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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.

Coached by Ed Biles (0-6-0) and Chuck Studley (2-8-0)

1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 5.5 503 252 424 2845 26 14 6.3 150 576 2787 23 4.8 332 29 15 21
Lg Rank Offense 22 24 22 18 23 21 25 22 17 18 14 18 20 12
Lg Rank Defense 27 22 15 1 4 21 26 21 25 28 25 28 27 21

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Oliver Luck 23 qb 7 6 124 217 57.1 1375 8 3.7 13 6.0 66 6.3 4.0 11.1 196.4 63.4 16 138 5.3 3.1 6.9
Gifford Nielsen 29 QB 7 7 90 175 51.4 1125 5 2.9 8 4.6 48 6.4 4.7 12.5 160.7 62.2 22 163 4.9 3.3 11.2
Archie Manning 34 3 3 44 88 50.0 755 2 2.3 8 9.1 47 8.6 4.7 17.2 251.7 49.2 11 83 6.8 3.4 11.1
Steve Bryant 24 wr 16 6 1 1 100.0 24 1 100.0 0 0.0 24 24.0 34.0 24.0 1.5 158.3 0 0 24.0 34.0 0.0
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 16 260 482 53.9 3286 16 3.3 29 6.0 66 6.8 4.4 12.6 205.4 61.4 49 384 5.5 3.3 9.2
Opp Total 16 252 424 59.4 2845 26 6.1 14 3.3 6.7 5.8 11.3 177.8 86.3 31 250 6.3 4.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
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
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
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
Oliver Luck 23 qb 7 6 17 55 0 17 3.2 7.9 2.4 55 0 5
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
Gifford Nielsen 29 QB 7 7 8 43 0 20 5.4 6.1 1.1 43 0 6
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
Dwayne Crutchfield 24 2 0 3 7 0 5 2.3 3.5 1.5 7 0 0
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
Archie Manning 34 3 3 2 13 0 11 6.5 4.3 0.7 13 0 2
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
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
Gary Allen 23 1 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5.0 1.0 5 0 0
John James 34 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
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
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
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
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
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
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Carl Roaches 30 RET 16 0 20 159 0 23 8.0 34 641 1 97 18.9 800
Steve Brown 23 LCB 16 10 31 795 1 93 25.6 795
Herkie Walls 22 16 3 9 110 0 25 12.2 430
Chris Dressel 22 TE 16 14 4 40 0 13 10.0 359
Larry Moriarty 25 FB 16 7 2 25 0 16 12.5 378
Daryl Hunt 27 16 3 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Mike McCloskey 22 te 16 7 1 11 0 11 11.0 148
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

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
John James 34 P 16 0 79 3136 53 1 39.7
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Gifford Nielsen 29 QB 7 7 6 1 0 0
Oliver Luck 23 qb 7 6 5 1 0 0
Jesse Baker 26 RDE 16 16 5.5
Robert Brazile 30 ROLB 16 16 2.5 0 3 0 0
Keith Bostic 22 SS 16 12 3.0 2 0 0 0
Willie Tullis 25 RCB 16 16 5 65 0 44
Avon Riley 25 LOLB 16 16 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
Malcolm Taylor 23 16 3 4.5
Earl Campbell* 28 RB 14 14 4 0 0 0
Archie Manning 34 3 3 2 2 0 0
Carl Roaches 30 RET 16 0 3 1 0 0
Jerome Foster 23 16 1 3.5
Gregg Bingham 32 LILB 16 16 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 0
Steve Brown 23 LCB 16 10 1 16 0 16 2 0 0 0
Bob Hamm 24 LDE 16 12 3.0
Carter Hartwig 27 FS 16 16 1.0 0 2 0 0
Mike Reinfeldt 30 4 4 1 19 0 19 0 2 0 0
Mike Stensrud 27 nt 16 6 2.0 0 1 0 0
Brian Sochia 22 NT 12 10 2.5
Robert Abraham 23 RILB 14 13 1.0 1 0 0 0
Bill Kay 23 lcb 16 6 2 31 0 27
Larry Moriarty 25 FB 16 7 1 1 0 0
David Carter 30 C 16 16 1 0 0 0
Dave Casper 32 3 2 0 1 0 0
Donnie Craft 24 15 2 0 1 0 0
Doug France 30 LT 13 13 0 1 0 0
Mike Holston 25 16 0 0 1 0 0
Daryl Hunt 27 16 3 1.0
Mike Renfro 28 WR 9 7 1 0 0 0
Tim Smith 26 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Ted Thompson 30 16 0 1.0
Team Total 25.9 16 31.0 14 135 0 44 26 23 4 0
Opp Total 16 49 34 19

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Florian Kempf 27 K 16 0 33 17 84
Earl Campbell* 28 RB 14 14 12 72
Tim Smith 26 WR 16 16 6 36
Chris Dressel 22 TE 16 14 4 24
Larry Moriarty 25 FB 16 7 3 18
Mike Renfro 28 WR 9 7 2 12
Walt Arnold 25 13 1 1 6
Curtis Brown 29 2 0 1 6
Steve Brown 23 LCB 16 10 1 6
Stan Edwards 23 14 1 1 6
Mike McCloskey 22 te 16 7 1 6
Carl Roaches 30 RET 16 0 1 6
Herkie Walls 22 16 3 1 6
Team Total 25.9 16 16 16 2 33 17 288
Opp Total 16 23 26 49 29 460