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#PlayerGPGSStart PosExpDOBHtWtCollege
FBTim Wilson16301/14/1954' "Maryland
LBRobert Brazile16502/07/1953' "Jackson State
RBRich Ellender13R06/09/1957' "McNeese State
QBGifford Nielsen16210/25/1954' "Brigham Young
C/GDavid Carter16311/27/1953' "Western Kentucky
TEConrad Rucker16211/15/1954' "Southern
LBTed Washington15702/16/1948' "Mississippi Valley State
DBJ. C. Wilson16203/11/1956' "Pittsburgh
TLeon Gray16711/15/1951' "Jackson State
DBMike Reinfeldt16405/06/1953' "Wisconsin - Milwaukee
DT/DEMike Stensrud6R02/19/1956' " none
RBRob Carpenter16304/20/1955' "Miami (OH)
WRMike Renfro15206/19/1955' "Texas Christian
LBJimbo Elrod4405/25/1954' "Oklahoma
LBDaryl Hunt16R11/03/1956' "Oklahoma
TMorris Towns16301/10/1954' "Missouri
LBMike Murphy3R01/14/1957' "Southwest Missouri State
GGeorge Reihner2304/27/1955' "Penn State
WREddie Foster1206/05/1954' "Houston
QBDan Pastorini15905/26/1949' "Santa Clara
DBBill Currier16301/05/1955' "South Carolina
DBGreg Stemrick16510/25/1951' "Colorado State
DE/LB/DTSteve Baumgartner12703/26/1951' "Purdue
KToni Fritsch16807/10/1945' " none
TE/WRMike Barber15406/04/1953' "Louisiana State
DBVernon Perry16109/22/1953' "Jackson State
LBTed Thompson16501/17/1953' "Southern Methodist
DBCarter Hartwig16R02/27/1956' "Southern California
DEJesse Baker16R07/10/1957' "Jacksonville State (AL)
G/TConway Hayman16501/09/1949' "Delaware
LBGregg Bingham16703/13/1951' "Purdue
WRJeff Groth6R07/02/1957' "Bowling Green
RBBoobie Clark15711/08/1950' "Bethune-Cookman
DEAndy Dorris16708/11/1951' "New Mexico State
DEJim Young5307/08/1950' "Texas Southern
RBRonnie Coleman14607/09/1951' "Alabama A&M
RB*Earl Campbell16203/29/1955' "Texas
WR/QB/DBGuido Merkens16208/14/1955' "Sam Houston State
RBKenny King12R03/07/1957' "Oklahoma
CCarl Mauck161107/07/1947' "Southern Illinois
NT/DEKen Kennard16310/04/1954' "Angelo State (TX)
DE*Elvin Bethea141203/01/1946' "North Carolina A&T
DT/G*Curley Culp161203/10/1946' "Arizona State
WRKen Burrough161007/14/1948' "Texas Southern
WRBilly Johnson2601/21/1952' "Widener
TE/WRRich Caster161010/16/1948' "Jackson State
DBWillie Alexander13909/21/1949' "Alcorn State
TWes Phillips6108/01/1953' "Lenoir-Ryne (NC)
G/DE/CEd Fisher16605/31/1949' "Arizona State
PCliff Parsley16312/26/1954' "Oklahoma State
LBArt Stringer8301/30/1954' "Ball State
DBCharles Jefferson5R05/05/1957' "McNeese State
GTom Randall13208/03/1956' "Iowa State



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