1976 Houston Oilers Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (5-9)
Location: Houston, Texas

1976 Houston Oilers Statistics
1976 Houston Oilers Results

The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

The Oilers scored 222 points, but the defensive unit surrendered 273. Dan Pastorini passed for 1,795 yards. Ken Burrough topped pass catchers, hauling in 51 passes for 932 yards. Ronnie Coleman and Billy Johnson contributed to the receiving game, too.

Ronnie Coleman ran for a team-leading 684 yards for Houston, while Fred Willis also contributed to the rushing attack.

C.L. Whittington snatched 5 errant tosses from the opposition.

Bum Phillips coached the team.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP	GS
19	Willie Alexander	LCB	September 21, 1949	6'2"	194	Alcorn St.	Montgomery, LA USA	12	12
82	Mack Alston	TE	April 27, 1947	6'2"	230	Md-Eastern Shore	Georgetown, SC USA	14	10
48	Bob Atkins	DB	April 2, 1946	6'3"	215	Grambling St.	Atlanta, GA USA	14	1
12	Melvin Baker	WR	August 12, 1950	6'0"	189	Texas Southern	Beaumont, TX USA	8	0
49	Mike Barber	TE	June 4, 1953	6'3"	235	Louisiana Tech	Marshall, TX USA	2	0
88	Jim Beirne	WR-TE	October 15, 1946	6'2"	206	Purdue	McKeesport, PA USA	7	0
50	Duane Benson	LOLB-ROLB	August 5, 1945	6'2"	215	Hamline	Belmond, IA USA	14	2
65	Elvin Bethea	RDE	March 1, 1946	6'2"	260	North Carolina A&T	Trenton, NJ USA	14	14
54	Gregg Bingham	RILB	March 13, 1951	6'1"	227	Purdue	Evanston, IL USA	14	14
52	Robert Brazile	ROLB	February 7, 1953	6'4"	241	Jackson St.	Mobile, AL USA	14	14
00	Ken Burrough	WR	July 14, 1948	6'3"	215	Texas Southern	Jacksonville, FL USA	14	14
68	Al Burton	LDE	March 30, 1952	6'5"	267	Bethune-Cookman	Daytona Beach, FL USA	12	6
2	Skip Butler	K	October 21, 1947	6'1"	201	Texas-Arlington	Gladewater, TX USA	14	0
14	Leroy Clark	P	January 16, 1950	5'11"	202	Prairie View	College Station, TX USA	1	0
47	Ronnie Coleman	RB	July 9, 1951	5'10"	195	Alabama A&M	Jasper, AL USA	13	13
78	Curley Culp	NT	March 10, 1946	6'2"	265	Arizona St.	Yuma, AZ USA	14	14
87	Al Darby	WR	September 14, 1954	6'5"	221	Florida	Miami, FL USA	2	0
33	Joe Dawkins	RB	January 27, 1948	6'0"	223	Wisconsin	Los Angeles, CA USA	14	1
75	Elbert Drungo	RT	April 30, 1943	6'5"	265	Tennessee St.	Columbus, MS USA	14	14
87	Emmett Edwards	WR	June 6, 1952	6'1"	187	Kansas	Tulsa, OK USA	3	0
40	Ken Ellis	DB	September 27, 1947	5'10"	190	Southern	Woodbine, GA USA	1	0
60	Ed Fisher	RG	May 31, 1949	6'3"	249	Arizona St.	Stockton, CA USA	14	14
21	John Hadl	QB	February 15, 1940	6'1"	214	Kansas	Lawrence, KS USA	14	4
30	Don Hardeman	RB	August 13, 1952	6'2"	235	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Killeen, TX USA	13	2
56	Dennis Havig	ROG-LOG	May 6, 1949	6'2"	253	Colorado	Powell, WY USA	14	0
70	Conway Hayman	LG	January 9, 1949	6'3"	264	Delaware	Wilmington, DE USA	14	14
12	Mitch Hoopes	P	July 8, 1953	6'1"	207	Arizona	Bisbee, AZ USA	1	0
72	Kevin Hunt	LT	November 29, 1948	6'5"	260	Doane	Framington, MA USA	13	6
15	Al Johnson	RB	June 17, 1950	6'0"	200	Cincinnati	Baltimore, MD USA	14	0
84	Billy Johnson	KR	January 21, 1952	5'9"	170	Widener	Boothwyn, PA USA	14	13
57	Steve Kiner	LILB	June 12, 1947	6'1"	220	Tennessee	Sandstone, MN USA	14	13
80	John Little	DT-DE-NT	May 3, 1947	6'3"	241	Oklahoma St.	Tallulah, LA USA	14	0
53	Ron Lou	C	July 24, 1951	6'2"	240	Arizona St.	Los Angeles, CA USA	14	0
55	Carl Mauck	C	July 7, 1947	6'4"	243	Southern Illinois	McLeansboro, IL USA	14	14
22	Zeke Moore	RCB	December 2, 1943	6'3"	198	Lincoln (MO)	Tuskegee, AL USA	14	13
71	Joe Owens	DE	November 8, 1946	6'2"	245	Alcorn St.	Columbia, MS USA	3	1
7	Dan Pastorini	P	May 26, 1949	6'2"	208	Santa Clara	Sonora, CA USA	13	10
37	Mike Reinfeldt	SS	May 6, 1953	6'2"	192	Wisc-Milwaukee	Baraboo, WI USA	11	11
58	Tim Rossovich	LILB	March 14, 1946	6'4"	240	USC	Palo Alto, CA USA	14	1
73	Greg Sampson	LT	October 25, 1950	6'6"	265	Stanford	Bellingham, WA USA	8	7
81	John Sawyer	TE	July 26, 1953	6'2"	230	Southern Miss	Brookhaven, MS USA	14	4
71	Dave Simonson	OT	May 2, 1952	6'6"	246	Minnesota	Austin, MN USA	2	0
77	Bubba Smith	DE-DT	February 28, 1945	6'7"	265	Michigan St.	Beaumont, TX USA	4	0
85	Tody Smith	LDE	December 24, 1948	6'5"	250	Michigan St.	Orange, TX USA	9	7
27	Greg Stemrick	LCB-RCB	October 25, 1951	5'11"	185	Colorado St.	Cincinnati, OH USA	14	3
42	Altie Taylor	RB	September 29, 1947	5'10"	200	Utah St.	Pittsburg, CA USA	11	0
89	Earl Thomas	WR-TE	October 4, 1948	6'3"	224	Houston	Greenville, TX USA	7	1
51	Ted Thompson	LB	January 17, 1953	6'1"	220	SMU	Atlanta, TX USA	14	0
59	Ted Washington	LOLB	February 16, 1948	6'1"	244	Miss. Valley St.	Tampa, FL USA	13	12
28	Mike Weger	DB	October 2, 1945	6'2"	200	Bowling Green	Dallas, TX USA	4	4
38	C.L. Whittington	FS	August 1, 1952	6'1"	200	Prairie View	Beaumont, TX USA	14	13
49	Sam Williams	LCB-RCB	July 22, 1952	6'2"	192	New Mex. Highlands	Cameron, TX USA	4	0
44	Fred Willis	FB	December 9, 1947	6'0"	212	Boston Col.	Natick, MA USA	13	12