1985 Houston Oilers

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 284 points (17.8/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 412 points (25.8/g), 23rd.
Differential of -128 points (-8.0/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 4.7-11.3.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.

Simple Rating System: Total -8.9, Offense: -4.9, Defense: -4.0, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jerry Glanville (0-2-0) and Hugh Campbell (5-9-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Joe Faragalli
Defensive Coordinator: Jerry Glanville

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	284	4652	998	4.7	270	277	512	3082	18	22	5.4	149	428	1570	13	3.7	96	37	15	25
Team Defense	412	6155	1091	5.6	356	260	462	3341	29	15	6.6	158	588	2814	21	4.8	150	35	20	48
Lg Rank Offense	25	24			23		13	19	21	14	20		23	25	20	25		14	9
Lg Rank Defense	23	27			26		2	18	26	26	25		28	28	24	27		18	5

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 8	boxscore	W		1-0		Miami Dolphins	26	23	21	394	229	165	4	17	360	291	69	3
2	Sun	September 15	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Washington Redskins	13	16	11	188	107	81		20	333	93	240	3
3	Sun	September 22	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	0	20	8	134	84	50	2	22	335	102	233
4	Sun	September 29	boxscore	L		1-3		Dallas Cowboys	10	17	13	214	133	81	5	16	339	183	156
5	Sun	October 6	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Denver Broncos	20	31	18	321	201	120		31	362	241	121	3
6	Sun	October 13	boxscore	L		1-5		Cleveland Browns	6	21	14	190	67	123	2	13	360	208	152	4
7	Sun	October 20	boxscore	W		2-5		Cincinnati Bengals	44	27	26	401	266	135		24	458	352	106	5
8	Sun	October 27	boxscore	W		3-5	@	St. Louis Cardinals	20	10	13	229	171	58	2	22	427	240	187	1
9	Sun	November 3	boxscore	W		4-5		Kansas City Chiefs	23	20	24	377	241	136	1	26	389	236	153	3
10	Sun	November 10	boxscore	L		4-6	@	Buffalo Bills	0	20	7	142	31	111	6	18	207	60	147	2
11	Sun	November 17	boxscore	L		4-7		Pittsburgh Steelers	7	30	10	162	56	106	2	24	378	130	248	2
12	Sun	November 24	boxscore	W		5-7		San Diego Chargers	37	35	26	415	278	137	2	29	439	323	116	5
13	Sun	December 1	boxscore	L		5-8	@	Cincinnati Bengals	27	45	22	345	272	73	2	28	555	324	231	1
14	Sun	December 8	boxscore	L		5-9		New York Giants	14	35	18	320	298	22	3	25	432	234	198	2
15	Sun	December 15	boxscore	L		5-10	@	Cleveland Browns	21	28	21	399	303	96	3	19	314	156	158	1
16	Sun	December 22	boxscore	L		5-11	@	Indianapolis Colts	16	34	18	421	345	76	3	22	467	168	299

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
1	Warren Moon	29	QB	14	14	4-10-0	200	377	53.1	2709	15	4.0	19	5.0	80	7.2	5.7	13.5	193.5	68.5	46	366	5.5	4.2	10.9	2	3
10	Oliver Luck	25		5	2	1-1-0	56	100	56.0	572	2	2.0	2	2.0	46	5.7	5.2	10.2	114.4	70.9	8	50	4.8	4.4	7.4	1	1
16	Mike Moroski	28		5	0		20	34	58.8	249	1	2.9	1	2.9	46	7.3	6.6	12.5	49.8	79.2	4	25	5.9	5.2	10.5
7	Tony Zendejas	25	K	14	0		1	1	100.0	-7	0	0.0	0	0.0	-7	-7.0	-7.0	-7.0	-0.5	79.2	0	0	-7.0	-7.0	0.0
	Team Total	25.0		16		5-11-0	277	512	54.1	3523	18	3.5	22	4.3	80	6.9	5.7	12.7	220.2	69.7	58	441	5.4	4.3	10.2	3	4
	Opp Total			16			260	462	56.3	3654	29	6.3	15	3.2		7.9	7.7	14.1	228.4	89.3	41	313	6.6	6.5	8.2

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
33	Mike Rozier	24	fb	14	6	133	462	8	30	3.5	33.0	9.5	9	96	10.7	0	52	0.6	6.9	558	8	3
30	Larry Moriarty	27	FB	15	12	106	381	3	18	3.6	25.4	7.1	17	112	6.6	0	16	1.1	7.5	493	3	2
40	Butch Woolfolk	25	RB	16	14	103	392	1	43	3.8	24.5	6.4	80	814	10.2	4	80	5.0	50.9	1206	5	5
1	Warren Moon	29	QB	14	14	39	130	0	17	3.3	9.3	2.8								130	0	12
32	Stan Edwards	25		15	0	25	96	1	19	3.8	6.4	1.7	7	71	10.1	0	31	0.5	4.7	167	1	0
10	Oliver Luck	25		5	2	15	95	0	17	6.3	19.0	3.0								95	0	9
82	Willie Drewrey	22	PR/KR	14	0	2	-4	0	5	-2.0	-0.3	0.1	2	28	14.0	0	19	0.1	2.0	24	0	2
80	Steve Tasker	23		7	0	2	16	0	13	8.0	2.3	0.3	2	19	9.5	0	14	0.3	2.7	35	0	0
16	Mike Moroski	28		5	0	2	2	0	2	1.0	0.4	0.4								2	0	0
11	Lee Johnson	24	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	2
85	Drew Hill	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	64	1169	18.3	9	57	4.0	73.1	1169	9	0
83	Tim Smith	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	46	660	14.3	2	33	2.9	41.3	660	2	1
87	Jamie Williams	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	39	444	11.4	1	29	2.4	27.8	444	1	1
89	Mike McCloskey	24		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	29	7.3	1	24	0.3	1.8	29	1	0
88	Chris Dressel	24		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	17	5.7	1	12	0.2	1.1	17	1	0
86	Mike Akiu	23		9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	32	16.0	0	24	0.2	3.6	32	0	0
84	Mike Holston	27		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	25	25.0	0	25	0.3	8.3	25	0	0
84	Herkie Walls	24		6	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.2	1.2	7	0	0
	Team Total	25.0		16		428	1570	13	43	3.7	98.1	26.8	277	3523	12.7	18	80	17.3	220.2	5093	31	41
	Opp Total			16		588	2814	21		4.8	175.9	36.8	260	3341	12.9	29		16.3	208.8	6155	50	35

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
82	Willie Drewrey	22	PR/KR	14	0	24	215	0	23	9.0	26	642	0	50	24.7	881
80	Steve Tasker	23		7	0						17	447	0	52	26.3	482
84	Herkie Walls	24		6	0						12	234	0	42	19.5	241
31	Jeff Donaldson	23		16	0	6	35	0	13	5.8	5	93	0	22	18.6	128
24	Steve Brown	25	LCB	15	14						2	45	0	28	22.5	45
87	Jamie Williams	25	TE	16	16						2	21	0	12	10.5	465
92	Tom Briehl	23		16	0						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
85	Drew Hill	29	WR	16	16						1	22	0	22	22.0	1191
28	Allen Lyday	25		13	0						1	6	0	6	6.0	6
	Team Total	25.0		16		30	250	0	23	8.3	67	1515	0	52	22.6	6858
	Opp Total			16		45		0			39	970	0		24.9

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
11	Lee Johnson	24	P	16	0																	83	3464	65	0	41.7
7	Tony Zendejas	25	K	14	0			7	6	11	8	6	4	3	3	27	21	77.8%	31	29	93.5%
83	Tim Smith	28	WR	16	16																	1	26	26	0	26.0
	Team Total	25.0		16				7	6	11	8	6	4	3	3	27	21	77.8%	31	29	93.5%	84	3490	65	0	41.5
	Opp Total			16												34	19	55.9%	51	49	96.1%	68	2679			39.4

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
79	Ray Childress	23	LDE	16	16	3.5						2	0	1	0	0	135	0
1	Warren Moon	29	QB	14	14							0	12	5	-8	0
10	Oliver Luck	25		5	2							0	9	3	0	0
25	Keith Bostic	24	SS	16	16	5.0	3	28	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	Steve Brown	25	LCB	15	14	1.0	5	41	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	0
37	Rod Kush	29		16	0	5.0	2	6	0	6	0
67	Mike Stensrud	29	NT	16	16	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
40	Butch Woolfolk	25	RB	16	14							0	5	2	0	0
21	Bo Eason	24	FS	16	16	2.5	3	55	0	55	0	0	1	0	0	0
94	Frank Bush	22	ROLB	16	11	3.0						0	0	3	3	0
33	Mike Rozier	24	fb	14	6							0	3	3	0	0
75	Jesse Baker	28	RDE	16	16	5.5
56	Robert Abraham	25	RILB	16	15	1.0						0	0	4	0	0
31	Jeff Donaldson	23		16	0	1.0						0	1	2	0	0
53	Avon Riley	27	LILB	15	15	2.0	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Lee Johnson	24	P	16	0							0	2	1	7	0
74	Bruce Matthews	24	RT	16	16							0	0	3	0	0
29	Patrick Allen	24	RCB	16	16							0	0	2	0	0
71	Richard Byrd	23		15	0	1.0						0	0	1	0	0
82	Willie Drewrey	22	PR/KR	14	0							0	2	0	0	0
28	Allen Lyday	25		13	0							0	1	1	0	0
30	Larry Moriarty	27	FB	15	12							0	2	0	0	0
63	Mike Munchak*	25	LG	16	16							0	0	2	3	0
99	Doug Smith	26		11	1	2.0
83	Tim Smith	28	WR	16	16							0	1	1	0	0
72	Brian Sochia	24		16	0	2.0
91	Johnny Meads	24	rolb	5	5	1.5
88	Chris Dressel	24		16	0							0	0	1	0	0
59	John Grimsley	23		15	1							0	0	1	5	0
23	Richard J. Johnson	22		16	2							0	0	1	0	0
89	Mike McCloskey	24		16	0							0	0	1	0	0
87	Jamie Williams	25	TE	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
7	Tony Zendejas	25	K	14	0							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	25.0		16		41.0	15	144	0	55	0	2	41	43	10	0	135	0
	Opp Total			16		58							35	15

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	OthTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
7	Tony Zendejas	25	K	14	0					29	21	92
85	Drew Hill	29	WR	16	16		9		9			54
33	Mike Rozier	24	fb	14	6	8			8			48
40	Butch Woolfolk	25	RB	16	14	1	4		5			30
30	Larry Moriarty	27	FB	15	12	3			3			18
83	Tim Smith	28	WR	16	16		2		2			12
86	Mike Akiu	23		9	0			1	1			6
88	Chris Dressel	24		16	0		1		1			6
32	Stan Edwards	25		15	0	1			1			6
89	Mike McCloskey	24		16	0		1		1			6
87	Jamie Williams	25	TE	16	16		1		1			6
	Team Total	25.0		16		13	18	1	32	29	21	284
	Opp Total			16		21	29			49	19	412

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