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1991 Houston Oilers

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 386 points (24.1/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 251 points (15.7/g), 6th.
 Differential of 135 points (8.4/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 11.8-4.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 17th.

Coached by Jack Pardee (11-5-0)

1991 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 1 box W 1-0 Los Angeles Raiders 47 17 25 459 240 219 1 11 286 224 62 4
2 Sun September 8 box W 2-0 @ Cincinnati Bengals 30 7 21 425 315 110 1 19 349 218 131 2
3 Mon September 16 box W 3-0 Kansas City Chiefs 17 7 22 275 227 48 1 15 230 85 145 2
4 Sun September 22 box L 3-1 @ New England Patriots 20 24 18 353 268 85 3 23 343 234 109 3
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 6 box W 4-1 Denver Broncos 42 14 17 378 327 51 2 23 363 272 91 3
7 Sun October 13 box W 5-1 @ New York Jets 23 20 25 436 409 27 3 21 279 236 43 1
8 Sun October 20 box W 6-1 @ Miami Dolphins 17 13 23 282 162 120 4 16 275 218 57 5
9 Sun October 27 box W 7-1 Cincinnati Bengals 35 3 26 486 376 110 3 8 183 146 37 3
10 Sun November 3 box L 7-2 @ Washington Redskins 13 16 16 267 242 25 3 19 349 195 154 4
11 Sun November 10 box W 8-2 Dallas Cowboys 26 23 33 583 425 158 1 21 291 241 50 1
12 Sun November 17 box W 9-2 Cleveland Browns 28 24 25 440 395 45 4 17 311 262 49 1
13 Sun November 24 box L 9-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 26 21 331 307 24 6 16 294 155 139 2
14 Mon December 2 box L 9-4 Philadelphia Eagles 6 13 15 247 226 21 5 14 240 146 94 1
15 Sun December 8 box W 10-4 Pittsburgh Steelers 31 6 23 350 233 117 2 14 232 147 85 4
16 Sun December 15 box W 11-4 @ Cleveland Browns 17 14 20 330 247 83 1 22 340 239 101 1
17 Sat December 21 box L 11-5 @ New York Giants 20 24 23 345 222 123 21 383 190 193 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 29 box W 12-5 New York Jets 17 10
Division Sat January 4 box L 12-6 @ Denver Broncos 24 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 386 5987 1022 5.9 353 411 667 4621 24 21 6.7 236 331 1366 16 4.1 99 40 19 18
Team Defense 251 4748 984 4.8 466 310 532 3208 17 20 5.6 163 407 1540 8 3.8 280 38 18 23
Lg Rank Offense 4 2 2 1 1 6 21 4 28 23 7 10 22 24
Lg Rank Defense 6 9 11 21 14 11 6 7 8 6 5 8 5 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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* 35 QB 16 16 404 655 61.7 4690 23 3.5 21 3.2 61 7.2 6.1 11.6 293.1 81.7 23 174 6.7 5.6 3.4
Cody Carlson 28 3 0 7 12 58.3 114 1 8.3 0 0.0 68 9.5 10.3 16.3 38.0 118.1 1 9 8.1 8.8 7.7
Team Total 26.8 16 411 667 61.6 4804 24 3.6 21 3.1 68 7.2 6.1 11.7 300.3 82.3 24 183 6.7 5.7 3.5
Opp Total 16 310 532 58.3 3208 17 3.2 20 3.8 6.0 4.7 10.3 200.5 70.8 45 314 5.6 3.8

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
Allen Pinkett 27 RB 16 16 171 720 9 32 4.2 45.0 10.7 29 228 7.9 1 36 1.8 14.3 948 10 2
Lorenzo White 25 13 0 110 465 4 20 4.2 35.8 8.5 27 211 7.8 0 20 2.1 16.2 676 4 3
Warren Moon* 35 QB 16 16 33 68 2 12 2.1 4.3 2.1 68 2 11
Gary Brown 22 11 0 8 85 1 39 10.6 7.7 0.7 2 1 0.5 0 4 0.2 0.1 86 1 0
Ernest Givins 27 WR 16 16 4 30 0 23 7.5 1.9 0.3 70 996 14.2 5 49 4.4 62.3 1026 5 3
Cody Carlson 28 3 0 4 -3 0 0 -0.8 -1.0 1.3 -3 0 1
Drew Hill 35 WR 16 16 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 90 1109 12.3 4 61 5.6 69.3 1110 4 2
Haywood Jeffires*+ 27 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 100 1181 11.8 7 44 6.3 73.8 1181 7 3
Curtis Duncan 26 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 55 588 10.7 4 42 3.4 36.8 588 4 1
Tony Jones 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 251 13.2 2 68 1.2 15.7 251 2 1
Pat Coleman 24 RET 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 138 12.5 1 26 0.8 9.9 138 1 3
Leonard Harris 31 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 101 12.6 0 29 0.9 11.2 101 0 0
Team Total 26.8 16 331 1366 16 39 4.1 85.4 20.7 411 4804 11.7 24 68 25.7 300.3 6170 40 33
Opp Total 16 407 1540 8 3.8 96.3 25.4 310 3208 10.3 17 19.4 200.5 4748 25 27

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Pat Coleman 24 RET 14 0 22 138 0 24 6.3 13 256 0 31 19.7 532
Allen Pinkett 27 RB 16 16 26 508 0 41 19.5 1456
Ernest Givins 27 WR 16 16 11 107 0 29 9.7 1133
Gary Brown 22 11 0 3 30 0 16 10.0 116
Leonard Harris 31 9 0 2 34 0 19 17.0 135
Curtis Duncan 26 WR 16 16 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 587
John Flannery 22 rg 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Steve Jackson 22 15 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Victor Jones 24 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Marcus Robertson 22 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.8 16 36 244 0 29 6.8 46 835 0 41 18.2 7249
Opp Total 16 29 0 63 1071 0 17.0

Kicking & Punting

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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
Greg Montgomery 27 P 15 0 48 2105 60 2 43.9
Ian Howfield 25 K 9 0 1 1 7 7 6 4 2 1 2 18 13 72.2% 29 25 86.2%
Al Del Greco 29 7 0 1 1 5 4 3 2 3 2 1 1 13 10 76.9% 16 16 100.0%
Kent Sullivan 27 1 0 3 106 37 0 35.3
Team Total 26.8 16 2 2 12 11 9 6 5 3 3 1 31 23 74.2% 45 41 91.1% 51 2211 60 2 43.4
Opp Total 16 29 23 79.3% 26 26 100.0% 74 3115 42.1

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
William Fuller* 29 LDE 16 16 15.0 1 0 2 3 0 54
Warren Moon* 35 QB 16 16 11 4 -4 0
Sean Jones 29 RDE 16 12 10.0 1 0 0 0 0 60
Cris Dishman*+ 26 LCB 15 15 6 61 0 43 2 0 3 19 1 66
Ray Childress* 29 LDT 15 15 7.0 3 0 1 0 0 75
Bubba McDowell 25 SS 16 16 1.0 4 31 0 23 0 0 2 0 0 95
Bo Orlando 25 FS 16 16 4 18 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 59
Lamar Lathon 24 LLB 16 16 2.0 3 77 1 52 116
Mike Dumas 22 13 0 1 19 0 19 0 0 3 19 1 17
Steve Jackson 22 15 2 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 34
Haywood Jeffires*+ 27 WR 16 16 3 1 0 0
Lee Williams 29 rde 10 5 3.0 0 1 4 0
Pat Coleman 24 RET 14 0 3 0 0 0
Ernest Givins 27 WR 16 16 3 0 0 0
Darryll Lewis 23 16 1 1.0 1 33 1 33 0 0 1 0 0 32
Al Smith* 27 MLB 16 16 1.0 1 16 0 16 2 0 1 70 1 146
Lorenzo White 25 13 0 3 0 0 0
Drew Hill 35 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
Don Maggs 30 LT 16 15 0 2 0 0
Bruce Matthews* 30 C 16 16 1 1 -3 0
Allen Pinkett 27 RB 16 16 2 0 0 0
Marcus Robertson 22 16 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 33
Doug Smith 32 RDT 15 15 0.5 0 1 0 0
Jeff Alm 23 12 1 1.0
Cody Carlson 28 3 0 1 0 0 0
Curtis Duncan 26 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
John Flannery 22 rg 16 9 0 1 0 0
Tony Jones 26 16 0 1 0 0 0
Glenn Montgomery 24 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
David W. Williams 25 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Scott Kozak 26 16 0 0.5
Team Total 26.8 16 44.0 20 255 2 52 9 33 30 108 3 799
Opp Total 16 24 27 9

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ian Howfield 25 K 9 0 25 13 64
Allen Pinkett 27 RB 16 16 9 1 60
Al Del Greco 29 7 0 16 10 46
Haywood Jeffires*+ 27 WR 16 16 7 42
Ernest Givins 27 WR 16 16 5 30
Curtis Duncan 26 WR 16 16 4 24
Drew Hill 35 WR 16 16 4 24
Lorenzo White 25 13 0 4 24
Tony Jones 26 16 0 2 12
Warren Moon* 35 QB 16 16 2 12
Gary Brown 22 11 0 1 6
Pat Coleman 24 RET 14 0 1 6
Cris Dishman*+ 26 LCB 15 15 1 6
Mike Dumas 22 13 0 1 6
Lamar Lathon 24 LLB 16 16 1 6
Darryll Lewis 23 16 1 1 6
Bubba McDowell 25 SS 16 16 1 6
Al Smith* 27 MLB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 26.8 16 16 24 3 2 1 41 23 386
Opp Total 16 8 17 26 23 251