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