1979 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Record: 11-5-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bum Phillips (11-5-0)

Points For: 362 (22.6/g) 8th of 28

Points Against: 331 (20.7/g) 16th of 28

SRS: 4.36 (4th of 28), SOS: 2.42

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 13-7 vs. Denver Broncos
Won Divisional Round 17-14 vs. San Diego Chargers
Lost Conference Championship 13-27 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

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 +2500

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	362	4827	1034	4.7	32	11	268	195	386	2256	17	21	5.4	100	616	2571	24	4.2	149	109	947	19
Opp. Stats	331	4990	1038	4.8	50	16	304	242	465	2765	18	34	5.4	158	522	2225	19	4.3	125	103	920	21
Lg Rank Offense	8	22			5	3	22		25	25	18	10	19		3	4	4	7
Lg Rank Defense	16	13			1	14	16		14	14	11	1	9		11	17	17	21

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 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Washington Redskins	29	27	21	365	166	199	3	14	246	104	142	3	-2.69	2.47	0.59
2	Sun	September 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	38	12	124	22	102	6	17	256	174	82	2	-41.21	5.63	7.22
3	Sun	September 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Kansas City Chiefs	20	6	16	345	173	172	1	16	280	97	183	5	-7.91	19.34	1.50
4	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	30	27	19	361	184	177	3	21	265	100	165	2	-3.33	3.07	3.26
5	Sun	September 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Cleveland Browns	31	10	17	270	76	194		24	309	201	108	4	5.23	12.69	2.70
6	Sun	October 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2		St. Louis Cardinals	17	24	13	222	165	57	3	26	447	253	194	4	-7.07	-6.72	5.67
7	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Baltimore Colts	28	16	16	247	27	220	2	16	189	82	107	4	-10.31	27.25	-5.36
8	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Seattle Seahawks	14	34	16	243	160	83	3	21	391	240	151	2	-13.19	-7.46	-1.35
9	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-3		New York Jets	27	24	17	311	199	112	1	20	357	225	132	3	-8.72	7.67	4.24
10	Mon	November 5	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Miami Dolphins	9	6	10	190	11	179		13	240	138	102	4	-17.62	19.84	1.53
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Oakland Raiders	31	17	16	348	205	143	2	21	294	213	81	3	15.66	-2.08	3.49
12	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Cincinnati Bengals	42	21	26	485	322	163	3	17	306	106	200	6	16.35	15.42	-10.42
13	Thu	November 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	30	24	17	378	154	224		20	371	279	92	3	11.37	-3.46	-2.35
14	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-4	@	Cleveland Browns	7	14	13	249	128	121	2	23	335	137	198	2	-8.39	2.33	-3.05
15	Mon	December 10	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4		Pittsburgh Steelers	20	17	20	350	160	190		15	338	218	120	2	2.87	9.25	-6.18
16	Sun	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-5		Philadelphia Eagles	20	26	19	339	104	235	3	20	366	198	168	1	-5.02	-7.28	2.29
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-5		Denver Broncos	13	7	15	282	147	135	2	17	216	104	112	1	-6.95	16.14	-0.63
Division	Sat	December 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-5	@	San Diego Chargers	17	14	15	259	111	148	1	25	380	317	63	5	-2.16	-3.56	7.07
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-6	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	27	11	227	203	24	3	22	358	197	161	2	-10.69	-5.27	2.86

Passing

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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	4QC	GWD
1	Dan Pastorini	30	QB	15	15	10-5-0	163	324	50.3	2090	14	4.3	18	5.6	84	33.1	55	6.5	4.81	12.8	139.3	62.1	29	212	8.22	5.32	3.82	2	4
2	Gifford Nielsen	25	QB	16	1	1-0-0	32	61	52.5	404	3	4.9	3	4.9	17	32.8	41	6.6	5.39	12.6	25.3	69.3	3	26	4.69	5.91	4.73	0	0
3	Ken Burrough	31	WR	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11-5-0	195	386	50.5	2256	17	4.4	21	5.4	101	33.0	55	6.5	4.89	12.8	141.0	63.1	32	238	7.66	5.40	3.95	2	4

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
1	Dan Pastorini	30	QB	2	2	1-1-0	27	46	58.7	352	0	0.0	2	4.3	13	39.6	41	7.7	5.70	13.0	176.0	64.8	2	20	4.17	6.92	5.04
2	Gifford Nielsen	25	QB	3	1	1-0-0	13	24	54.2	129	1	4.2	2	8.3	5	37.5	47	5.4	2.46	9.9	43.0	48.8	0	0	0.00	5.38	2.46
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	40	70	57.1	461	1	1.4	4	5.7	18	38.9	47	7.3	4.59	12.0	153.7	75.6	2	20	2.78	6.77	5.27

Rushing & Receiving

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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	24	RB	16	16	368	1697	19	107	56.8	61	4.6	106.1	23.0	25	16	94	5.9	0	3	32.0	46	1.0	5.9	64.0	3.8	384	4.7	1791	19	8	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
2	Ken Burrough	31	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	91	40	752	18.8	6	29	38.5	55	2.5	47.0	44.0	8.3	40	18.8	752	6	1
3	Tim Wilson	25	FB	16	16	84	319	2	16	44.0	19	3.8	19.9	5.3	37	29	208	7.2	1	8	45.9	24	1.8	13.0	78.4	5.6	113	4.7	527	3	2
4	Rob Carpenter	24	RB	16	0	92	355	3	13	39.1	13	3.9	22.2	5.8	30	16	116	7.3	1	6	26.7	22	1.0	7.3	53.3	3.9	108	4.4	471	4	3
5	Mike Barber	26	TE	15	15	2	4	0	0	50.0	6	2.0	0.3	0.1	52	27	377	14.0	3	14	40.4	37	1.8	25.1	51.9	7.3	29	13.1	381	3	1
6	Mike Renfro	24	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	29	16	323	20.2	2	12	48.3	49	1.1	21.5	55.2	11.1	16	20.2	323	2	1
7	Rich Caster	31	WR	16	14	4	25	0	1	75.0	10	6.3	1.6	0.3	44	18	239	13.3	1	10	29.5	36	1.1	14.9	40.9	5.4	22	12.0	264	1	1
8	Ronnie Coleman	28	RB	14	0	21	81	0	4	38.1	10	3.9	5.8	1.5	18	12	114	9.5	1	7	44.4	17	0.9	8.1	66.7	6.3	33	5.9	195	1	2
9	Boobie Clark	29	RB	15	0	22	51	0	4	40.9	7	2.3	3.4	1.5	9	6	58	9.7	0	1	11.1	38	0.4	3.9	66.7	6.4	28	3.9	109	0	0
10	Billy Johnson	27	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	6	108	18.0	1	5	54.5	29	3.0	54.0	54.5	9.8	6	18.0	108	1	0
11	Guido Merkens	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	3	44	14.7	1	3	30.0	20	0.2	2.8	30.0	4.4	3	14.7	44	1	1
12	Conrad Rucker	25	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	4	40	10.0	0	2	27.3	16	0.3	2.5	36.4	3.6	4	10.0	40	0	0
13	Dan Pastorini	30	QB	15	15	15	23	0	3	26.7	14	1.5	1.5	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	1.5	23	0	6
14	Rich Ellender	22	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	15	15.0	0	1	50.0	15	0.1	1.2	50.0	7.5	1	15.0	15	0	4
15	Kenny King	22	RB	12	0	3	9	0	0	0.0	4	3.0	0.8	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	3.0	9	0	0
16	Gifford Nielsen	25	QB	16	1	5	7	0	0	0.0	7	1.4	0.4	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	1.4	7	0	1
17	Jeff Groth	22	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	1	6	6.0	0	0	0.0	6	0.2	1.0	20.0	1.2	1	6.0	6	0	0
18	Eddie Foster	25	WR	1	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
19	Ted Thompson	26	LB	16	1	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
	Team Totals			16	16	616	2571	24	148	49.8	61	4.2	160.7	38.5	376	195	2494	12.8	17	101	36.7	55	12.2	155.9	51.9	6.6	811	6.2	5065	41	31

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	Rob Carpenter	24	RB	3	1	34	126	0	7	35.3	11	3.7	42.0	11.3	14	12	72	6.0	0	4	35.7	14	4.0	24.0	85.7	5.1	46	4.3	198	0	0
2	Tim Wilson	25	FB	3	3	23	69	0	2	30.4	14	3.0	23.0	7.7	16	14	129	9.2	0	4	56.3	41	4.7	43.0	87.5	8.1	37	5.4	198	0	0
3	Ronnie Coleman	28	RB	3	0	2	5	0	2	100.0	4	2.5	1.7	0.7	5	4	100	25.0	0	4	80.0	41	1.3	33.3	80.0	20.0	6	17.5	105	0	0
4	Mike Renfro	24	WR	3	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	4	99	24.8	1	3	44.4	47	1.3	33.0	44.4	11.0	4	24.8	99	1	1
5	Earl Campbell	24	RB	2	2	33	65	1	4	39.4	9	2.0	32.5	16.5	2	2	18	9.0	0	1	100.0	11	1.0	9.0	100.0	9.0	35	2.4	83	1	1
6	Mike Barber	26	TE	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	3	51	17.0	0	2	27.3	31	1.0	17.0	27.3	4.6	3	17.0	51	0	0
7	Boobie Clark	29	RB	1	0	9	30	1	3	55.6	11	3.3	30.0	9.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	3.3	30	1	0
8	Guido Merkens	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	12	12.0	0	0	33.3	12	0.5	6.0	33.3	4.0	1	12.0	12	0	1
9	Gifford Nielsen	25	QB	1	1	2	12	0	1	50.0	14	6.0	12.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	6.0	12	0	0
10	Ken Burrough	31	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
11	Rich Caster	31	WR	3	3	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	4	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
12	Conrad Rucker	25	TE	1	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
13	J.C. Wilson	23	LCB	1	1	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
	Team Totals			3	3	104	307	2	19	38.5	14	3.0	102.3	34.7	68	40	481	12.0	1	18	41.2	47	13.3	160.3	58.8	7.1	144	5.5	788	3	3

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						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	Gregg Bingham	28	LILB	16	16	3	78	0	54	2	0	3	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2	Robert Brazile	26	ROLB	16	16	2	45	0	26	0	0	3	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-6
3	Ken Burrough	31	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Earl Campbell	24	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
5	Curley Culp	33	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	AP-2
6	Andy Dorris	28	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0	0	0	0
7	Carl Mauck	32	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Vernon Perry	26	SS	16	16	3	33	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Mike Reinfeldt	26	FS	16	16	12	205	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-2
10	Greg Stemrick	28	RCB	16	16	2	50	0	50	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Morris Towns	25	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	J.C. Wilson	23	LCB	16	16	6	135	1	66	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Tim Wilson	25	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Mike Barber	26	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Dan Pastorini	30	QB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Ted Washington	31	LOLB	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0
17	Elvin Bethea	33	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
18	Rich Caster	31	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Daryl Hunt	23	LB	16	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Art Stringer	25	RILB	8	8	2	21	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Jesse Baker	22	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	1	15.5	0	0	0	0
22	Gifford Nielsen	25	QB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Mike Renfro	24	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Ted Thompson	26	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Willie Alexander	30	DB	13	0	2	27	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Rob Carpenter	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Boobie Clark	29	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Ronnie Coleman	28	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Bill Currier	24	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Rich Ellender	22	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Carter Hartwig	23	DB	16	0	2	24	0	24	0	0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Ken Kennard	25	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0
33	Guido Merkens	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Mike Stensrud	23	DE	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	34	618	1	66	13	31	32	17	1	51.0	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	Andy Dorris	28	LDE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0
2	Elvin Bethea	33	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
3	Vernon Perry	26	SS	2	2	5	75	1	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Gregg Bingham	28	LILB	1	1	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Earl Campbell	24	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	David Carter	26	G	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Curley Culp	33	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
8	J.C. Wilson	23	LCB	1	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Rich Ellender	22	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Ken Kennard	25	NT	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
11	Guido Merkens	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Mike Renfro	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
13	Mike Stensrud	23	DE	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	7	93	1	75	0	0	4	2	0	0	11.0	0	0