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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)
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1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1983 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 9 | HOU | Bruce Matthews HOF | G | 19 | 1983 | 2001 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 296 | USC | |||||||||||
| 2 | 30 | HOU | Harvey Salem | T | 10 | 1983 | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 126 | California | |||||||||||
| 2 | 42 | HOU | Keith Bostic | DB | 7 | 1983 | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 96 | Michigan | |||||||||||
| 3 | 58 | HOU | Tim Joiner | LB | 3 | 1983 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | LSU | |||||||||||
| 3 | 69 | HOU | Chris Dressel | TE | 9 | 1983 | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 1098 | 8 | Stanford | |||||
| 3 | 83 | HOU | Steve Brown | DB | 8 | 1983 | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 119 | Oregon | |||||||||||
| 4 | 86 | HOU | Greg Hill | DB | 6 | 1983 | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | Oklahoma State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 88 | HOU | Mike McCloskey | TE | 4 | 1983 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 29 | 318 | 3 | Penn State | ||||||||
| 5 | 114 | HOU | Larry Moriarty | RB | 6 | 1983 | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 1908 | 13 | 77 | 494 | 2 | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 139 | HOU | Jerome Foster | DE | 4 | 1983 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | Ohio State | |||||||||||
| 6 | 142 | HOU | Steve Haworth | DB | 2 | 1983 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Oklahoma | |||||||||||
| 7 | 170 | HOU | Herkie Walls | WR | 4 | 1983 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 32 | 587 | 2 | Texas | |||||
| 8 | 198 | HOU | Robert Thompson | LB | 3 | 1983 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | Michigan | |||||||||||
| 9 | 226 | HOU | Kevin Potter | DB | 2 | 1983 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Missouri | |||||||||||