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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)
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1990 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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* | 34 | 6 | 15 | 362 for 584, 4,689 yards, 33 td, 13 int, & 55 rushes for 215 yards and 2 td | |
| RB | Lorenzo White | 24 | 2 | 16 | 168 rushes for 702 yards, 8 td, & 39 catches for 368 yards and 4 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1988 |
| WR | Curtis Duncan | 25 | 3 | 16 | 66 catches for 785 yards, 1 td | Houston Oilers / 10th / 258th pick / 1987 |
| WR | Drew Hill* | 34 | 11 | 16 | 74 catches for 1,019 yards, 5 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Haywood Jeffires | 26 | 3 | 16 | 74 catches for 1,048 yards, 8 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 20th pick / 1987 |
| TE | Ernest Givins* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 72 catches for 979 yards, 9 td, & 3 rushes for 65 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1986 |
| LT | Don Maggs | 29 | 4 | 16 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 Supp |
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| LG | Mike Munchak* | 30 | 8 | 16 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 8th pick / 1982 |
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| C | Jay Pennison | 29 | 4 | 15 | ||
| RG | Bruce Matthews*+ | 29 | 7 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
| RT | David W. Williams | 24 | 1 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1989 |
| RT | Dean Steinkuhler | 29 | 6 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | William Fuller | 28 | 4 | 16 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| LDT | Ray Childress* | 28 | 5 | 16 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1985 |
| RDT | Doug Smith | 31 | 5 | 13 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 |
| RDE | Sean Jones | 28 | 6 | 16 | 12.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 51st pick / 1984 |
| LLB | John Grimsley | 28 | 6 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 141st pick / 1984 |
| MLB | Al Smith | 26 | 3 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 147th pick / 1987 |
| RLB | Johnny Meads | 29 | 6 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1984 |
| LCB | Cris Dishman | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 125th pick / 1988 |
| RCB | Richard J. Johnson | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 11th pick / 1985 |
| SS | Bubba McDowell | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1989 |
| FS | Terry Kinard | 31 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1983 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Teddy Garcia | 26 | 2 | 0 | 14 of 20 field goals & 26 of 28 extra points | New England Patriots / 4th / 100th pick / 1988 |
| P | Greg Montgomery | 26 | 2 | 0 | 34 punts for a 45.0 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1988 |
| PR | Gerald McNeil | 28 | 4 | 0 | 30 punt returns for a 5.7 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 44th pick / 1984 Supp |
| KR | Gerald McNeil | 28 | 4 | 0 | 27 kick returns for a 20.4 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 44th pick / 1984 Supp |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Patrick Allen | 29 | DB | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Utah State | 8/26/1961 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 100th pick / 1984 |
| 76 | Jeff Alm | 22 | DT | 16 | 0 | 284 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 3/31/1968 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1990 |
| 24 | Steve Brown | 30 | DB | 16 | 0 | 189 | 5-11 | Oregon | 3/20/1960 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1983 |
| 14 | Cody Carlson | 27 | QB | 6 | 1 | 202 | 6-3 | Baylor | 11/5/1963 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1987 |
| 79 | Ray Childress* | 28 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 272 | 6-6 | Texas A&M | 10/20/1962 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1985 |
| 66 | Doug Dawson | 29 | G | 16 | 1 | 238 | 6-3 | Texas | 12/27/1961 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1984 |
| 28 | Cris Dishman | 25 | DB | 16 | 14 | 195 | 6-0 | Purdue | 8/13/1965 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 125th pick / 1988 |
| 80 | Curtis Duncan | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 1/26/1965 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 258th pick / 1987 |
| 51 | Eric Fairs | 26 | LB | 16 | 1 | 240 | 6-3 | Memphis | 2/17/1964 | 4 | |
| 88 | Bernard Ford | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 168 | 5-9 | Central Florida,Marion Military Institute | 2/27/1966 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 65th pick / 1988 |
| 95 | William Fuller | 28 | DE | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 3/8/1962 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| 8 | Teddy Garcia | 26 | K | 9 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | La-Monroe | 6/4/1964 | 2 | New England Patriots / 4th / 100th pick / 1988 |
| 81 | Ernest Givins* | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 178 | 5-9 | Louisville,Northeast Oklahoma A&M | 9/3/1964 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1986 |
| 59 | John Grimsley | 28 | LB | 15 | 13 | 235 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 2/25/1962 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 141st pick / 1984 |
| 83 | Leonard Harris | 30 | WR | 14 | 0 | 162 | 5-8 | Austin,Texas Tech | 11/27/1960 | 4 | |
| 85 | Drew Hill* | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 170 | 5-9 | Georgia Tech | 10/5/1956 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| 84 | Haywood Jeffires | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 201 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 12/12/1964 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 20th pick / 1987 |
| 90 | Ezra Johnson | 35 | DE | 16 | 3 | 250 | 6-4 | Morris Brown | 10/2/1955 | 13 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 28th pick / 1977 |
| 23 | Richard J. Johnson | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 9/16/1963 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 11th pick / 1985 |
| 19 | Quintin Jones | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 7/28/1966 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1988 |
| 96 | Sean Jones | 28 | DE | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-7 | Northeastern | 12/19/1962 | 6 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 51st pick / 1984 |
| 82 | Tony Jones | 25 | WR | 15 | 0 | 142 | 5-7 | Texas | 12/30/1965 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 153rd pick / 1990 |
| 37 | Victor Jones | 23 | RB | 10 | 0 | 212 | 5-8 | LSU | 12/5/1967 | Rook | |
| 27 | Terry Kinard | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 199 | 6-1 | Clemson | 11/24/1959 | 7 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1983 |
| 21 | Leander Knight | 27 | DB | 16 | 1 | 193 | 6-1 | Ferrum,Montclair State | 2/16/1963 | 3 | |
| 56 | Scott Kozak | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | Oregon | 11/28/1965 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1989 |
| 57 | Lamar Lathon | 23 | LB-DE | 11 | 1 | 260 | 6-3 | Houston | 12/23/1967 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1990 |
| 93 | Robert Lyles | 29 | LB | 3 | 2 | 226 | 6-1 | TCU | 3/21/1961 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1984 |
| 78 | Don Maggs | 29 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-5 | Tulane | 11/1/1961 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 74 | Bruce Matthews*+ | 29 | G-C-T | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-5 | USC | 8/8/1961 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 9th pick / 1983 |
| 25 | Bubba McDowell | 24 | DB | 15 | 15 | 206 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 11/4/1966 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1989 |
| 89 | Gerald McNeil | 28 | WR | 16 | 0 | 145 | 5-7 | Baylor | 3/27/1962 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 44th pick / 1984 Supp |
| 91 | Johnny Meads | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 231 | 6-2 | Nicholls State | 6/25/1961 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 58th pick / 1984 |
| 94 | Glenn Montgomery | 23 | DT | 15 | 0 | 282 | 6-0 | Houston | 3/31/1967 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 131st pick / 1989 |
| 9 | Greg Montgomery | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Michigan State,Penn State | 10/29/1964 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1988 |
| 1 | Warren Moon* | 34 | QB | 15 | 15 | 218 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/18/1956 | 6 | |
| 63 | Mike Munchak* | 30 | G | 16 | 16 | 281 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/5/1960 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 8th pick / 1982 |
| 64 | Erik Norgard | 25 | G-C | 16 | 0 | 282 | 6-1 | Colorado,Western Washington | 11/4/1965 | Rook | |
| 26 | Bo Orlando | 24 | DB | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 4/3/1966 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 157th pick / 1989 |
| 72 | Willis Peguese | 24 | DE | 2 | 0 | 273 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 12/18/1966 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1990 |
| 52 | Jay Pennison | 29 | C | 15 | 15 | 276 | 6-1 | Nicholls State | 9/9/1961 | 4 | |
| 20 | Allen Pinkett | 26 | RB | 15 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Notre Dame | 1/25/1964 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 61st pick / 1986 |
| 30 | Mike Rozier | 29 | RB | 3 | 0 | 209 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 3/1/1961 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 Supp |
| 53 | Eugene Seale | 26 | LB | 15 | 0 | 250 | 5-10 | Lamar | 6/3/1964 | 3 | |
| 54 | Al Smith | 26 | LB | 15 | 15 | 244 | 6-1 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Utah State | 11/26/1964 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 147th pick / 1987 |
| 99 | Doug Smith | 31 | NT-DT | 14 | 13 | 294 | 6-4 | Auburn | 6/13/1959 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1984 |
| 70 | Dean Steinkuhler | 29 | T | 15 | 7 | 283 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/27/1961 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1984 |
| 36 | Dee Thomas | 23 | DB | 6 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Nicholls State | 11/7/1967 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 10th / 264th pick / 1990 |
| 44 | Lorenzo White | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 222 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 4/12/1966 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1988 |
| 73 | David W. Williams | 24 | T | 15 | 9 | 294 | 6-5 | Florida | 6/21/1966 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1989 |
| 7 | Tony Zendejas | 30 | K | 7 | 0 | 165 | 5-8 | Nevada-Reno | 5/15/1960 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 27th pick / 1984 Supp |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 16 | 224.1 | 6-0.8 | 3.7 |