
1977 Houston Oilers Roster
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bum Phillips (8-6)
Location: Houston, Texas
1977 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Oilers moved the ball well, scoring 299 points, and the defensive squad allowed 230. Ronnie Coleman ran for a team-leading 660 yards for Houston, while Rob Carpenter also buoyed the ground attack.
Dan Pastorini threw for 1,987 yards. Ken Burrough hauled in 43 passes for 816 yards.
The opportunistic defense created 54 turnovers, topping in the league. Mike Reinfeldt intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Bum Phillips coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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19 | Willie Alexander | LCB | September 21, 1949 | 6'2" | 194 | Alcorn St. | Montgomery, LA USA | 14 | 14 |
83 | Warren Anderson | WR | July 3, 1955 | 6'2" | 195 | West Virginia St. | Williamsburg, VA USA | 8 | 0 |
86 | Mike Barber | TE | June 4, 1953 | 6'3" | 235 | Louisiana Tech | Marshall, TX USA | 13 | 10 |
63 | Steve Baumgartner | DE-LB | March 26, 1951 | 6'7" | 256 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 6 | 0 |
65 | Elvin Bethea | RDE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 9 | 9 |
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 |
68 | Al Burton | DE | March 30, 1952 | 6'5" | 267 | Bethune-Cookman | Daytona Beach, FL USA | 6 | 0 |
2 | Skip Butler | K | October 21, 1947 | 6'1" | 201 | Texas-Arlington | Gladewater, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
26 | Rob Carpenter | FB | April 20, 1955 | 6'1" | 224 | Miami (OH) | Lancaster, OH USA | 11 | 7 |
58 | David Carter | C-G | November 27, 1953 | 6'2" | 250 | West. Kentucky | Vincennes, IN USA | 14 | 0 |
47 | Ronnie Coleman | RB | July 9, 1951 | 5'10" | 195 | Alabama A&M | Jasper, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
78 | Curley Culp | NT | March 10, 1946 | 6'2" | 265 | Arizona St. | Yuma, AZ USA | 14 | 0 |
20 | Bill Currier | SS | January 5, 1955 | 6'0" | 196 | South Carolina | Glen Burnie, MD USA | 14 | 11 |
23 | Tom Dempsey | K | January 12, 1947 | 6'2" | 255 | Palomar College | Milwaukee, WI USA | 5 | 0 |
69 | Andy Dorris | DE | August 11, 1951 | 6'4" | 238 | New Mexico St. | Bellaire, OH USA | 5 | 0 |
75 | Elbert Drungo | RG | April 30, 1943 | 6'5" | 265 | Tennessee St. | Columbus, MS USA | 14 | 14 |
11 | Tom Duniven | QB | May 20, 1954 | 6'3" | 210 | Texas Tech | Pampa, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
60 | Ed Fisher | G-C-DE | May 31, 1949 | 6'3" | 249 | Arizona St. | Stockton, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
89 | Eddie Foster | WR | June 5, 1954 | 5'10" | 185 | Houston | Houston, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
16 | Toni Fritsch | K | July 10, 1945 | 5'7" | 190 | none | Petronell, Austria | 9 | 0 |
82 | Gary Garrison | WR-SE | January 21, 1944 | 6'2" | 193 | San Diego St. | Amarillo, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
88 | Jimmie Giles | TE | November 8, 1954 | 6'3" | 239 | Alcorn St. | Natchez, MS USA | 14 | 3 |
21 | John Hadl | QB | February 15, 1940 | 6'1" | 214 | Kansas | Lawrence, KS USA | 14 | 2 |
30 | Don Hardeman | RB | August 13, 1952 | 6'2" | 235 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Killeen, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
70 | Conway Hayman | G | January 9, 1949 | 6'3" | 264 | Delaware | Wilmington, DE USA | 12 | 2 |
72 | Kevin Hunt | RT | November 29, 1948 | 6'5" | 260 | Doane | Framington, MA USA | 13 | 12 |
15 | Al Johnson | DB-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 | 0 |
71 | Ken Kennard | NT-DE | October 4, 1954 | 6'2" | 248 | Angelo State (TX) | Fort Worth, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
57 | Steve Kiner | LILB | June 12, 1947 | 6'1" | 220 | Tennessee | Sandstone, MN USA | 14 | 14 |
79 | Ernest Kirk | DE | April 14, 1952 | 6'2" | 265 | Howard Payne | Marlin, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
25 | Kurt Knoff | DB | April 6, 1954 | 6'2" | 191 | Kansas | East Grand Forks, MN USA | 3 | 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 |
18 | Cliff Parsley | P | December 26, 1954 | 6'1" | 211 | Oklahoma St. | Kansas City, MO USA | 14 | 0 |
7 | Dan Pastorini | QB | May 26, 1949 | 6'2" | 208 | Santa Clara | Sonora, CA USA | 14 | 12 |
64 | George Reihner | LG | April 27, 1955 | 6'4" | 263 | Penn St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 13 | 0 |
37 | Mike Reinfeldt | FS | May 6, 1953 | 6'2" | 192 | Wisc-Milwaukee | Baraboo, WI USA | 14 | 14 |
73 | Greg Sampson | LT | October 25, 1950 | 6'6" | 265 | Stanford | Bellingham, WA USA | 14 | 14 |
29 | Rich Sowells | DB | October 27, 1948 | 6'0" | 179 | Alcorn St. | Prairie View, TX USA | 9 | 0 |
27 | Greg Stemrick | DB | October 25, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Colorado St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 9 | 0 |
39 | Art Stringer | LB | January 30, 1954 | 6'1" | 223 | Ball St. | Troy, AL USA | 13 | 0 |
51 | Ted Thompson | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 220 | SMU | Atlanta, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
76 | Morris Towns | T | January 10, 1954 | 6'4" | 270 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 1 | 0 |
31 | Mike Voight | RB | February 28, 1954 | 6'0" | 214 | North Carolina | Norfolk, VA USA | 14 | 0 |
59 | Ted Washington | LOLB | February 16, 1948 | 6'1" | 244 | Miss. Valley St. | Tampa, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
28 | Mike Weger | DB | October 2, 1945 | 6'2" | 200 | Bowling Green | Dallas, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
45 | Tim Wilson | FB | January 14, 1954 | 6'3" | 226 | Maryland | New Castle, DE USA | 10 | 5 |
77 | Jim Young | LDE | July 8, 1950 | 6'2" | 260 | Texas Southern | Houston, TX USA | 13 | 0 |