1	50.0	0

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