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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 274 points (17.1/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 364 points (22.8/g), 24th.
Differential of -90 points (-5.6/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 5.4-10.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 9th.
Simple Rating System: Total -6.6, Offense: -0.9, Defense: -5.7, SoS: -1.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
David Shula
Defensive Coordinator: Ron Lynn
Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | TO | FL | 1stPy | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | |||
| Team Offense | 274 | 3919 | 934 | 4.2 | 27 | 10 | 22 | 248 | 227 | 435 | 1943 | 16 | 17 | 4.0 | 114 | 454 | 1976 | 11 | 4.4 | 112 |
| Team Defense | 364 | 5333 | 1024 | 5.2 | 33 | 17 | 25 | 319 | 288 | 489 | 3326 | 24 | 16 | 6.2 | 168 | 490 | 2007 | 15 | 4.1 | 126 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 18 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 7 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 18 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 6 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 21 | 3 | 18 | 269 | 102 | 167 | 2 | 18 | 202 | 110 | 92 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 13 | boxscore | W | OT | 2-0 | Los Angeles Raiders | 24 | 21 | 19 | 332 | 154 | 178 | 22 | 454 | 367 | 87 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 23 | 24 | 18 | 301 | 137 | 164 | 3 | 22 | 345 | 252 | 93 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | boxscore | L | 2-2 | Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 42 | 14 | 178 | 65 | 113 | 4 | 28 | 423 | 317 | 106 | |||
| 5 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sun | October 11 | boxscore | L | 2-3 | Houston Oilers | 24 | 38 | 15 | 274 | 205 | 69 | 2 | 28 | 418 | 216 | 202 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Mon | October 19 | boxscore | L | 2-4 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 20 | 6 | 118 | 70 | 48 | 2 | 26 | 424 | 251 | 173 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 25 | boxscore | L | 2-5 | @ | Houston Oilers | 10 | 26 | 11 | 201 | 113 | 88 | 1 | 26 | 425 | 332 | 93 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | boxscore | W | 3-5 | Cleveland Browns | 30 | 10 | 20 | 300 | 195 | 105 | 1 | 16 | 328 | 270 | 58 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | boxscore | W | OT | 4-5 | @ | Chicago Bears | 31 | 28 | 17 | 287 | 140 | 147 | 1 | 15 | 301 | 149 | 152 | 4 |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | boxscore | L | 4-6 | @ | New York Jets | 14 | 17 | 16 | 227 | 79 | 148 | 3 | 17 | 271 | 98 | 173 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | boxscore | L | 4-7 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 19 | 10 | 95 | 43 | 52 | 3 | 17 | 277 | 116 | 161 | 3 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | boxscore | L | 4-8 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 21 | 15 | 228 | 68 | 160 | 1 | 17 | 240 | 141 | 99 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | boxscore | L | 4-9 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 21 | 37 | 15 | 227 | 165 | 62 | 1 | 17 | 381 | 232 | 149 | 2 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | boxscore | L | 4-10 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 27 | 15 | 223 | 156 | 67 | 2 | 22 | 370 | 209 | 161 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 20 | boxscore | W | 5-10 | New England Patriots | 20 | 10 | 21 | 365 | 154 | 211 | 10 | 176 | 60 | 116 | 3 | |||
| 17 | Sun | December 27 | boxscore | L | 5-11 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 21 | 18 | 294 | 97 | 197 | 1 | 18 | 298 | 206 | 92 | |||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Boomer Esiason | 31 | QB | 12 | 11 | 4-7-0 | 144 | 278 | 51.8 | 1407 | 11 | 4.0 | 15 | 5.4 | 38 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 9.8 | 117.3 | 57.0 | 19 | 150 | 4.23 | 2.70 | 6.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | David Klingler | 23 | qb | 4 | 4 | 1-3-0 | 47 | 98 | 48.0 | 530 | 3 | 3.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 83 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 11.3 | 132.5 | 66.3 | 18 | 146 | 3.31 | 3.05 | 15.5 | |||
| 12 | Donald Hollas | 25 | qb | 10 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 35 | 58 | 60.3 | 335 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 33.5 | 87.9 | 8 | 45 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 12.1 | |||
| 3 | Jim Breech | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 116.7 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 5-11-0 | 227 | 435 | 52.2 | 2284 | 16 | 3.7 | 17 | 3.9 | 83 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 10.1 | 142.8 | 63.4 | 45 | 341 | 4.05 | 3.12 | 9.4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 288 | 489 | 58.9 | 3620 | 24 | 4.9 | 16 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 6.91 | 12.6 | 226.3 | 84.7 | 45 | 294 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 8.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 28 | Harold Green* | 24 | RB | 16 | 15 | 265 | 1170 | 2 | 53 | 4.4 | 73.1 | 16.6 | 41 | 214 | 5.2 | 0 | 19 | 2.6 | 13.4 | 1384 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | Derrick Fenner | 25 | rb | 16 | 1 | 112 | 500 | 7 | 35 | 4.5 | 31.3 | 7.0 | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 1 | 15 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 541 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | Boomer Esiason | 31 | QB | 12 | 11 | 21 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 66 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 12 | Donald Hollas | 25 | qb | 10 | 1 | 20 | 109 | 0 | 24 | 5.5 | 10.9 | 2.0 | 109 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 42 | Eric Ball | 26 | FB | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55 | 2 | 17 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 2 | 35 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 121 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | David Klingler | 23 | qb | 4 | 4 | 11 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 4.8 | 13.3 | 2.8 | 53 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 36 | Ostell Miles | 22 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 89 | Jeff Query | 25 | wr | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 16 | 265 | 16.6 | 3 | 83 | 1.6 | 26.5 | 266 | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Tim McGee | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35 | 408 | 11.7 | 3 | 36 | 2.2 | 25.5 | 408 | 3 | 0 | |
| 82 | Rodney Holman | 32 | TE | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26 | 266 | 10.2 | 2 | 26 | 1.6 | 16.6 | 266 | 2 | 0 | |
| 80 | Carl Pickens | 22 | PR/WR | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26 | 326 | 12.5 | 1 | 38 | 1.6 | 20.4 | 326 | 1 | 3 | |
| 88 | Reggie Rembert | 26 | wr | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 219 | 11.5 | 0 | 27 | 2.1 | 24.3 | 219 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Craig Thompson | 23 | te | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 194 | 10.2 | 2 | 32 | 1.2 | 12.1 | 194 | 2 | 0 | |
| 83 | Brian Brennan | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 166 | 10.4 | 1 | 21 | 1.8 | 18.4 | 166 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 87 | Jim Riggs | 29 | te | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 70 | 6.4 | 0 | 17 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 70 | 0 | 0 | |
| 84 | Milt Stegall | 22 | KR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | 13 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 35 | 1 | 1 | |
| 49 | Jeff Thomason | 23 | te | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 454 | 1976 | 11 | 53 | 4.4 | 123.5 | 28.4 | 227 | 2284 | 10.1 | 16 | 83 | 14.2 | 142.8 | 4260 | 27 | 32 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 490 | 2007 | 15 | 4.1 | 125.4 | 30.6 | 288 | 3326 | 11.5 | 24 | 18.0 | 207.9 | 5333 | 39 | 36 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 84 | Milt Stegall | 22 | KR | 16 | 0 | 25 | 430 | 0 | 39 | 17.2 | 465 | |||||
| 42 | Eric Ball | 26 | FB | 16 | 14 | 20 | 411 | 0 | 48 | 20.6 | 532 | |||||
| 80 | Carl Pickens | 22 | PR/WR | 16 | 10 | 18 | 229 | 1 | 95 | 12.7 | 555 | |||||
| 36 | Ostell Miles | 22 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 128 | 0 | 27 | 16.0 | 150 | ||||||
| 32 | Mitchell Price | 25 | db | 4 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 25 | 9.3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 10.0 | 76 |
| 44 | Derrick Fenner | 25 | rb | 16 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 579 | |||||
| 27 | Barney Bussey | 30 | db | 16 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | |||||
| 89 | Jeff Query | 25 | wr | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 279 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 24 | 285 | 1 | 95 | 11.9 | 59 | 1058 | 0 | 48 | 17.9 | 5603 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 1 | 46 | 1079 | 2 | 23.5 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 11 | Lee Johnson | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 76 | 3196 | 64 | 0 | 42.1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Jim Breech | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 70.4% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | ||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 67.9% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 76 | 3196 | 64 | 0 | 42.1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 30 | 18 | 60.0% | 44 | 44 | 100.0% | 57 | 2383 | 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 | |
| 69 | Tim Krumrie | 32 | NT | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | ||||||
| 56 | Ricardo McDonald | 23 | LILB | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Darryl Williams | 22 | FS | 16 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | |
| 25 | Rod Jones | 28 | LCB | 16 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | ||
| 94 | Alfred Williams | 24 | rolb | 15 | 6 | 10.0 | 43 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 50 | James Francis | 24 | LOLB | 14 | 13 | 6.0 | 3 | 108 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 22 | Eric Thomas | 28 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 42 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 67 | Danny Stubbs | 27 | ROLB | 16 | 12 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 | Barney Bussey | 30 | db | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||||||
| 34 | Fernandus Vinson | 24 | db | 13 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| 37 | Leonard Wheeler | 23 | db | 16 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||||
| 97 | Mike Frier | 23 | de | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 90 | Eric Shaw | 21 | lb | 11 | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Boomer Esiason | 31 | QB | 12 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 6 | -9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Randy Kirk | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | Donald Hollas | 25 | qb | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 99 | Alonzo Mitz | 29 | RDE | 16 | 14 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 80 | Carl Pickens | 22 | PR/WR | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 65 | Mike Arthur | 24 | C | 16 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -33 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | David Fulcher | 28 | SS | 12 | 11 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 79 | Lamar Rogers | 25 | LDE | 15 | 12 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||
| 42 | Eric Ball | 26 | FB | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 | David Klingler | 23 | qb | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 95 | Roosevelt Nix | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 72 | Elston Ridgle | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 44 | Derrick Fenner | 25 | rb | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 58 | Alex Gordon | 28 | lb | 15 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 28 | Harold Green* | 24 | RB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Tim McGee | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 77 | Kevin Sargent | 23 | LT | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Antoine Bennett | 25 | db | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 57 | Ray Bentley | 32 | lb | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 1 | |||||||||
| 52 | Gary Reasons | 30 | RILB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 84 | Milt Stegall | 22 | KR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 63 | Joe Walter | 29 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 60 | Mike Withycombe | 28 | g | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 45.0 | 16 | 205 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 58 | 2 | 599 | 0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 45 | 36 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jim Breech | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 31 | 19 | 88 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Derrick Fenner | 25 | rb | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
| 42 | Eric Ball | 26 | FB | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 85 | Tim McGee | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 89 | Jeff Query | 25 | wr | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Harold Green* | 24 | RB | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 82 | Rodney Holman | 32 | TE | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Carl Pickens | 22 | PR/WR | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 48 | Craig Thompson | 23 | te | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 57 | Ray Bentley | 32 | lb | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Brian Brennan | 30 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 50 | James Francis | 24 | LOLB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Milt Stegall | 22 | KR | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Fernandus Vinson | 24 | db | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 274 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 364 |