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1987 Houston Oilers
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Record: 9-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 345 points (23.0/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 349 points (23.3/g), 19th.
Differential of -4 points (-0.3/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 7.4-7.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.
Coached by Jerry Glanville (9-6-0)
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1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 13 | box | W | 1-0 | Los Angeles Rams | 20 | 16 | 22 | 400 | 287 | 113 | 3 | 14 | 244 | 97 | 147 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 20 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 30 | 34 | 19 | 327 | 130 | 197 | 1 | 30 | 383 | 248 | 135 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | October 4 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 40 | 10 | 20 | 414 | 260 | 154 | 2 | 14 | 220 | 182 | 38 | 3 |
| 4 | Sun | October 11 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 10 | 17 | 317 | 143 | 174 | 2 | 9 | 169 | 119 | 50 | 4 |
| 5 | Sun | October 18 | box | L | 3-2 | New England Patriots | 7 | 21 | 17 | 334 | 221 | 113 | 3 | 17 | 310 | 196 | 114 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 25 | box | W | 4-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 37 | 33 | 24 | 439 | 234 | 205 | 2 | 14 | 304 | 183 | 121 | 5 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 1 | box | W | 5-2 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 31 | 29 | 19 | 227 | 145 | 82 | 3 | 25 | 504 | 383 | 121 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | November 8 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 27 | 15 | 269 | 221 | 48 | 4 | 33 | 443 | 280 | 163 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | November 15 | box | W | 6-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23 | 3 | 21 | 373 | 221 | 152 | 1 | 8 | 170 | 84 | 86 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 22 | box | L | 6-4 | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 40 | 11 | 247 | 204 | 43 | 6 | 27 | 457 | 257 | 200 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 29 | box | L | 6-5 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 27 | 51 | 26 | 454 | 318 | 136 | 5 | 18 | 359 | 148 | 211 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 7-5 | San Diego Chargers | 33 | 18 | 21 | 324 | 184 | 140 | 1 | 19 | 332 | 289 | 43 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 13 | box | L | 7-6 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 24 | 20 | 354 | 244 | 110 | 21 | 391 | 240 | 151 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 20 | box | W | 8-6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24 | 16 | 17 | 283 | 221 | 62 | 1 | 22 | 348 | 172 | 176 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 27 | box | W | 9-6 | Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 17 | 25 | 461 | 267 | 194 | 3 | 16 | 359 | 267 | 92 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 3 | box | W | 10-6 | Seattle Seahawks | 23 | 20 | 27 | 437 | 259 | 178 | 2 | 11 | 250 | 221 | 29 | 1 | |
| Division | Sun | January 10 | box | L | 10-7 | @ | Denver Broncos | 10 | 34 | 20 | 337 | 264 | 73 | 3 | 19 | 316 | 255 | 61 | 1 |