1979 79 Houston Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Campbell 368 1697 4.6 0 0 61 19 Burrough 40 0 752 18.8 0 0 55 6 Carpenter 92 355 3.9 0 0 13 3 Wilson 29 0 208 7.2 0 0 24 1 Wilson,T 84 319 3.8 0 0 19 2 Barber 27 0 377 14.0 0 0 37 3 Coleman 21 81 3.9 0 0 10 0 Caster 18 0 239 13.3 0 0 36 1 Clark 22 51 2.3 0 0 7 0 Campbell 16 0 94 5.9 0 0 46 0 Caster 4 25 6.3 0 0 10 0 Renfro 16 0 323 20.2 0 0 49 2 Pastorini 15 23 1.5 0 0 14 0 Carpenter 16 0 116 7.3 0 0 22 1 King 3 9 3.0 0 0 4 0 Coleman 12 0 114 9.5 0 0 17 1 Nielsen 5 7 1.4 0 0 7 0 Clark 6 0 58 9.7 0 0 38 0 Barber 2 4 2.0 0 0 6 0 Johnson 6 0 108 18.0 0 0 29 1 616 2571 4.2 0 0 61 24 Rucker 4 0 40 10.0 0 0 16 0 Merkens 3 0 44 14.7 0 0 20 1 Groth 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Ellender 1 0 15 15.0 0 0 15 0 195 0 2494 12.8 0 0 55 17 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Nielsen 61 32 52.5 404 12.6 41 0 0 3 4.9 5 3 4.9 69.3 Pastorini 324 163 50.3 2090 12.8 55 0 0 18 5.6 27 14 4.3 62.1 Burrough 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 386 195 50.5 2494 12.8 55 0 0 21 5.4 32 17 4.4 63.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Fritsch 43 41 95.3 25 21 84.0 0.0 0.0 51 104 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Parsley 93 3777 59 5 0 14 64 726 31.7 40.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Ellender 24 514 21.4 35 0 Merkens 2 5 6 3.0 6 0 Groth 1 21 21.0 21 0 Ellender 31 2 203 6.5 36 0 Coleman 16 321 20.1 27 0 Johnson,B 4 0 17 4.3 16 0 Hartwig 13 238 18.3 37 0 Coleman 1 0 -5 -5.0 -5 0 Carpenter 2 34 17.0 17 0 38 8 221 5.8 36 0 King 1 17 17.0 17 0 Wilson,T 2 30 15.0 15 0 Merkens 2 22 11.0 13 0 Johnson,B 4 37 9.3 12 0 Stemrick 1 0 0.0 0 0 Caster 1 0 0.0 0 0 67 1234 18.4 37 0 Fumbles Campbell 8 Ellender 4 Coleman 2 Burrough 1 Nielsen 1 Renfro 1 Pastorin 6 Carpente 3 Wilson,T 2 Merkens 1 Caster 1 Barber 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Baker,J 16 Bethea 7 Mauck 4 Dorris 10 Brazile 6 Brazile 3 Washingt 8 Culp 6 Hartwig 3 Bethea 5 Kennard 4 Bingham 3 Culp 4 Bingham 3 Pastorin 3 Brazile 2 Dorris 3 Campbell 2 Kennard 2 Baumgart 3 Wilson,T 2 Stringer 2 Stensrud 3 Currier 1 Bingham 2 Washingt 3 Ellender 1 Young,J 3 Bethea 1 Murphy 2 Hunt 1 Elrod 2 Baker,J 1 Stringer 2 Merkens 1 Thompson 2 Carpente 1 Hunt 2 Stemrick 1 Baker,J 2 Thompson 1 Towns 1 Wilson,J 1 Clark 1 Tackles Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Reinfeldt 12 205 17.1 39 0 Wilson,JC 6 135 22.5 66 1 Bingham 3 78 26.0 54 0 Perry,V 3 33 11.0 24 0 Alexander 2 27 13.5 19 0 Brazile 2 45 22.5 26 0 Stemrick 2 50 25.0 50 0 Stringer 2 21 10.5 21 0 Hartwig 2 24 12.0 24 0 34 618 18.2 66 1 1979 79 Houston Coach: Bum Phillips Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Nielsen,Gifford 5 O 2 1 QB Pastorini,Dan 4 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Campbell,Earl 1 1 5 368 1697 61 4.6 3 16 94 46 5.9 RB Carpenter,Rob 2 1 5 92 355 13 3.9 3 16 116 22 7.3 KR RB Wilson,Tim 4 1 5 84 319 19 3.8 5 29 208 24 7.2 KR RB Clark,Boobie 2 1 4 22 51 7 2.3 1 6 58 38 9.7 RB Coleman,Ronnie 2 1 4 21 81 10 3.9 2 12 114 17 9.5 RET RB King,Kenny 2 1 3 3 9 4 3.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Ellender,Rich 2 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 15 15 15.0 RET WR Burrough,Ken 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 7 40 752 55 18.8 WR Caster,Rich 0 0 5 4 25 10 6.3 3 18 239 36 13.3 KR WR Renfro,Mike 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 3 16 323 49 20.2 WR Johnson,Billy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 6 6 108 29 18.0 RET WR Groth,Jeff 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 6 6 6.0 KR WR Foster,Eddie 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TE Barber,Mike 4 2 4 2 4 6 2.0 5 27 377 37 14.0 TE Rucker,Conrad 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 4 40 16 10.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Mauck,Carl 7 7 5 C Carter,David 4 4 5 G Fisher,Ed 6 6 5 G Randall,Tom 4 4 4 G Reihner,George 3 3 2 T Gray,Leon 10 10 5 T Towns,Morris 5 5 5 T Phillips,Wes 3 3 2 G-T Hayman,Conway 5 5 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Culp,Curley 8 8 0 3 5 4 0 DT Kennard,Ken 5 5 0 1 5 2 0 DT Stensrud,Mike 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 DE Bethea,Elvin 9 7 0 6 4 5 0 DE Baker,Jesse 5 4 0 3 5 16 0 DE Dorris,Andy 5 4 0 3 5 10 0 DE Young,Jim 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 ILB Bingham,Gregg 7 5 3 1 5 2 3 ILB Stringer,Art 5 3 2 1 2 2 2 ILB Thompson,Ted 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 PR ILB Hunt,Daryl 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 OLB Brazile,Robert 10 8 3 3 5 2 2 OLB Washington,Ted 6 4 3 2 4 8 0 LB Baumgartner,Steve 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 LB Murphy,Mike 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 LB Elrod,Jimbo 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 CB Wilson,J.C. 5 0 5 0 5 0 6 CB Alexander,Willie 5 0 5 0 4 0 2 CB Stemrick,Greg 5 0 5 0 5 0 2 KR CB Hartwig,Carter 4 0 4 0 5 0 2 KR S Reinfeldt,Mike 10 3 7 0 5 0 12 S Perry,Vernon 8 2 6 0 5 0 3 S Currier,Bill 4 1 3 0 5 0 0 DB Jefferson,Charles 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 Special Teams K Fritsch,Toni P Parsley,Cliff