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1990 Houston Oilers

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 405 points (25.3/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 307 points (19.2/g), 14th.
 Differential of 98 points (6.1/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 10.5-5.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 16th.

Coached by Jack Pardee (9-7-0)

1990 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 9 box L 0-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 27 47 28 418 389 29 6 19 301 206 95 2
2 Sun September 16 box L 0-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 9 20 20 309 258 51 4 10 123 55 68
3 Sun September 23 box W 1-2 Indianapolis Colts 24 10 22 372 303 69 3 18 252 195 57 4
4 Sun September 30 box W 2-2 @ San Diego Chargers 17 7 29 421 329 92 1 14 298 167 131 2
5 Sun October 7 box L 2-3 San Francisco 49ers 21 24 17 256 170 86 1 17 383 300 83 2
6 Sun October 14 box W 3-3 Cincinnati Bengals 48 17 27 514 401 113 2 17 251 135 116 4
7 Sun October 21 box W 4-3 New Orleans Saints 23 10 21 305 202 103 2 19 320 259 61 3
8 Sun October 28 box L 4-4 New York Jets 12 17 28 425 343 82 2 13 229 142 87 1
9 Sun November 4 box L 4-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 13 17 20 366 333 33 2 23 316 198 118 1
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 18 box W 5-5 @ Cleveland Browns 35 23 21 378 284 94 2 21 361 263 98 4
12 Mon November 26 box W 6-5 Buffalo Bills 27 24 21 411 283 128 1 24 289 210 79 1
13 Sun December 2 box L 6-6 @ Seattle Seahawks 10 13 19 276 220 56 3 20 281 158 123 1
14 Sun December 9 box W 7-6 Cleveland Browns 58 14 34 477 271 206 1 12 195 138 57 4
15 Sun December 16 box W 8-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 27 10 22 563 505 58 1 17 350 249 101 2
16 Sun December 23 box L 8-7 @ Cincinnati Bengals 20 40 19 304 282 22 4 18 387 165 222
17 Sun December 30 box W 9-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 34 14 28 427 232 195 1 17 299 220 79 2
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 6 box L 9-8 @ Cincinnati Bengals 14 41 13 226 159 67 2 24 349 162 187

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 405 6222 1006 6.2 376 399 639 4805 37 15 7.1 251 328 1417 10 4.3 97 36 21 28
Team Defense 307 4635 890 5.2 279 267 460 3060 18 21 6.1 160 392 1575 12 4.0 88 33 12 31
Lg Rank Offense 2 1 1 1 1 1 9 2 28 24 21 8 19 25
Lg Rank Defense 14 11 12 7 14 8 6 17 7 8 12 13 9 18

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
1 Warren Moon* 34 QB 15 15 8-7-0 362 584 62.0 4689 33 5.7 13 2.2 87 8.0 7.6 13.0 312.6 96.8 36 252 7.2 6.7 5.8
14 Cody Carlson 27 6 1 1-0-0 37 55 67.3 383 4 7.3 2 3.6 53 7.0 6.1 10.4 63.8 96.2 3 15 6.3 5.5 5.2
Team Total 27.1 16 9-7-0 399 639 62.4 5072 37 5.8 15 2.3 87 7.9 7.5 12.7 317.0 96.7 39 267 7.1 6.6 5.8
Opp Total 16 267 460 58.0 3332 18 3.9 21 4.6 7.2 5.6 12.5 208.3 74.7 38 272 6.1 4.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
44 Lorenzo White 24 RB 16 16 168 702 8 22 4.2 43.9 10.5 39 368 9.4 4 29 2.4 23.0 1070 12 7
20 Allen Pinkett 26 15 0 66 268 0 19 4.1 17.9 4.4 11 85 7.7 0 38 0.7 5.7 353 0 0
1 Warren Moon* 34 QB 15 15 55 215 2 17 3.9 14.3 3.7 215 2 18
37 Victor Jones 23 10 0 14 75 0 14 5.4 7.5 1.4 75 0 1
14 Cody Carlson 27 6 1 11 52 0 16 4.7 8.7 1.8 52 0 0
30 Mike Rozier 29 3 0 10 42 0 11 4.2 14.0 3.3 5 46 9.2 0 24 1.7 15.3 88 0 0
81 Ernest Givins* 26 WR 16 16 3 65 0 31 21.7 4.1 0.2 72 979 13.6 9 80 4.5 61.2 1044 9 1
82 Tony Jones 25 15 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 30 409 13.6 6 47 2.0 27.3 407 6 0
85 Drew Hill* 34 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 74 1019 13.8 5 57 4.6 63.7 1019 5 0
84 Haywood Jeffires 26 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 74 1048 14.2 8 87 4.6 65.5 1048 8 0
80 Curtis Duncan 25 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 66 785 11.9 1 37 4.1 49.1 785 1 1
83 Leonard Harris 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 172 13.2 3 42 0.9 12.3 172 3 0
88 Bernard Ford 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 98 9.8 1 24 0.7 7.0 98 1 2
89 Gerald McNeil 28 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 63 12.6 0 16 0.3 3.9 63 0 4
Team Total 27.1 16 328 1417 10 31 4.3 88.6 20.5 399 5072 12.7 37 87 24.9 317.0 6489 47 34
Opp Total 16 392 1575 12 4.0 98.4 24.5 267 3060 11.5 18 16.7 191.3 4635 30 22

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
89 Gerald McNeil 28 RET 16 0 30 172 0 26 5.7 27 551 0 64 20.4 786
88 Bernard Ford 24 14 0 14 219 0 23 15.6 317
20 Allen Pinkett 26 15 0 4 91 0 28 22.8 444
64 Erik Norgard 25 16 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 30 172 0 26 5.7 47 861 0 64 18.3 7522
Opp Total 16 23 1 71 1329 1 18.7

Kicking & Punting

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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
8 Teddy Garcia 26 K 9 0 5 5 5 4 7 5 3 20 14 70.0% 28 26 92.9%
9 Greg Montgomery 26 P 16 0 34 1530 60 0 45.0
7 Tony Zendejas 30 7 0 3 2 5 3 4 2 12 7 58.3% 21 20 95.2%
Team Total 27.1 16 8 7 10 7 11 7 3 32 21 65.6% 49 46 93.9% 34 1530 60 0 45.0
Opp Total 16 21 17 81.0% 37 34 91.9% 62 2399 38.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
54 Al Smith 26 MLB 15 15 1.0 3 0 1 0 0 104
79 Ray Childress* 28 LDT 16 16 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 85 1
25 Bubba McDowell 24 SS 15 15 0.5 2 11 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 81
28 Cris Dishman 25 LCB 16 14 4 50 0 42 1 0 0 0 0 62
96 Sean Jones 28 RDE 16 16 12.5 1 0 1 0 0 56
95 William Fuller 28 LDE 16 16 8.0 0 0 1 0 0 50
94 Glenn Montgomery 23 15 0 0.5 16
26 Bo Orlando 24 16 0 16
57 Lamar Lathon 23 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 13
1 Warren Moon* 34 QB 15 15 18 4 0 0
44 Lorenzo White 24 RB 16 16 7 3 0 0
23 Richard J. Johnson 27 RCB 16 16 8 100 1 35
27 Terry Kinard 31 FS 16 16 4 75 0 47 0 1 72 1
89 Gerald McNeil 28 RET 16 0 4 0 0 0
91 Johnny Meads 29 RLB 16 16 2.5 1 32 0 32
59 John Grimsley 28 LLB 15 13 0 3 0 0
99 Doug Smith 31 RDT 14 13 2.0 0 1 0 0
90 Ezra Johnson 35 16 3 2.5
88 Bernard Ford 24 14 0 2 0 0 0
21 Leander Knight 27 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 Allen Pinkett 26 15 0 0 2 0 0
29 Patrick Allen 29 16 0 1 27 0 27
80 Curtis Duncan 25 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
51 Eric Fairs 26 16 1 0 1 0 0
81 Ernest Givins* 26 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
37 Victor Jones 23 10 0 1 0 0 0
56 Scott Kozak 25 16 0 0 1 0 0
74 Bruce Matthews*+ 29 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
73 David W. Williams 24 RT 15 9 0 1 0 0
76 Jeff Alm 22 16 0 0.5
Team Total 27.1 16 38.0 21 295 1 47 6 34 25 72 1 483 1
Opp Total 16 39 22 10

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
44 Lorenzo White 24 RB 16 16 8 4 72
8 Teddy Garcia 26 K 9 0 26 14 68
81 Ernest Givins* 26 WR 16 16 9 54
84 Haywood Jeffires 26 WR 16 16 8 48
7 Tony Zendejas 30 7 0 20 7 41
82 Tony Jones 25 15 0 6 36
85 Drew Hill* 34 WR 16 16 5 30
83 Leonard Harris 30 14 0 3 18
1 Warren Moon* 34 QB 15 15 2 12
80 Curtis Duncan 25 WR 16 16 1 6
88 Bernard Ford 24 14 0 1 6
23 Richard J. Johnson 27 RCB 16 16 1 6
27 Terry Kinard 31 FS 16 16 1 6
79 Ray Childress* 28 LDT 16 16 1 2
Team Total 27.1 16 10 37 1 1 46 21 1 405
Opp Total 16 12 18 1 1 34 17 307