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1982 Houston Oilers
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Record: 1-8-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 136 points (15.1/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 245 points (27.2/g), 27th.
Differential of -109 points (-12.1/g), 27th.
Expected W-L: 1.8-7.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-1.0/g), 26th.
Coached by Ed Biles (1-8-0)
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1982 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 12 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 6 | 27 | 9 | 171 | 82 | 89 | 1 | 26 | 419 | 316 | 103 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 19 | box | W | 1-1 | Seattle Seahawks | 23 | 21 | 18 | 282 | 112 | 170 | 3 | 17 | 303 | 223 | 80 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | November 21 | box | L | 1-2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 24 | 16 | 292 | 199 | 93 | 4 | 20 | 362 | 199 | 163 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | November 28 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | New England Patriots | 21 | 29 | 18 | 240 | 169 | 71 | 3 | 17 | 378 | 188 | 190 | 3 |
| 5 | Sun | December 5 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | New York Giants | 14 | 17 | 12 | 268 | 191 | 77 | 20 | 401 | 289 | 112 | 1 | |
| 6 | Mon | December 13 | box | L | 1-5 | Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 37 | 10 | 199 | 160 | 39 | 3 | 20 | 416 | 295 | 121 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | December 19 | box | L | 1-6 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 35 | 14 | 218 | 175 | 43 | 4 | 17 | 362 | 164 | 198 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | December 26 | box | L | 1-7 | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 20 | 21 | 369 | 264 | 105 | 6 | 21 | 340 | 229 | 111 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | January 2 | box | L | 1-8 | Cincinnati Bengals | 27 | 35 | 20 | 334 | 222 | 112 | 2 | 29 | 457 | 310 | 147 | 2 | |
Team Stats and Rankings
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 136 | 2373 | 551 | 4.3 | 138 | 153 | 287 | 1574 | 12 | 15 | 4.8 | 81 | 225 | 799 | 5 | 3.6 | 52 | 26 | 11 | 5 |
| Team Defense | 245 | 3438 | 613 | 5.6 | 307 | 179 | 284 | 2213 | 18 | 3 | 7.0 | 106 | 298 | 1225 | 10 | 4.1 | 187 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 24 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 27 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 2 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford Nielsen | 28 | qb | 9 | 4 | 1-3-0 | 87 | 161 | 54.0 | 1005 | 6 | 3.7 | 8 | 5.0 | 46 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 11.6 | 111.7 | 64.8 | 12 | 92 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 6.9 |
| Archie Manning | 33 | QB | 6 | 5 | 0-5-0 | 66 | 125 | 52.8 | 877 | 6 | 4.8 | 6 | 4.8 | 54 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 13.3 | 146.2 | 71.3 | 27 | 216 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 17.8 |
| Earl Campbell | 27 | RB | 9 | 9 | 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 | 26.7 | 9 | 1-8-0 | 153 | 287 | 53.3 | 1882 | 12 | 4.2 | 15 | 5.2 | 54 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 12.3 | 209.1 | 66.0 | 39 | 308 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 12.0 | ||
| Opp Total | 9 | 179 | 284 | 63.0 | 2213 | 18 | 6.3 | 3 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 12.4 | 245.9 | 103.8 | 31 | 240 | 7.0 | 6.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Earl Campbell | 27 | RB | 9 | 9 | 157 | 538 | 2 | 22 | 3.4 | 59.8 | 17.4 | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 0 | 46 | 2.0 | 14.4 | 668 | 2 | 2 |
| Donnie Craft | 23 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 3 | 10 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 23 | 230 | 10.0 | 1 | 49 | 2.6 | 25.6 | 272 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stan Edwards | 22 | FB | 7 | 4 | 15 | 58 | 0 | 8 | 3.9 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 0 | 21 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 33 | QB | 6 | 5 | 13 | 85 | 0 | 24 | 6.5 | 14.2 | 2.2 | 85 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 28 | qb | 9 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Adger Armstrong | 25 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 12 | 75 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Casper | 31 | TE | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 36 | 573 | 15.9 | 6 | 38 | 4.0 | 63.7 | 582 | 6 | 1 |
| Gary Allen | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 1 | 23 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | |
| Harold Bailey | 25 | WR | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 26 | 367 | 14.1 | 0 | 27 | 2.9 | 40.8 | 380 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 295 | 14.0 | 3 | 54 | 2.3 | 32.8 | 295 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Holston | 24 | WR | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 1 | 38 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 116 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rich Thomaselli | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 9 | 225 | 799 | 5 | 24 | 3.6 | 88.8 | 25.0 | 153 | 1882 | 12.3 | 12 | 54 | 17.0 | 209.1 | 2681 | 17 | 14 | ||
| Opp Total | 9 | 298 | 1225 | 10 | 4.1 | 136.1 | 33.1 | 179 | 2213 | 12.4 | 18 | 19.9 | 245.9 | 3438 | 28 | 20 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Carl Roaches | 29 | RET | 9 | 0 | 19 | 104 | 0 | 25 | 5.5 | 21 | 441 | 0 | 45 | 21.0 | 545 |
| Gary Allen | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 292 | 0 | 38 | 19.5 | 329 | ||||||
| Willie Tullis | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 28 | 18.2 | 91 | ||||||
| Tim Wilson | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 26 | 20.0 | 40 | ||||||
| Avon Riley | 24 | LOLB | 9 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | |||||
| Rich Thomaselli | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 15 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 9 | 19 | 104 | 0 | 25 | 5.5 | 45 | 905 | 0 | 45 | 20.1 | 3690 | ||
| Opp Total | 9 | 35 | 0 | 26 | 564 | 0 | 21.7 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| John James | 33 | P | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1260 | 56 | 0 | 40.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Florian Kempf | 26 | K | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 18 | 16 | 88.9% | |||||||||
| Cliff Parsley | 28 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 926 | 51 | 0 | 38.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 18 | 16 | 88.9% | 55 | 2186 | 56 | 0 | 39.7 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 18 | 11 | 61.1% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% | 38 | 1634 | 43.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Jesse Baker | 25 | RDE | 9 | 9 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Brazile* | 29 | ROLB | 9 | 9 | 6.5 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Archie Manning | 33 | QB | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gregg Bingham | 31 | LILB | 7 | 7 | 3.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 28 | qb | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | -13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | 27 | RB | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Kennard | 28 | LDE | 9 | 9 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||
| Vernon Perry | 29 | SS | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | ||||||
| Daryle Skaugstad | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Stensrud | 26 | NT | 9 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | 29 | FS | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | 29 | RET | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Avon Riley | 24 | LOLB | 9 | 8 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Abraham | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gary Allen | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Elvin Bethea | 36 | 9 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Bryant | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| David Carter | 29 | C | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Casper | 31 | TE | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Corker | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Craft | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Daryl Hunt | 26 | RILB | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| Malcolm Taylor | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ted Thompson | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ted Washington | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| J.C. Wilson | 26 | LCB | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 9 | 30.0 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 96 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 39 | 20 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Casper | 31 | TE | 9 | 9 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Florian Kempf | 26 | K | 9 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 28 | |||||||||
| Donnie Craft | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | 27 | RB | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Gary Allen | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mike Holston | 24 | WR | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | 29 | FS | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 136 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 245 |