1975 Houston Oilers season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFL season The 1975 Houston Oilers season was the team's 16th year and sixth in the National Football League.

In Bum Phillips' first season as Coach, the Oilers played competitive football, posting their first winning season in eight years with a 10–4 record. All four losses were to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals, who beat out the Oilers for the Division Title and Wild Card spot, respectively; the Oilers did not make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. During week 13, the Oilers defeated the Oakland Raiders, who posted an 11–3 record and advanced to the AFC Championship game. During the season, the Oilers also defeated Washington and Miami, each team with a winning record.

It was a three-win improvement over their previous season and the franchise's best record since 1962.

Regular season

The team achieved a winning record with ten wins and four losses, but finished only third in the division and missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Schedule

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1	September 21	at New England Patriots	W 7–0	1–0	Schaefer Stadium	51,934
2	September 28	San Diego Chargers	W 33–17	2–0	Astrodome	33,765
3	October 5	Cincinnati Bengals	L 19–21	2–1	Astrodome	42,412
4	October 12	at Cleveland Browns	W 40–10	3–1	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	46,531
5	October 19	Washington Redskins	W 13–10	4–1	Astrodome	49,566
6	October 26	Detroit Lions	W 24–8	5–1	Astrodome	46,904
7	November 2	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–13	6–1	Arrowhead Stadium	62,989
8	November 9	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–24	6–2	Three Rivers Stadium	49,460
9	November 16	Miami Dolphins	W 20–19	7–2	Astrodome	48,892
10	November 24	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–32	7–3	Astrodome	49,947
11	November 30	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 19–23	7–4	Riverfront Stadium	46,128
12	December 7	at San Francisco 49ers	W 27–13	8–4	Candlestick Park	44,015
13	December 14	at Oakland Raiders	W 27–26	9–4	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	50,719
14	December 21	Cleveland Browns	W 21–10	10–4	Astrodome	43,770
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Milestones

When they defeated the Redskins in Week 5, the Oilers became the last NFL team to finally win a game against the NFC, since the AFL/NFL merge happened in 1970.

References

• Oilers on Pro Football Reference
• Oilers on jt-sw.com