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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.

Coached by Jerry Glanville (9-7-0)

1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 5.5 509 269 467 3542 28 21 7.0 165 437 1669 20 3.8 314 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 17 4 17 26 9 24 8 9 26 13 11 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Warren Moon* 33 QB 16 16 9-7-0 280 464 60.3 3631 23 5.0 14 3.0 55 7.8 7.0 13.0 226.9 88.9 35 267 6.7 5.9 7.0
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
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 6.6 12.8 236.6 85.5 37 287 6.6 5.6 6.9
Opp Total 16 269 467 57.6 3542 28 6.0 21 4.5 7.6 6.2 13.2 221.4 82.9 36 277 7.0 5.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
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
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
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
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
Warren Moon* 33 QB 16 16 70 268 4 19 3.8 16.8 4.4 268 4 11
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
Cody Carlson 26 6 0 3 -3 0 0 -1.0 -0.5 0.5 -3 0 1
Greg Montgomery 25 P 16 0 3 17 0 11 5.7 1.1 0.2 17 0 1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Kenny Johnson 31 RET 16 0 19 122 0 19 6.4 21 372 0 39 17.7 494
Lorenzo White 23 16 0 17 303 0 29 17.8 689
Leonard Harris 29 11 0 14 331 0 63 23.6 533
Tracy Johnson 23 16 0 13 224 0 27 17.2 248
Bob Mrosko 24 TE 15 14 3 46 0 19 15.3 74
David W. Williams 23 14 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 8
Eric Fairs 25 16 3 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Robert Lyles 28 LOLB 13 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Glenn Montgomery 22 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Tony Zendejas 29 K 16 0 1 1 9 8 14 9 11 5 2 2 37 25 67.6% 40 40 100.0%
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Warren Moon* 33 QB 16 16 11 6 -13 0
Ray Childress 27 LDE 14 14 8.5 1 0 1 0 0 57
Steve Brown 29 LCB 16 16 3.0 5 54 0 41
Alonzo Highsmith 24 FB 16 16 6 2 0 0
Sean Jones 27 rde 16 5 6.0 0 0 2 0 0 35
Kenny Johnson 31 RET 16 0 4 3 0 0
Bubba McDowell 23 SS 16 16 1.0 4 65 0 21 4 1 1 0 0 97 1
William Fuller 27 rde 15 8 6.5 1 0 0 0 0 42
Robert Lyles 28 LOLB 13 13 2.0 4 66 0 48
Cris Dishman 24 16 0 4 31 0 31 1 0 1 0 0 37
Eric Fairs 25 16 3 2.5 0 2 0 0
Johnny Meads 28 ROLB 16 16 4.0
Mike Rozier 28 RB 12 10 4 0 0 0
Tracey Eaton 24 16 2 3 33 0 20
Don Maggs 28 16 1 0 3 0 0
Bruce Matthews*+ 28 RG 16 16 2 1 -29 0
Jay Pennison 28 C 12 12 2 1 -17 0
Lorenzo White 23 16 0 2 1 0 0
Richard Byrd 27 RDE 16 8 0 2 0 0
Cody Carlson 26 6 0 1 1 -6 0
Drew Hill 33 WR 14 12 1 1 5 0
Glenn Montgomery 22 15 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 23
Patrick Allen 28 RCB 16 16 0 1 0 0
Curtis Duncan 24 16 1 1 0 0 0
Ernest Givins 25 WR 15 15 0 1 0 0
John Grimsley 27 LILB 16 16 0 1 3 0
Leonard Harris 29 11 0 1 0 0 0
Richard J. Johnson 26 14 0 1 0 0 0
Tracy Johnson 23 16 0 1 0 0 0
Scott Kozak 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
Greg Montgomery 25 P 16 0 1 0 0 0
Allen Pinkett 25 rb 16 6 1 0 0 0
Al Smith 25 RILB 15 15 2 0 1 0 0 76
Doug Smith 30 NT 15 12 1.0
George Yarno 32 11 3 0 1 0 0
Tony Zendejas 29 K 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 36.0 21 263 0 48 10 39 35 -57 0 367 1
Opp Total 16 37 25 9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Tony Zendejas 29 K 16 0 40 25 115
Drew Hill 33 WR 14 12 8 48
Alonzo Highsmith 24 FB 16 16 4 2 36
Curtis Duncan 24 16 1 5 30
Lorenzo White 23 16 0 5 30
Warren Moon* 33 QB 16 16 4 24
Ernest Givins 25 WR 15 15 3 18
Leonard Harris 29 11 0 2 12
Haywood Jeffires 25 16 4 2 12
Allen Pinkett 25 rb 16 6 1 1 12
Mike Rozier 28 RB 12 10 2 12
Cris Dishman 24 16 0 1 6
Eugene Seale 25 15 1 1 6
Bubba McDowell 23 SS 16 16 1 2
Team Total 26.6 16 16 23 2 40 25 1 363
Opp Total 16 20 28 1 49 17 412