1976 Houston Oilers Roster

By Team Sports Glory

1976 Houston Oilers Team Info

LeagueCoachRecordPostseason RecordDivision StandingEnd of Season
National Football League (NFL)Bum Phillips (5-9)5-9–Finished 4th in the NFL’s American Football Conference Central Division–

Roster

PlayerPos.Birth DateHeightWeightCollege
Willie AlexanderDBSeptember 21, 19496’2′194Alcorn St.
Mack AlstonTEApril 27, 19476’2′230Md-Eastern Shore
Bob AtkinsDBApril 2, 19466’3′215Grambling St.
Melvin BakerWRAugust 12, 19506’0′189Texas Southern
Mike BarberTEJune 4, 19536’3′235Louisiana Tech
Jim BeirneWR-TEOctober 15, 19466’2′206Purdue
Duane BensonLBAugust 5, 19456’2′215Hamline
Elvin BetheaDEMarch 1, 19466’2′260North Carolina A&T
Gregg BinghamLBMarch 13, 19516’1′227Purdue
Robert BrazileLBFebruary 7, 19536’4′241Jackson St.
Ken BurroughWRJuly 14, 19486’3′215Texas Southern
Al BurtonDEMarch 30, 19526’5′267Bethune-Cookman
Skip ButlerKOctober 21, 19476’1′201Texas-Arlington
Leroy ClarkPJanuary 16, 19505’11’202Prairie View
Ronnie ColemanRBJuly 9, 19515’10’195Alabama A&M
Curley CulpDT-NT-GMarch 10, 19466’2′265Arizona St.
Al DarbyTESeptember 14, 19546’5′221Florida
Joe DawkinsRBJanuary 27, 19486’0′223Wisconsin
Elbert DrungoT-GApril 30, 19436’5′265Tennessee St.
Emmett EdwardsWRJune 6, 19526’1′187Kansas
Ken EllisDBSeptember 27, 19475’10’190Southern
Ed FisherG-C-DEMay 31, 19496’3′249Arizona St.
John HadlQBFebruary 15, 19406’1′214Kansas
Don HardemanRBAugust 13, 19526’2′235Texas A&M-Kingsville
Dennis HavigGMay 6, 19496’2′253Colorado
Conway HaymanG-TJanuary 9, 19496’3′264Delaware
Mitch HoopesPJuly 8, 19536’1′207Arizona
Kevin HuntT-GNovember 29, 19486’5′260Doane
Al JohnsonDB-RBJune 17, 19506’0′200Cincinnati
Billy JohnsonWRJanuary 21, 19525’9′170Widener
Steve KinerLBJune 12, 19476’1′220Tennessee
John LittleDT-DE-NTMay 3, 19476’3′241Oklahoma St.
Ron LouCJuly 24, 19516’2′240Arizona St.
Carl MauckCJuly 7, 19476’4′243Southern Illinois
Zeke MooreDBDecember 2, 19436’3′198Lincoln (MO)
Joe OwensDENovember 8, 19466’2′245Alcorn St.
Dan PastoriniQBMay 26, 19496’2′208Santa Clara
Mike ReinfeldtDBMay 6, 19536’2′192Wisc-Milwaukee
Tim RossovichLB-DEMarch 14, 19466’4′240USC
Greg SampsonT-DT-DEOctober 25, 19506’6′265Stanford
John SawyerTEJuly 26, 19536’2′230Southern Miss
Dave SimonsonTMay 2, 19526’6′246Minnesota
Bubba SmithDE-DTFebruary 28, 19456’7′265Michigan St.
Tody SmithDEDecember 24, 19486’5′250Michigan St.
Greg StemrickDBOctober 25, 19515’11’185Colorado St.
Altie TaylorRBSeptember 29, 19475’10’200Utah St.
Earl ThomasWR-TEOctober 4, 19486’3′224Houston
Ted ThompsonLBJanuary 17, 19536’1′220SMU
Ted WashingtonLBFebruary 16, 19486’1′244Miss. Valley St.
Mike WegerDBOctober 2, 19456’2′200Bowling Green
C.L. WhittingtonDBAugust 1, 19526’1′200Prairie View
Sam WilliamsDBJuly 22, 19526’2′192New Mex. Highlands
Fred WillisRBDecember 9, 19476’0′212Boston Col.