1976 Houston Oilers

The 1976 Houston Oilers season was the 17th season overall and seventh with the league. The team failed to improve upon their previous season's output of 10–4, winning only five games, They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. Finishing one game ahead of the upstart Cleveland Browns to finsh third in what became the NFL's toughest division that year, they lost out on an opportunity to win the division title or secure a wild-card spot based upon a tie-breaker situation where both the Steelers and Bengals had better division and/or conference records.