1976 Houston Oilers season

The 1976 Houston Oilers season was the 17th season overall and seventh with the National Football League (NFL). The team started the season 4–1 with their only loss coming by a single point to the eventual Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders. They won only one more game, finishing the year 5–9, while failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

Schedule

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1	September 12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 20–0	1–0	Astrodome	42,228
2	September 19	at Buffalo Bills	W 13–3	2–0	Rich Stadium	61,364
3	September 26	Oakland Raiders	L 13–14	2–1	Astrodome	42,338
4	October 3	at New Orleans Saints	W 31–26	3–1	Louisiana Superdome	51,973
5	October 10	Denver Broncos	W 17–3	4–1	Astrodome	45,928
6	October 17	at San Diego Chargers	L 27–30	4–2	San Diego Stadium	31,565
7	October 24	Cincinnati Bengals	L 7–27	4–3	Astrodome	45,499
8	Template:Dow tooltip	at Baltimore Colts	L 14–38	4–4	Memorial Stadium	60,020
9	November 7	Cleveland Browns	L 7–21	4–5	Astrodome	39,828
10	November 14	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 27–31	4–6	Riverfront Stadium	53,243
11	November 21	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 16–32	4–7	Three Rivers Stadium	47,947
12	November 28	Atlanta Falcons	W 20–14	5–7	Astrodome	25,838
13	December 5	at Cleveland Browns	L 10–13	5–8	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	56,025
14	Template:Dow tooltip	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 0–21	5–9	Astrodome	44,743
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

External links

• 1976 Houston Oilers at Pro-Football-Reference.com