1975 Houston Oilers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (10-4)
Location: Houston, Texas
1975 Houston Oilers StatisticsTeam Record: 10-4
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (10-4)
Location: Houston, Texas
1975 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Oilers scored 293 points, and the rigid defensive squad yielded 226. Ronnie Coleman ran for a team-leading 790 yards for Houston, while Don Hardeman also buoyed the ground attack.
Dan Pastorini passed for 2,053 yards. Ken Burrough topped all receivers, hauling in 53 passes for 1,063 yards.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 43 turnovers. Zeke Moore picked off 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 | 14 | 0 |
| 82 | Mack Alston | TE | April 27, 1947 | 6'2" | 230 | Md-Eastern Shore | Georgetown, SC USA | 13 | 0 |
| 48 | Bob Atkins | FS | April 2, 1946 | 6'3" | 215 | Grambling St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Jim Beirne | WR-TE | October 15, 1946 | 6'2" | 206 | Purdue | McKeesport, PA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 50 | Duane Benson | LB | August 5, 1945 | 6'2" | 215 | Hamline | Belmond, IA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | RDE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 14 | 12 |
| 4 | David Beverly | P | August 19, 1950 | 6'2" | 180 | Auburn | Selma, AL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 2 | Skip Butler | K | October 21, 1947 | 6'1" | 201 | Texas-Arlington | Gladewater, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Ralph Cindrich | LB | October 29, 1949 | 6'1" | 228 | Pittsburgh | Washington, PA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 47 | Ronnie Coleman | RB | July 9, 1951 | 5'10" | 195 | Alabama A&M | Jasper, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | Mark Cotney | DB | June 26, 1952 | 6'0" | 204 | New Mex. Highlands | Altus, OK USA | 14 | 3 |
| 78 | Curley Culp | NT | March 10, 1946 | 6'2" | 265 | Arizona St. | Yuma, AZ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Lynn Dickey | QB | October 19, 1949 | 6'3" | 214 | Kansas St. | Paola, KS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 75 | Elbert Drungo | RT | April 30, 1943 | 6'5" | 265 | Tennessee St. | Columbus, MS USA | 13 | 0 |
| 87 | Emmett Edwards | WR | June 6, 1952 | 6'1" | 187 | Kansas | Tulsa, OK USA | 11 | 0 |
| 60 | Ed Fisher | RG | May 31, 1949 | 6'3" | 249 | Arizona St. | Stockton, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Willie Frazier | TE | June 19, 1942 | 6'4" | 245 | Ark-Pine Bluff | El Dorado, AR USA | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | Willie Germany | SS | May 9, 1948 | 6'0" | 192 | Morgan St. | Columbus, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Don Hardeman | FB | August 13, 1952 | 6'2" | 235 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Killeen, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 86 | Nate Hawkins | WR | February 8, 1950 | 6'1" | 190 | UNLV | Houston, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
| 70 | Conway Hayman | G-T | January 9, 1949 | 6'3" | 264 | Delaware | Wilmington, DE USA | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | Fred Hoaglin | C | January 28, 1944 | 6'4" | 250 | Pittsburgh | Alliance, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Robert Holmes | RB | October 5, 1945 | 5'9" | 221 | Southern | Huntsville, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | Kevin Hunt | T-G | November 29, 1948 | 6'5" | 260 | Doane | Framington, MA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 84 | Billy Johnson | KR | January 21, 1952 | 5'9" | 170 | Widener | Boothwyn, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Steve Kiner | LILB | June 12, 1947 | 6'1" | 220 | Tennessee | Sandstone, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 80 | John Little | DT-DE-NT | May 3, 1947 | 6'3" | 241 | Oklahoma St. | Tallulah, LA 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 | 0 |
| 20 | Billy Parks | WR | January 1, 1948 | 6'1" | 185 | Long Beach St. | Santa Monica, CA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | P | May 26, 1949 | 6'2" | 208 | Santa Clara | Sonora, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Guy Roberts | LB | June 12, 1950 | 6'1" | 217 | Maryland | North Babylon, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | Willie Rodgers | RB | February 8, 1949 | 6'0" | 210 | Kentucky St. | Suffolk, VA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Greg Sampson | LT | October 25, 1950 | 6'6" | 265 | Stanford | Bellingham, WA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Ron Saul | LG | February 5, 1948 | 6'2" | 255 | Michigan St. | Butler, PA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | John Sawyer | TE | July 26, 1953 | 6'2" | 230 | Southern Miss | Brookhaven, MS USA | 8 | 3 |
| 77 | Bubba Smith | DE-DT | February 28, 1945 | 6'7" | 265 | Michigan St. | Beaumont, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 85 | Tody Smith | LDE | December 24, 1948 | 6'5" | 250 | Michigan St. | Orange, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | Greg Stemrick | DB | October 25, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Colorado St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
| 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 | 14 | 0 |
| 79 | Jim White | DE | September 5, 1948 | 6'4" | 256 | Colorado St. | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 38 | C.L. Whittington | DB | August 1, 1952 | 6'1" | 200 | Prairie View | Beaumont, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Fred Willis | RB | December 9, 1947 | 6'0" | 212 | Boston Col. | Natick, MA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 17 | Elmo Wright | WR | July 3, 1949 | 6'0" | 190 | Houston | Brazoria, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
