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Record: 11 - 5 (pythagorean: 9 - 7, .563) Coaching: Bum Phillips 11 - 5 (playoffs:2 - 1) 1979 Pro Bowl Players: RB - Earl Campbell T - Leon Gray DE - Elvin Bethea LB - Robert Brazile S - Mike Reinfeldt K - Toni Fritsch 1979 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 2-3 (31) - Mike Stensrud, Iowa State, DE   2-22 (50) - Jesse Baker, Jacksonville State, DE   3-16 (72) - Kenny King, Oklahoma, RB   6-6 (143) - Daryl Hunt, Oklahoma, LB   6-22 (159) - Mike Murphy, SW Missouri State, LB   7-6 (171) - Tim Ries, SW Missouri State, DB   8-22 (214) - Carter Hartwig, USC, DB   9-23 (243) - Richard Ellender, McNeese State, WR   11-23 (298) - Mike Taylor, Georgia Tech, T   12-21 (324) - Wayne Wilson, Shepherd College, RB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 HOO 29 at WAS 27 Week 2 HOO 7 at PIT 38 Week 3 KAN 6 at HOO 20 Week 4 HOO 30 OT at CIN 27 Week 5 CLE 10 at HOO 31 Week 6 SLC 24 at HOO 17 Week 7 HOO 28 at BLC 16 Week 8 HOO 14 at SEA 34 Week 9 NYJ 24 OT at HOO 27 Week 10 HOO 9 at MIA 6 Week 11 OAK 17 at HOO 31 Week 12 CIN 21 at HOO 42 Week 13 HOO 30 at DAL 24 Week 14 HOO 7 at CLE 14 Week 15 PIT 17 at HOO 20 Week 16 PHI 26 at HOO 20 AFC Wild-Card Playoff DEN 7 at HOO 13 AFC Divisional Playoff HOO 17 at SDG 14 AFC Championship HOO 13 at PIT 27
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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 362 4827 43 149 100 19 268   386 195 2494 17 21 32 238   616 2571 24   109 947 31 11 -- DEFENSE 331 4990 40 125 158 21 304   465 242 3186 18 34 51 421   522 2225 19   103 920 29 -- 16     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 38 221 0   OPP: 64 726 1   OWN: 67 1234 0   OPP: 69 1310 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 93 3777 5 0 14   OPP: 73 2992   OWN: 41 43 21 25   OPP: 37 40 18 28
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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 15 324 163 50.3 2090 6.45 14 18 29 212 62.1   15 23 1.5 0 14   0 0 0.0 0 0 Gifford Nielsen 16 61 32 52.5 404 6.62 3 3 3 26 69.3   5 7 1.4 0 7   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ken Burrough 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   0 0 0.0 0 0   40 752 18.8 6 55t Earl Campbell 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   368 1697 4.6 19 61t   16 94 5.9 0 46 Rob Carpenter 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   92 355 3.9 3 13   16 116 7.3 1 22 Tim Wilson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   84 319 3.8 2 19   29 208 7.2 1 24t Boobie Clark 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   22 51 2.3 0 7   6 58 9.7 0 38 Ronnie Coleman 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   21 81 3.9 0 10   12 114 9.5 1 17 Rich Caster 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   4 25 6.3 0 10   18 239 13.3 1 36 Kenny King 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 9 3.0 0 4   0 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Barber 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 4 2.0 0 6   27 377 14.0 3 37t Mike Renfro 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   16 323 20.2 2 49 Billy Johnson 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 108 18.0 1 29 Conrad Rucker 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 40 10.0 0 16 Guido Merkens 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 44 14.7 1 20 Jeff Groth 6 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 Rich Ellender 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 15 15.0 0 15   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Rich Ellender 3 31 203 6.5 2 36 0   24 514 21.4 35 0 Billy Johnson 2 4 17 4.3 0 16 0   4 37 9.3 12 0 Guido Merkens 16 2 6 3.0 5 6 0   2 22 11.0 13 0 Ronnie Coleman 14 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5 0   16 321 20.1 27 0 Carter Hartwig 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   13 238 18.3 37 0 Rob Carpenter 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 34 17.0 17 0 Rich Caster 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Kenny King 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 17 17.0 17 0 Greg Stemrick 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Jeff Groth 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 21 21.0 21 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   0/0 7/7 5/6 7/10 2/2 51 21 25 41 43 Cliff Parsley 16 93 3777 59 0 5 14 31.7 40.6   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 Gregg Bingham 16 0.0 0   3 78 54 0 Robert Brazile 16 0.0 0   2 45 26 0 Carter Hartwig 16 0.0 0   2 24 24 0 Mike Reinfeldt 16 0.0 0   12 205 39 0 Greg Stemrick 16 0.0 0   2 50 50 0 J.C. Wilson 16 0.0 0   6 135 66 1 Vernon Perry 15 0.0 0   3 33 24 0 Willie Alexander 13 0.0 0   2 27 19 0 Art Stringer 9 0.0 0   2 21 21 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Willie Alexander 13 0 0 0 0 0 Jesse Baker 16 0 0 1 20 1 Mike Barber 15 1 0 0 0 0 Steve Baumgartner 12 0 0 0 0 0 Elvin Bethea 14 0 0 1 0 0 Gregg Bingham 16 0 0 3 0 0 Robert Brazile 16 0 0 3 0 0 Ken Burrough 16 1 0 0 0 0 Earl Campbell 16 8 2 0 -1 0 Rob Carpenter 16 3 1 0 -2 0 David Carter 16 0 0 0 0 0 Rich Caster 16 1 0 0 0 0 Boobie Clark 15 0 0 1 0 0 Ronnie Coleman 14 2 0 0 0 0 Curley Culp 16 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Currier 16 0 0 1 0 0 Andy Dorris 16 0 0 0 0 0 Rich Ellender 3 4 1 0 0 0 Ed Fisher 16 0 0 0 0 0 Toni Fritsch 16 0 0 0 0 0 Leon Gray 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Groth 6 0 0 0 0 0 Carter Hartwig 16 0 0 3 1 0 Conway Hayman 16 0 0 0 0 0 Daryl Hunt 16 0 0 1 0 0 Charles Jefferson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Kennard 16 0 0 0 0 0 Kenny King 12 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Mauck 16 0 4 0 0 0 Guido Merkens 16 1 1 0 0 0 Mike Murphy 3 0 0 0 0 0 Gifford Nielsen 16 1 0 0 -1 0 Cliff Parsley 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Pastorini 15 6 3 0 0 0 Vernon Perry 15 0 0 0 0 0 Wes Phillips 8 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Randall 13 0 0 0 0 0 George Reihner 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Reinfeldt 16 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Renfro 15 1 0 0 0 0 Conrad Rucker 16 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Stemrick 16 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Stensrud 6 0 0 0 0 0 Art Stringer 9 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Thompson 16 0 1 0 0 0 Morris Towns 16 0 1 0 0 0 Ted Washington 15 0 0 0 0 0 J.C. Wilson 16 0 0 1 0 0 Tim Wilson 16 2 2 0 0 0 James Young 11 0 0 0 0 0

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