1975 Houston Oilers (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 10-4-0 .714

Ed Biles	Defensive Coordinator
Sam Boghosian	Offensive Line
Andy Bourgeois	Offensive Backs
King Hill	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Larry Peccatiello	Linebackers
Richie Petitbon	Defensive Backs
Fran Polsfoot	Receivers
George Rice	Defensive Line
Joe Woolley	Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1975	A	New Orleans Saints	13-7	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	72434
Sat	8/16/1975	H	Washington Redskins	24-13	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	44704
Sat	8/23/1975	A	Denver Broncos	21-27	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	33813
Sat	8/30/1975	H	Dallas Cowboys	14-17	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	46951
Mon	9/8/1975	H	Baltimore Colts	21-26	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	34223
Sat	9/13/1975	A	Chicago Bears	24-13	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	42503
Sun	9/21/1975	A	New England Patriots	7-0	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	51934
Sun	9/28/1975	H	San Diego Chargers	33-17	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	33765
Sun	10/5/1975	H	Cincinnati Bengals	19-21	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	42412
Sun	10/12/1975	A	Cleveland Browns	40-10	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	46531
Sun	10/19/1975	H	Washington Redskins	13-10	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	49566
Sun	10/26/1975	H	Detroit Lions	24-8	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	46904
Sun	11/2/1975	A	Kansas City Chiefs	17-13	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	62989
Sun	11/9/1975	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-24	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49460
Sun	11/16/1975	H	Miami Dolphins	20-19	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	48892
Mon	11/24/1975	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	9-32	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	49947
Sun	11/30/1975	A	Cincinnati Bengals	19-23	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	46128
Sun	12/7/1975	A	San Francisco 49ers	27-13	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	44015
Sun	12/14/1975	A	Oakland Raiders	27-26	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50719
Sun	12/21/1975	H	Cleveland Browns	21-10	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	43770

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
19	Willie Alexander	LCB	6-3	192	26	Alcorn State	14	13
82	Mack Alston	TE	6-2	230	28	Maryland-Eastern Shore	13	11
48	Bob Atkins	RS	6-3	211	29	Grambling State	14	3
88	Jim Beirne	WR	6-2	200	29	Purdue	6	0
50	Duane Benson	LB	6-2	218	30	Hamline	4	0
65	Elvin Bethea	RDE	6-3	255	29	North Carolina A&T State	14	13
4	David Beverly	P	6-2	180	25	Auburn	2	0
54	Gregg Bingham	RILB	6-1	227	24	Purdue	14	14
52	Robert Brazile	ROLB	6-4	238	22	Jackson State	14	14
00	Ken Burrough	WR	6-3	215	27	Texas Southern	14	14
2	Skip Butler	K	6-1	200	28	Texas-Arlington	14	0
55	Ralph Cindrich	ROLB	6-1	227	26	Pittsburgh	4	0
47	Ronnie Coleman	RB	5-10	197	24	Alabama A&M	14	12
33	Mark Cotney	LS	6-0	205	23	New Mexico Highlands; Cameron	14	3
78	Curley Culp	MG	6-1	265	29	Arizona State	14	14
10	Lynn Dickey	QB	6-3	214	26	Kansas State	14	0
75	Elbert Drungo	ROT	6-5	265	32	Tennessee State	13	13
87	Emmett Edwards	WR	6-1	189	23	Kansas	11	0
60	Ed Fisher	ROG	6-3	249	26	Arizona State	14	14
87	Willie Frazier	TE	6-4	230	33	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	5	0
29	Willie Germany	LS	6-0	193	26	Morgan State	14	11
30	Don Hardeman	RB	6-2	235	22	Texas A&M-Kingsville	13	12
86	Nat Hawkins	WR	6-1	190	25	Nevada-Las Vegas	11	0
70	Conway Hayman	LOG-ROG	6-3	255	26	Delaware	14	0
53	Fred Hoaglin	C	6-4	247	31	Pittsburgh	14	0
36	Robert Holmes	RB	5-9	221	30	Southern University	14	2
72	Kevin Hunt	ROT-LOT	6-5	260	27	Doane	13	1
84	Billy Johnson	WR	5-9	170	23	Widener	14	14
57	Steve Kiner	LILB	6-0	219	28	Tennessee	14	14
80	John Little	MG-DE	6-3	250	28	Oklahoma State	14	0
55	Carl Mauck	C	6-3	242	28	Southern Illinois	14	14
22	Zeke Moore	RCB	6-1	195	32	Lincoln (Missouri)	14	14
20	Billy Parks	WR	6-1	185	27	Santa Monica JC; Long Beach State	10	0
7	Dan Pastorini	QB	6-3	205	26	Santa Clara	14	14
56	Guy Roberts	RILB	6-1	230	25	Maryland	14	0
34	Willie Rodgers	RB	6-0	210	26	Kentucky State	14	0
75	Greg Sampson	LOT	6-6	270	25	Stanford	14	14
64	Ron Saul	LOG	6-2	254	27	Michigan State	14	14
81	John Sawyer	TE	6-2	230	22	Southern Mississippi	8	3
77	Bubba Smith	LDE	6-7	292	30	Michigan State	12	3
85	Tody Smith	LDE-RDE	6-5	248	27	Michigan State; Southern California	13	12
27	Greg Stemrick	LCB-RCB	5-11	178	24	Colorado State	11	1
51	Ted Thompson	LILB	6-1	218	22	Southern Methodist	14	0
59	Ted Washington	LOLB	6-1	250	27	Mississippi Valley State	14	14
79	Jim White	RDE	6-3	253	27	Northeastern JC; Colorado State	14	0
38	C.L. Whittington	RS	6-1	200	23	Prairie View A&M	14	11
44	Fred Willis	RB	6-0	209	28	Boston College	13	2
17	Elmo Wright	WR	6-0	190	26	Houston	2	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Robert Brazile	LB	Jackson State
1	15	Don Hardeman	RB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
2	40	Emmett Edwards	WR	Kansas
6	146	Jesse O'Neal	DE	Grambling State
7	162	Mike Biehle	T	Miami (Ohio)
7	171	Mark Cotney	DB	Cameron
8	196	Jerry Lawrence	DT	South Dakota State
9	221	Bob Bruer	TE	Minnesota State
10	246	Alan Pringle	K	Rice
11	271	John Sawyer	TE	Southern Mississippi
12	302	Willie Miller	WR	Colorado State
13	327	Ricky Scales	WR	Virginia Tech
14	352	Jody Medford	G	Rice
15	377	Jack Holmes	RB	Texas Southern
16	402	Kenny Lambert	DB	Virginia Tech
17	427	Ricky Seeker	C	Texas A&M

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	49	84	81	79
Opponents Totals	37	100	25	64

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		234	121	90	23	72/203 35.5%	/ %	100	849
Opponents Totals		264	104	137	23	78/205 38.0%	/ %	90	871

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Skip Butler	0	31	34	91.2	18	30	60.0	0	85
Ken Burrough	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Ronnie Coleman	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Don Hardeman	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Billy Johnson	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Mack Alston	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Fred Willis	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Willie Rodgers	1	0	0		0	0		1	8
Curley Culp	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Willie Germany	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dan Pastorini	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Sawyer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Elvin Bethea	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	34	31	34	91.2	18	30	60.0	2	293
Opponents Totals	27	21	27	77.8	13	23	56.5	2	226

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Skip Butler	18	30	60.0	0/0	8/9	4/8	6/12	0/1
Team Totals	18	30	60.0	0/0	8/9	4/8	6/12	0/1
Opponents Totals	13	23	56.5	0/0	2/3	8/10	3/6	0/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ronnie Coleman	175	790	4.5	46t	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
Team Totals	526	2068	3.9	46t	14
Opponents Totals	498	1680	3.4	36	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Pastorini	342	163	47.7	163	2053	6.0	12.6	77t	14	4.1	16	4.7	24	210	1843	61.0
Lynn Dickey	4	2	50.0	1	46	11.5	23.0	28	0	0.0	1	25.0	3	20	26	52.1
Ronnie Coleman	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	347	165	47.6	165	2099	6.0	12.7	77t	14	4.0	17	4.9	27	230	1869	59.9
Opponents Totals	409	235	57.5	150	2800	6.8	11.9	64	14	3.4	24	5.9	45	343	2457	65.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Burrough	53	1063	20.1	77t	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
Nat 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
Team Totals	165	2099	12.7	77t	14
Opponents Totals	235	2800	11.9	64	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Zeke Moore	5	137	27.4	74
Bob Atkins	4	133	33.3	70
Gregg Bingham	4	57	14.3	26
Willie Alexander	3	41	13.7	32
Ted Washington	3	30	10.0	23
Willie Germany	2	15	7.5	15
Steve Kiner	2	7	3.5	7
C.L. Whittington	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	24	425	17.7	74
Opponents Totals	17	186	10.9	47

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dan Pastorini	62	2447	39.5	68	0	7
David Beverly	12	459	38.3	45	0	1
Team Totals	74	2906	39.3	68	0	8	356	2390	32.3
Opponents Totals	73	2990	41.0	62	1	7	620	2230	31.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Johnson	40	1	612	15.3	83t	3
Mark Cotney	2	1	8	4.0	5	0
Ronnie Coleman	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	43	2	620	14.4	83t	3
Opponents Totals	47	6	356	7.6	52	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Johnson	33	798	24.2	81t	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
Team Totals	54	1144	21.2	81t	1
Opponents Totals	61	1355	22.2	52	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Curley Culp	11.5
Elvin Bethea	10.0
Robert Brazile	7.0
Tody Smith	6.0
Ted Washington	2.5
Steve Kiner	2.0
Bubba Smith	2.0
Jim White	1.5
Gregg Bingham	1.0
(Team)	1.0
(Unknown)	0.5
Team Totals	45.0	343.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	230.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mack Alston	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Robert Brazile	0	0	0	5	5	18	0
Ken Burrough	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ronnie Coleman	6		0	0	0	0	0
Mark Cotney	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Curley Culp	0	0	0	3	3	38	1
Ed Fisher	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Willie Germany	0	0	0	2	2	48	1
Don Hardeman	3		1	0	1	0	0
Fred Hoaglin	1		0	0	0	-22	0
Billy Johnson	5		1	0	1	0	0
Steve Kiner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Pastorini	3		4	0	4	0	0
John Sawyer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tody Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Greg Stemrick	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ted Thompson	1		0	1	1	0	0
Ted Washington	0	0	0	2	2	18	0
Jim White	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
C.L. Whittington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Willis	7		3	0	3	-2	0
Team Totals	28	17	11	19	30	98	2
Opponents Totals	38	19	17	17	34		0