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1984 Houston Oilers

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Record: 3-13-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 240 points (15.0/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 437 points (27.3/g), 26th.
 Differential of -197 points (-12.3/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 3.1-12.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 20th.

Coached by Hugh Campbell (3-13-0)

1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box L 0-1 Los Angeles Raiders 14 24 18 276 156 120 20 316 174 142 1
2 Sun September 9 box L 0-2 Indianapolis Colts 21 35 24 415 343 72 1 25 383 215 168
3 Sun September 16 box L 0-3 @ San Diego Chargers 14 31 14 284 257 27 1 29 477 330 147 1
4 Sun September 23 box L 0-4 @ Atlanta Falcons 10 42 20 277 187 90 4 18 331 193 138 1
5 Sun September 30 box L 0-5 New Orleans Saints 10 27 8 133 49 84 2 20 357 160 197 2
6 Sun October 7 box L 0-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 3 13 13 235 150 85 1 20 328 159 169 3
7 Sun October 14 box L 0-7 @ Miami Dolphins 10 28 16 239 156 83 1 28 515 307 208 1
8 Sun October 21 box L 0-8 San Francisco 49ers 21 34 22 432 350 82 3 25 517 353 164 1
9 Sun October 28 box L 0-9 Cincinnati Bengals 13 31 20 316 218 98 4 26 373 154 219 2
10 Sun November 4 box L 0-10 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 35 17 273 176 97 4 17 322 131 191 3
11 Sun November 11 box W 1-10 @ Kansas City Chiefs 17 16 18 297 140 157 21 322 191 131 1
12 Sun November 18 box W 2-10 New York Jets 31 20 20 402 215 187 2 20 341 203 138 2
13 Sun November 25 box L 2-11 @ Cleveland Browns 10 27 11 147 38 109 2 18 262 142 120 2
14 Sun December 2 box W 3-11 Pittsburgh Steelers 23 20 22 424 303 121 3 14 272 145 127 3
15 Sun December 9 box L 3-12 @ Los Angeles Rams 16 27 23 338 184 154 2 21 453 177 276
16 Sun December 16 box L 3-13 Cleveland Browns 20 27 18 396 306 90 1 23 399 145 254 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 240 4884 969 5.0 284 282 487 3228 14 15 6.0 164 433 1656 13 3.8 95 31 16 25
Team Defense 437 5968 1075 5.6 532 271 447 3179 23 13 6.6 168 596 2789 27 4.7 345 24 11 19
Lg Rank Offense 27 23 24 20 17 24 4 11 25 23 15 18 6 14
Lg Rank Defense 26 27 20 4 11 16 25 24 28 28 27 26 27 22

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Warren Moon 28 QB 16 16 3-13-0 259 450 57.6 3338 12 2.7 14 3.1 76 7.4 6.3 12.9 208.6 76.9 47 371 6.0 4.9 9.5
Oliver Luck 24 4 0 22 36 61.1 256 2 5.6 1 2.8 37 7.1 6.4 11.6 64.0 89.6 2 11 6.4 5.8 5.3
Larry Moriarty 26 RB 14 9 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 1.1 118.7 0 0 16.0 16.0 0.0
Team Total 25.3 16 3-13-0 282 487 57.9 3610 14 2.9 15 3.1 76 7.4 6.3 12.8 225.6 78.0 49 382 6.0 5.0 9.1
Opp Total 16 271 447 60.6 3179 23 5.1 13 2.9 7.1 6.3 11.7 198.7 87.3 32 267 6.6 5.3

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
Larry Moriarty 26 RB 14 9 189 785 6 51 4.2 56.1 13.5 31 206 6.6 1 24 2.2 14.7 991 7 5
Earl Campbell 29 rb 6 6 96 278 4 22 2.9 46.3 16.0 3 27 9.0 0 15 0.5 4.5 305 4 2
Stan Edwards 24 14 1 60 267 1 20 4.5 19.1 4.3 20 151 7.6 0 20 1.4 10.8 418 1 2
Warren Moon 28 QB 16 16 58 211 1 31 3.6 13.2 3.6 211 1 17
Willie Joyner 22 10 0 14 22 0 9 1.6 2.2 1.4 22 0 0
Oliver Luck 24 4 0 10 75 1 18 7.5 18.8 2.5 75 1 2
Herkie Walls 23 WR 14 10 4 20 0 20 5.0 1.4 0.3 18 291 16.2 1 76 1.3 20.8 311 1 0
Eric Mullins 22 13 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 6 85 14.2 1 25 0.5 6.5 85 1 0
Joe Cooper 24 K 7 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 -2 0 0
Tim Smith 27 WR 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 69 1141 16.5 4 75 4.3 71.3 1141 4 0
Jamie Williams 24 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 545 13.3 3 32 2.6 34.1 545 3 2
Chris Dressel 23 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 378 9.5 2 42 2.5 23.6 378 2 1
Mike Holston 26 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 287 13.0 1 28 1.4 17.9 287 1 0
Steve Bryant 25 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 278 14.6 0 28 1.4 19.9 278 0 1
Mike McCloskey 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 152 16.9 1 51 0.6 10.1 152 1 0
Carl Roaches 31 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 69 17.3 0 24 0.3 4.3 69 0 1
Team Total 25.3 16 433 1656 13 51 3.8 103.5 27.1 282 3610 12.8 14 76 17.6 225.6 5266 27 36
Opp Total 16 596 2789 27 4.7 174.3 37.3 271 3179 11.7 23 16.9 198.7 5968 50 24

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 31 RET 16 0 26 152 0 18 5.8 30 679 0 49 22.6 900
Herkie Walls 23 WR 14 10 15 289 0 29 19.3 600
Patrick Allen 23 16 0 11 210 0 23 19.1 210
Richard Williams 24 7 0 5 84 0 21 16.8 84
Steve Brown 24 LCB 16 16 3 17 0 17 5.7 17
Willie Joyner 22 10 0 3 57 0 24 19.0 79
Ted Thompson 31 16 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Jamie Williams 24 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 545
Team Total 25.3 16 26 152 0 18 5.8 69 1352 0 49 19.6 6770
Opp Total 16 60 0 51 986 0 19.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 35 P 16 0 88 3482 55 0 39.6
Joe Cooper 24 K 7 0 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 3 13 11 84.6% 13 13 100.0%
Florian Kempf 28 9 0 3 3 1 2 1 6 4 66.7% 14 14 100.0%
Team Total 25.3 16 2 2 5 5 5 4 7 4 19 15 78.9% 27 27 100.0% 88 3482 55 0 39.6
Opp Total 16 30 22 73.3% 53 51 96.2% 64 2701 42.2

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
Warren Moon 28 QB 16 16 17 7 -1 0
Jesse Baker 27 RDE 16 16 11.0 0 1 0 0
Larry Moriarty 26 RB 14 9 5 2 -3 0
Willie Tullis 26 RCB 16 15 4 48 0 22 1 1 0 0
Mike Stensrud 28 NT 16 14 4.5 0 1 0 0
Keith Bostic 23 SS 16 16 2.0 0 2 25 1
Robert Brazile 31 ROLB 16 16 2.0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Earl Campbell 29 rb 6 6 2 2 1 0
Carter Hartwig 28 FS 14 14 3 23 0 19 0 1 0 0
Oliver Luck 24 4 0 2 2 0 0
Brian Sochia 23 16 3 3.5
Gregg Bingham 33 LILB 16 16 2.0 0 1 7 0
Steve Brown 24 LCB 16 16 1 26 0 26 1 1 0 0
Bo Eason 23 10 1 1.0 1 20 0 20 0 1 0 0
Bob Hamm 25 LDE 12 12 2.0 0 1 0 0
Jamie Williams 24 TE 16 16 2 1 0 0
Avon Riley 26 LOLB 16 16 2.5
Stan Edwards 24 14 1 2 0 0 0
Carl Roaches 31 RET 16 0 1 1 0 0
Mike Johnson 22 16 0 0.5 0 1 0 0
Robert Abraham 24 RILB 16 16 1 1 0 1
Patrick Allen 23 16 0 1 2 0 2
Steve Bryant 25 14 3 1 0 0 0
Chris Dressel 23 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Jerome Foster 24 9 3 1.0
Mike Holston 26 16 3 0 1 0 0
Tim Joiner 23 11 0 0 1 0 0
Allen Lyday 24 4 0 1 12 0 12
Jim Romano 25 c 8 7 1 0 -11 0
Tim Smith 27 WR 16 14 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.3 16 32.0 13 139 0 26 36 30 18 1
Opp Total 16 49 24 13 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Joe Cooper 24 K 7 0 13 11 46
Larry Moriarty 26 RB 14 9 6 1 42
Florian Kempf 28 9 0 14 4 26
Earl Campbell 29 rb 6 6 4 24
Tim Smith 27 WR 16 14 4 24
Jamie Williams 24 TE 16 16 3 18
Chris Dressel 23 TE 16 16 2 12
Keith Bostic 23 SS 16 16 1 6
Stan Edwards 24 14 1 1 6
Mike Holston 26 16 3 1 6
Oliver Luck 24 4 0 1 6
Mike McCloskey 23 15 0 1 6
Warren Moon 28 QB 16 16 1 6
Eric Mullins 22 13 2 1 6
Herkie Walls 23 WR 14 10 1 6
Team Total 25.3 16 13 14 1 27 15 240
Opp Total 16 27 23 51 22 1 437