1996 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 4th in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jeff Fisher (8-8-0)

Points For: 345 (21.6/g) 10th of 30

Points Against: 319 (19.9/g) 16th of 30

Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3

SRS: .95 (12th of 30), SOS: -0.68

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Rhome

Defensive Coordinator: Steve Sidwell

Other Notable Asst.: Dick Coury (Offensive Assistant), Mike Munchak (Offensive Assistant/Quality Control), Sherman Smith (Running Backs), Les Steckel (Wide Receivers/TE) and Gregg Williams (Linebackers)

Stadium: Houston Astrodome

Founder/Owner/Chairman/President/CEO: Bud Adams

General Manager/Executive VP: Floyd Reese

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +4000; O/U: 6.5

Training Camp: Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	345	5048	972	5.2	30	15	287	272	463	3098	22	15	6.2	157	475	1950	12	4.1	110	91	812	20
Opp. Stats	319	4610	956	4.8	26	14	271	312	524	3225	24	12	5.8	169	397	1385	5	3.5	78	88	672	24
Lg Rank Offense	10	18			14	25	22		28	21	12	8	7		9	6	15	9
Lg Rank Defense	16	6			22	7	7		12	13	21	25	14		3	2	2	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Kansas City Chiefs	19	20	16	263	191	72	1	17	248	169	79	2	-4.96	7.95	-3.60
2	Sun	September 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	34	27	21	401	220	181	1	26	370	298	72	3	21.60	-7.25	-7.44
3	Sun	September 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Baltimore Ravens	29	13	19	312	172	140		19	281	208	73	3	11.04	2.74	2.07
4									Bye Week
5	Sun	September 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	30	16	273	193	80	5	15	309	197	112	2	-21.99	12.34	-2.58
6	Sun	October 6	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	30	27	18	335	175	160	2	22	315	152	163		-5.29	2.68	5.55
7	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	23	13	16	320	199	121	1	20	323	268	55	2	7.78	7.42	-5.83
8	Sun	October 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	23	13	23	328	237	91	2	12	275	192	83	2	-3.02	10.17	4.94
9	Sun	October 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3		San Francisco 49ers	9	10	12	184	77	107	2	12	238	175	63		-19.64	11.60	4.45
10	Sun	November 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Seattle Seahawks	16	23	13	353	225	128	1	19	342	310	32	1	-1.95	-2.30	-5.25
11	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4	@	New Orleans Saints	31	14	20	309	161	148	1	14	227	154	73	2	9.47	8.10	3.13
12	Sun	November 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5		Miami Dolphins	20	23	17	261	164	97	1	17	303	209	94	2	-3.27	3.47	0.31
13	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6		Carolina Panthers	6	31	17	271	186	85	4	12	254	160	94	1	-24.17	-6.97	6.60
14	Sun	December 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	New York Jets	35	10	18	385	142	243	1	15	264	185	79	3	9.18	21.87	-4.18
15	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7		Jacksonville Jaguars	17	23	21	361	287	74	4	19	279	165	114	1	-1.44	-1.94	-0.47
16	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-8		Cincinnati Bengals	13	21	22	341	235	106	4	12	205	126	79		-7.34	-2.06	1.73
17	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-8	@	Baltimore Ravens	24	21	18	351	234	117		20	377	257	120	2	15.45	-11.60	-1.59

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Chris Chandler	31	QB	12	12	6-6-0	184	320	57.5	2099	16	5.0	11	3.4	110	42.6	63	6.6	6.0	11.4	174.9	79.7	25	153	7.25	5.64	5.1	2	2
2	Steve McNair	23	QB	9	4	2-2-0	88	143	61.5	1197	6	4.2	4	2.8	47	46.7	83	8.4	8.0	13.6	133.0	90.6	9	45	5.92	7.58	7.2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	272	463	58.7	3098	22	4.8	15	3.2	157	43.9	83	7.1	6.6	12.1	193.6	83.0	34	198	6.84	6.23	5.76	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Eddie George	23	RB	16	16	335	1368	8	67	46.6	76	4.1	85.5	20.9	28	23	182	7.9	0	12	57.1	17	1.4	11.4	82.1	6.5	358	4.3	1550	8	3	AP ORoY-1
2	Chris Sanders	24	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	106	48	882	18.4	4	36	41.5	83	3.0	55.1	45.3	8.3	48	18.4	882	4	0
3	Ronnie Harmon	32	RB	16	6	29	131	1	9	44.8	25	4.5	8.2	1.8	59	42	488	11.6	2	26	55.9	43	2.6	30.5	71.2	8.3	71	8.7	619	3	0
4	Frank Wycheck	25	TE	16	16	2	3	0	0	50.0	3	1.5	0.2	0.1	68	53	511	9.6	6	25	58.8	29	3.3	31.9	77.9	7.5	55	9.3	514	6	2
5	Willie Davis	29	WR	16	14	1	15	0	1	100.0	15	15.0	0.9	0.1	72	39	464	11.9	6	21	45.8	49	2.4	29.0	54.2	6.4	40	12.0	479	6	1
6	Derek Russell	27	WR	16	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	59	34	421	12.4	2	22	52.5	29	2.1	26.3	57.6	7.1	34	12.4	421	2	0
7	Rodney Thomas	23	RB	16	0	49	151	1	9	34.7	24	3.1	9.4	3.1	17	13	128	9.8	0	4	41.2	33	0.8	8.0	76.5	7.5	62	4.5	279	1	0
8	Steve McNair	23	QB	9	4	31	169	2	18	61.3	24	5.5	18.8	3.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			31	5.5	169	2	7
9	Malcolm Floyd	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	22	10	145	14.5	1	5	36.4	63	0.6	9.1	45.5	6.6	10	14.5	145	1	1
10	Chris Chandler	31	QB	12	12	28	113	0	6	39.3	16	4.0	9.4	2.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			28	4.0	113	0	8
11	Roderick Lewis	25	TE	16	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	7	50	7.1	0	3	30.0	18	0.4	3.1	70.0	5.0	7	7.1	50	0	0
12	Sheddrick Wilson	23	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	24	12.0	0	2	66.7	14	0.2	2.2	66.7	8.0	2	12.0	24	0	0
13	Erik Norgard	31	G	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	1	1.0	1	1	100.0	1	0.1	0.1	100.0	1.0	1	1.0	1	1	0
14	Michael Roan	24	TE	15	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	475	1950	12	110	45.9	76	4.1	121.9	29.7	446	272	3296	12.1	22	157	48.9	83	17.0	206.0	61.0	7.4	747	7.0	5246	34	22

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Micheal Barrow	26	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	6.0	106	67	39	0
2	Joe Bowden	26	LLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	73	46	27	0
3	Cris Dishman	31	LCB	16	16	1	7	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	57	42	15	0
4	Irv Eatman	35	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Eddie George	23	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP ORoY-1
6	Brad Hopkins	26	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Darryll Lewis	28	RCB	16	16	5	103	1	53	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	69	56	13	0
8	Marcus Robertson	27	FS	16	16	4	44	0	27	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	82	57	25	0
9	Gary Walker	23	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.5	45	30	15	0
10	Frank Wycheck	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Blaine Bishop	26	SS	15	15	1	6	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	109	73	36	0	PB
12	Willie Davis	29	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Henry Ford	25	RDT	15	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	39	24	15	0
14	Barron Wortham	27	MLB	15	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2.0	78	49	29	0
15	Robert Young	27	RDE	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	26	15	11	0
16	Chris Chandler	31	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Anthony Cook	24	LDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.5	44	25	19	0
18	James Roberson	25	RDE	15	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	3.0	26	14	12	0
19	Steve McNair	23	QB	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Kendrick Burton	23	DE	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
21	Bryant Mix	24	DE	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	8	6	2	0
22	Rafael Robinson	27	DB	16	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	31	22	9	0
23	Steve Jackson	27	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	45	36	9	1
24	Al Smith	32	LB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
25	Tomur Barnes	26	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
26	Lee Cole	22	DB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
27	Malcolm Floyd	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Mel Gray	35	KR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Lenoy Jones	22	LB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	14	12	2	0
30	John Henry Mills	27	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
31	Rayna Stewart	23	DB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12	162	1	53	17	26	24	14	0	35.0	867	587	280	1

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