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1979 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
Pos
#
Player
GP
GS
Start Pos
Exp
DOB
Ht
Wt
College
FB
Tim Wilson
16
3
01/14/1954
' "
Maryland
LB
Robert Brazile
16
5
02/07/1953
' "
Jackson State
RB
Rich Ellender
13
R
06/09/1957
' "
McNeese State
QB
Gifford Nielsen
16
2
10/25/1954
' "
Brigham Young
C/G
David Carter
16
3
11/27/1953
' "
Western Kentucky
TE
Conrad Rucker
16
2
11/15/1954
' "
Southern
LB
Ted Washington
15
7
02/16/1948
' "
Mississippi Valley State
DB
J. C. Wilson
16
2
03/11/1956
' "
Pittsburgh
T
Leon Gray
16
7
11/15/1951
' "
Jackson State
DB
Mike Reinfeldt
16
4
05/06/1953
' "
Wisconsin - Milwaukee
DT/DE
Mike Stensrud
6
R
02/19/1956
' "
none
RB
Rob Carpenter
16
3
04/20/1955
' "
Miami (OH)
WR
Mike Renfro
15
2
06/19/1955
' "
Texas Christian
LB
Jimbo Elrod
4
4
05/25/1954
' "
Oklahoma
LB
Daryl Hunt
16
R
11/03/1956
' "
Oklahoma
T
Morris Towns
16
3
01/10/1954
' "
Missouri
LB
Mike Murphy
3
R
01/14/1957
' "
Southwest Missouri State
G
George Reihner
2
3
04/27/1955
' "
Penn State
WR
Eddie Foster
1
2
06/05/1954
' "
Houston
QB
Dan Pastorini
15
9
05/26/1949
' "
Santa Clara
DB
Bill Currier
16
3
01/05/1955
' "
South Carolina
DB
Greg Stemrick
16
5
10/25/1951
' "
Colorado State
DE/LB/DT
Steve Baumgartner
12
7
03/26/1951
' "
Purdue
K
Toni Fritsch
16
8
07/10/1945
' "
none
TE/WR
Mike Barber
15
4
06/04/1953
' "
Louisiana State
DB
Vernon Perry
16
1
09/22/1953
' "
Jackson State
LB
Ted Thompson
16
5
01/17/1953
' "
Southern Methodist
DB
Carter Hartwig
16
R
02/27/1956
' "
Southern California
DE
Jesse Baker
16
R
07/10/1957
' "
Jacksonville State (AL)
G/T
Conway Hayman
16
5
01/09/1949
' "
Delaware
LB
Gregg Bingham
16
7
03/13/1951
' "
Purdue
WR
Jeff Groth
6
R
07/02/1957
' "
Bowling Green
RB
Boobie Clark
15
7
11/08/1950
' "
Bethune-Cookman
DE
Andy Dorris
16
7
08/11/1951
' "
New Mexico State
DE
Jim Young
5
3
07/08/1950
' "
Texas Southern
RB
Ronnie Coleman
14
6
07/09/1951
' "
Alabama A&M
RB
*
Earl Campbell
16
2
03/29/1955
' "
Texas
WR/QB/DB
Guido Merkens
16
2
08/14/1955
' "
Sam Houston State
RB
Kenny King
12
R
03/07/1957
' "
Oklahoma
C
Carl Mauck
16
11
07/07/1947
' "
Southern Illinois
NT/DE
Ken Kennard
16
3
10/04/1954
' "
Angelo State (TX)
DE
*
Elvin Bethea
14
12
03/01/1946
' "
North Carolina A&T
DT/G
*
Curley Culp
16
12
03/10/1946
' "
Arizona State
WR
Ken Burrough
16
10
07/14/1948
' "
Texas Southern
WR
Billy Johnson
2
6
01/21/1952
' "
Widener
TE/WR
Rich Caster
16
10
10/16/1948
' "
Jackson State
DB
Willie Alexander
13
9
09/21/1949
' "
Alcorn State
T
Wes Phillips
6
1
08/01/1953
' "
Lenoir-Ryne (NC)
G/DE/C
Ed Fisher
16
6
05/31/1949
' "
Arizona State
P
Cliff Parsley
16
3
12/26/1954
' "
Oklahoma State
LB
Art Stringer
8
3
01/30/1954
' "
Ball State
DB
Charles Jefferson
5
R
05/05/1957
' "
McNeese State
G
Tom Randall
13
2
08/03/1956
' "
Iowa State
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