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Record: 10 - 6 (pythagorean: 7 - 9, .463) Coaching: Bum Phillips 10 - 6 (playoffs:2 - 1) 1978 Pro Bowl Players: RB - Earl Campbell DE - Elvin Bethea NT - Curley Culp LB - Robert Brazile 1978 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-1 (1) - Earl Campbell, Texas, RB   3-17 (73) - Gifford Nielsen, Brigham Young, QB   4-14 (98) - Mike Renfro, Texas Christian, WR   6-16 (154) - Conrad Rucker, Southern, TE   8-16 (210) - J.C. Wilson, Pittsburgh, DB   9-17 (239) - Jim Mol, Morningside, DE   10-16 (266) - Steve Young, Wake Forest, TE   11-17 (295) - Willie Thicklen, Alabama State, WR   12-16 (322) - John Schumacher, USC, G
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 HOO 14 at ATL 20 Week 2 HOO 20 at KAN 17 Week 3 SFO 19 at HOO 20 Week 4 LAM 10 at HOO 6 Week 5 HOO 16 at CLE 13 Week 6 HOO 17 at OAK 21 Week 7 BUF 10 at HOO 17 Week 8 HOO 24 at PIT 17 Week 9 HOO 13 at CIN 28 Week 10 CLE 10 at HOO 14 Week 11 HOO 26 at NWE 23 Week 12 MIA 30 at HOO 35 Week 13 CIN 10 at HOO 17 Week 14 PIT 13 at HOO 3 Week 15 HOO 17 at NOR 12 Week 16 SDG 45 at HOO 24 AFC Wild-Card Playoff HOO 17 at MIA 9 AFC Divisional Playoff HOO 31 at NWE 14 AFC Championship HOO 5 at PIT 34
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 283 4814 35 135 119 22 276   373 201 2473 16 17 17 135   603 2476 19   102 833 35 21 -- DEFENSE 298 4914 34 120 144 28 292   428 240 3125 17 17 37 283   556 2072 14   99 940 28 -- 17     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 46 416 0   OPP: 53 517 1   OWN: 58 1304 0   OPP: 61 1360 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 92 3539 6 1 20   OPP: 81 3462   OWN: 31 35 14 18   OPP: 33 34 19 32
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Dan Pastorini 16 368 199 54.1 2473 6.72 16 17 15 123 70.4   18 11 0.6 0 11   0 0 0.0 0 0 Gifford Nielsen 2 4 2 50.0 0 0.00 0 0 2 12 56.3   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ken Burrough 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   3 -11 -3.7 0 1   47 624 13.3 2 44 Earl Campbell 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   302 1450 4.8 13 81t   12 48 4.0 0 20 Tim Wilson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   126 431 3.4 0 24   15 91 6.1 1 14 Rob Carpenter 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   82 348 4.2 5 20   17 150 8.8 0 37 Ronnie Coleman 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   61 188 3.1 1 16   19 246 12.9 1 33 Rich Caster 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   5 32 6.4 0 11   20 316 15.8 5 47t Mike Barber 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 14 7.0 0 13   32 513 16.0 3 72t Robert Woods 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 4 2.0 0 5   6 96 16.0 2 80t Mike Renfro 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 9 9.0 0 9   26 339 13.0 2 58t Brian Duncan 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 0 0.0 0 0   2 0 0.0 0 0 Clint Sampson 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -4 -4.0 0 -4   0 0 0.0 0 0 Conrad Rucker 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 38 19.0 0 22 Guido Merkens 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 6 6.0 0 6 Billy Johnson 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 10 10.0 0 10   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Ronnie Coleman 15 16 142 8.9 1 32 0   2 40 20.0 23 0 Guido Merkens 12 13 132 10.2 1 42 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Robert Woods 3 9 82 9.1 0 14 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Billy Johnson 5 8 60 7.5 0 20 0   4 73 18.3 22 0 Johnnie Dirden 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   32 780 24.4 60 0 Anthony Davis 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 98 24.5 31 0 Larry Poole 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 107 26.8 31 0 Robert Turner 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 69 17.3 23 0 Brian Duncan 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 38 19.0 21 0 Rob Carpenter 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 11 11.0 11 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Toni Fritsch 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   2/2 2/3 7/9 3/4 0/0 49 14 18 31 32 Cliff Parsley 16 91 3539 59 1 6 20 31.5 38.9   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Willie Alexander 16 0.0 0   5 51 29 0 Robert Brazile 16 0.0 0   1 30 30 0 Steve Kiner 16 0.0 0   1 3 3 0 Kurt Knoff 16 0.0 0   1 6 6 0 Mike Reinfeldt 16 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Greg Stemrick 16 0.0 0   3 65 38 0 J.C. Wilson 16 0.0 0   2 10 10 0 Bill Currier 14 0.0 0   1 8 8 0 C.l. Whittington 12 0.0 0   1 6 6 0 Art Stringer 7 0.0 0   1 20 20 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Willie Alexander 16 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Barber 16 4 0 0 0 0 Steve Baumgartner 16 0 0 0 0 0 Elvin Bethea 16 0 0 1 0 0 Gregg Bingham 16 0 0 2 2 0 Robert Brazile 16 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Burrough 16 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Campbell 15 9 2 0 0 0 Rob Carpenter 11 0 0 0 0 0 David Carter 16 0 0 2 0 0 Rich Caster 14 1 0 0 0 0 Ronnie Coleman 15 4 1 0 0 0 Curley Culp 16 0 0 1 4 0 Bill Currier 14 0 1 1 0 0 Anthony Davis 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Dean 3 0 0 0 0 0 Johnnie Dirden 16 1 0 0 0 0 Andy Dorris 16 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Duncan 5 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Fisher 16 0 0 0 0 0 Toni Fritsch 16 0 0 0 0 0 Conway Hayman 16 0 0 0 0 0 Al Johnson 7 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Johnson 5 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Kennard 16 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Kiner 16 0 0 1 0 0 Kurt Knoff 16 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Mauck 16 0 0 0 0 0 Alvin Maxson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Guido Merkens 12 3 0 0 0 0 Gifford Nielsen 2 1 0 0 0 0 Cliff Parsley 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Pastorini 16 5 1 0 -19 0 Larry Poole 9 0 0 0 0 0 George Reihner 9 0 1 0 0 0 Mike Reinfeldt 16 0 0 2 0 0 Mike Renfro 14 1 0 0 0 0 Conrad Rucker 13 0 0 0 0 0 Clint Sampson 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Sampson 16 0 2 0 0 0 John Schuhmacher 11 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Stemrick 16 0 0 0 0 0 Art Stringer 7 0 0 1 0 0 Ted Thompson 16 0 1 1 0 0 Morris Towns 16 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Turner 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Washington 16 0 0 2 0 0 C.l. Whittington 12 0 0 0 0 0 J.C. Wilson 16 0 0 0 0 0 Tim Wilson 16 5 1 0 0 0 Robert Woods 3 1 1 0 0 0 James Young 16 0 0 1 0 0

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