1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) |
2nd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 8-6-0 .571 |
Head Coach: Bum Phillips |
Ed Biles | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
Andy Bourgeois | Offensive Backs/Special Teams |
Joe Bugel | Offensive Line |
King Hill | Receivers |
Richie Petitbon | Defensive Backs |
Wade Phillips | Defensive Line |
Ken Shipp | Offensive Coordinator |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Mon | 8/8/1977 | A | Oakland Raiders | 0-40 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 51777 | |
Mon | 8/14/1977 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-14 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 37189 | |
Sat | 8/20/1977 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-14 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 39992 | |
Mon | 8/29/1977 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-3 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 36538 | |
Sat | 9/3/1977 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 23-14 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 49777 | |
Sat | 9/10/1977 | A | New Orleans Saints | 16-20 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 49964 | |
Sun | 9/18/1977 | H | New York Jets | 20-0 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 39488 | |
Sun | 9/25/1977 | A | Green Bay Packers | 16-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55071 | |
Sun | 10/2/1977 | A | Miami Dolphins | 7-27 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 49619 | |
Sun | 10/9/1977 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-10 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 47777 | |
Sun | 10/16/1977 | H | Cleveland Browns | 23-24 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 47888 | |
Sun | 10/23/1977 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48517 | |
Sun | 10/30/1977 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-13 | L | OT | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 53194 |
Sun | 11/6/1977 | H | Chicago Bears | 47-0 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 47226 | |
Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | Oakland Raiders | 29-34 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53667 | |
Sun | 11/20/1977 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 22-10 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61519 | |
Sun | 11/27/1977 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 34-20 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 42994 | |
Sun | 12/4/1977 | H | Denver Broncos | 14-24 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46875 | |
Sun | 12/11/1977 | A | Cleveland Browns | 19-15 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30898 | |
Sun | 12/18/1977 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-16 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46212 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Willie Alexander | 19 | RCB | 6-3 | 192 | 28 | Alcorn State | 14 | 14 |
Warren Anderson | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | West Virginia State | 8 | 0 |
Mike Barber | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 237 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 10 |
Steve Baumgartner | 63 | DE | 6-7 | 245 | 26 | Purdue | 6 | 0 |
Elvin Bethea | 65 | RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 31 | North Carolina A&T State | 9 | 9 |
Gregg Bingham | 54 | RILB | 6-1 | 227 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
Robert Brazile | 52 | ROLB | 6-4 | 238 | 24 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
Ken Burrough | 00 | WR | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
Al Burton | 68 | LDE | 6-5 | 267 | 25 | Bethune-Cookman | 6 | 0 |
Skip Butler | 2 | K | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | Texas-Arlington | 1 | 0 |
Rob Carpenter | 26 | RB | 6-1 | 226 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 7 |
David Carter | 58 | C | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Western Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
Ronnie Coleman | 47 | RB | 5-10 | 197 | 26 | Alabama A&M | 14 | 13 |
Curley Culp | 78 | MG | 6-1 | 265 | 31 | Arizona State | 14 | 11 |
Bill Currier | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 193 | 22 | South Carolina | 14 | 10 |
Tom Dempsey | 10 | K | 6-1 | 275 | 30 | Palomar JC | 5 | 0 |
Andy Dorris | 69 | DE | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | New Mexico State | 5 | 0 |
Elbert Drungo | 75 | ROG | 6-5 | 265 | 34 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
Tommy Duniven | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 |
Ed Fisher | 60 | LOG-C | 6-3 | 249 | 28 | Arizona State | 14 | 1 |
Eddie Foster | 89 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
Toni Fritsch | 16 | K | 5-7 | 188 | 32 | none | 9 | 0 |
Gary Garrison | 82 | WR | 6-1 | 194 | 33 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 3 | 0 |
Jimmie Giles | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 242 | 23 | Alcorn State | 14 | 4 |
John Hadl | 21 | QB | 6-1 | 213 | 37 | Kansas | 14 | 2 |
Don Hardeman | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12 | 3 |
Conway Hayman | 70 | ROT-OG | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Delaware | 12 | 3 |
Kevin Hunt | 72 | ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 29 | Doane | 13 | 11 |
Al Johnson | 15 | S | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
Billy Johnson | 84 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 25 | Widener | 14 | 0 |
Ken Kennard | 71 | LDE-MG | 6-2 | 255 | 23 | Angelo State | 11 | 8 |
Steve Kiner | 57 | LILB | 6-0 | 219 | 30 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
Ernie Kirk | 79 | RDE | 6-2 | 265 | 25 | Howard Payne | 14 | 4 |
Kurt Knoff | 25 | S | 6-2 | 188 | 23 | Kansas | 3 | 0 |
Carl Mauck | 55 | C | 6-3 | 242 | 30 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
Zeke Moore | 22 | LCB-RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 34 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 10 |
Cliff Parsley | 18 | P | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 |
Dan Pastorini | 7 | QB-P | 6-3 | 205 | 28 | Santa Clara | 14 | 12 |
George Reihner | 64 | LOG | 6-4 | 263 | 22 | Penn State | 13 | 13 |
Mike Reinfeldt | 37 | RS | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14 | 14 |
Greg Sampson | 73 | LOT | 6-6 | 270 | 27 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
Rich Sowells | 29 | RCB | 6-0 | 179 | 29 | Alcorn State | 9 | 0 |
Greg Stemrick | 27 | LCB | 5-11 | 178 | 26 | Colorado State | 9 | 4 |
Art Stringer | 53 | LILB-RILB | 6-1 | 223 | 23 | Ball State | 13 | 0 |
Ted Thompson | 51 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 0 |
Morris Towns | 76 | ROT | 6-4 | 263 | 23 | Missouri | 1 | 0 |
Mike Voight | 31 | RB | 6-0 | 214 | 23 | North Carolina | 14 | 0 |
Ted Washington | 59 | LOLB | 6-1 | 250 | 29 | Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
Mike Weger | 28 | LS-RS | 6-2 | 193 | 32 | Bowling Green State | 11 | 4 |
Tim Wilson | 45 | RB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Maryland | 10 | 5 |
James Young | 77 | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | Texas Southern | 13 | 10 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 11 | Morris Towns | T | Missouri |
2 | 38 | George Reihner | G | Penn State |
3 | 66 | Tim Wilson | RB | Maryland |
3 | 70 | Jimmie Giles | TE | Alcorn State |
3 | 84 | Rob Carpenter | RB | Miami (Ohio) |
4 | 98 | Warren Anderson | WR | West Virginia State |
6 | 148 | Gary Woolford | DB | Florida State |
6 | 165 | David Carter | C | Western Kentucky |
8 | 198 | Steve Davis | WR | Georgia |
8 | 205 | Eddie Foster | WR | Houston |
9 | 232 | Bill Currier | DB | South Carolina |
10 | 262 | Harvey Hull | LB | Mississippi State |
11 | 289 | Al Romano | LB | Pittsburgh |
12 | 316 | Ove Johansson | K | Abilene Christian |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 37 | 111 | 61 | 90 | 0 | 299 |
Opponents Totals | 58 | 70 | 28 | 71 | 3 | 230 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 29:41 | 228 | 112 | 91 | 25 | 70/209 33.5% | / % | 106 | 835 |
Opponents Totals | 30:19 | 247 | 103 | 124 | 20 | 72/207 34.8% | / % | 97 | 791 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toni Fritsch | 0 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 0 | 55 |
Ken Burrough | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Billy Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Ronnie Coleman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Tom Dempsey | 0 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 20 |
Don Hardeman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Tim Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Dan Pastorini | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Willie Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Barber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Gregg Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Rob Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Zeke Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
James Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
Skip Butler | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Kennard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 36 | 29 | 36 | 80.6 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 3 | 299 |
Opponents Totals | 26 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 1 | 230 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toni Fritsch | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 0 | 46 | 1/1 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
Tom Dempsey | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 2 | 37 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Skip Butler | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | |
Team Totals | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 2 | 46 | 1/1 | 8/10 | 6/8 | 1/5 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 1/2 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ronnie Coleman | 185 | 660 | 3.6 | 22 | 5 |
Rob Carpenter | 144 | 652 | 4.5 | 77 | 1 |
Tim Wilson | 99 | 343 | 3.5 | 16 | 3 |
Don Hardeman | 42 | 162 | 3.9 | 18 | 2 |
Billy Johnson | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 61 | 1 |
Dan Pastorini | 18 | 39 | 2.2 | 15 | 2 |
Mike Voight | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 |
John Hadl | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6t | 1 |
Ken Burrough | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 28 | 0 |
Jimmie Giles | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 509 | 1989 | 3.9 | 77 | 15 |
Opponents Totals | 522 | 1815 | 3.5 | 40 | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Pastorini | 319 | 169 | 53.0 | 132 | 1987 | 6.2 | 11.8 | 85t | 13 | 4.1 | 18 | 5.6 | 20 | 198 | 1789 | 62.3 |
John Hadl | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 10 | 76 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 12.5 | 2 | 26 | 50 | 13.9 |
Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 44 | 14.7 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 121.5 |
Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Billy Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -8 | |||||||
Team Totals | 347 | 181 | 52.2 | 145 | 2107 | 6.1 | 11.6 | 85t | 14 | 4.0 | 21 | 6.1 | 23 | 232 | 1875 | 59.1 |
Opponents Totals | 379 | 192 | 50.7 | 161 | 2431 | 6.4 | 12.7 | 49t | 12 | 3.2 | 26 | 6.9 | 32 | 289 | 2142 | 53.0 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Burrough | 43 | 816 | 19.0 | 85t | 8 |
Rob Carpenter | 23 | 156 | 6.8 | 27 | 0 |
Ronnie Coleman | 22 | 115 | 5.2 | 21 | 1 |
Billy Johnson | 20 | 412 | 20.6 | 71t | 3 |
Tim Wilson | 20 | 107 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 |
Jimmie Giles | 17 | 147 | 8.6 | 17 | 0 |
Eddie Foster | 15 | 208 | 13.9 | 56 | 0 |
Don Hardeman | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 9 | 1 |
Mike Barber | 9 | 94 | 10.4 | 23 | 1 |
Gary Garrison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 181 | 2107 | 11.6 | 85t | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 192 | 2431 | 12.7 | 49t | 12 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Reinfeldt | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 30 | 0 |
Willie Alexander | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 95t | 1 |
Zeke Moore | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 34 | 0 |
Robert Brazile | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 |
Ted Washington | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 0 |
Gregg Bingham | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 |
Bill Currier | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Curley Culp | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Art Stringer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Greg Stemrick | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Steve Kiner | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Ernie Kirk | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 429 | 16.5 | 95t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 253 | 12.0 | 57 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cliff Parsley | 77 | 3030 | 39.4 | 55 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 340 | 2510 | 31.8 |
Team Totals | 79 | 3030 | 38.4 | 55 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 340 | 2510 | 31.8 |
Opponents Totals | 77 | 3143 | 40.8 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 539 | 2484 | 32.3 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Johnson | 35 | 8 | 539 | 15.4 | 87t | 2 |
Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 36 | 8 | 539 | 15.0 | 87t | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 46 | 7 | 340 | 7.4 | 31 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Johnson | 25 | 630 | 25.2 | 76t | 1 | |
Warren Anderson | 8 | 182 | 22.8 | 38 | 0 | |
Mike Voight | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 34 | 0 | |
Tim Wilson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | |
Eddie Foster | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
Art Stringer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Ted Thompson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 46 | 1056 | 23.0 | 76t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 63 | 1331 | 21.1 | 43 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
James Young | 7.5 | |
Robert Brazile | 5.0 | |
Ken Kennard | 3.5 | |
Ted Washington | 3.5 | |
Gregg Bingham | 2.5 | |
Elvin Bethea | 2.0 | |
Bill Currier | 2.0 | |
Steve Baumgartner | 1.0 | |
Curley Culp | 1.0 | |
Andy Dorris | 1.0 | |
Steve Kiner | 1.0 | |
Mike Reinfeldt | 1.0 | |
(Team) | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 32.0 | 289.0 |
Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 232.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
Steve Baumgartner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Elvin Bethea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gregg Bingham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |
Ken Burrough | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Burton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Carpenter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
David Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ronnie Coleman | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |
Curley Culp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
Bill Currier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Elbert Drungo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Eddie Foster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Al Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Billy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Kiner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Zeke Moore | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 1 | |
Dan Pastorini | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |
Mike Reinfeldt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 1 | |
Art Stringer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Voight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Washington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 30 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 215 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 28 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 1 |
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