1979 Houston Oilers (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Central Division 11-5-0 .688

Ed Biles	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Andy Bourgeois	Offensive Backs
Joe Bugel	Offensive Line
Bob Gambold	Defensive Backs
King Hill	Receivers
Wade Phillips	Defensive Line
John Paul Young	Linebackers/Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	8/2/1979	H	St. Louis Cardinals	9-7	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	46252
Sun	8/12/1979	H	New York Jets	14-26	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	43350
Sat	8/18/1979	A	Dallas Cowboys	13-16	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	62803
Fri	8/24/1979	A	New Orleans Saints	7-10	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	54469
Sun	9/2/1979	A	Washington Redskins	29-27	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54582
Sun	9/9/1979	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-38	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49792
Sun	9/16/1979	H	Kansas City Chiefs	20-6	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	45684
Sun	9/23/1979	A	Cincinnati Bengals	30-27	W	OT	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	45615
Sun	9/30/1979	H	Cleveland Browns	31-10	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	48915
Sun	10/7/1979	H	St. Louis Cardinals	17-24	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	53043
Sun	10/14/1979	A	Baltimore Colts	28-16	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	45021
Sun	10/21/1979	A	Seattle Seahawks	14-34	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	60705
Sun	10/28/1979	H	New York Jets	27-24	W	OT	Houston, TX	Astrodome	45825
Mon	11/5/1979	A	Miami Dolphins	9-6	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	72073
Sun	11/11/1979	H	Oakland Raiders	31-17	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	48000
Sun	11/18/1979	H	Cincinnati Bengals	42-21	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	49829
Thu	11/22/1979	A	Dallas Cowboys	30-24	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	63897
Sun	12/2/1979	A	Cleveland Browns	7-14	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	69112
Mon	12/10/1979	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	20-17	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	55293
Sun	12/16/1979	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-26	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	49407
AFC Wild Card Playoff
Sun	12/23/1979	H	Denver Broncos	13-7	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	48776
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/29/1979	A	San Diego Chargers	17-14	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	51192
AFC Championship
Sun	1/6/1980	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-27	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50475

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
19	Willie Alexander	CB	6-3	192	30	Alcorn State	13	0
75	Jesse Baker	RDE	6-5	271	22	Jacksonville State	16	2
86	Mike Barber	TE	6-3	237	26	Louisiana Tech	15	15
63	Steve Baumgartner	LB	6-7	245	28	Purdue	12	0
65	Elvin Bethea	RDE	6-3	255	33	North Carolina A&T State	14	14
54	Gregg Bingham	LILB	6-1	227	28	Purdue	16	16
52	Robert Brazile	ROLB	6-4	238	26	Jackson State	16	16
00	Ken Burrough	WR	6-3	215	31	Texas Southern	16	16
34	Earl Campbell	RB	5-11	238	24	Texas	16	15
26	Rob Carpenter	RB	6-1	226	24	Miami (Ohio)	16	1
58	David Carter	ROT-C-OG	6-2	260	26	Western Kentucky	16	2
88	Rich Caster	WR	6-5	228	31	Jackson State	16	13
42	Boobie Clark	RB	6-2	245	30	Bethune-Cookman	15	0
47	Ronnie Coleman	RB	5-10	197	28	Alabama A&M	14	0
78	Curley Culp	MG	6-1	265	33	Arizona State	16	16
20	Bill Currier	S	6-0	193	24	South Carolina	16	0
69	Andy Dorris	LDE	6-4	248	28	New Mexico State	16	16
85	Rich Ellender	WR	5-11	171	22	McNeese State	13	0
57	Jimbo Elrod	LB	6-0	223	25	Oklahoma	4	0
60	Ed Fisher	ROG	6-3	249	30	Arizona State	16	16
89	Eddie Foster	WR	5-10	185	25	Houston	1	0
16	Toni Fritsch	K	5-7	188	34	none	16	0
74	Leon Gray	LOT	6-3	261	28	Jackson State	16	16
81	Jeff Groth	WR	5-10	172	22	Bowling Green State	6	0
36	Carter Hartwig	CB-S	6-0	203	23	Southern California	16	0
70	Conway Hayman	LOG	6-3	255	30	Delaware	16	16
50	Daryl Hunt	RILB	6-3	243	23	Oklahoma	16	7
21	Charles Jefferson	CB	6-0	178	22	McNeese State	5	0
84	Billy Johnson	WR	5-9	170	27	Widener	2	2
71	Ken Kennard	MG	6-2	255	25	Angelo State	16	0
30	Kenny King	RB	5-11	205	22	Oklahoma	12	0
55	Carl Mauck	C	6-3	242	32	Southern Illinois	16	16
12	Guido Merkens	QB-WR	6-1	200	24	Sam Houston State	16	0
56	Mike Murphy	LB	6-2	222	22	Missouri State	3	0
14	Gifford Nielsen	QB	6-4	205	25	Brigham Young	16	1
18	Cliff Parsley	P	6-1	211	25	Oklahoma State	16	0
7	Dan Pastorini	QB	6-3	205	30	Santa Clara	15	15
32	Vernon Perry	SS	6-2	211	26	Jackson State	16	16
61	Wes Phillips	OT	6-5	275	26	Savannah State; Lenoir-Rhyne	8	0
68	Tom Randall	OG	6-5	245	23	Iowa State	13	0
64	George Reihner	OG	6-4	263	24	Penn State	2	0
37	Mike Reinfeldt	WS	6-2	192	26	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	16	16
82	Mike Renfro	WR	6-0	189	24	Texas Christian	15	2
87	Conrad Rucker	TE-WR	6-3	260	25	Southern University	16	0
27	Greg Stemrick	RCB	5-11	178	28	Colorado State	16	16
67	Mike Stensrud	DE	6-5	280	23	Iowa State	6	0
53	Art Stringer	RILB	6-1	223	25	Ball State	9	9
51	Ted Thompson	LOLB	6-1	218	26	Southern Methodist	16	2
76	Morris Towns	ROT	6-4	263	25	Missouri	16	14
59	Ted Washington	LOLB	6-1	250	31	Mississippi Valley State	15	14
33	J.C. Wilson	LCB	6-0	177	23	Tampa; Pittsburgh	16	16
45	Tim Wilson	FB	6-3	235	25	Maryland	16	16
77	James Young	DE	6-2	260	29	Texas Southern	5	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	31	Mike Stensrud	DE	Iowa State
2	50	Jesse Baker	DE	Jacksonville State
3	72	Kenny King	RB	Oklahoma
6	143	Daryl Hunt	LB	Oklahoma
6	159	Mike Murphy	LB	Missouri State
7	171	Tim Ries	DB	Missouri State
8	214	Carter Hartwig	DB	Southern California
9	243	Rich Ellender	WR	McNeese State
11	298	Mike Taylor	T	Georgia Tech
12	324	Wayne Wilson	RB	Shepherd

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	58	144	81	73	6
Opponents Totals	81	87	50	113	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:42	268	149	100	19	107/253 42.3%	/ %	109	947
Opponents Totals	29:18	304	125	158	21	97/226 42.9%	/ %	103	920

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Earl Campbell	19	0	0		0	0		114
Toni Fritsch	0	41	43	95.3	21	25	84.0	104
Ken Burrough	6	0	0		0	0		36
Rob Carpenter	4	0	0		0	0		24
Mike Barber	3	0	0		0	0		18
Tim Wilson	3	0	0		0	0		18
Mike Renfro	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jesse Baker	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rich Caster	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ronnie Coleman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Billy Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Guido Merkens	1	0	0		0	0		6
J.C. Wilson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	43	41	43	95.3	21	25	84.0	362
Opponents Totals	40	37	40	92.5	18	28	64.3	331

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Toni Fritsch	21	25	84.0	0/0	7/7	5/6	7/10	2/2
Team Totals	21	25	84.0	0/0	7/7	5/6	7/10	2/2
Opponents Totals	18	28	64.3	0/0	2/3	8/12	5/9	3/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Earl Campbell	368	1697	4.6	61t	19
Rob Carpenter	92	355	3.9	13	3
Tim Wilson	84	319	3.8	19	2
Ronnie Coleman	21	81	3.9	10	0
Boobie Clark	22	51	2.3	7	0
Rich Caster	4	25	6.3	10	0
Dan Pastorini	15	23	1.5	14	0
Kenny King	3	9	3.0	4	0
Gifford Nielsen	5	7	1.4	7	0
Mike Barber	2	4	2.0	6	0
Team Totals	616	2571	4.2	61t	24
Opponents Totals	522	2225	4.3	40	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Pastorini	324	163	50.3	143	2090	6.5	12.8	55t	14	4.3	18	5.6	29	212	1878	62.1
Gifford Nielsen	61	32	52.5	26	404	6.6	12.6	41	3	4.9	3	4.9	3	26	378	69.3
Ken Burrough	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	386	195	50.5	170	2494	6.5	12.8	55t	17	4.4	21	5.4	32	238	2256	63.1
Opponents Totals	465	242	52.0	189	3186	6.9	13.2	56t	18	3.9	34	7.3	51	421	2765	56.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Burrough	40	752	18.8	55t	6
Tim Wilson	29	208	7.2	24t	1
Mike Barber	27	377	14.0	37t	3
Rich Caster	18	239	13.3	36	1
Mike Renfro	16	323	20.2	49	2
Rob Carpenter	16	116	7.3	22	1
Earl Campbell	16	94	5.9	46	0
Ronnie Coleman	12	114	9.5	17	1
Billy Johnson	6	108	18.0	29	1
Boobie Clark	6	58	9.7	38	0
Conrad Rucker	4	40	10.0	16	0
Guido Merkens	3	44	14.7	20	1
Rich Ellender	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jeff Groth	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	195	2494	12.8	55t	17
Opponents Totals	242	3186	13.2	56t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Reinfeldt	12	205	17.1	39	0
J.C. Wilson	6	135	22.5	66	1
Gregg Bingham	3	78	26.0	54	0
Vernon Perry	3	33	11.0	24	0
Greg Stemrick	2	50	25.0	50	0
Robert Brazile	2	45	22.5	26	0
Willie Alexander	2	27	13.5	19	0
Carter Hartwig	2	24	12.0	24	0
Art Stringer	2	21	10.5	21	0
Team Totals	34	618	18.2	66	1
Opponents Totals	21	290	13.8	68	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Cliff Parsley	93	3777	40.6	59	5	14	726	2951	31.7
Team Totals	93	3777	40.6	59	5	14	726	2951	31.7
Opponents Totals	73	2992	41.0	57	8	19	221	2611	35.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rich Ellender	31	2	203	6.5	36	0
Billy Johnson	4	0	17	4.3	16	0
Guido Merkens	2	5	6	3.0	6	0
Ronnie Coleman	1	0	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Ted Thompson	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	38	8	221	5.8	36	0
Opponents Totals	64	9	726	11.3	55t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Rich Ellender	24	514	21.4	35
Ronnie Coleman	16	321	20.1	27
Carter Hartwig	13	238	18.3	37
Billy Johnson	4	37	9.3	12
Rob Carpenter	2	34	17.0	17
Tim Wilson	2	30	15.0	15
Guido Merkens	2	22	11.0	13
Jeff Groth	1	21	21.0	21
Kenny King	1	17	17.0	17
Rich Caster	1	0	0.0	0
Greg Stemrick	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	67	1234	18.4	37
Opponents Totals	69	1310	19.0	58

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jesse Baker	15.5
Andy Dorris	9.5
Ted Washington	8.0
Robert Brazile	5.0
Ken Kennard	4.5
Curley Culp	4.0
Mike Stensrud	2.0
Elvin Bethea	1.5
Gregg Bingham	1.0
Team Totals	51.0	421.0
Opponents Totals	32.0	238.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jesse Baker	0	0	0	1	1	20	1
Mike Barber	1		0	0	0	0	0
Elvin Bethea	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gregg Bingham	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Robert Brazile	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Ken Burrough	1		0	0	0	0	0
Earl Campbell	8		2	0	2	-1	0
Rob Carpenter	3		1	0	1	-2	0
Rich Caster	1		0	0	0	0	0
Boobie Clark	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ronnie Coleman	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bill Currier	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rich Ellender	4		1	0	1	0	0
Carter Hartwig	0	0	0	3	3	1	0
Daryl Hunt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Carl Mauck	0	0	4	0	4	0	0
Guido Merkens	1		1	0	1	0	0
Gifford Nielsen	1		0	0	0	-1	0
Dan Pastorini	6		3	0	3	0	0
Mike Renfro	1		0	0	0	0	0
Greg Stemrick	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ted Thompson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Morris Towns	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
J.C. Wilson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tim Wilson	2		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	31	15	16	16	32	17	1
Opponents Totals	29	16	13	11	24		1