1976 Houston Oilers season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Houston Oilers 1976 5–9 4th AFC Central Bum Phillips Bud Adams Bum Phillips Houston Astrodome Did not qualify WR Ken BurroughPR/KR Billy "White Shoes" JohnsonDT Curley CulpLB Robert Brazile LB Robert Brazile (1st team) Oilers seasons The 1976 Houston Oilers season was the 17th season overall and seventh with the National Football League (NFL). The team started the season 4–1 with their only loss coming by a single point to the eventual Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders. They won only one more game, finishing the year 5–9, while failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. Offseason NFL draft 1976 NFL draft 1976 Houston Oilers 2 48 Mike Barber Tight end Louisiana Tech yes 4 117 Steve Largent Wide receiver Tulsa yes yes yes 6 173 Todd Simonsen Offensive tackle South Dakota State yes 7 197 Larry Harris Defensive tackle Oklahoma State no 8 229 Bobby Simon Offensive tackle Grambling no 9 256 Art Stringer Linebacker Ball State yes 10 284 Steve Kincannon Quarterback Humboldt State no 11 311 Skip Walker Running back Texas A&M no 12 324 Larry Bell Offensive tackle East Texas State no 13 369 Dan O‘Rourke Wide receiver Colorado State no 14 395 John Reimer Offensive tackle Wisconsin no 15 422 Bobby Byars Defensive back Cheyney (PA) no 16 453 Claude Johnson Linebacker Florida A&M no 17 479 Allen Misher Wide receiver LSU no https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/oti/1976_draft.htm 1976 Houston Oilers draftees Pro-Football-Reference.com November 11, 2014 Roster 1976 Houston Oilers 13 Jim Foote 21 John Hadl  7 Dan Pastorini P 47 Ronnie Coleman American football 33 Joe Dawkins 30 Don Hardeman 15 Al Johnson defensive back 42 Altie Taylor 44 Fred Willis 00 Ken Burrough 84 Billy Johnson 89 Earl Thomas wide receiver 82 Mack Alston 87 Al Darby y 81 John Sawyer American football 75 Elbert Drungo T 60 Ed Fisher American football G 70 Conway Hayman G 56 Dennis Havig G 72 Kevin Hunt American football T 53 Ron Lou C 55 Carl Mauck C 73 Greg Sampson T 65 Elvin Bethea DE 68 Al Burton defensive lineman y DE 78 Curley Culp NT 80 John Little American football NT 71 Joe Owens DE 50 Duane Benson OLB 54 Gregg Bingham ILB 52 Robert Brazile OLB 57 Steve Kiner ILB 58 Tim Rossovich ILB 51 Ted Thompson ILB 59 Ted Washington Sr. OLB 48 Bob Atkins American football FS 22 Zeke Moore American football CB 37 Mike Reinfeldt y SS 27 Greg Stemrick CB 38 C. L. Whittington FS 49 Sam Williams defensive back CB  2 Skip Butler K 14 Leroy Clark y P 19 Willie Alexander American football CB IR 86 Mike Barber tight end y TE IR 88 Jim Beirne WR IR 61 Larry Harris American football y DT IR 74 Bobby Simon y T IR 77 Bubba Smith DE IR 39 Art Stringer y LB IR 28 Mike Weger S IR Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 20–0 1–0 Astrodome 42,228 2 September 19 at Buffalo Bills W 13–3 2–0 Rich Stadium 61,364 3 September 26 Oakland Raiders L 13–14 2–1 Astrodome 42,338 4 October 3 at New Orleans Saints W 31–26 3–1 Louisiana Superdome 51,973 5 October 10 Denver Broncos W 17–3 4–1 Astrodome 45,928 6 October 17 at San Diego Chargers L 27–30 4–2 San Diego Stadium 31,565 7 October 24 Cincinnati Bengals L 7–27 4–3 Astrodome 45,499 8 November 1, 1976 at Baltimore Colts L 14–38 4–4 Memorial Stadium 60,020 9 November 7 Cleveland Browns L 7–21 4–5 Astrodome 39,828 10 November 14 at Cincinnati Bengals L 27–31 4–6 Riverfront Stadium 53,243 11 November 21 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 16–32 4–7 Three Rivers Stadium 47,947 12 November 28 Atlanta Falcons W 20–14 5–7 Astrodome 25,838 13 December 5 at Cleveland Browns L 10–13 5–8 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 56,025 14 December 11, 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–21 5–9 Astrodome 44,743 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings References External links 1976 Houston Oilers at Pro-Football-Reference.com Category:Houston Oilers seasons Houston Oilers Houston