1978 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Record: 10-6-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bum Phillips (10-6-0)

Points For: 283 (17.7/g) 14th of 28

Points Against: 298 (18.6/g) 16th of 28

SRS: -0.40 (13th of 28), SOS: .54

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 17-9 vs. Miami Dolphins
Won Divisional Round 31-14 vs. New England Patriots
Lost Conference Championship 5-34 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Offensive Coordinator: Ken Shipp

Defensive Coordinator: Ed Biles

Other Notable Asst.: Joe Bugel (Offensive Line), King Hill (Receivers), John Paul Young (Linebackers/Special Teams) and Wade Phillips (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Houston Astrodome

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

Head Coach/General Manager: Bum Phillips

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000

Training Camp: Angelo State (San Angelo, 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	283	4814	993	4.8	38	21	276	201	373	2338	16	17	6.0	119	603	2476	19	4.1	135	102	833	22
Opp. Stats	298	4914	1021	4.8	34	17	292	240	428	2842	17	17	6.1	144	556	2072	14	3.7	120	99	940	28
Lg Rank Offense	14	16			12	21	15		24	18	14	4	9		7	6	5	10
Lg Rank Defense	16	17			25	14	19		12	24	14	24	24		10	9	9	10

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	14	20	13	261	105	156	4	11	171	71	100	1	-21.24	21.43	1.04
2	Sun	September 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	20	17	15	224	47	177	1	19	295	34	261	2	-2.99	-0.84	8.57
3	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		San Francisco 49ers	20	19	23	332	179	153	2	18	382	321	61	3	0.44	2.47	-3.24
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Los Angeles Rams	6	10	10	232	120	112	2	26	388	213	175	3	-8.37	-6.21	6.94
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Cleveland Browns	16	13	20	379	215	164	4	11	182	104	78	4	-14.18	18.63	0.13
6	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Oakland Raiders	17	21	20	373	168	205	2	22	279	156	123	5	-4.29	1.32	-2.54
7	Sun	October 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Buffalo Bills	17	10	17	330	152	178		15	229	80	149	1	4.78	9.56	-5.90
8	Mon	October 23	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	24	17	22	329	160	169	1	21	328	215	113	1	10.76	-1.93	-0.69
9	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Cincinnati Bengals	13	28	15	255	118	137	2	18	436	247	189	1	-9.35	-11.89	4.98
10	Sun	November 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		Cleveland Browns	14	10	18	392	236	156	4	10	194	166	28	1	-5.74	16.91	-6.16
11	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4	@	New England Patriots	26	23	24	322	194	128	4	16	274	130	144	4	-1.18	-2.20	5.57
12	Mon	November 20	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Miami Dolphins	35	30	23	406	141	265	1	27	454	327	127	2	22.11	-15.59	-5.31
13	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4		Cincinnati Bengals	17	10	17	301	148	153	2	19	237	95	142		-3.41	7.14	6.19
14	Sun	December 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-5		Pittsburgh Steelers	3	13	9	164	83	81	6	17	251	74	177	2	-33.88	12.14	10.28
15	Sun	December 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5	@	New Orleans Saints	17	12	16	244	119	125		18	297	241	56	1	-3.05	3.16	0.67
16	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6		San Diego Chargers	24	45	14	270	153	117	3	24	517	368	149	3	-17.05	-10.47	4.01
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-6	@	Miami Dolphins	17	9	23	455	290	165	1	14	209	118	91	5	10.89	18.13	-13.43
Division	Sun	December 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-6	@	New England Patriots	31	14	21	344	170	174	1	15	263	180	83	3	11.10	11.39	-0.01
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-7	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	5	34	10	142	70	72	9	21	379	200	179	5	-45.00	8.67	5.66

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Dan Pastorini	29	QB	16	16	10-6-0	199	368	54.1	2473	16	4.3	17	4.6	117	36.8	80	6.7	5.5	12.4	154.6	70.4	15	123	3.92	6.14	5.0	6	6
2	Ken Burrough	30	WR	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
3	Gifford Nielsen	24	QB	2	0		2	4	50.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	56.2	2	12	33.33	-2.00	-2.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	201	373	53.9	2338	16	4.3	17	4.6	117	36.2	80	6.3	5.08	11.6	146.1	68.4	17	135	4.36	5.99	4.85	6	6

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	GWD
1	Dan Pastorini	29	QB	3	3	2-1-0	44	70	62.9	602	4	5.7	6	8.6	25	41.8	71	8.6	5.9	13.7	200.7	73.6	9	72	11.39	6.71	4.3	1
2	Mike Barber	25	TE	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	44	71	62.0	530	4	5.6	6	8.5	25	41.3	71	2.7	-5.96	5.8	176.7	13.5	9	72	11.25	2.33	-5.17	1

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Earl Campbell	23	RB	15	14	302	1450	13	71	46.7	81	4.8	96.7	20.1	16	12	48	4.0	0	2	18.8	20	0.8	3.2	75.0	3.0	314	4.8	1498	13	9	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-1,AP ORoY-1
2	Ken Burrough	30	WR	16	16	3	-11	0	0	0.0	1	-3.7	-0.7	0.2	106	47	624	13.3	2	36	36.8	44	2.9	39.0	44.3	5.9	50	12.3	613	2	0
3	Mike Barber	25	TE	16	16	2	14	0	1	50.0	13	7.0	0.9	0.1	59	32	513	16.0	3	20	45.8	72	2.0	32.1	54.2	8.7	34	15.5	527	3	4
4	Tim Wilson	24	FB	16	13	126	431	0	29	45.2	24	3.4	26.9	7.9	24	15	91	6.1	1	4	25.0	14	0.9	5.7	62.5	3.8	141	3.7	522	1	5
5	Rob Carpenter	23	RB	11	2	82	348	5	19	50.0	20	4.2	31.6	7.5	18	17	150	8.8	0	6	44.4	37	1.5	13.6	94.4	8.3	99	5.0	498	5	0
6	Ronnie Coleman	27	RB	15	2	61	188	1	12	47.5	16	3.1	12.5	4.1	32	19	246	12.9	1	14	46.9	33	1.3	16.4	59.4	7.7	80	5.4	434	2	4
7	Rich Caster	30	WR	14	6	5	32	0	2	60.0	11	6.4	2.3	0.4	44	20	316	15.8	5	13	38.6	47	1.4	22.6	45.5	7.2	25	13.9	348	5	1
8	Mike Renfro	23	WR	14	10	1	9	0	0	100.0	9	9.0	0.6	0.1	47	26	339	13.0	2	18	44.7	58	1.9	24.2	55.3	7.2	27	12.9	348	2	1
9	Robert Woods	23	WR	3	1	2	4	0	0	0.0	5	2.0	1.3	0.7	9	6	96	16.0	2	2	22.2	80	2.0	32.0	66.7	10.7	8	12.5	100	2	1
10	Conrad Rucker	24	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	38	19.0	0	2	66.7	22	0.2	2.9	66.7	12.7	2	19.0	38	0	0
11	Dan Pastorini	29	QB	16	16	18	11	0	2	16.7	11	0.6	0.7	1.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			18	0.6	11	0	5
12	Billy Johnson	26	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	1	10	10.0	0	0	0.0	10	0.2	2.0	20.0	2.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
13	Guido Merkens	23	SS	12	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	6	6.0	0	0	0.0	6	0.1	0.5	50.0	3.0	1	6.0	6	0	3
14	David Carter	25	C	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
15	Brian Duncan	26	RB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.2	3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0		0.4	0.0	66.7	0.0	3	0.0	0	0	0
16	Greg Sampson	28	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	-4	-4.0	0	0	0.0	-4	0.1	-0.3	100.0	-4.0	1	-4.0	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	603	2476	19	136	45.8	81	4.1	154.8	37.7	370	201	2473	12.3	16	117	37.8	80	12.6	154.6	54.3	6.7	804	6.2	4949	35	33

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Earl Campbell	23	RB	3	3	75	264	2	18	46.7	35	3.5	88.0	25.0	4	3	27	9.0	0	1	75.0	13	1.0	9.0	75.0	6.8	78	3.7	291	2	4
2	Mike Barber	25	TE	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	13	9	195	21.7	2	9	69.2	55	3.0	65.0	69.2	15.0	9	21.7	195	2	0
3	Ken Burrough	30	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	9	194	21.6	1	7	33.3	71	3.0	64.7	42.9	9.2	9	21.6	194	1	0
4	Tim Wilson	24	FB	3	3	30	108	0	4	33.3	21	3.6	36.0	10.0	12	10	73	7.3	1	3	50.0	13	3.3	24.3	83.3	6.1	40	4.5	181	1	2
5	Rich Caster	30	WR	3	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	8	67	8.4	0	4	41.7	21	2.7	22.3	66.7	5.6	8	8.4	67	0	0
6	Ronnie Coleman	27	RB	3	0	9	16	0	2	33.3	12	1.8	5.3	3.0	2	2	20	10.0	0	0	50.0	15	0.7	6.7	100.0	10.0	11	3.3	36	0	2
7	Robert Woods	23	WR	3	0	1	9	0	0	100.0	9	9.0	3.0	0.3	6	3	26	8.7	0	1	33.3	16	1.0	8.7	50.0	4.3	4	8.8	35	0	1
8	Larry Poole	26	RB	2	0	4	19	0	1	25.0	12	4.8	9.5	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	4.8	19	0	0
9	Brian Duncan	26	RB	1	0	2	7	0	0	0.0	5	3.5	7.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	3.5	7	0	0
10	Gifford Nielsen	24	QB	1	0	1	-3	0	0	0.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-3.0	-3	0	0
11	Dan Pastorini	29	QB	1	1	3	-9	0	0	0.0	-3	-3.0	-9.0	3.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-3.0	-9	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	125	411	2	25	40.0	35	3.3	137.0	41.7	70	44	602	13.7	4	25	47.1	71	14.7	200.7	62.9	8.6	169	6.0	1013	6	9

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Barber	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Elvin Bethea	32	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	PB
3	Gregg Bingham	27	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
4	Robert Brazile	25	ROLB	16	16	1	30	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Curley Culp	32	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
6	Steve Kiner	31	LILB	16	16	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Dan Pastorini	29	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	-19	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Mike Reinfeldt	25	FS	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Greg Sampson	28	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Greg Stemrick	27	RCB	16	16	3	65	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Ted Washington	30	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	7.5	0	0	0	0
12	Jim Young	28	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
13	Willie Alexander	29	LCB	16	14	5	51	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Earl Campbell	23	RB	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-1,AP ORoY-1
15	Tim Wilson	24	FB	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Bill Currier	23	SS	14	11	1	8	0	8	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Mike Renfro	23	WR	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	George Reihner	23	LG	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Rich Caster	30	WR	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Kurt Knoff	24	DB	16	5	1	6	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Ronnie Coleman	27	RB	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	J.C. Wilson	22	DB	16	2	2	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Robert Woods	23	WR	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Steve Baumgartner	27	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
25	David Carter	25	C	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Johnnie Dirden	26	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Andy Dorris	27	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
28	Ken Kennard	24	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
29	Guido Merkens	23	SS	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Gifford Nielsen	24	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Art Stringer	24	LB	7	0	1	20	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
32	Ted Thompson	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	C.L. Whittington	26	DB	12	0	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	17	199	0	38	15	35	27	-13	0	37.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Reinfeldt	25	FS	3	3	3	27	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Ted Washington	30	LOLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	1
3	Elvin Bethea	32	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
4	Gregg Bingham	27	RILB	2	2	2	23	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Robert Brazile	25	ROLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	Earl Campbell	23	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Greg Stemrick	27	RCB	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Tim Wilson	24	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Willie Alexander	29	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Carl Mauck	31	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Dan Pastorini	29	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Jim Young	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
13	Ronnie Coleman	27	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
14	Johnnie Dirden	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
15	Ken Kennard	24	NT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
16	Robert Woods	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	8	50	0	27	0	2	10	10	0	0	6.0	0	1

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