1979 Houston Oilers 8-8 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Houston 51 92 51 72 0 266 Opponent 57 104 71 69 0 301 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 266 301 0-1 0 @Washington 3 86ø 5-15 First Downs 258 287 0-2 14 @Pittsburgh 31 72ø 0-5 Rush 123 131 1-2 28 Kansas City 20 70ø Pass 123 142 2-2 24 @Cincinnati 23 71ø 10-20 Pen 12 14 3-2 27 Cleveland 14 70ø Penalties 80 73 4-2 17 St.Louis 10 70ø Yards 540 479 4-3 14 @Baltimore 37 73ø 0-10 5-3 23 @Seattle 21 70ø Rushing Att 570 529 6-3 24 New York (A) 14 70ø Yards 2392 2411 6-4 13 @Miami 16 82ø Ave 4.2 4.6 7-4 41 Oakland 7 70ø TD 13 14 8-4 17 Cincinnati 14 70ø 8-5 14 @Dallas 31 56ø 20-30 Passing Att 404 433 8-6 0 @Cleveland 20 26ø 0-5 Comp 197 226 8-7 3 Pittsburgh 27 70ø % 48.8 52.2 8-8 7 Philadelphia 13 70ø Int 15 29 % 3.7 6.7 TD 15 18 % 3.7 4.2 Yards 2408 2791 Sacked 32 46 Punt Return 44 59 Yards 193 613 Ave 4.4 10.4 Kick Return 66 56 Yards 1211 1007 Ave 18.3 18.0 Punts 86 75 Yards 3565 3127 Ave 41.5 41.7 FG Att 23 25 Made 12 16 % 52.2 64.0 Third Downs 245 223 Made 109 85 % 44.5 38.1 Fourth Downs 19 21 Made 10 14 % 52.6 66.7 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 32 21 Lost 16 6 Turnovers 31 35 Net Offense 4606 4903 Per Play 4.6 4.9 1979 Houston Oilers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Campbell 368 1683 4.6 47 79 58 7 Burrough 45 10 854 19.0 13 39 50 5 Carpenter 88 326 3.7 6 20 12 4 Barber 33 3 338 10.2 1 21 30 2 Wilson, T. 69 272 3.9 4 18 13 1 Wilson 31 5 228 7.4 0 11 21 1 Coleman 11 51 4.6 1 1 10 0 Renfro 19 2 304 16.0 1 14 47 2 Pastorini 21 46 2.2 0 5 7 1 Campbell 18 0 152 8.4 1 7 32 2 Nielsen 10 11 1.1 0 0 3 0 Carpenter 17 0 114 6.7 0 4 16 1 Clark 2 2 1.0 0 0 2 0 Caster 16 3 198 12.4 1 11 29 2 King 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Johnson 7 2 112 16.0 0 7 21 0 570 2392 4.2 58 123 58 13 Coleman 6 0 68 11.3 0 6 14 0 Rucker 3 0 30 10.0 0 3 12 0 Groth 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Fisher 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Hayman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 197 26 2408 12.2 17 123 50 15 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Nielsen 89 43 48.3 557 13.0 47 10 4 2 2.2 1 3 3.4 70.3 Pastorini 315 154 48.9 1851 12.0 50 32 13 13 4.1 31 12 3.8 62.8 404 197 48.8 2408 12.2 50 42 17 15 3.7 32 15 3.7 64.5 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Fritsch 33 32 97.0 23 12 52.2 16.7 0.0 47 68 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Parsley 86 3565 62 10 0 17 59 613 32.0 41.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Ellender 28 560 20.0 28 0 Merkens 1 0 3 3.0 3 0 Coleman 28 503 18.0 31 0 Johnson,B. 5 0 9 1.8 6 0 Hartwig 7 113 16.1 27 0 Ellender 38 4 181 4.8 13 0 Johnson,B. 2 26 13.0 14 0 44 4 193 4.4 13 0 Carpenter 1 9 9.0 9 0 Renfro 1 0 0.0 0 0 Burrough 1 0 0.0 0 0 66 1211 18.3 31 0 Fumbles Campbell 9 Ellender 4 Nielsen 3 Burrough 2 Renfro 1 Pastorin 7 Carpente 3 Barber 2 Wilson, 1 Burrough 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Baker, J 12 Dorris 22 Brazile 9 Brazile 12 Dorris 3 Hayman 3 Dorris 10 Kennard 8 Dorris 7 Reinfeld 9 Bingham 3 Mauck 2 Washingt 8 Baker, J 7 Bingham 6 Wilson,J 5 Stemrick 2 Pastorin 2 Brazile 8 Culp 7 Culp 5 Bingham 5 Baker, J 2 Ellender 2 Kennard 4 Brazile 4 Bethea 4 Dorris 4 Culp 2 Gray 2 Bethea 3 Bethea 3 Washingt 3 Stemrick 3 Brazile 1 Towns 1 Bingham 1 Washingt 3 Kennard 2 Hartwig 3 Perry, V 1 Dorris 1 Perry, V 1 Culp 3 Washingt 1 Kennard 1 Baker, J 1 Perry, V 2 Thompson 1 Bingham 1 Stemrick 1 Alexande 2 Kennard 1 Wilson,J 1 Bethea 2 Murphy 1 Stemrick 1 Hunt 1 Carpente 1 Washingt 1 Caster 1 Baker, J 1 Fisher 1 Johnson, 1 Tackles Reinfeld 109 Dorris 65 Hunt 36 Elrod 13 Jefferso 10 Brazile 107 Bingham 57 Baker, J 32 Hartwig 12 Murphy 9 Wilson,J 89 Bethea 46 Kennard 23 Currier 12 Stensrud 6 Stemrick 70 Culp 40 Stringer 19 Carter 12 Young,J. 6 Perry, V 68 Washingt 38 Alexande 17 Baumgart 10 Thompson 5 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Reinfeldt 9 223 24.8 53 2 Stemrick 5 101 20.2 54 0 Wilson,JC 5 137 27.4 96 1 Perry, V. 3 16 5.3 14 0 Bingham 3 141 47.0 62 2 Brazile 2 34 17.0 34 0 Hartwig 1 0 0.0 0 0 Alexander 1 23 23.0 23 0 29 675 23.3 96 5 1979 Houston Oilers Coach: Bum Phillips Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Nielsen, Gifford 5 B 1 3 QB Pastorini, Dan 4 O 1 3 QB Merkens, Guido 5 O 1 3 RET Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Campbell, Earl 1 1 5 368 1697 61 4.6 3 16 94 46 5.9 RB Carpenter, Rob 2 1 5 92 355 13 3.9 3 16 116 22 7.3 KR RB Wilson, Tim 4 1 5 84 319 19 3.8 5 29 208 24 7.2 KR RB Clark, Boobie 2 1 4 22 51 7 2.3 1 6 58 38 9.7 RB Coleman, Ronnie 2 1 4 21 81 10 3.9 2 12 114 17 9.5 RET RB King, Kenny 2 1 3 3 9 4 3.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Ellender, Rich 2 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 15 15 15.0 RET WR Burrough, Ken 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 6 40 752 55 18.8 WR Caster, Rich 0 0 5 4 25 10 6.3 3 18 239 36 13.3 KR WR Renfro, Mike 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 3 16 323 49 20.2 WR Johnson, Billy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 6 6 108 29 18.0 RET WR Groth, Jeff 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 6 6 6.0 KR WR Foster, Eddie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TE Barber, Mike 4 2 4 2 4 6 2.0 5 27 377 37 14.0 TE Rucker, Conrad 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 4 40 16 10.0 QB-WR Merkens, Guido 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 44 20 14.7 RET Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Mauck, Carl 7 7 5 C Carter, David 4 4 5 LS G Fisher, Ed 6 6 5 G Randall, Tom 4 4 4 G Reihner, George 3 3 1 T Gray, Leon 10 10 5 T Towns, Morris 5 5 5 T Phillips, Wes 3 3 2 G-T Hayman, Conway 5 5 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Culp, Curley 7 7 0 2 5 3 0 DT Kennard, Ken 5 4 0 3 5 5 0 DT Stensrud, Mike 3 3 0 2 2 2 0 DE Baker, Jesse 6 3 0 8 5 15 0 DE Dorris, Andy 6 4 0 5 5 10 0 DE Bethea, Elvin 6 6 0 1 4 2 0 DE Young, Jim 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 ILB Bingham, Gregg 6 5 2 0 5 1 3 ILB Hunt, Daryl 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 ILB Thompson, Ted 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 PR OLB Brazile, Robert 10 8 3 3 5 5 2 OLB Washington, Ted 5 4 1 4 4 8 0 LB Stringer, Art 4 4 1 0 2 0 2 LB Elrod, Jimbo 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 LB Murphy, Mike 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 LB Baumgartner, Steve 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 CB Wilson, J.C. 5 0 5 0 5 0 6 CB Stemrick, Greg 5 0 5 0 5 0 2 KR CB Alexander, Willie 4 0 4 0 4 0 2 S Reinfeldt, Mike 10 1 9 0 5 0 12 S Perry, Vernon 7 1 6 0 5 0 3 S Currier, Bill 4 1 3 0 5 0 0 DB Hartwig, Carter 4 1 3 0 5 0 2 KR DB Jefferson, Charles 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 Special Teams K Fritsch, Toni P Parsley, Cliff