1975 Houston Oilers Statistics
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 RosterTeam 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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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 342 | 163 | 47.7 | 2053 | 6.0 | 14 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.7 | 77 | 24 | 210 | 61.0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 28 | 3 | 20 | 52.1 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 347 | 165 | 47.6 | 2099 | 6.0 | 14 | 4.0 | 17 | 4.9 | 77 | 27 | 230 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Coleman | 175 | 790 | 4.5 | 46 | 5 |
| Don Hardeman | 166 | 648 | 3.9 | 39 | 5 |
| Fred Willis | 118 | 420 | 3.6 | 23 | 2 |
| Dan Pastorini | 23 | 97 | 4.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Willie Rodgers | 18 | 55 | 3.1 | 8 | 1 |
| Robert Holmes | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Emmett Edwards | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 526 | 2068 | 3.9 | 46 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Burrough | 53 | 1063 | 20.1 | 77 | 8 |
| Billy Johnson | 37 | 393 | 10.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Fred Willis | 20 | 104 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 18 | 165 | 9.2 | 26 | 4 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 18 | 129 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 51 | 1 |
| Don Hardeman | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Emmett Edwards | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Nate Hawkins | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Parks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 165 | 2099 | 12.7 | 77 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 62 | 2447 | 39.5 | 68 |
| David Beverly | 12 | 459 | 38.2 | 45 |
| Totals | 74 | 2906 | 39.3 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 40 | 612 | 15.3 | 83 | 3 |
| Mark Cotney | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 620 | 14.4 | 83 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 33 | 798 | 24.2 | 81 | 1 |
| Mark Cotney | 10 | 189 | 18.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 8 | 149 | 18.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| C.L. Whittington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Thompson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 1144 | 21.2 | 81 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Moore | 5 | 137 | 27.4 | 74 | 0 |
| Bob Atkins | 4 | 133 | 33.2 | 70 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Ted Washington | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Willie Germany | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Kiner | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| C.L. Whittington | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 425 | 17.7 | 74 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Brazile | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Willis | 7 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Curley Culp | 0 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ted Washington | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kiner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Hardeman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Cotney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tody Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Stemrick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C.L. Whittington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Fisher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronnie Coleman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Hoaglin | 1 | 0 | -22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 98 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Skip Butler | 18 | 31 | 0 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Don Hardeman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Billy Johnson | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Mack Alston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Fred Willis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| John Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Curley Culp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Willie Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Elvin Bethea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 293 |
