1989 Houston Oilers

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 365 points (22.8/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 412 points (25.8/g), 26th.
Differential of -47 points (-2.9/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 14th.

Simple Rating System: Total -2.5, Offense: 2.8, Defense: -5.3, SoS: 0.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jerry Glanville (9-7-0)
Other Notable Asst.: Nick Saban (Secondary)

Training Camp: Texas State (SW Texas State) (San Marcos, 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	365	5427	1028	5.3	327	295	496	3499	23	16	6.6	185	495	1928	16	3.9	112	33	17	30
Team Defense	412	5211	940	5.5	314	269	467	3542	28	21	7.0	165	437	1669	20	3.8	119	37	16	30
Lg Rank Offense	7	9			7		17	10	8	6	8		12	12	9	16		12	19
Lg Rank Defense	26	13			18		4	17	26	9	25		8	9	26	13		11	9

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 10	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	38	11	104	34	70	3	29	343	188	155
2	Sun	September 17	boxscore	W		1-1	@	San Diego Chargers	34	27	26	367	235	132		24	413	372	41	5
3	Sun	September 24	boxscore	L	OT	1-2		Buffalo Bills	41	47	33	439	311	128	2	22	449	337	112	1
4	Sun	October 1	boxscore	W		2-2		Miami Dolphins	39	7	23	448	251	197	1	9	160	117	43	3
5	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L		2-3	@	New England Patriots	13	23	14	307	202	105	4	19	282	138	144	1
6	Sun	October 15	boxscore	W		3-3	@	Chicago Bears	33	28	20	457	317	140	2	22	332	239	93	6
7	Sun	October 22	boxscore	W		4-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	0	22	361	229	132	1	10	132	100	32	4
8	Sun	October 29	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Cleveland Browns	17	28	17	299	210	89		18	383	280	103	2
9	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W		5-4		Detroit Lions	35	31	30	455	345	110	4	19	351	257	94	2
10	Mon	November 13	boxscore	W		6-4		Cincinnati Bengals	26	24	20	311	175	136	1	16	337	175	162	1
11	Sun	November 19	boxscore	W		7-4		Los Angeles Raiders	23	7	23	419	249	170	2	12	243	169	74	5
12	Sun	November 26	boxscore	L		7-5	@	Kansas City Chiefs	0	34	12	215	112	103	1	20	313	229	84	1
13	Sun	December 3	boxscore	W		8-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	23	16	19	284	144	140	3	15	212	43	169	1
14	Sun	December 10	boxscore	W		9-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	17	15	284	149	135	2	23	353	287	66	2
15	Sun	December 17	boxscore	L		9-6	@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	61	14	194	155	39	5	35	584	392	192	2
16	Sat	December 23	boxscore	L		9-7		Cleveland Browns	20	24	28	483	381	102	2	21	324	219	105	1
		Playoffs
WildCard	Sun	December 31	boxscore	L	OT	9-8		Pittsburgh Steelers	23	26	22	380	315	65	2	17	289	112	177	1

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*	33	QB	16	16	9-7-0	280	464	60.3	3631	23	5.0	14	3.0	55	7.8	7.5	13.0	226.9	88.9	35	267	6.7	6.4	7.0	2	3
14	Cody Carlson	26		6	0		15	31	48.4	155	0	0.0	1	3.2	23	5.0	3.5	10.3	25.8	49.8	2	20	4.1	2.7	6.1
7	Tony Zendejas	29	K	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0
	Team Total	26.6		16		9-7-0	295	496	59.5	3786	23	4.6	16	3.2	55	7.6	7.1	12.8	236.6	85.5	37	287	6.6	6.1	6.9	2	3
	Opp Total			16			269	467	57.6	3819	28	6.0	21	4.5		8.2	7.4	14.2	238.7	85.4	36	277	7.0	6.3	7.2

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
32	Alonzo Highsmith	24	FB	16	16	128	531	4	25	4.1	33.2	8.0	18	201	11.2	2	32	1.1	12.6	732	6	6
44	Lorenzo White	23		16	0	104	349	5	33	3.4	21.8	6.5	6	37	6.2	0	11	0.4	2.3	386	5	2
20	Allen Pinkett	25	rb	16	6	94	449	1	60	4.8	28.1	5.9	31	239	7.7	1	23	1.9	14.9	688	2	1
30	Mike Rozier	28	RB	12	10	88	301	2	17	3.4	25.1	7.3	4	28	7.0	0	8	0.3	2.3	329	2	4
1	Warren Moon*	33	QB	16	16	70	268	4	19	3.8	16.8	4.4								268	4	11
45	Tracy Johnson	23		16	0	4	16	0	8	4.0	1.0	0.3	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.5	24	0	1
14	Cody Carlson	26		6	0	3	-3	0	0	-1.0	-0.5	0.5								-3	0	1
9	Greg Montgomery	25	P	16	0	3	17	0	11	5.7	1.1	0.2								17	0	1
80	Curtis Duncan	24		16	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	43	613	14.3	5	55	2.7	38.3	613	5	1
85	Drew Hill	33	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	66	938	14.2	8	50	4.7	67.0	938	8	1
81	Ernest Givins	25	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	55	794	14.4	3	48	3.7	52.9	794	3	0
84	Haywood Jeffires	25		16	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	47	619	13.2	2	45	2.9	38.7	619	2	0
83	Leonard Harris	29		11	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	202	15.5	2	36	1.2	18.4	202	2	1
86	Kenny Jackson	27		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	31	7.8	0	18	0.4	3.1	31	0	0
88	Chris Verhulst	23		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	48	12.0	0	21	0.3	3.0	48	0	0
87	Bob Mrosko	24	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	28	9.3	0	14	0.2	1.9	28	0	0
	Team Total	26.6		16		495	1928	16	60	3.9	120.5	30.9	295	3786	12.8	23	55	18.4	236.6	5714	39	39
	Opp Total			16		437	1669	20		3.8	104.3	27.3	269	3542	13.2	28		16.8	221.4	5211	48	25

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
22	Kenny Johnson	31	PR/KR	16	0	19	122	0	19	6.4	21	372	0	39	17.7	494
44	Lorenzo White	23		16	0						17	303	0	29	17.8	689
83	Leonard Harris	29		11	0						14	331	0	63	23.6	533
45	Tracy Johnson	23		16	0						13	224	0	27	17.2	248
87	Bob Mrosko	24	TE	15	14						3	46	0	19	15.3	74
73	David W. Williams	23		14	0						2	8	0	8	4.0	8
51	Eric Fairs	25		16	3						1	1	0	1	1.0	1
93	Robert Lyles	28	LOLB	13	13						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
94	Glenn Montgomery	22		15	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
88	Chris Verhulst	23		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	48
	Team Total	26.6		16		19	122	0	19	6.4	74	1285	0	63	17.4	7121
	Opp Total			16		24		0			59	1024	1		17.4

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
7	Tony Zendejas	29	K	16	0	1	1	9	8	14	9	11	5	2	2	37	25	67.6%	40	40	100.0%
9	Greg Montgomery	25	P	16	0																	56	2422	63	2	43.3
	Team Total	26.6		16		1	1	9	8	14	9	11	5	2	2	37	25	67.6%	40	40	100.0%	56	2422	63	2	43.3
	Opp Total			16												21	17	81.0%	51	49	96.1%	56	2106			37.6

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
25	Bubba McDowell	23	SS	16	16	1.0	4	65	0	21	0	4	1	1	0	0	97	0	1
54	Al Smith	25	RILB	15	15							2	0	1	0	0	76	0
79	Ray Childress	27	LDE	14	14	8.5						1	0	1	0	0	57	0
95	William Fuller	27	rde	15	8	6.5						1	0	0	0	0	42	0
28	Cris Dishman	24		16	0		4	31	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	37	0
96	Sean Jones	27	rde	16	5	6.0						0	0	2	0	0	35	0
94	Glenn Montgomery	22		15	0	1.5						1	0	0	0	0	23	0
1	Warren Moon*	33	QB	16	16							0	11	6	-13	0
24	Steve Brown	29	LCB	16	16	3.0	5	54	0	41	0
32	Alonzo Highsmith	24	FB	16	16							0	6	2	0	0
22	Kenny Johnson	31	PR/KR	16	0							0	4	3	0	0
93	Robert Lyles	28	LOLB	13	13	2.0	4	66	0	48	0
51	Eric Fairs	25		16	3	2.5						0	0	2	0	0
91	Johnny Meads	28	ROLB	16	16	4.0
30	Mike Rozier	28	RB	12	10							0	4	0	0	0
21	Tracey Eaton	24		16	2		3	33	0	20	0
78	Don Maggs	28		16	1							0	0	3	0	0
74	Bruce Matthews*+	28	RG	16	16							0	2	1	-29	0
52	Jay Pennison	28	C	12	12							0	2	1	-17	0
44	Lorenzo White	23		16	0							0	2	1	0	0
71	Richard Byrd	27	RDE	16	8							0	0	2	0	0
14	Cody Carlson	26		6	0							0	1	1	-6	0
85	Drew Hill	33	WR	14	12							0	1	1	5	0
29	Patrick Allen	28	RCB	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
80	Curtis Duncan	24		16	1							0	1	0	0	0
81	Ernest Givins	25	WR	15	15							0	0	1	0	0
59	John Grimsley	27	LILB	16	16							0	0	1	3	0
83	Leonard Harris	29		11	0							0	1	0	0	0
23	Richard J. Johnson	26		14	0		1	0	0	0	0
45	Tracy Johnson	23		16	0							0	1	0	0	0
56	Scott Kozak	24		16	0							0	0	1	0	0
9	Greg Montgomery	25	P	16	0							0	1	0	0	0
20	Allen Pinkett	25	rb	16	6							0	1	0	0	0
99	Doug Smith	30	NT	15	12	1.0
66	George Yarno	32		11	3							0	0	1	0	0
7	Tony Zendejas	29	K	16	0							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	26.6		16		36.0	21	263	0	48	0	10	39	35	-57	0	367	0	1
	Opp Total			16		37							25	9

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	OthTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
7	Tony Zendejas	29	K	16	0						40	25		115
85	Drew Hill	33	WR	14	12		8			8				48
32	Alonzo Highsmith	24	FB	16	16	4	2			6				36
80	Curtis Duncan	24		16	1		5			5				30
44	Lorenzo White	23		16	0	5				5				30
1	Warren Moon*	33	QB	16	16	4				4				24
81	Ernest Givins	25	WR	15	15		3			3				18
83	Leonard Harris	29		11	0		2			2				12
84	Haywood Jeffires	25		16	4		2			2				12
20	Allen Pinkett	25	rb	16	6	1	1			2				12
30	Mike Rozier	28	RB	12	10	2				2				12
28	Cris Dishman	24		16	0				1	1				6
53	Eugene Seale	25		15	1				1	1				6
25	Bubba McDowell	23	SS	16	16								1	2
	Team Total	26.6		16		16	23		2	41	40	25	1	363
	Opp Total			16		20	28	1			49	17		412

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