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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
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) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Warren Moon | 31 | 3 | 12 | 184 for 368, 2,806 yards, 21 td, 18 int, & 34 rushes for 112 yards and 3 td | |
| RB | Mike Rozier* | 26 | 2 | 11 | 229 rushes for 957 yards, 3 td, & 27 catches for 192 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| FB | Ray Wallace | 24 | 1 | 9 | 19 rushes for 102 yards, 0 td, & 7 catches for 34 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 6th / 145th pick / 1986 |
| WR | Ernest Givins | 23 | 1 | 12 | 53 catches for 933 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for -13 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1986 |
| WR | Drew Hill | 31 | 8 | 12 | 49 catches for 989 yards, 6 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| TE | Jamie Williams | 27 | 4 | 12 | 13 catches for 158 yards, 3 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| LT | Bruce E. Davis | 31 | 8 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 294th pick / 1979 |
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| LT | Doug Williams | 25 | 1 | 7 | New York Jets / 2nd / 49th pick / 1986 |
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| LG | Mike Munchak*+ | 27 | 5 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 8th pick / 1982 |
| C | Jay Pennison | 26 | 1 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Bruce Matthews | 26 | 4 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
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| RG | Kent Hill | 30 | 8 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 26th pick / 1979 |
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| RT | Dean Steinkuhler | 26 | 3 | 11 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ray Childress | 25 | 2 | 13 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1985 |
| NT | Doug Smith | 28 | 2 | 13 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 |
| RDE | Richard Byrd | 25 | 2 | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1985 |
| LOLB | Robert Lyles | 26 | 3 | 12 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1984 |
| LILB | John Grimsley | 25 | 3 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 141st pick / 1984 |
| RILB | Al Smith | 23 | Rook | 11 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 147th pick / 1987 |
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| ROLB | Johnny Meads | 26 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1984 |
| LCB | Steve Brown | 27 | 4 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Patrick Allen | 26 | 3 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 100th pick / 1984 |
| SS | Keith Bostic* | 26 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1983 |
| FS | Jeff Donaldson | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tony Zendejas | 27 | 2 | 0 | 20 of 26 field goals & 32 of 33 extra points | Washington Redskins / 1st / 27th pick / 1984 Supp |
| P | Lee Johnson | 26 | 2 | 0 | 41 punts for a 40.3 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 5th / 138th pick / 1985 |
| PR | Kenny Johnson | 29 | 7 | 3 | 24 punt returns for a 8.2 average and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 137th pick / 1980 |
| KR | Curtis Duncan | 22 | Rook | 0 | 28 kick returns for a 19.5 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 10th / 258th pick / 1987 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Robert Abraham | 27 | LB | 2 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 7/13/1960 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1982 |
| Earl Allen | 26 | DB | 1 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Houston,Michigan | 10/24/1961 | Rook | |
| Patrick Allen | 26 | DB | 11 | 11 | 180 | 5-10 | Utah State | 8/26/1961 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 100th pick / 1984 |
| Jesse Baker | 30 | DE | 9 | 2 | 269 | 6-5 | Jacksonville State | 7/10/1957 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1979 |
| Craig Birdsong | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | North Texas | 8/16/1964 | Rook | |
| Keith Bostic* | 26 | DB | 12 | 12 | 216 | 6-1 | Michigan | 1/17/1961 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1983 |
| Scott Boucher | 29 | G | 2 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | La-Monroe | 9/15/1958 | Rook | |
| Tom Briehl | 25 | LB | 3 | 3 | 247 | 6-3 | Stanford | 9/8/1962 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 87th pick / 1985 |
| Sonny Brown | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 11/12/1963 | Rook | |
| Steve Brown | 27 | DB | 10 | 10 | 189 | 5-11 | Oregon | 3/20/1960 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1983 |
| Domingo Bryant | 24 | DB | 13 | 3 | 178 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 12/8/1963 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 148th pick / 1986 |
| Richard Byrd | 25 | DE-NT | 12 | 11 | 264 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 3/20/1962 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1985 |
| Toby Caston | 22 | LB | 6 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | LSU | 7/17/1965 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 159th pick / 1987 |
| Ray Childress | 25 | DT-DE | 13 | 13 | 272 | 6-6 | Texas A&M | 10/20/1962 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1985 |
| Charles Clinton | 25 | DB | 2 | 0 | 170 | 5-8 | San Jose State | 1/29/1962 | Rook | |
| Eric Cobble | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | Texas State | 4/11/1964 | Rook | |
| Rayford Cooks | 25 | DE | 10 | 1 | 245 | 6-3 | North Texas | 8/25/1962 | Rook | |
| Chris Darrington | 23 | WR | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Weber State | 7/13/1964 | Rook | |
| Mitch Daum | 24 | TE | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Wyoming | 11/13/1963 | Rook | |
| Bruce E. Davis | 31 | T-G | 7 | 7 | 287 | 6-6 | UCLA | 6/21/1956 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 294th pick / 1979 |
| John H. Davis | 22 | G-T-C | 6 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 8/22/1965 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 11th / 287th pick / 1987 |
| John Diettrich | 24 | K | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Ball State | 5/9/1963 | Rook | |
| Joe Dixon | 23 | NT | 2 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 1/8/1964 | Rook | |
| Jeff Donaldson | 25 | DB | 12 | 12 | 192 | 6-0 | Colorado | 4/19/1962 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| Willie Drewrey | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 184 | 5-7 | West Virginia | 4/28/1963 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 281st pick / 1985 |
| Curtis Duncan | 22 | WR | 10 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 1/26/1965 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 10th / 258th pick / 1987 |
| Bo Eason | 26 | DB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | California-Davis | 3/10/1961 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 54th pick / 1984 |
| Scott Eccles | 24 | TE | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Eastern New Mexico | 6/28/1963 | Rook | Los Angeles Raiders / 9th / 238th pick / 1987 |
| Eric Fairs | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Memphis | 2/17/1964 | 1 | |
| Scott Fox | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Austin Peay State | 12/28/1963 | Rook | |
| Jerrell Franklin | 28 | G | 3 | 3 | 287 | 6-3 | Kansas State,Southern | 5/4/1959 | Rook | |
| William Fuller | 25 | DE | 12 | 1 | 271 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 3/8/1962 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| Mark Gehring | 23 | TE | 6 | 3 | 235 | 6-4 | Eastern Washington | 4/16/1964 | Rook | |
| Ernest Givins | 23 | WR | 12 | 12 | 178 | 5-9 | Louisville,Northeast Oklahoma A&M | 9/3/1964 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1986 |
| Mike Golic | 25 | DT-NT-DE | 2 | 0 | 274 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 12/12/1962 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 255th pick / 1985 |
| Jeff Gossett | 30 | P | 4 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Eastern Illinois | 1/25/1957 | 6 | |
| John Grimsley | 25 | LB | 12 | 12 | 235 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 2/25/1962 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 141st pick / 1984 |
| Leonard Harris | 27 | WR | 3 | 3 | 162 | 5-8 | Austin,Texas Tech | 11/27/1960 | 1 | |
| Alonzo Highsmith | 22 | RB | 8 | 3 | 234 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 2/26/1965 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1987 |
| Drew Hill | 31 | WR | 12 | 12 | 170 | 5-9 | Georgia Tech | 10/5/1956 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| Kent Hill | 30 | G-T | 12 | 6 | 260 | 6-5 | Georgia Tech | 3/7/1957 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 26th pick / 1979 |
| Herman Hunter | 26 | RB | 3 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 2/14/1961 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 289th pick / 1985 |
| Andrew Jackson | 23 | RB | 7 | 3 | 190 | 5-10 | Iowa State,USC | 5/6/1964 | Rook | |
| Arrike James | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Delta State | 12/31/1964 | Rook | |
| Thad Jefferson | 23 | LB | 3 | 3 | 225 | 5-11 | Hawaii | 3/11/1964 | Rook | |
| Haywood Jeffires | 23 | WR | 9 | 1 | 201 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 12/12/1964 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 20th pick / 1987 |
| Byron Johnson | 25 | DB | 3 | 3 | 220 | 6-1 | Baylor | 10/21/1962 | Rook | |
| Kenny Johnson | 29 | DB | 12 | 3 | 176 | 5-10 | Mississippi State | 1/7/1958 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 137th pick / 1980 |
| Lee Johnson | 26 | P | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | BYU | 11/27/1961 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 138th pick / 1985 |
| Richard J. Johnson | 24 | DB | 5 | 1 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 9/16/1963 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 11th pick / 1985 |
| Walter Johnson | 24 | LB | 10 | 0 | 241 | 6-0 | Louisiana Tech | 11/13/1963 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 46th pick / 1987 |
| Larry Joyner | 23 | LB | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 1/22/1964 | Rook | |
| Kurt Kafentzis | 25 | DB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Hawaii | 12/31/1962 | Rook | |
| Doug Kellermeyer | 26 | G-T | 3 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | BYU | 6/1/1961 | Rook | |
| Mike P. Kelley | 25 | C-G-T | 1 | 0 | 273 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 2/27/1962 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1985 |
| Billy Kidd | 28 | C | 7 | 3 | 270 | 6-4 | Houston | 11/28/1959 | Rook | |
| Eric Larkin | 25 | DE | 1 | 1 | 265 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 5/14/1962 | Rook | |
| Allen Lyday | 27 | DB | 7 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Nebraska,Texas Southern | 9/16/1960 | 3 | |
| Robert Lyles | 26 | LB | 12 | 12 | 226 | 6-1 | TCU | 3/21/1961 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1984 |
| Charles Martin | 28 | NT-DE | 12 | 3 | 280 | 6-4 | West Alabama | 8/31/1959 | 3 | |
| Bruce Matthews | 26 | G-C-T | 8 | 5 | 305 | 6-5 | USC | 8/8/1961 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
| Keith McDonald | 24 | WR | 3 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | San Jose State | 11/7/1963 | Rook | |
| Audray McMillian | 25 | DB | 12 | 2 | 190 | 5-11 | Houston | 8/13/1962 | 2 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 84th pick / 1985 |
| Johnny Meads | 26 | LB | 12 | 12 | 231 | 6-2 | Nicholls State | 6/25/1961 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1984 |
| Clay Miller | 24 | T-G | 3 | 2 | 275 | 6-4 | Michigan | 8/27/1963 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 306th pick / 1986 |
| Warren Moon | 31 | QB | 12 | 12 | 218 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/18/1956 | 3 | |
| Ricky Moore | 24 | RB | 3 | 3 | 234 | 5-11 | Alabama | 4/7/1963 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1985 |
| Mike Munchak*+ | 27 | G | 12 | 12 | 281 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/5/1960 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 8th pick / 1982 |
| Kenny Neil | 28 | DE-DT | 1 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Iowa State | 1/8/1959 | 6 | New York Jets / 7th / 169th pick / 1981 |
| Tony Newsom | 22 | DB | 5 | 3 | 175 | 5-8 | Stephen F. Austin | 7/20/1965 | Rook | |
| Bob Otto | 25 | DE | 3 | 0 | 251 | 6-6 | Idaho State | 12/16/1962 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 248th pick / 1985 |
| Jeff Parks | 23 | TE | 7 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Auburn | 9/14/1964 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1986 |
| Brent Pease | 23 | QB | 7 | 3 | 201 | 6-2 | Montana | 10/8/1964 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 295th pick / 1987 |
| Jay Pennison | 26 | C | 12 | 12 | 276 | 6-1 | Nicholls State | 9/9/1961 | 1 | |
| Brett Petersmark | 23 | C | 3 | 0 | 280 | 6-3 | Eastern Michigan | 3/5/1964 | Rook | |
| Barry Pettyjohn | 23 | C-T | 2 | 0 | 285 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 3/29/1964 | Rook | |
| Allen Pinkett | 23 | RB | 8 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1964 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 61st pick / 1986 |
| Mike Rozier* | 26 | RB | 11 | 11 | 209 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 3/1/1961 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| Eugene Seale | 23 | LB | 9 | 4 | 250 | 5-10 | Lamar | 6/3/1964 | Rook | |
| Donovan Small | 23 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 7/10/1964 | Rook | |
| Al Smith | 23 | LB | 12 | 11 | 244 | 6-1 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Utah State | 11/26/1964 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 147th pick / 1987 |
| Doug Smith | 28 | NT-DT | 15 | 13 | 294 | 6-4 | Auburn | 6/13/1959 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 |
| Larry Smith | 22 | LB | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 2/7/1965 | Rook | |
| Dean Steinkuhler | 26 | T | 11 | 11 | 283 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/27/1961 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 |
| Vince Stroth | 27 | T-G-TE | 9 | 3 | 267 | 6-4 | BYU | 11/25/1960 | 2 | |
| Steve Superick | 24 | P | 2 | 0 | 204 | 5-11 | West Virginia | 8/9/1963 | Rook | |
| Emmuel Thompson | 28 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 11/15/1959 | Rook | |
| Spencer Tillman | 23 | RB | 5 | 1 | 206 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 4/21/1964 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 133rd pick / 1987 |
| Dwaine Turner | 23 | NT | 1 | 0 | 290 | 6-0 | Rice | 10/7/1964 | Rook | |
| Ira Valentine | 24 | RB | 7 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 6/4/1963 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 12th / 314th pick / 1987 |
| Paul Vogel | 26 | LB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 2/2/1961 | Rook | |
| Ray Wallace | 24 | RB | 12 | 9 | 224 | 6-0 | Purdue | 12/3/1963 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 145th pick / 1986 |
| Joey Walters | 33 | WR | 5 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Clemson | 10/29/1954 | Rook | |
| Bucky White | 25 | DB | 3 | 3 | 180 | 6-2 | Lamar | 11/24/1962 | Rook | |
| Doug Williams | 25 | T-G | 8 | 7 | 286 | 6-5 | Kentucky,Texas A&M | 10/1/1962 | 1 | New York Jets / 2nd / 49th pick / 1986 |
| Jamie Williams | 27 | TE | 12 | 12 | 240 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/25/1960 | 4 | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| Oliver Williams | 27 | WR | 3 | 2 | 194 | 6-3 | Illinois | 10/17/1960 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 313th pick / 1983 |
| Almon Young | 25 | G | 3 | 3 | 290 | 6-3 | Bethune-Cookman | 7/3/1962 | Rook | |
| Tony Zendejas | 27 | K | 13 | 0 | 165 | 5-8 | Nevada-Reno | 5/15/1960 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 27th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 15 | 227.7 | 6-1.4 | 1.5 |