1978 Houston Oilers

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1978 Houston Oilers

Head Coach: Bum Phillips

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter
Starters are listed by position, beginning with primary starters and ending with non-starting depth. A player will be listed more than once if starting at mulitple positions during the season.

Pos		Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
QB		Gifford Nielsen	2	R	10/25/1954	' "	Brigham Young
QB		Dan Pastorini	16	8	05/26/1949	' "	Santa Clara
RB		Ronnie Coleman	15	5	07/09/1951	' "	Alabama A&M
RB		Rob Carpenter	11	2	04/20/1955	' "	Miami (OH)
RB		Alvin Maxson	1	5	11/12/1951	' "	Southern Methodist
RB		Robert Turner	4	1	03/06/1954	' "	Oklahoma State
RB		Brian Duncan	5	3	03/31/1952	' "	Southern Methodist
RB		Larry Poole	9	4	07/31/1952	' "	Kent State
RB		Anthony Davis	2	2	09/08/1952	' "	Southern California
FB		Tim Wilson	16	2	01/14/1954	' "	Maryland
RB	*	Earl Campbell	15	R	03/29/1955	' "	Texas
RB/DB		Al Johnson	7	6	06/17/1950	' "	Cincinnati
TE		Conrad Rucker	13	R	11/15/1954	' "	Southern
TE/WR		Rich Caster	14	9	10/16/1948	' "	Jackson State
TE/WR		Mike Barber	16	3	06/04/1953	' "	Louisiana State
WR		Robert Woods	3	R	07/03/1955	' "	Grambling State
WR		Ken Burrough	16	9	07/14/1948	' "	Texas Southern
WR		Mike Renfro	14	R	06/19/1955	' "	Texas Christian
WR		Billy Johnson	5	5	01/21/1952	' "	Widener
WR		Johnnie Dirden	16	R	03/14/1952	' "	Sam Houston State
WR/QB/DB		Guido Merkens	12	1	08/14/1955	' "	Sam Houston State
T/DT/DE		Greg Sampson	16	7	10/25/1950	' "	Stanford
C/G		David Carter	16	2	11/27/1953	' "	Western Kentucky
G		George Reihner	9	2	04/27/1955	' "	Penn State
G/T		John Schuhmacher	11	R	09/23/1955	' "	Southern California
G/T		Conway Hayman	16	4	01/09/1949	' "	Delaware
G/DE/C		Ed Fisher	16	5	05/31/1949	' "	Arizona State
T		Morris Towns	16	2	01/10/1954	' "	Missouri
C		Carl Mauck	16	10	07/07/1947	' "	Southern Illinois
DT/G	*	Curley Culp	16	11	03/10/1946	' "	Arizona State
DE		Andy Dorris	16	6	08/11/1951	' "	New Mexico State
DE/LB/DT		Steve Baumgartner	16	6	03/26/1951	' "	Purdue
DE		Jim Young	16	2	07/08/1950	' "	Texas Southern
NT/DE		Ken Kennard	16	2	10/04/1954	' "	Angelo State (TX)
DE	*	Elvin Bethea	16	11	03/01/1946	' "	North Carolina A&T
DE		Jimmy Dean	3	1	01/08/1955	' "	Texas A&M
LB		Robert Brazile	16	4	02/07/1953	' "	Jackson State
LB		Ted Thompson	16	4	01/17/1953	' "	Southern Methodist
LB		Gregg Bingham	16	6	03/13/1951	' "	Purdue
LB		Art Stringer	7	2	01/30/1954	' "	Ball State
LB		Steve Kiner	16	8	06/12/1947	' "	Tennessee
LB		Ted Washington	16	6	02/16/1948	' "	Mississippi Valley State
DB		Mike Reinfeldt	16	3	05/06/1953	' "	Wisconsin - Milwaukee
DB		C.L. Whittington	12	4	08/01/1952	' "	Prairie View A&M
DB		Willie Alexander	16	8	09/21/1949	' "	Alcorn State
DB		J. C. Wilson	16	R	03/11/1956	' "	Pittsburgh
DB		Kurt Knoff	16	2	04/06/1954	' "	Kansas
DB		Greg Stemrick	16	4	10/25/1951	' "	Colorado State
DB		Bill Currier	14	2	01/05/1955	' "	South Carolina
K		Toni Fritsch	16	7	07/10/1945	' "	none
P		Cliff Parsley	16	2	12/26/1954	' "	Oklahoma State

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