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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 360 points (22.5/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 352 points (22.0/g), 19th.
Differential of 8 points (0.5/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 8.2-7.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 18th.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.1, Offense: 1.9, Defense: -3.0, SoS: -1.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Sam Wyche
Defensive Coordinator: Dick LeBeau
Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 360 | 5063 | 943 | 5.4 | 277 | 237 | 425 | 2943 | 25 | 23 | 6.4 | 151 | 484 | 2120 | 16 | 4.4 | 107 | 35 | 12 | 19 |
| Team Defense | 352 | 5605 | 1010 | 5.5 | 308 | 300 | 543 | 3520 | 24 | 15 | 6.2 | 180 | 442 | 2085 | 15 | 4.7 | 116 | 31 | 16 | 12 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 7 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 19 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 9 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | New York Jets | 25 | 20 | 18 | 303 | 192 | 111 | 2 | 21 | 342 | 270 | 72 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 16 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 16 | 18 | 302 | 223 | 79 | 3 | 17 | 417 | 278 | 139 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 23 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | New England Patriots | 41 | 7 | 18 | 346 | 236 | 110 | 2 | 18 | 302 | 250 | 52 | 5 | ||
| 4 | Mon | October 1 | boxscore | L | 3-1 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 31 | 16 | 230 | 161 | 69 | 2 | 20 | 352 | 201 | 151 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 7 | boxscore | W | OT | 4-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 34 | 31 | 27 | 582 | 483 | 99 | 2 | 26 | 477 | 364 | 113 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 14 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 48 | 17 | 251 | 135 | 116 | 4 | 27 | 514 | 401 | 113 | 2 | |
| 7 | Mon | October 22 | boxscore | W | 5-2 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 34 | 13 | 15 | 312 | 79 | 233 | 2 | 17 | 253 | 157 | 96 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 28 | boxscore | L | 5-3 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 38 | 21 | 309 | 225 | 84 | 4 | 17 | 299 | 124 | 175 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 4 | boxscore | L | 5-4 | New Orleans Saints | 7 | 21 | 13 | 261 | 125 | 136 | 1 | 21 | 350 | 101 | 249 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Sun | November 18 | boxscore | W | 6-4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27 | 3 | 20 | 312 | 134 | 178 | 1 | 11 | 206 | 112 | 94 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 25 | boxscore | L | 6-5 | Indianapolis Colts | 20 | 34 | 20 | 381 | 236 | 145 | 3 | 21 | 419 | 237 | 182 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 2 | boxscore | W | 7-5 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 12 | 17 | 319 | 154 | 165 | 3 | 16 | 305 | 226 | 79 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 9 | boxscore | L | OT | 7-6 | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 20 | 14 | 215 | 102 | 113 | 1 | 25 | 372 | 170 | 202 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 16 | boxscore | L | 7-7 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 7 | 24 | 11 | 251 | 142 | 109 | 2 | 13 | 348 | 163 | 185 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 23 | boxscore | W | 8-7 | Houston Oilers | 40 | 20 | 18 | 387 | 165 | 222 | 19 | 304 | 282 | 22 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Sun | December 30 | boxscore | W | 9-7 | Cleveland Browns | 21 | 14 | 14 | 302 | 151 | 151 | 3 | 19 | 345 | 184 | 161 | 3 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 6 | boxscore | W | 10-7 | Houston Oilers | 41 | 14 | 24 | 349 | 162 | 187 | 13 | 226 | 159 | 67 | 2 | |||
| Division | Sun | January 13 | boxscore | L | 10-8 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 10 | 20 | 12 | 182 | 58 | 124 | 20 | 389 | 154 | 235 | 1 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Boomer Esiason | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 9-7-0 | 224 | 402 | 55.7 | 3031 | 24 | 6.0 | 22 | 5.5 | 53 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 13.5 | 189.4 | 77.0 | 31 | 198 | 6.54 | 5.36 | 7.2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Erik Wilhelm | 25 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 16.7 | 80.4 | 1 | 2 | 5.75 | 5.75 | 5.0 | |||||
| 10 | Todd Philcox | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -22.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | -2.25 | -13.50 | 50.0 | ||||||
| 80 | Lynn James | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 11 | Lee Johnson | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 122.9 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 24.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 9-7-0 | 237 | 425 | 55.8 | 3152 | 25 | 5.9 | 23 | 5.4 | 53 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 13.3 | 197.0 | 76.5 | 34 | 209 | 6.41 | 5.25 | 7.4 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 300 | 543 | 55.2 | 3725 | 24 | 4.4 | 15 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 6.50 | 12.4 | 232.8 | 79.9 | 25 | 205 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 21 | James Brooks* | 32 | RB | 16 | 15 | 195 | 1004 | 5 | 56 | 5.1 | 62.8 | 12.2 | 26 | 269 | 10.3 | 4 | 35 | 1.6 | 16.8 | 1273 | 9 | 3 |
| 28 | Harold Green | 22 | FB | 12 | 9 | 83 | 353 | 1 | 39 | 4.3 | 29.4 | 6.9 | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | 22 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 443 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Ickey Woods | 24 | fb | 10 | 6 | 64 | 268 | 6 | 32 | 4.2 | 26.8 | 6.4 | 20 | 162 | 8.1 | 0 | 22 | 2.0 | 16.2 | 430 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | Craig Taylor | 24 | rb | 12 | 1 | 51 | 216 | 2 | 24 | 4.2 | 18.0 | 4.3 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | 20 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 238 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Boomer Esiason | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 49 | 157 | 0 | 21 | 3.2 | 9.8 | 3.1 | 157 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
| 42 | Eric Ball | 24 | rb | 13 | 1 | 22 | 72 | 1 | 15 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 1 | 48 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 118 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Stanford Jennings | 28 | KR | 16 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 1 | 13 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 13 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 69 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Erik Wilhelm | 25 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 86 | Michael Barber | 23 | wr | 16 | 1 | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | -13.0 | -0.8 | 0.1 | 14 | 196 | 14.0 | 1 | 28 | 0.9 | 12.3 | 183 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Lynn James | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 16 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| 81 | Eddie Brown | 28 | WR | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 706 | 16.0 | 9 | 50 | 3.1 | 50.4 | 706 | 9 | 0 | |
| 85 | Tim McGee | 26 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43 | 737 | 17.1 | 1 | 52 | 2.7 | 46.1 | 737 | 1 | 1 | |
| 82 | Rodney Holman* | 30 | TE | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40 | 596 | 14.9 | 5 | 53 | 2.5 | 37.3 | 596 | 5 | 1 | |
| 84 | Eric Kattus | 27 | te | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 145 | 13.2 | 2 | 31 | 0.7 | 9.1 | 145 | 2 | 0 | |
| 87 | Jim Riggs | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 83 | Kendal Smith | 25 | wr | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 0 | 11 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 484 | 2120 | 16 | 56 | 4.4 | 132.5 | 30.3 | 237 | 3152 | 13.3 | 25 | 53 | 14.8 | 197.0 | 5272 | 41 | 25 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 442 | 2085 | 15 | 4.7 | 130.3 | 27.6 | 300 | 3520 | 11.7 | 24 | 18.8 | 220.0 | 5605 | 39 | 32 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 32 | Mitchell Price | 23 | PR | 16 | 1 | 29 | 251 | 1 | 66 | 8.7 | 10 | 191 | 0 | 33 | 19.1 | 442 |
| 36 | Stanford Jennings | 28 | KR | 16 | 0 | 29 | 584 | 0 | 33 | 20.1 | 653 | |||||
| 42 | Eric Ball | 24 | rb | 13 | 1 | 16 | 366 | 0 | 38 | 22.9 | 484 | |||||
| 83 | Kendal Smith | 25 | wr | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 17.5 | 84 |
| 86 | Michael Barber | 23 | wr | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 197 | |||||
| 80 | Lynn James | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 43.0 | 90 | ||||||
| 84 | Eric Kattus | 27 | te | 16 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 155 | |||||
| 87 | Jim Riggs | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 86 | ||||||
| 20 | Craig Taylor | 24 | rb | 12 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 254 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 30 | 255 | 1 | 66 | 8.5 | 62 | 1266 | 0 | 43 | 20.4 | 6793 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 36 | 1 | 43 | 945 | 0 | 22.0 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 3 | Jim Breech | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 81.0% | 44 | 41 | 93.2% | 1 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 34.0 | ||||
| 11 | Lee Johnson | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 64 | 2705 | 70 | 0 | 42.3 | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 77.3% | 44 | 41 | 93.2% | 65 | 2739 | 70 | 0 | 42.1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 29 | 22 | 75.9% | 41 | 40 | 97.6% | 63 | 2633 | 41.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 50 | James Francis | 22 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 69 | Tim Krumrie | 30 | NT | 16 | 15 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 | Barney Bussey | 28 | ss | 16 | 5 | 2.0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |
| 25 | Rod Jones | 26 | rcb | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
| 96 | Natu Tuatagaloa | 24 | lde | 16 | 7 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | Eric Thomas | 26 | db | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Boomer Esiason | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 2 | -23 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Lewis Billups | 27 | LCB | 15 | 14 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | David Fulcher* | 26 | SS | 13 | 12 | 1.0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 32 | Mitchell Price | 23 | PR | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | James Brooks* | 32 | RB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Harold Green | 22 | FB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 45 | Carl Carter | 26 | RCB | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 91 | Carl Zander | 27 | LILB | 16 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| 98 | David Grant | 25 | RDE | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 71 | Mike Hammerstein | 27 | de | 15 | 2 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| 36 | Stanford Jennings | 28 | KR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 72 | Skip McClendon | 26 | LDE | 15 | 13 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| 51 | Leon White | 27 | LOLB | 16 | 13 | 1.0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | Erik Wilhelm | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 42 | Eric Ball | 24 | rb | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 53 | Leo Barker | 31 | lb | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Ed Brady | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 82 | Rodney Holman* | 30 | TE | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Tim McGee | 26 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 87 | Jim Riggs | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Kendal Smith | 25 | wr | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 59 | Kevin P. Walker | 25 | RILB | 16 | 15 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 41 | Solomon Wilcots | 26 | FS | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Ickey Woods | 24 | fb | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 99 | Jason Buck | 27 | rde | 16 | 6 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 25.0 | 15 | 146 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 95 | 1 | 283 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 32 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jim Breech | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 41 | 17 | 92 | ||||||||||
| 21 | James Brooks* | 32 | RB | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||
| 81 | Eddie Brown | 28 | WR | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Ickey Woods | 24 | fb | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 82 | Rodney Holman* | 30 | TE | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Craig Taylor | 24 | rb | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 42 | Eric Ball | 24 | rb | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 28 | Harold Green | 22 | FB | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 84 | Eric Kattus | 27 | te | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 50 | James Francis | 22 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 86 | Michael Barber | 23 | wr | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Barney Bussey | 28 | ss | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Stanford Jennings | 28 | KR | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Tim McGee | 26 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Mitchell Price | 23 | PR | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 33 | David Fulcher* | 26 | SS | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 360 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 40 | 22 | 352 |