Houston Oilers

10-6-0 2nd in AFC Central
Logo for the 1978 Houston Oilers

PPG

17.7

14th

OPP PPG

18.6

16th

RUSH YDS/G

154.8

6th

PASS YDS/G

154.6

22nd

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

Team Regular Season

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 283 4,814 993 4.8 2,476 603 4.1 2,473 373 6.6 17 135 276 135 119 22 102 833
Team Rank 14th 16th 22nd 9th 6th 7th 10th 22nd 24th 15th 1st 28th 15th 7th 20th 20th 12th 9th
Opponent 16 298 4,914 1,021 4.8 2,072 556 3.7 3,125 428 7.3 37 283 292 120 144 28 99 940
Opponent Rank 16th 17th 11th 21st 9th 10th 10th 24th 12th 24th 10th 14th 19th 12th 24th 19th 18th 13th
Net -15 -100 -28 +0.0 +404 +47 +0.4 -652 -55 -0.7 -20 -148 -16 +15 -25 -6 +3 -107
Net Rank 15th 16th 17th 12th 8th 10th 7th 27th 21st 24th 3rd 25th 17th 9th 22nd 22nd 17th 9th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Dan Pastorini Dan Pastorini 16 199 368 54.1 23.0 2,473 6.7 154.6 16 4.3 17 4.6 80 15 123 70.4
Gifford Nielsen Gifford Nielsen 2 2 4 50.0 2.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 12 56.3
Ken Burrough Ken Burrough 16 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Team Playoffs

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 3 53 941 205 4.6 411 125 3.3 602 71 8.5 9 72 54 12 110
Team Rank 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 2nd 1st 7th 2nd 3rd 2nd 9th 2nd 3rd 7th 7th
Opponent 3 57 851 182 4.7 353 92 3.8 543 84 6.5 6 45 50 13 129
Opponent Rank 10th 10th 9th 5th 10th 10th 9th 9th 9th 4th 3rd 8th 9th 3rd 3rd
Net -4 +90 +23 -0.1 +58 +33 -0.5 +59 -13 +2.0 +3 +27 +4 -1 -19
Net Rank 4th 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 1st 7th 3rd 9th 2nd 8th 2nd 4th 6th 5th

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 15 302 20.1 1,450 4.8 96.7 13 81 314 1,498
Tim Wilson Tim Wilson 16 126 7.9 431 3.4 26.9 0 24 141 522
Rob Carpenter Rob Carpenter 11 82 7.5 348 4.2 31.6 5 20 99 498
Ronnie Coleman Ronnie Coleman 15 61 4.1 188 3.1 12.5 1 16 80 434
Dan Pastorini Dan Pastorini 16 18 1.1 11 0.6 0.7 0 11 18 11
Rich Caster Rich Caster 14 5 0.4 32 6.4 2.3 0 11 25 348
Ken Burrough Ken Burrough 16 3 0.2 -11 -3.7 -0.7 0 1 50 613
Mike Barber Mike Barber 16 2 0.1 14 7.0 0.9 0 13 34 527
Robert Woods Robert Woods 3 2 0.7 4 2.0 1.3 0 5 8 100
Mike Renfro Mike Renfro 14 1 0.1 9 9.0 0.6 0 9 27 348
Brian Duncan Brian Duncan 5 1 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 3 0

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Ken Burrough Ken Burrough 16 47 2.9 624 13.3 39.0 2 44 50 613
Mike Barber Mike Barber 16 32 2.0 513 16.0 32.1 3 72 34 527
Mike Renfro Mike Renfro 14 26 1.9 339 13.0 24.2 2 58 27 348
Rich Caster Rich Caster 14 20 1.4 316 15.8 22.6 5 47 25 348
Ronnie Coleman Ronnie Coleman 15 19 1.3 246 12.9 16.4 1 33 80 434
Rob Carpenter Rob Carpenter 11 17 1.5 150 8.8 13.6 0 37 99 498
Tim Wilson Tim Wilson 16 15 0.9 91 6.1 5.7 1 14 141 522
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 15 12 0.8 48 4.0 3.2 0 20 314 1,498
Robert Woods Robert Woods 3 6 2.0 96 16.0 32.0 2 80 8 100
Conrad Rucker Conrad Rucker 13 2 0.2 38 19.0 2.9 0 22 2 38
Brian Duncan Brian Duncan 5 2 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Billy Johnson Billy Johnson 5 1 0.2 10 10.0 2.0 0 10 1 10
Guido Merkens Guido Merkens 12 1 0.1 6 6.0 0.5 0 6 1 6
Greg Sampson Greg Sampson 16 1 0.1 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0 -4 1 -4

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Willie Alexander Willie Alexander 16 5 51 10.2 0 29
Greg Stemrick Greg Stemrick 16 3 65 21.7 0 38
J.C. Wilson J.C. Wilson 16 2 10 5 0 10
Robert Brazile Robert Brazile 16 1 30 30 0 30
Art Stringer Art Stringer 7 1 20 20 0 20
Bill Currier Bill Currier 14 1 8 8 0 8
Kurt Knoff Kurt Knoff 16 1 6 6 0 6
C.L. Whittington C.L. Whittington 12 1 6 6 0 6
Steve Kiner Steve Kiner 16 1 3 3 0 3
Mike Reinfeldt Mike Reinfeldt 16 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 15 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 78
Toni Fritsch Toni Fritsch 16 0 0 0 0 14 31 0 73
Rob Carpenter Rob Carpenter 11 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 30
Rich Caster Rich Caster 14 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 30
Mike Barber Mike Barber 16 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18
Ken Burrough Ken Burrough 16 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Ronnie Coleman Ronnie Coleman 15 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12
Mike Renfro Mike Renfro 14 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Robert Woods Robert Woods 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Tim Wilson Tim Wilson 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Johnnie Dirden Johnnie Dirden 16 32 780 24.4 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Coleman Ronnie Coleman 15 2 40 20.0 0 16 142 8.9 0 32
Guido Merkens Guido Merkens 12 0 0 0 13 132 10.2 0 42
Robert Woods Robert Woods 3 3 59 19.7 0 9 82 9.1 0 14
Billy Johnson Billy Johnson 5 4 73 18.3 0 8 60 7.5 0 20
Larry Poole Larry Poole 9 4 107 26.8 0 0 0 0
Anthony Davis Anthony Davis 2 4 98 24.5 0 0 0 0
Robert Turner Robert Turner 4 4 69 17.3 0 0 0 0
Brian Duncan Brian Duncan 5 2 38 19.0 0 0 0 0
Tim Wilson Tim Wilson 16 2 29 14.5 0 0 0 0
Rob Carpenter Rob Carpenter 11 1 11 11.0 0 0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Toni Fritsch Toni Fritsch 16 14 18 77.8 2-2 2-3 7-9 3-4 0-0 31 32 96.9 73

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Cliff Parsley Cliff Parsley 16 91 3,539 38.9 59 1

Player Playoffs

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Dan Pastorini Dan Pastorini 3 44 70 62.9 23.3 602 8.6 200.7 4 5.7 6 8.6 71 9 72 73.6
Mike Barber Mike Barber 3 0 1 0.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 39.6

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 3 75 25.0 264 3.5 88.0 2 35 78 291
Tim Wilson Tim Wilson 3 30 10.0 108 3.6 36.0 0 21 40 181
Ronnie Coleman Ronnie Coleman 3 9 3.0 16 1.8 5.3 0 12 11 36
Larry Poole Larry Poole 3 4 1.3 19 4.8 6.3 0 12 4 19
Dan Pastorini Dan Pastorini 3 3 1.0 -9 -3.0 -3.0 0 -3 3 -9
Brian Duncan Brian Duncan 2 2 1.0 7 3.5 3.5 0 5 2 7
Robert Woods Robert Woods 3 1 0.3 9 9.0 3.0 0 9 4 35
Gifford Nielsen Gifford Nielsen 3 1 0.3 -3 -3.0 -1.0 0 -3 1 -3

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Tim Wilson Tim Wilson 3 10 3.3 73 7.3 24.3 1 13 40 181
Mike Barber Mike Barber 3 9 3.0 195 21.7 65.0 2 55 9 195
Ken Burrough Ken Burrough 3 9 3.0 194 21.6 64.7 1 71 9 194
Rich Caster Rich Caster 3 8 2.7 67 8.4 22.3 0 21 8 67
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 3 3 1.0 27 9.0 9.0 0 13 78 291
Robert Woods Robert Woods 3 3 1.0 26 8.7 8.7 0 16 4 35
Ronnie Coleman Ronnie Coleman 3 2 0.7 20 10.0 6.7 0 15 11 36

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Mike Reinfeldt Mike Reinfeldt 3 3 27 9 0 27
Gregg Bingham Gregg Bingham 3 2 23 11.5 0 19
Greg Stemrick Greg Stemrick 3 2 0 0 0 0
Willie Alexander Willie Alexander 3 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Toni Fritsch Toni Fritsch 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 15
Mike Barber Mike Barber 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
Ken Burrough Ken Burrough 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Tim Wilson Tim Wilson 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Ted Washington Ted Washington 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Robert Woods Robert Woods 3 5 104 20.8 0 5 10 2.0 0 11
Johnnie Dirden Johnnie Dirden 3 5 109 21.8 0 0 0 0
Guido Merkens Guido Merkens 3 2 57 28.5 0 0 0 0
Brian Duncan Brian Duncan 2 1 17 17.0 0 0 0 0
Kurt Knoff Kurt Knoff 2 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 7

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Toni Fritsch Toni Fritsch 3 3 4 75.0 6 6 100.0 15

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Cliff Parsley Cliff Parsley 3 16 631 39.4 49 0

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NFL 2023 Division Standings

AFC North W L T PCT
1
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
2
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
1
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
2
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
1
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
2
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
1
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
1
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
2
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
1
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
1
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
2
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
1
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529