1980 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-5-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bum Phillips (11-5-0)

Points For: 295 (18.4/g) 20th of 28

Points Against: 251 (15.7/g) 2nd of 28

Expected W-L: 9.5-6.5

SRS: 1.64 (12th of 28), SOS: -1.11

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 7-27 vs. Oakland Raiders

Defensive Coordinator: Ed Biles

Other Notable Asst.: Joe Bugel (Offensive Line), King Hill (QB/Receivers), John Paul Young (Linebackers/Special Teams) and Wade Phillips (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Houston Astrodome

Founder/Owner/Chairman/President/CEO: Bud Adams

Head Coach/General Manager: Bum Phillips

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +700

Training Camp: Angelo State (San Angelo, Texas)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	295	5642	1063	5.3	47	19	329	296	463	3007	15	28	6.1	152	573	2635	18	4.6	155	101	838	22
Opp. Stats	251	4612	932	4.9	39	13	259	246	454	2801	16	26	5.7	147	444	1811	8	4.1	94	101	763	18
Lg Rank Offense	20	4			27	23	5		20	17	23	26	10		6	2	8	1
Lg Rank Defense	2	5			12	18	2		7	4	3	6	8		2	8	1	20

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	31	16	292	232	60	5	20	356	237	119	4	-21.24	-4.02	9.27
2	Mon	September 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Cleveland Browns	16	7	23	369	177	192	1	13	181	106	75	1	2.87	7.00	-3.01
3	Sun	September 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Baltimore Colts	21	16	27	392	182	210	5	14	240	101	139	1	0.45	8.06	-5.22
4	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	13	10	20	259	222	37	2	14	250	134	116	1	-5.22	4.19	1.70
5	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		Seattle Seahawks	7	26	16	242	163	79	6	14	303	185	118	2	-20.07	3.97	-2.61
6	Sun	October 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	20	21	21	330	131	199	3	14	281	132	149	1	2.49	-1.49	-2.36
7	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	14	23	467	222	245	4	12	193	126	67	4	-5.98	15.95	-3.13
8	Sun	October 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Cincinnati Bengals	23	3	17	373	122	251	2	13	259	157	102	4	0.52	22.91	0.50
9	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3	@	Denver Broncos	20	16	23	330	157	173	1	18	252	156	96		15.47	-3.58	-7.29
10	Mon	November 10	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		New England Patriots	38	34	20	390	242	148	1	27	473	374	99	2	15.16	-11.98	2.46
11	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Chicago Bears	10	6	20	330	93	237	1	14	326	148	178	1	1.81	3.76	2.24
12	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	8-4	@	New York Jets	28	31	28	472	349	123	6	17	327	223	104	3	-10.14	8.87	-1.46
13	Sun	November 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5		Cleveland Browns	14	17	17	322	208	114	5	11	194	73	121	1	-6.30	8.60	-3.39
14	Thu	December 4	8:30PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5		Pittsburgh Steelers	6	0	13	268	177	91	1	18	278	118	160	5	-13.24	14.74	4.84
15	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5	@	Green Bay Packers	22	3	22	371	114	257	2	16	337	283	54	5	2.16	17.37	3.33
16	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-5		Minnesota Vikings	20	16	23	435	216	219	2	24	362	248	114	4	-6.50	8.20	-3.35
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 28	5:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-6	@	Oakland Raiders	7	27	18	275	178	97	3	12	250	139	111	1	-27.05	10.76	-1.93

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ken Stabler	35	QB	16	16	11-5-0	293	457	64.1	3202	13	2.8	28	6.1	151	44.4	79	7.0	4.82	10.9	200.1	68.7	27	264	5.58	6.07	4.00	2	2
2	Earl Campbell	25	RB	15	15		1	2	50.0	57	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	57	28.5	38.50	57.0	3.8	135.4	0	0	0.00	28.50	38.50	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-1
3	Gifford Nielsen	26	QB	16	0		2	4	50.0	12	1	25.0	0	0.0	1	25.0	8	3.0	8.00	6.0	0.8	95.8	0	0	0.00	3.00	8.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11-5-0	296	463	63.9	3007	15	3.2	28	6.0	153	44.3	79	7.1	4.99	11.1	187.9	70.4	27	264	5.51	6.14	4.18	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Ken Stabler	35	QB	1	1	0-1-0	15	26	57.7	243	2	7.7	11	33.3	39	9.3	5.88	16.2	243.0	57.1	7	65	21.21	5.39	2.67
2	Earl Campbell	25	RB	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	15	27	55.6	178	2	7.4	11	32.4	39	9.0	5.67	16.2	178.0	55.0	7	65	20.59	5.24	2.59

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Earl Campbell	25	RB	15	15	373	1934	13	113	57.6	55	5.2	128.9	24.9	20	11	47	4.3	0	3	30.0	10	0.7	3.1	55.0	2.4	384	5.2	1981	13	4	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-1
2	Mike Barber	27	TE	16	16	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	87	59	712	12.1	5	29	54.0	79	3.7	44.5	67.8	8.2	60	11.9	713	5	0
3	Rob Carpenter	25	RB	15	1	97	359	3	21	40.2	46	3.7	23.9	6.5	52	43	346	8.0	0	15	44.2	25	2.9	23.1	82.7	6.7	140	5.0	705	3	4
4	Dave Casper	28	TE	10	9	2	8	0	0	50.0	6	4.0	0.8	0.2	54	34	526	15.5	3	25	59.3	43	3.4	52.6	63.0	9.7	36	14.8	534	3	2	PB
5	Mike Renfro	25	WR	16	16	1	12	0	1	100.0	12	12.0	0.8	0.1	61	35	459	13.1	1	23	45.9	42	2.2	28.7	57.4	7.5	36	13.1	471	1	0
6	Tim Wilson	26	FB	16	16	66	257	1	15	48.5	15	3.9	16.1	4.1	33	30	170	5.7	1	11	60.6	13	1.9	10.6	90.9	5.2	96	4.4	427	2	2
7	Billy Johnson	28	WR	16	7	2	1	0	0	50.0	4	0.5	0.1	0.1	67	31	343	11.1	2	16	29.9	57	1.9	21.4	46.3	5.1	33	10.4	344	2	1
8	Rich Caster	32	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	38	27	341	12.6	3	13	52.6	68	1.7	21.3	71.1	9.0	27	12.6	341	3	1
9	Ronnie Coleman	29	RB	14	0	14	82	1	4	50.0	27	5.9	5.9	1.0	17	16	168	10.5	0	10	70.6	27	1.1	12.0	94.1	9.9	30	8.3	250	1	1
10	Ken Burrough	32	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	91	22.8	0	4	66.7	54	2.0	45.5	66.7	15.2	4	22.8	91	0	0
11	Jeff Groth	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	4	47	11.8	0	2	37.5	18	0.3	2.9	50.0	5.9	4	11.8	47	0	2
12	Tim Smith	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	21	10.5	0	2	40.0	13	0.1	1.3	40.0	4.2	2	10.5	21	0	1
13	Boobie Clark	30	RB	6	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.5	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	3.0	3	0	0
14	Gifford Nielsen	26	QB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
15	Ken Stabler	35	QB	16	16	15	-22	0	1	0.0		-1.5	-1.4	0.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	-1.5	-22	0	7
	Team Totals			16	16	573	2635	18	155	51.7	55	4.6	164.7	35.8	448	296	3271	11.1	15	153	48.4	79	18.5	204.4	66.1	7.3	869	6.8	5906	33	26

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Earl Campbell	25	RB	1	1	27	91	1	5	40.7	14	3.4	91.0	27.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			27	3.4	91	1	1
2	Mike Barber	27	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	83	20.8	0	2	33.3	33	4.0	83.0	66.7	13.8	4	20.8	83	0	0
3	Mike Renfro	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	3	69	23.0	0	4	44.4	39	3.0	69.0	33.3	7.7	3	23.0	69	0	0
4	Rob Carpenter	25	RB	1	0	5	9	0	0	20.0	4	1.8	9.0	5.0	4	3	26	8.7	0	1	25.0	14	3.0	26.0	75.0	6.5	8	4.4	35	0	0
5	Dave Casper	28	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	31	10.3	0	2	33.3	12	3.0	31.0	50.0	5.2	3	10.3	31	0	0
6	Ronnie Coleman	29	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	23	23.0	0	1	100.0	23	1.0	23.0	100.0	23.0	1	23.0	23	0	0
7	Billy Johnson	28	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	11	11.0	0	1	100.0	11	1.0	11.0	100.0	11.0	1	11.0	11	0	0
8	Tim Wilson	26	FB	1	1	1	-3	0	0	0.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-3.0	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	33	97	1	5	36.4	14	2.9	97.0	33.0	27	15	243	16.2	0	11	40.7	39	15.0	243.0	55.6	9.0	48	7.1	340	1	1

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles					Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Barber	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Gregg Bingham	29	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
3	Robert Brazile	27	ROLB	16	16	2	38	0	33	0	0	0	0	6.5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Andy Dorris	29	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
5	Ed Fisher	31	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Vernon Perry	27	SS	16	16	5	85	0	42	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Mike Reinfeldt	27	FS	16	16	4	36	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Ken Stabler	35	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	7	2	-16	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Greg Stemrick	29	RCB	16	16	4	25	0	15	0	1	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
10	J.C. Wilson	24	LCB	16	16	2	26	0	26	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Tim Wilson	26	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Earl Campbell	25	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-1
13	Ted Washington	32	LOLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
14	Elvin Bethea	34	RDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
15	Bob Young	38	LG	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Ken Kennard	26	NT	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
17	Dave Casper	28	TE	10	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
18	Billy Johnson	28	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Daryl Hunt	24	LILB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Jesse Baker	23	DE	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0	0	0	0
21	Conway Hayman	31	T	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Rob Carpenter	25	RB	15	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Rich Caster	32	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Ronnie Coleman	29	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	John Corker	22	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	43	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Jeff Groth	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Carter Hartwig	24	DB	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Thomas Henderson	27	LB	7	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
29	Guido Merkens	25	FS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Gifford Nielsen	26	QB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Carl Roaches	27	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Tim Smith	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Mike Stensrud	24	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0
34	Jack Tatum	32	DB	16	0	7	100	0	35	0	2	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	26	313	0	42	33	26	19	1	34.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Elvin Bethea	34	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
2	Gregg Bingham	29	RILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	Earl Campbell	25	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Vernon Perry	27	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	0	0