You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Teams > Houston Oilers > 1984 Starters, Roster, & Players
1984 Houston Oilers
Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season
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)
Sponsor this page for $10 per year and help Pro-Football-Reference.com provide this service.
1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Warren Moon | 28 | Rook | 16 | 259 for 450, 3,338 yards, 12 td, 14 int, & 58 rushes for 211 yards and 1 td | |
| RB | Larry Moriarty | 26 | 1 | 9 | 189 rushes for 785 yards, 6 td, & 31 catches for 206 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1983 |
| RB | Earl Campbell | 29 | 6 | 6 | 96 rushes for 278 yards, 4 td, & 3 catches for 27 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 1st pick / 1978 |
| WR | Tim Smith | 27 | 4 | 14 | 69 catches for 1,141 yards, 4 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 79th pick / 1980 |
| WR | Herkie Walls | 23 | 1 | 10 | 18 catches for 291 yards, 1 td, & 4 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 7th / 170th pick / 1983 |
| TE | Chris Dressel | 23 | 1 | 16 | 40 catches for 378 yards, 2 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1983 |
| TE | Jamie Williams | 24 | 1 | 16 | 41 catches for 545 yards, 3 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| LT | Harvey Salem | 23 | 1 | 15 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1983 |
|
| LG | Mike Munchak* | 24 | 2 | 16 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 8th pick / 1982 |
|
| C | Bruce Matthews | 23 | 1 | 16 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
|
| C | Jim Romano | 25 | 2 | 7 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 37th pick / 1982 |
|
| RG | John Schuhmacher | 29 | 6 | 10 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 322nd pick / 1978 |
|
| RG | Pat Howell | 27 | 5 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 49th pick / 1979 |
|
| RT | Dean Steinkuhler | 23 | Rook | 10 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 |
|
| RT | Bruce Matthews | 23 | 1 | 16 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
|
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Hamm | 25 | 1 | 12 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| NT | Mike Stensrud | 28 | 5 | 14 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Jesse Baker | 27 | 5 | 16 | 11.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1979 |
| LOLB | Avon Riley | 26 | 3 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 243rd pick / 1981 |
| LILB | Gregg Bingham | 33 | 11 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| RILB | Robert Abraham | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1982 |
| ROLB | Robert Brazile | 31 | 9 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1975 |
| LCB | Steve Brown | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Willie Tullis | 26 | 3 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 8th / 217th pick / 1981 |
| SS | Keith Bostic | 23 | 1 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1983 |
| FS | Carter Hartwig | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 8th / 214th pick / 1979 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Joe Cooper | 24 | Rook | 0 | 11 of 13 field goals & 13 of 13 extra points | |
| P | John James | 35 | 12 | 0 | 88 punts for a 39.6 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Carl Roaches | 31 | 4 | 0 | 26 punt returns for a 5.8 average and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 14th / 377th pick / 1976 |
| KR | Carl Roaches | 31 | 4 | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 22.6 average and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 14th / 377th pick / 1976 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Abraham | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 228 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 7/13/1960 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1982 |
| Patrick Allen | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Utah State | 8/26/1961 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 4th / 100th pick / 1984 |
| Jesse Baker | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 269 | 6-5 | Jacksonville State | 7/10/1957 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1979 |
| Gregg Bingham | 33 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/13/1951 | 11 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| Keith Bostic | 23 | DB | 16 | 16 | 216 | 6-1 | Michigan | 1/17/1961 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1983 |
| Robert Brazile | 31 | LB | 16 | 16 | 241 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 2/7/1953 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1975 |
| Steve Brown | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 189 | 5-11 | Oregon | 3/20/1960 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1983 |
| Steve Bryant | 25 | WR | 14 | 3 | 195 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/10/1959 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 94th pick / 1982 |
| Bryan Caldwell | 24 | DE | 8 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 5/6/1960 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 77th pick / 1983 |
| Earl Campbell | 29 | RB | 6 | 6 | 232 | 5-11 | Texas | 3/29/1955 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 1st pick / 1978 |
| David Carter | 31 | C-G | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Western Kentucky | 11/27/1953 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 165th pick / 1977 |
| Joe Cooper | 24 | K | 7 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | California | 10/30/1960 | Rook | |
| Donnie Craft | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 206 | 6-0 | Louisville | 11/19/1959 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 314th pick / 1982 |
| Jeff Donaldson | 22 | DB | 16 | 2 | 192 | 6-0 | Colorado | 4/19/1962 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| Chris Dressel | 23 | TE | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-4 | Stanford | 2/7/1961 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1983 |
| Bo Eason | 23 | DB | 10 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | California-Davis | 3/10/1961 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 54th pick / 1984 |
| Stan Edwards | 24 | RB | 14 | 1 | 208 | 6-0 | Michigan | 5/20/1960 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1982 |
| Jerome Foster | 24 | DE-DT | 9 | 3 | 268 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 7/25/1960 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 139th pick / 1983 |
| John Grimsley | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 2/25/1962 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 141st pick / 1984 |
| Bob Hamm | 25 | DE | 12 | 12 | 260 | 6-4 | Nevada-Reno | 4/24/1959 | 1 | |
| Carter Hartwig | 28 | DB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-0 | USC | 2/27/1956 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 214th pick / 1979 |
| Mike Holston | 26 | WR | 16 | 3 | 189 | 6-3 | Morgan State | 1/8/1958 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 79th pick / 1981 |
| Pat Howell | 27 | G | 11 | 5 | 257 | 6-5 | USC | 3/12/1957 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 49th pick / 1979 |
| Daryl Hunt | 28 | LB | 5 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 11/3/1956 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 143rd pick / 1979 |
| John James | 35 | P | 16 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Florida | 1/21/1949 | 12 | |
| Mike Johnson | 22 | DE | 16 | 0 | 253 | 6-5 | Illinois | 4/24/1962 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 9th / 228th pick / 1984 |
| Tim Joiner | 23 | LB | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | LSU | 1/7/1961 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1983 |
| Willie Joyner | 22 | RB | 10 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Maryland | 4/2/1962 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 7th / 170th pick / 1984 |
| Florian Kempf | 28 | K | 9 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Pennsylvania | 5/25/1956 | 2 | |
| Mike Kennedy | 25 | DB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Toledo | 2/26/1959 | 1 | |
| Oliver Luck | 24 | QB | 4 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 4/5/1960 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 44th pick / 1982 |
| Allen Lyday | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Nebraska,Texas Southern | 9/16/1960 | Rook | |
| Robert Lyles | 23 | LB | 6 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | TCU | 3/21/1961 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1984 |
| Bruce Matthews | 23 | G-C-T | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-5 | USC | 8/8/1961 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
| Mike McCloskey | 23 | TE | 15 | 0 | 244 | 6-5 | Penn State | 2/2/1961 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 88th pick / 1983 |
| Darryl Meadows | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Toledo | 2/15/1961 | 1 | |
| Johnny Meads | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Nicholls State | 6/25/1961 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1984 |
| Warren Moon | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 218 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/18/1956 | Rook | |
| Eric Moran | 24 | T-G | 8 | 1 | 285 | 6-5 | Washington | 6/10/1960 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 273rd pick / 1983 |
| Larry Moriarty | 26 | RB | 14 | 9 | 240 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/24/1958 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1983 |
| Eric Mullins | 22 | WR | 13 | 2 | 181 | 5-11 | Stanford | 7/30/1962 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 161st pick / 1984 |
| Mike Munchak* | 24 | G | 16 | 16 | 281 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/5/1960 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 8th pick / 1982 |
| Avon Riley | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-3 | UCLA | 2/10/1958 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 243rd pick / 1981 |
| Carl Roaches | 31 | WR | 16 | 0 | 168 | 5-8 | Texas A&M | 10/2/1953 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 14th / 377th pick / 1976 |
| Jim Romano | 25 | C | 8 | 7 | 260 | 6-3 | Penn State | 9/7/1959 | 2 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 37th pick / 1982 |
| Harvey Salem | 23 | T-G | 16 | 15 | 283 | 6-6 | California | 1/15/1961 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1983 |
| John Schuhmacher | 29 | G-T | 16 | 10 | 271 | 6-3 | USC | 9/23/1955 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 322nd pick / 1978 |
| Tim Smith | 27 | WR | 16 | 14 | 201 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 3/20/1957 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 79th pick / 1980 |
| Brian Sochia | 23 | NT-DE | 16 | 3 | 270 | 6-3 | Northwest Oklahoma State | 7/2/1961 | 1 | |
| Dean Steinkuhler | 23 | T | 10 | 10 | 283 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/27/1961 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 |
| Mike Stensrud | 28 | NT-DE-DT | 16 | 14 | 280 | 6-5 | Iowa State | 2/19/1956 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1979 |
| Mark Studaway | 24 | DE | 6 | 0 | 273 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 9/20/1960 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 4th / 85th pick / 1984 |
| Ted Thompson | 31 | LB | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | SMU | 1/17/1953 | 9 | |
| Willie Tullis | 26 | DB | 16 | 15 | 193 | 6-0 | Southern Miss,Troy State | 4/5/1958 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 217th pick / 1981 |
| Herkie Walls | 23 | WR | 14 | 10 | 159 | 5-8 | Texas | 7/18/1961 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 7th / 170th pick / 1983 |
| Jamie Williams | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/25/1960 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| Richard Williams | 24 | RB | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Memphis | 8/13/1960 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 56th pick / 1983 |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 16 | 226.7 | 6-1.7 | 2.3 |