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1988 Houston Oilers
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 424 points (26.5/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 365 points (22.8/g), 22nd.
Differential of 59 points (3.7/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 9.4-6.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 6th.
Coached by Jerry Glanville (10-6-0)
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1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Warren Moon* | 32 | 4 | 11 | 160 for 294, 2,327 yards, 17 td, 8 int, & 33 rushes for 88 yards and 5 td | |
| QB | Cody Carlson | 25 | Rook | 5 | 52 for 112, 775 yards, 4 td, 6 int, & 12 rushes for 36 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1987 |
| RB | Mike Rozier* | 27 | 3 | 14 | 251 rushes for 1,002 yards, 10 td, & 11 catches for 99 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| FB | Alonzo Highsmith | 23 | 1 | 16 | 94 rushes for 466 yards, 2 td, & 12 catches for 131 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1987 |
| WR | Ernest Givins | 24 | 2 | 16 | 60 catches for 976 yards, 5 td, & 4 rushes for 26 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1986 |
| WR | Drew Hill* | 32 | 9 | 16 | 72 catches for 1,141 yards, 10 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| TE | Jamie Williams | 28 | 5 | 16 | 6 catches for 46 yards, 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| LT | Bruce E. Davis | 32 | 9 | 16 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 294th pick / 1979 |
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| LG | Mike Munchak* | 28 | 6 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 8th pick / 1982 |
| C | Jay Pennison | 27 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Bruce Matthews*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
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| RT | Dean Steinkuhler | 27 | 4 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ray Childress* | 26 | 3 | 16 | 8.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 7 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1985 |
| NT | Doug Smith | 29 | 3 | 10 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 |
| NT | Richard Byrd | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1985 |
| RDE | William Fuller | 26 | 2 | 15 | 8.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| LOLB | Robert Lyles | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1984 |
| LILB | John Grimsley* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 141st pick / 1984 |
| RILB | Al Smith | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 147th pick / 1987 |
| ROLB | Johnny Meads | 27 | 4 | 16 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1984 |
| LCB | Steve Brown | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Patrick Allen | 27 | 4 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 100th pick / 1984 |
| SS | Keith Bostic | 27 | 5 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1983 |
| FS | Jeff Donaldson | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tony Zendejas | 28 | 3 | 0 | 22 of 34 field goals & 48 of 50 extra points | Washington Redskins / 1st / 27th pick / 1984 Supp |
| P | Greg Montgomery | 24 | Rook | 0 | 65 punts for a 38.8 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1988 |
| PR | Kenny Johnson | 30 | 8 | 0 | 30 punt returns for a 5.7 average and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 137th pick / 1980 |
| KR | Leonard Harris | 28 | 2 | 0 | 34 kick returns for a 19.9 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Patrick Allen | 27 | DB | 15 | 13 | 180 | 5-10 | Utah State | 8/26/1961 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 100th pick / 1984 |
| 97 | Robert Banks | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 259 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 12/10/1963 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 7th / 176th pick / 1987 |
| 25 | Keith Bostic | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 216 | 6-1 | Michigan | 1/17/1961 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1983 |
| 24 | Steve Brown | 28 | DB | 14 | 14 | 189 | 5-11 | Oregon | 3/20/1960 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1983 |
| 38 | Domingo Bryant | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 178 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 12/8/1963 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 148th pick / 1986 |
| 71 | Richard Byrd | 26 | DE-NT | 16 | 7 | 264 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 3/20/1962 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1985 |
| 14 | Cody Carlson | 25 | QB | 6 | 5 | 202 | 6-3 | Baylor | 11/5/1963 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1987 |
| 56 | Toby Caston | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | LSU | 7/17/1965 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 159th pick / 1987 |
| 79 | Ray Childress* | 26 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 272 | 6-6 | Texas A&M | 10/20/1962 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1985 |
| 77 | Bruce E. Davis | 32 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-6 | UCLA | 6/21/1956 | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 294th pick / 1979 |
| 73 | John H. Davis | 23 | G-T-C | 13 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 8/22/1965 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 287th pick / 1987 |
| 28 | Cris Dishman | 23 | DB | 15 | 2 | 195 | 6-0 | Purdue | 8/13/1965 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 125th pick / 1988 |
| 31 | Jeff Donaldson | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 192 | 6-0 | Colorado | 4/19/1962 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| 82 | Willie Drewrey | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 184 | 5-7 | West Virginia | 4/28/1963 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 281st pick / 1985 |
| 80 | Curtis Duncan | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 1/26/1965 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 258th pick / 1987 |
| 21 | Tracey Eaton | 23 | DB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Portland State | 7/19/1965 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 7th / 187th pick / 1988 |
| 51 | Eric Fairs | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Memphis | 2/17/1964 | 2 | |
| 95 | William Fuller | 26 | DE | 16 | 15 | 271 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 3/8/1962 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| 81 | Ernest Givins | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 178 | 5-9 | Louisville,Northeast Oklahoma A&M | 9/3/1964 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1986 |
| 59 | John Grimsley* | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 2/25/1962 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 141st pick / 1984 |
| 83 | Leonard Harris | 28 | WR | 16 | 0 | 162 | 5-8 | Austin,Texas Tech | 11/27/1960 | 2 | |
| 32 | Alonzo Highsmith | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 234 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 2/26/1965 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1987 |
| 85 | Drew Hill* | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 170 | 5-9 | Georgia Tech | 10/5/1956 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| 84 | Haywood Jeffires | 24 | WR | 2 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 12/12/1964 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 20th pick / 1987 |
| 22 | Kenny Johnson | 30 | DB | 13 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Mississippi State | 1/7/1958 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 137th pick / 1980 |
| 23 | Richard J. Johnson | 25 | DB | 16 | 3 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 9/16/1963 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 11th pick / 1985 |
| 57 | Walter Johnson | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 241 | 6-0 | Louisiana Tech | 11/13/1963 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 46th pick / 1987 |
| 27 | Quintin Jones | 22 | DB | 4 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 7/28/1966 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1988 |
| 96 | Sean Jones | 26 | DE | 16 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Northeastern | 12/19/1962 | 4 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 51st pick / 1984 |
| 27 | Calvin Loveall | 26 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Idaho | 7/23/1962 | Rook | |
| 93 | Robert Lyles | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 226 | 6-1 | TCU | 3/21/1961 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1984 |
| 78 | Don Maggs | 27 | T-G | 16 | 0 | 287 | 6-5 | Tulane | 11/1/1961 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 74 | Bruce Matthews*+ | 27 | G-C-T | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-5 | USC | 8/8/1961 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
| 91 | Johnny Meads | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 231 | 6-2 | Nicholls State | 6/25/1961 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1984 |
| 76 | Doug Mikolas | 26 | NT | 1 | 0 | 270 | 6-1 | Oregon Tech,Portland State | 6/7/1962 | 1 | |
| 9 | Greg Montgomery | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Michigan State,Penn State | 10/29/1964 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1988 |
| 1 | Warren Moon* | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 218 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/18/1956 | 4 | |
| 63 | Mike Munchak* | 28 | G | 16 | 16 | 281 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/5/1960 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 8th pick / 1982 |
| 10 | Brent Pease | 24 | QB | 13 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Montana | 10/8/1964 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 295th pick / 1987 |
| 52 | Jay Pennison | 27 | C | 16 | 16 | 276 | 6-1 | Nicholls State | 9/9/1961 | 2 | |
| 20 | Allen Pinkett | 24 | RB | 16 | 2 | 190 | 5-9 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1964 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 61st pick / 1986 |
| 30 | Mike Rozier* | 27 | RB | 15 | 14 | 209 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 3/1/1961 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| 53 | Eugene Seale | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 250 | 5-10 | Lamar | 6/3/1964 | 1 | |
| 54 | Al Smith | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 244 | 6-1 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Utah State | 11/26/1964 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 147th pick / 1987 |
| 99 | Doug Smith | 29 | NT-DT | 12 | 10 | 294 | 6-4 | Auburn | 6/13/1959 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 |
| 70 | Dean Steinkuhler | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 283 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/27/1961 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 |
| 75 | Vince Stroth | 28 | T-G-TE | 6 | 0 | 267 | 6-4 | BYU | 11/25/1960 | 3 | |
| 33 | Spencer Tillman | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 4/21/1964 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 133rd pick / 1987 |
| 88 | Chris Verhulst | 22 | TE | 1 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Cal State-Chico | 5/16/1966 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 130th pick / 1988 |
| 44 | Lorenzo White | 22 | RB | 11 | 0 | 222 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 4/12/1966 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1988 |
| 87 | Jamie Williams | 28 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/25/1960 | 5 | New York Giants / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1983 |
| 7 | Tony Zendejas | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 165 | 5-8 | Nevada-Reno | 5/15/1960 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 27th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 227.3 | 6-1.2 | 2.6 |