1976 Houston Oilers Statistics
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 RosterTeam 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 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.
Houston scored 222 points, while the defensive unit surrendered 273. Dan Pastorini passed for 1,795 yards. Ken Burrough topped pass catchers, hauling in 51 passes for 932 yards. Billy Johnson and Ronnie Coleman were targeted regularly, too.
Ronnie Coleman ran for a team-leading 684 yards for the Oilers, 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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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 309 | 167 | 54.0 | 1795 | 5.8 | 10 | 3.2 | 10 | 3.2 | 67 | 24 | 234 | 68.6 |
| John Hadl | 113 | 60 | 53.1 | 634 | 5.6 | 7 | 6.2 | 8 | 7.1 | 69 | 15 | 123 | 60.9 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 423 | 227 | 53.7 | 2429 | 5.7 | 17 | 4.0 | 19 | 4.5 | 69 | 39 | 357 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Coleman | 171 | 684 | 4.0 | 39 | 2 |
| Fred Willis | 148 | 542 | 3.7 | 44 | 2 |
| Don Hardeman | 32 | 114 | 3.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 31 | 61 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Dan Pastorini | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Melvin Baker | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Skip Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 416 | 1498 | 3.6 | 44 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Burrough | 51 | 932 | 18.3 | 69 | 7 |
| Billy Johnson | 47 | 495 | 10.5 | 40 | 4 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 40 | 247 | 6.2 | 19 | 3 |
| Fred Willis | 32 | 255 | 8.0 | 42 | 1 |
| Mack Alston | 19 | 174 | 9.2 | 29 | 1 |
| John Sawyer | 18 | 208 | 11.6 | 53 | 1 |
| Don Hardeman | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Earl Thomas | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Melvin Baker | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 227 | 2429 | 10.7 | 69 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 70 | 2571 | 36.7 | 74 |
| Skip Butler | 11 | 370 | 33.6 | 39 |
| Leroy Clark | 10 | 335 | 33.5 | 47 |
| Mitch Hoopes | 7 | 221 | 31.6 | 38 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 |
| Totals | 99 | 3529 | 35.6 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 38 | 403 | 10.6 | 46 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 69 | 1 |
| C.L. Whittington | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 48 | 504 | 10.5 | 69 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 26 | 579 | 22.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 15 | 302 | 20.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 7 | 171 | 24.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Melvin Baker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 1229 | 21.2 | 53 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.L. Whittington | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Robert Brazile | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 176 | 16.0 | 50 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Rossovich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elbert Drungo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curley Culp | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elvin Bethea | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C.L. Whittington | 0 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ed Fisher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Reinfeldt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Brazile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Sampson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Hadl | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Sawyer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Stemrick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Burton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kiner | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mitch Hoopes | 1 | 1 | -15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Beirne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregg Bingham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Mauck | 1 | 0 | -20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Willis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mack Alston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Pastorini | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 71 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Skip Butler | 0 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| Ken Burrough | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Billy Johnson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Fred Willis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| John Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Don Hardeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mack Alston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| C.L. Whittington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222 |
