1976 Houston Oilers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/2/1976	A	Kansas City Chiefs	3	9	L	OT	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	30006
Sat	8/7/1976	H	New Orleans Saints	10	13	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	38675
Sat	8/14/1976	H	New York Giants	14	30	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	44460
Sat	8/21/1976	H	New York Jets	24	27	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	41929
Sat	8/28/1976	H	Miami Dolphins	6	10	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	43146
Sat	9/4/1976	A	Dallas Cowboys	20	26	L	OT	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	58844
Sun	9/12/1976	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	0	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	42228
Sun	9/19/1976	A	Buffalo Bills	13	3	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	61364
Sun	9/26/1976	H	Oakland Raiders	13	14	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	42338
Sun	10/3/1976	A	New Orleans Saints	31	26	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51973
Sun	10/10/1976	H	Denver Broncos	17	3	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	47928
Sun	10/17/1976	A	San Diego Chargers	27	30	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	31950
Sun	10/24/1976	H	Cincinnati Bengals	7	27	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	45499
Mon	11/1/1976	A	Baltimore Colts	14	38	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	59732
Sun	11/7/1976	H	Cleveland Browns	7	21	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	39828
Sun	11/14/1976	A	Cincinnati Bengals	27	31	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	53243
Sun	11/21/1976	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	32	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47947
Sun	11/28/1976	H	Atlanta Falcons	20	14	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	25838
Sun	12/5/1976	A	Cleveland Browns	10	13	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	56025
Sat	12/11/1976	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	0	21	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	44743

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Samaji Adi Akili	49	LCB-RCB	6-2	192	24	New Mexico Highlands; California	4	0
Willie Alexander	19	LCB	6-3	192	27	Alcorn State	12	12
Mack Alston	82	TE	6-2	230	29	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	10
Bob Atkins	48	RS	6-3	211	30	Grambling State	14	1
Mel Baker	83	WR	6-0	189	26	Texas Southern	8	0
Mike Barber	86	TE	6-3	237	23	Louisiana Tech	2	0
Jim Beirne	88	WR	6-2	200	30	Purdue	7	0
Duane Benson	50	LOLB-ROLB	6-2	218	31	Hamline	14	2
Elvin Bethea	65	RDE	6-3	255	30	North Carolina A&T State	14	14
Gregg Bingham	54	RILB	6-1	227	25	Purdue	14	14
Robert Brazile	52	ROLB	6-4	238	23	Jackson State	14	14
Ken Burrough	00	WR	6-3	215	28	Texas Southern	14	14
Al Burton	68	LDE	6-5	267	24	Bethune-Cookman	12	6
Skip Butler	2	K	6-1	200	29	Texas-Arlington	14	0
Leroy Clark	14	P	5-11	200	26	Prairie View A&M	1	0
Ronnie Coleman	47	RB	5-10	197	25	Alabama A&M	13	13
Curley Culp	78	MG	6-1	265	30	Arizona State	14	14
Alvis Darby	87	WR	6-5	225	22	Florida	2	0
Joe Dawkins	33	RB	6-2	223	28	Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin	14	1
Elbert Drungo	75	ROT	6-5	265	33	Tennessee State	14	14
Emmett Edwards	87	WR	6-1	189	24	Kansas	3	0
Ken Ellis	40	CB	5-11	190	29	Southern University	1	0
Ed Fisher	60	ROG	6-3	249	27	Arizona State	14	14
John Hadl	21	QB	6-1	213	36	Kansas	14	4
Don Hardeman	30	RB	6-2	235	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	13	2
Dennis Havig	56	ROG-LOG	6-2	253	27	Colorado	14	0
Conway Hayman	70	LOG	6-3	255	27	Delaware	14	14
Mitch Hoopes	12	P	6-1	207	23	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona	1	0
Kevin Hunt	72	LOT	6-5	260	28	Doane	13	7
Al Johnson	15	RB	6-0	200	26	Cincinnati	14	0
Billy Johnson	84	WR	5-9	170	24	Widener	14	13
Steve Kiner	57	LILB	6-0	219	29	Tennessee	14	13
John Little	80	MG-RDE	6-3	250	29	Oklahoma State	14	0
Ron Lou	53	C	6-2	240	25	Arizona State	14	0
Carl Mauck	55	C	6-3	242	29	Southern Illinois	14	14
Zeke Moore	22	RCB	6-1	195	33	Lincoln (Missouri)	14	13
Joe Owens	71	LDE	6-2	244	30	Alcorn State	3	1
Dan Pastorini	7	QB	6-3	205	27	Santa Clara	13	10
Mike Reinfeldt	37	LS	6-2	192	23	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	11	10
Tim Rossovich	58	LILB	6-4	245	30	Southern California	14	1
Greg Sampson	73	LOT	6-6	270	26	Stanford	8	7
John Sawyer	81	TE	6-2	230	23	Southern Mississippi	14	4
Dave Simonson	76	OT	6-6	248	24	Minnesota	2	0
Bubba Smith	77	DE	6-7	292	31	Michigan State	4	0
Tody Smith	85	LDE	6-5	248	28	Michigan State; Southern California	9	7
Greg Stemrick	27	LCB-RCB	5-11	178	25	Colorado State	14	3
Altie Taylor	42	WR	5-10	199	29	Diablo Valley JC; Utah State	11	0
Earl Thomas	89	WR	6-2	215	28	Houston	7	1
Ted Thompson	51	LB	6-1	218	23	Southern Methodist	14	0
Ted Washington	59	LOLB	6-1	250	28	Mississippi Valley State	13	12
Mike Weger	28	LS	6-2	193	31	Bowling Green State	4	4
C.L. Whittington	38	RS	6-1	200	24	Prairie View A&M	14	13
Fred Willis	44	RB	6-0	209	29	Boston College	13	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	48	Mike Barber	TE	Louisiana Tech
4	117	Steve Largent	WR	Tulsa
6	173	Todd Simonsen	T	South Dakota State
7	197	Larry Harris	DT	Oklahoma State
8	229	Bobby Simon	T	Grambling State
9	256	Art Stringer	LB	Ball State
10	284	Steve Kincannon	QB	Humboldt State
11	311	Skip Walker	RB	Texas A&M
12	324	Larry Bell	DT	Texas A&M-Commerce
13	368	Dan O'rourke	WR	Colorado State
14	395	John Reimer	T	Wisconsin
15	422	Bobby Byars	DB	Cheyney
16	452	Claude Johnson	LB	Florida A&M
17	479	Allen Misher	WR	Louisiana State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	22	57	54	89	222
Opponents Totals	35	79	64	95	273

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	25:43	199	71	110	18	65/210 31.0%	/ %	99	776
Opponents Totals	34:17	226	117	90	19	77/220 35.0%	2/2 100.0%	107	963

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Skip Butler	0	24	24	100.0	16	27	59.3	0	72
Ken Burrough	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Ronnie Coleman	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Billy Johnson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Fred Willis	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mack Alston	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Dawkins	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Hardeman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Sawyer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
C.L. Whittington	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	25	24	25	96.0	16	27	59.3	0	222
Opponents Totals	31	29	31	93.5	18	29	62.1	2	273

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Skip Butler	16	27	59.3	1	54	1/1	4/4	7/10	3/8	1/4
Team Totals	16	27	59.3	1	54	1/1	4/4	7/10	3/8	1/4
Opponents Totals	18	29	62.1			1/1	7/8	6/9	3/9	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ronnie Coleman	171	684	4.0	39	2
Fred Willis	148	542	3.7	44	2
Don Hardeman	32	114	3.6	21	1
Joe Dawkins	31	61	2.0	7	1
Dan Pastorini	11	45	4.1	11	0
Ken Burrough	3	22	7.3	12	0
Altie Taylor	5	11	2.2	8	0
John Hadl	7	11	1.6	8	0
Billy Johnson	6	6	1.0	10	0
Mel Baker	1	2	2.0	2	0
Skip Butler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	416	1498	3.6	44	6
Opponents Totals	540	2072	3.8	69t	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Pastorini	309	167	54.0	132	1795	5.8	10.7	67t	10	3.2	10	3.2	24	234	1561	68.6
John Hadl	113	60	53.1	45	634	5.6	10.6	69t	7	6.2	8	7.1	15	123	511	60.9
Ronnie Coleman	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	423	227	53.7	177	2429	5.7	10.7	69t	17	4.0	19	4.5	39	357	2072	65.4
Opponents Totals	345	173	50.1	161	2259	6.5	13.1	81t	17	4.9	11	3.2	50	344	1915	74.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Burrough	51	932	18.3	69t	7
Billy Johnson	47	495	10.5	40t	4
Ronnie Coleman	40	247	6.2	19	3
Fred Willis	32	255	8.0	42	1
Mack Alston	19	174	9.2	29	1
John Sawyer	18	208	11.6	53	1
Don Hardeman	7	25	3.6	11	0
Earl Thomas	4	15	3.8	14	0
Mel Baker	3	32	10.7	14	0
Joe Dawkins	3	21	7.0	14	0
Altie Taylor	2	15	7.5	8	0
Greg Stemrick	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	227	2429	10.7	69t	17
Opponents Totals	173	2259	13.1	81t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
C.L. Whittington	5	103	20.6	50
Gregg Bingham	2	18	9.0	15
Zeke Moore	1	28	28.0	28
Mike Reinfeldt	1	19	19.0	19
Robert Brazile	1	8	8.0	8
Greg Stemrick	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	11	176	16.0	50
Opponents Totals	19	197	10.4	39

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dan Pastorini	70	2571	36.7	74	0	4	12	511	1980	28.3
Skip Butler	11	370	33.6	39	0	0	0	63	307	27.9
Leroy Clark	10	335	33.5	47	0	0	0	62	273	27.3
Mitch Hoopes	7	221	31.6	38	1	0	0	26	195	24.4
John Sawyer	1	32	32.0	32	0	0	1	-3	35	35.0
Team Totals	100	3529	35.3	74	1	4	13	659	2790	27.9
Opponents Totals	96	3717	38.7	78	1	8	13	504	3053	31.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Johnson	38	9	403	10.6	46	0
Ronnie Coleman	7	2	91	13.0	69t	1
C.L. Whittington	3	0	10	3.3	7	0
Zeke Moore	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	48	12	504	10.5	69t	1
Opponents Totals	60	13	659	11.0	67	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Billy Johnson	26	579	22.3	53
Altie Taylor	15	302	20.1	32
Al Johnson	8	150	18.8	25
Don Hardeman	7	171	24.4	40
Mel Baker	1	15	15.0	15
Jim Beirne	1	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	58	1229	21.2	53
Opponents Totals	53	1125	21.2	41

SACKS	NO	YDS
Elvin Bethea	14.5
Curley Culp	7.0
Robert Brazile	6.5
Ted Washington	5.5
Steve Kiner	5.0
John Little	3.0
Gregg Bingham	2.0
Al Burton	2.0
Joe Owens	1.0
Tim Rossovich	1.0
Tody Smith	1.0
C.L. Whittington	1.0
Ted Thompson	0.5
Team Totals	50.0	344.0
Opponents Totals	39.0	357.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mack Alston	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Beirne	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Elvin Bethea	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Gregg Bingham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Robert Brazile	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Al Burton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ronnie Coleman	8		2	0	2	0	0
Curley Culp	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Elbert Drungo	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Ed Fisher	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
John Hadl	2		1	0	1	0	0
Billy Johnson	3		1	0	1	0	0
Steve Kiner	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Carl Mauck	1		0	0	0	-20	0
Dan Pastorini	6		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Reinfeldt	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tim Rossovich	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Greg Sampson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Sawyer	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Greg Stemrick	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ted Washington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
C.L. Whittington	1		0	2	2	96	1
Fred Willis	3		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	25	14	11	16	27	86	1
Opponents Totals	33	17	15	14	29		1

Ed Biles	Defensive Coordinator
Andy Bourgeois	Offensive Backs
King Hill	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Ken McCullough	Offensive Line
Richie Petitbon	Defensive Backs
Wade Phillips	Linebackers
Fran Polsfoot	Receivers
George Rice	Defensive Line
Joe Woolley	Special Teams