1983 Houston Oilers

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Record: 2-14-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 288 points (18.0/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 460 points (28.8/g), 27th.
Differential of -172 points (-10.8/g), 28th.
Expected W-L: 4.0-12.0.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.1/g), 25th.

Simple Rating System: Total -11.5, Offense: -3.7, Defense: -7.9, SoS: -0.8, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Ed Biles (0-6-0) and Chuck Studley (2-8-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Kay Dalton
Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Studley

Training Camp: Angelo State (San Angelo, Texas)

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Team Stats and Rankings

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	288	4900	1033	4.7	295	260	482	2902	16	29	5.5	155	502	1998	16	4.0	120	47	18	20
Team Defense	460	5632	1031	5.5	332	252	424	2845	26	14	6.3	150	576	2787	23	4.8	161	29	15	21
Lg Rank Offense	22	24			22		18	23	21	25	21		17	18	14	18		20	12
Lg Rank Defense	27	22			23		1	4	21	26	20		25	28	25	28		27	21

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 4	boxscore	L	OT	0-1		Green Bay Packers	38	41	28	498	348	150	2	22	479	344	135	2
2	Sun	September 11	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Los Angeles Raiders	6	20	7	223	70	153	2	26	386	200	186	4
3	Sun	September 18	boxscore	L		0-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	28	40	16	311	254	57	5	25	451	176	275	3
4	Sun	September 25	boxscore	L		0-4	@	Buffalo Bills	13	30	23	382	201	181	2	21	333	105	228	2
5	Sun	October 2	boxscore	L		0-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	17	19	270	147	123	3	14	225	88	137
6	Sun	October 9	boxscore	L		0-6		Denver Broncos	14	26	19	293	167	126	4	22	401	148	253	1
7	Sun	October 16	boxscore	L		0-7	@	Minnesota Vikings	14	34	17	308	163	145	7	17	329	209	120	1
8	Sun	October 23	boxscore	L	OT	0-8		Kansas City Chiefs	10	13	19	280	108	172	1	19	353	241	112	1
9	Sun	October 30	boxscore	L	OT	0-9	@	Cleveland Browns	19	25	11	258	138	120	1	19	377	189	188	2
10	Sun	November 6	boxscore	L		0-10		Cincinnati Bengals	14	55	20	302	230	72	7	22	324	117	207	1
11	Sun	November 13	boxscore	W		1-10		Detroit Lions	27	17	20	310	189	121	1	24	325	207	118	4
12	Sun	November 20	boxscore	L		1-11	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	38	12	199	158	41	4	22	361	166	195
13	Sun	November 27	boxscore	L		1-12	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	33	21	257	165	92	4	19	345	210	135	1
14	Sun	December 4	boxscore	L		1-13		Miami Dolphins	17	24	17	328	160	168	1	23	343	195	148	2
15	Sun	December 11	boxscore	W		2-13		Cleveland Browns	34	27	21	320	168	152		23	385	223	162	4
16	Sun	December 18	boxscore	L		2-14	@	Baltimore Colts	10	20	25	361	236	125	3	14	215	27	188	1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
10	Oliver Luck	23	qb	7	6	2-4-0	124	217	57.1	1375	8	3.7	13	6.0	66	6.3	4.4	11.1	196.4	63.4	16	138	5.3	3.5	6.9	0	1
14	Gifford Nielsen	29	QB	7	7	0-7-0	90	175	51.4	1125	5	2.9	8	4.6	48	6.4	4.9	12.5	160.7	62.2	22	163	4.9	3.6	11.2
8	Archie Manning	34		3	3	0-3-0	44	88	50.0	755	2	2.3	8	9.1	47	8.6	4.9	17.2	251.7	49.2	11	83	6.8	3.6	11.1
81	Steve Bryant	24	wr	16	6		1	1	100.0	24	1	100.0	0	0.0	24	24.0	44.0	24.0	1.5	158.3	0	0	24.0	44.0	0.0
6	John James	34	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	7.0	7.0	7.0	0.4	95.8	0	0	7.0	7.0	0.0
	Team Total	25.9		16		2-14-0	260	482	53.9	3286	16	3.3	29	6.0	66	6.8	4.8	12.6	205.4	61.4	49	384	5.5	3.6	9.2	0	1
	Opp Total			16			252	424	59.4	3095	26	6.1	14	3.3		7.3	7.0	12.3	193.4	88.7	31	250	6.3	6.0	6.8

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
34	Earl Campbell*	28	RB	14	14	322	1301	12	42	4.0	92.9	23.0	19	216	11.4	0	66	1.4	15.4	1517	12	4
30	Larry Moriarty	25	FB	16	7	65	321	3	80	4.9	20.1	4.1	4	32	8.0	0	12	0.3	2.0	353	3	1
40	Donnie Craft	24		15	2	55	147	0	8	2.7	9.8	3.7	12	99	8.3	0	14	0.8	6.6	246	0	0
10	Oliver Luck	23	qb	7	6	17	55	0	17	3.2	7.9	2.4								55	0	5
35	Stan Edwards	23		14	1	16	40	0	9	2.5	2.9	1.1	9	79	8.8	1	20	0.6	5.6	119	1	0
14	Gifford Nielsen	29	QB	7	7	8	43	0	20	5.4	6.1	1.1								43	0	6
86	Herkie Walls	22		16	3	5	44	0	14	8.8	2.8	0.3	12	276	23.0	1	48	0.8	17.3	320	1	0
	Curtis Brown	29		2	0	3	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	1.5								0	1	0
45	Dwayne Crutchfield	24		2	0	3	7	0	5	2.3	3.5	1.5								7	0	0
83	Tim Smith	26	WR	16	16	2	16	0	9	8.0	1.0	0.1	83	1176	14.2	6	47	5.2	73.5	1192	6	1
8	Archie Manning	34		3	3	2	13	0	11	6.5	4.3	0.7								13	0	2
88	Chris Dressel	22	TE	16	14	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	32	316	9.9	4	35	2.0	19.8	319	4	0
82	Mike Renfro	28	WR	9	7	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1	23	316	13.7	2	38	2.6	35.1	319	2	1
31	Gary Allen	23		1	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0								5	0	0
6	John James	34	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	0
81	Steve Bryant	24	wr	16	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	16	211	13.2	0	26	1.0	13.2	211	0	0
89	Mike McCloskey	22	te	16	7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	16	137	8.6	1	20	1.0	8.6	137	1	0
84	Mike Holston	25		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	205	14.6	0	43	0.9	12.8	205	0	0
86	Walt Arnold	25		13	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	137	11.4	1	37	0.9	10.5	137	1	0
87	Dave Casper	32		3	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	79	11.3	0	17	2.3	26.3	79	0	0
4	Florian Kempf	27	K	16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.4	7	0	0
	Team Total	25.9		16		502	1998	16	80	4.0	124.9	31.4	260	3286	12.6	16	66	16.3	205.4	5284	32	26
	Opp Total			16		576	2787	23		4.8	174.2	36.0	252	2845	11.3	26		15.8	177.8	5632	49	34

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
85	Carl Roaches	30	PR/KR	16	0	20	159	0	23	8.0	34	641	1	97	18.9	800
24	Steve Brown	23	LCB	16	10						31	795	1	93	25.6	795
86	Herkie Walls	22		16	3						9	110	0	25	12.2	430
88	Chris Dressel	22	TE	16	14						4	40	0	13	10.0	359
30	Larry Moriarty	25	FB	16	7						2	25	0	16	12.5	378
50	Daryl Hunt	27		16	3						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
89	Mike McCloskey	22	te	16	7						1	11	0	11	11.0	148
20	Willie Tullis	25	RCB	16	16						1	16	0	16	16.0	16
	Team Total	25.9		16		20	159	0	23	8.0	83	1676	2	97	20.2	7119
	Opp Total			16		47		0			61	1280	0		21.0

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						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	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
6	John James	34	P	16	0																	79	3136	53	1	39.7
4	Florian Kempf	27	K	16	0	1	1	4	4	8	7	6	4	2	1	21	17	81.0%	34	33	97.1%
	Team Total	25.9		16		1	1	4	4	8	7	6	4	2	1	21	17	81.0%	34	33	97.1%	79	3136	53	1	39.7
	Opp Total			16												36	29	80.6%	53	49	92.5%	65	2568			39.5

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
14	Gifford Nielsen	29	QB	7	7							0	6	1	0	0
10	Oliver Luck	23	qb	7	6							0	5	1	0	0
75	Jesse Baker	26	RDE	16	16	5.5
52	Robert Brazile	30	ROLB	16	16	2.5						0	0	3	0	0
25	Keith Bostic	22	SS	16	12	3.0	2	0	0	0	0
20	Willie Tullis	25	RCB	16	16		5	65	0	44	0
53	Avon Riley	25	LOLB	16	16	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0
70	Malcolm Taylor	23		16	3	4.5
34	Earl Campbell*	28	RB	14	14							0	4	0	0	0
8	Archie Manning	34		3	3							0	2	2	0	0
85	Carl Roaches	30	PR/KR	16	0							0	3	1	0	0
78	Jerome Foster	23		16	1	3.5
54	Gregg Bingham	32	LILB	16	16		1	4	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
24	Steve Brown	23	LCB	16	10		1	16	0	16	0	0	2	0	0	0
90	Bob Hamm	24	LDE	16	12	3.0
36	Carter Hartwig	27	FS	16	16	1.0						0	0	2	0	0
37	Mike Reinfeldt	30		4	4		1	19	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0
67	Mike Stensrud	27	nt	16	6	2.0						0	0	1	0	0
72	Brian Sochia	22	NT	12	10	2.5
56	Robert Abraham	23	RILB	14	13	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Bill Kay	23	lcb	16	6		2	31	0	27	0
30	Larry Moriarty	25	FB	16	7							0	1	1	0	0
58	David Carter	30	C	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
87	Dave Casper	32		3	2							0	0	1	0	0
40	Donnie Craft	24		15	2							0	0	1	0	0
77	Doug France	30	LT	13	13							0	0	1	0	0
84	Mike Holston	25		16	0							0	0	1	0	0
50	Daryl Hunt	27		16	3	1.0
82	Mike Renfro	28	WR	9	7							0	1	0	0	0
83	Tim Smith	26	WR	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
51	Ted Thompson	30		16	0	1.0
	Team Total	25.9		16		31.0	14	135	0	44	0	0	26	23	4	0
	Opp Total			16		49							34	19

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
4	Florian Kempf	27	K	16	0					33	17	84
34	Earl Campbell*	28	RB	14	14	12			12			72
83	Tim Smith	26	WR	16	16		6		6			36
88	Chris Dressel	22	TE	16	14		4		4			24
30	Larry Moriarty	25	FB	16	7	3			3			18
82	Mike Renfro	28	WR	9	7		2		2			12
86	Walt Arnold	25		13	1		1		1			6
	Curtis Brown	29		2	0	1			1			6
24	Steve Brown	23	LCB	16	10			1	1			6
35	Stan Edwards	23		14	1		1		1			6
89	Mike McCloskey	22	te	16	7		1		1			6
85	Carl Roaches	30	PR/KR	16	0			1	1			6
86	Herkie Walls	22		16	3		1		1			6
	Team Total	25.9		16		16	16	2	34	33	17	288
	Opp Total			16		23	26			49	29	460

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