1978 Houston Oilers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bum Phillips (10-6)
Location: Houston, Texas
1978 Houston Oilers StatisticsTeam Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bum Phillips (10-6)
Location: Houston, Texas
1978 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Bum Phillips coached the team. The 1978 Houston Oilers lost in the Conference Championship.
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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 | 16 | 16 |
| 86 | Mike Barber | TE | June 4, 1953 | 6'3" | 235 | Louisiana Tech | Marshall, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 63 | Steve Baumgartner | DE | March 26, 1951 | 6'7" | 256 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | RDE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 54 | Gregg Bingham | RILB | March 13, 1951 | 6'1" | 227 | Purdue | Evanston, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 52 | Robert Brazile | ROLB | February 7, 1953 | 6'4" | 241 | Jackson St. | Mobile, AL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 00 | Ken Burrough | WR | July 14, 1948 | 6'3" | 215 | Texas Southern | Jacksonville, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 34 | Earl Campbell | RB | March 29, 1955 | 5'11" | 232 | Texas | Tyler, TX USA | 15 | 14 |
| 26 | Rob Carpenter | RB | April 20, 1955 | 6'1" | 224 | Miami (OH) | Lancaster, OH USA | 11 | 2 |
| 58 | David Carter | C | November 27, 1953 | 6'2" | 250 | West. Kentucky | Vincennes, IN USA | 16 | 0 |
| 88 | Rich Caster | TE-WR | October 16, 1948 | 6'5" | 228 | Jackson St. | Mobile, AL USA | 14 | 7 |
| 47 | Ronnie Coleman | PR | July 9, 1951 | 5'10" | 195 | Alabama A&M | Jasper, AL USA | 15 | 2 |
| 78 | Curley Culp | NT | March 10, 1946 | 6'2" | 265 | Arizona St. | Yuma, AZ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 20 | Bill Currier | SS | January 5, 1955 | 6'0" | 196 | South Carolina | Glen Burnie, MD USA | 14 | 11 |
| 28 | Anthony Davis | RB | September 8, 1952 | 5'10" | 190 | USC | Huntsville, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | Jimmy Dean | DE | January 8, 1955 | 6'4" | 252 | Texas A&M | Bryan, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Johnnie Dirden | KR | March 14, 1952 | 6'0" | 188 | Sam Houston St. | Houston, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 69 | Andy Dorris | LDE | August 11, 1951 | 6'4" | 238 | New Mexico St. | Bellaire, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 31 | Brian Duncan | RB | March 31, 1952 | 6'0" | 201 | SMU | Olney, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 60 | Ed Fisher | RG | May 31, 1949 | 6'3" | 249 | Arizona St. | Stockton, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 16 | Toni Fritsch | K | July 10, 1945 | 5'7" | 190 | none | Petronell, Austria | 16 | 0 |
| 70 | Conway Hayman | LG | January 9, 1949 | 6'3" | 264 | Delaware | Wilmington, DE USA | 16 | 16 |
| 15 | Al Johnson | S | June 17, 1950 | 6'0" | 200 | Cincinnati | Baltimore, MD USA | 7 | 0 |
| 84 | Billy Johnson | WR | January 21, 1952 | 5'9" | 170 | Widener | Boothwyn, PA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 71 | Ken Kennard | MG | October 4, 1954 | 6'2" | 248 | Angelo State (TX) | Fort Worth, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 57 | Steve Kiner | LILB | June 12, 1947 | 6'1" | 220 | Tennessee | Sandstone, MN USA | 16 | 16 |
| 25 | Kurt Knoff | SS | April 6, 1954 | 6'2" | 191 | Kansas | East Grand Forks, MN USA | 16 | 5 |
| 55 | Carl Mauck | C | July 7, 1947 | 6'4" | 243 | Southern Illinois | McLeansboro, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | Alvin Maxson | RB | November 12, 1951 | 5'11" | 205 | SMU | Beaumont, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Guido Merkens | S | August 14, 1955 | 6'1" | 200 | Sam Houston St. | San Antonio, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | Gifford Nielsen | QB | October 25, 1954 | 6'4" | 205 | BYU | Provo, UT USA | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Cliff Parsley | P | December 26, 1954 | 6'1" | 211 | Oklahoma St. | Kansas City, MO USA | 16 | 0 |
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | QB | May 26, 1949 | 6'2" | 208 | Santa Clara | Sonora, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 39 | Larry Poole | RB | July 31, 1952 | 6'1" | 195 | Kent St. | Akron, OH USA | 9 | 0 |
| 64 | George Reihner | LG | April 27, 1955 | 6'4" | 263 | Penn St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 9 | 7 |
| 37 | Mike Reinfeldt | FS | May 6, 1953 | 6'2" | 192 | Wisc-Milwaukee | Baraboo, WI USA | 16 | 16 |
| 82 | Mike Renfro | WR | June 19, 1955 | 6'0" | 184 | TCU | Fort Worth, TX USA | 14 | 10 |
| 87 | Conrad Rucker | TE | November 15, 1954 | 6'3" | 255 | Southern | Cincinnati, OH USA | 13 | 0 |
| 73 | Greg Sampson | LT | October 25, 1950 | 6'6" | 265 | Stanford | Bellingham, WA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 62 | John Schuhmacher | OG | September 23, 1955 | 6'3" | 271 | USC | Salem, OR USA | 11 | 0 |
| 27 | Greg Stemrick | RCB | October 25, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Colorado St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
| 53 | Art Stringer | ILB | January 30, 1954 | 6'1" | 223 | Ball St. | Troy, AL USA | 7 | 0 |
| 51 | Ted Thompson | OLB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 220 | SMU | Atlanta, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 76 | Morris Towns | RT | January 10, 1954 | 6'4" | 270 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 16 | 12 |
| 46 | Robert Turner | RB | March 6, 1954 | 5'11" | 200 | Oklahoma St. | Wynnewood, OK USA | 4 | 0 |
| 59 | Ted Washington | LOLB | February 16, 1948 | 6'1" | 244 | Miss. Valley St. | Tampa, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 38 | C.L. Whittington | S | August 1, 1952 | 6'1" | 200 | Prairie View | Beaumont, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 33 | J.C. Wilson | DB | March 11, 1956 | 6'0" | 178 | Tampa | Cleveland, OH USA | 16 | 2 |
| 45 | Tim Wilson | FB | January 14, 1954 | 6'3" | 226 | Maryland | New Castle, DE USA | 16 | 13 |
| 42 | Robert Woods | WR-RB | July 3, 1955 | 5'7" | 170 | Grambling St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 77 | Jim Young | LDE | July 8, 1950 | 6'2" | 260 | Texas Southern | Houston, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
