1988 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 3rd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jerry Glanville (10-6-0)

Points For: 424 (26.5/g) 2nd of 28

Points Against: 365 (22.8/g) 22nd of 28

Expected W-L: 9.4-6.6

SRS: 2.99 (9th of 28), SOS: -0.69

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 24-23 vs. Cleveland Browns
Lost Divisional Round 10-17 vs. Buffalo Bills

Other Notable Asst.: Milt Jackson (Wide Receivers), June Jones (QB Coach), Floyd Reese (Linebackers), Nick Saban (Secondary), Ray Sherman (Running Backs), Doug Shively (Defensive Line) and Richard Smith (ST/TE/OL)

Stadium: Houston Astrodome

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

General Manager: Ladd Herzeg

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2200

Training Camp: Texas State (SW Texas State) (San Marcos, 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	424	5205	1010	5.2	35	17	308	218	428	2956	21	18	6.5	148	558	2249	26	4.0	141	125	1150	19
Opp. Stats	365	4858	985	4.9	42	20	304	281	512	3266	22	22	5.9	170	431	1592	20	3.7	94	118	947	40
Lg Rank Offense	2	14			19	23	14		25	22	10	10	7		3	4	2	14
Lg Rank Defense	22	8			3	3	15		16	13	18	6	14		3	4	22	7

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 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	1-0	@	Indianapolis Colts	17	14	18	347	174	173	3	16	281	170	111	3	-5.71	13.13	-3.92
2	Sun	September 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Los Angeles Raiders	38	35	29	406	250	156	3	17	158	84	74	2	-11.38	3.25	5.44
3	Sun	September 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	New York Jets	3	45	15	237	102	135	4	28	395	302	93	1	-22.89	-18.94	-2.57
4	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		New England Patriots	31	6	17	328	156	172	3	13	184	133	51	6	-2.10	26.03	-2.35
5	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	32	14	202	147	55	3	26	455	265	190	1	-11.96	-7.83	5.34
6	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Kansas City Chiefs	7	6	16	230	24	206	4	11	184	119	65	3	-17.05	25.04	-4.35
7	Sun	October 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	34	14	18	309	185	124		23	344	251	93	4	9.86	5.07	-2.48
8	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Cincinnati Bengals	21	44	18	205	101	104	4	25	353	131	222	4	-12.46	-5.96	-5.42
9	Sun	October 30	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Washington Redskins	41	17	21	336	184	152	2	16	250	221	29	6	3.23	19.22	0.71
10	Mon	November 7	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		Cleveland Browns	24	17	18	330	182	148	1	15	253	209	44	1	11.06	7.69	-9.17
11	Sun	November 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4	@	Seattle Seahawks	24	27	22	419	182	237	1	22	365	188	177	1	8.90	-14.06	-3.46
12	Sun	November 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Phoenix Cardinals	38	20	23	385	261	124		17	314	254	60	2	16.57	-1.31	0.02
13	Thu	November 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	25	17	19	355	210	145		17	282	203	79	2	7.03	-4.12	6.32
14	Sun	December 4	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-5		Pittsburgh Steelers	34	37	23	403	269	134	4	23	426	332	94		5.00	-13.64	2.85
15	Sun	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5		Cincinnati Bengals	41	6	19	396	249	147	2	10	226	94	132	2	8.19	28.22	-5.02
16	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6	@	Cleveland Browns	23	28	18	317	280	37	1	25	388	310	78	4	-2.22	4.66	-2.75
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sat	December 24	1:30PM ET	boxscore	W		11-6	@	Cleveland Browns	24	23	19	334	205	129	3	19	260	192	68	2	-1.80	1.95	0.32
Division	Sun	January 1	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		11-7	@	Buffalo Bills	10	17	20	351	226	125	3	18	372	237	135	1	-5.59	4.94	-8.67

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	Awards
1	Warren Moon	32	QB	11	11	7-4-0	160	294	54.4	2327	17	5.8	8	2.7	110	46.4	57	7.9	7.8	14.5	211.5	88.4	12	120	3.92	7.21	7.1	1	1	PB,AP MVP-5
2	Cody Carlson	25	QB	6	5	3-2-0	52	112	46.4	775	4	3.6	6	5.4	36	37.7	51	6.9	5.2	14.9	129.2	59.2	10	72	8.20	5.76	4.2	1	2
3	Brent Pease	24	QB	13	0		6	22	27.3	64	0	0.0	4	18.2	2	16.7	21	2.9	-5.3	10.7	4.9	0.0	2	18	8.33	1.92	-5.6	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	218	428	50.9	2956	21	4.9	18	4.2	148	42.5	57	7.4	6.5	14.5	184.8	74.2	24	210	5.31	6.54	5.68	2	3

Passing Table
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	Awards
1	Warren Moon	32	QB	2	2	1-1-0	33	59	55.9	453	1	1.7	4	6.8	24	46.8	35	7.7	5.0	13.7	226.5	58.1	3	22	4.84	6.95	4.4	1	1
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	33	59	55.9	431	1	1.7	4	6.8	24	46.8	35	7.3	5.0	13.7	215.5	62.7	3	22	4.84	6.46	5.17	1	1

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						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	Drew Hill	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	121	72	1141	15.8	10	56	55.4	57	4.5	71.3	59.5	9.4	72	15.8	1141	10	0	PB
2	Mike Rozier	27	RB	15	14	251	1002	10	62	50.6	28	4.0	66.8	16.7	17	11	99	9.0	1	6	52.9	18	0.7	6.6	64.7	5.8	262	4.2	1101	11	7	PB
3	Ernest Givins	24	WR	16	16	4	26	0	1	75.0	10	6.5	1.6	0.3	120	60	976	16.3	5	47	48.3	46	3.8	61.0	50.0	8.1	64	15.7	1002	5	1
4	Allen Pinkett	24	RB	16	2	122	513	7	30	53.3	27	4.2	32.1	7.6	16	12	114	9.5	2	5	31.3	51	0.8	7.1	75.0	7.1	134	4.7	627	9	2
5	Alonzo Highsmith	23	FB	16	16	94	466	2	26	50.0	42	5.0	29.1	5.9	17	12	131	10.9	0	4	58.8	28	0.8	8.2	70.6	7.7	106	5.6	597	2	7
6	Curtis Duncan	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	55	22	302	13.7	1	12	30.9	36	1.4	18.9	40.0	5.5	22	13.7	302	1	0
7	Willie Drewrey	25	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	30	11	172	15.6	1	8	36.7	55	0.8	12.3	36.7	5.7	11	15.6	172	1	0
8	Leonard Harris	28	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	10	136	13.6	0	7	35.0	42	0.6	8.5	50.0	6.8	10	13.6	136	0	1
9	Lorenzo White	22	RB	11	0	31	115	0	5	45.2	16	3.7	10.5	2.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			31	3.7	115	0	0
10	Warren Moon	32	QB	11	11	33	88	5	11	45.5	14	2.7	8.0	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			33	2.7	88	5	8	PB,AP MVP-5
11	Haywood Jeffires	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	49	24.5	1	2	33.3	42	1.0	24.5	33.3	8.2	2	24.5	49	1	0
12	Jamie Williams	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	6	46	7.7	0	1	54.5	10	0.4	2.9	54.5	4.2	6	7.7	46	0	0
13	Cody Carlson	25	QB	6	5	12	36	1	4	41.7	10	3.0	6.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			12	3.0	36	1	5
14	Spencer Tillman	24	RB	16	0	3	5	0	0	0.0	2	1.7	0.3	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	1.7	5	0	0
15	Brent Pease	24	QB	13	0	8	-2	1	2	25.0	4	-0.3	-0.2	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			8	-0.3	-2	1	0
	Team Totals			16	16	558	2249	26	141	49.8	42	4.0	140.6	34.9	413	218	3166	14.5	21	148	46.5	57	13.6	197.9	52.8	7.7	776	7.0	5415	47	31

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	Allen Pinkett	24	RB	2	1	17	95	1	5	47.1	27	5.6	47.5	8.5	5	4	45	11.3	1	4	80.0	15	2.0	22.5	80.0	9.0	21	6.7	140	2	0
2	Drew Hill	32	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	9	135	15.0	0	8	57.1	22	4.5	67.5	64.3	9.6	9	15.0	135	0	0
3	Haywood Jeffires	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	8	130	16.3	0	6	50.0	35	4.0	65.0	57.1	9.3	8	16.3	130	0	1
4	Alonzo Highsmith	23	FB	2	2	7	60	0	3	42.9	31	8.6	30.0	3.5	5	3	11	3.7	0	0	40.0	8	1.5	5.5	60.0	2.2	10	7.1	71	0	1
5	Leonard Harris	28	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	44	22.0	0	2	50.0	29	2.0	44.0	50.0	11.0	2	22.0	44	0	0
6	Mike Rozier	27	RB	1	1	13	44	1	2	46.2	8	3.4	44.0	13.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			13	3.4	44	1	0
7	Curtis Duncan	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	42	14.0	0	1	50.0	18	1.5	21.0	50.0	7.0	3	14.0	42	0	1
8	Lorenzo White	22	RB	1	0	12	30	1	2	41.7	5	2.5	30.0	12.0	1	1	1	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1.0	100.0	1.0	13	2.4	31	1	0
9	Ernest Givins	24	WR	2	2	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-1.0	0.5	7	2	31	15.5	0	2	28.6	23	1.0	15.5	28.6	4.4	3	9.7	29	0	0
10	Warren Moon	32	QB	2	2	11	27	0	1	18.2	12	2.5	13.5	5.5		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			11	2.5	27	0	3
11	Jamie Williams	28	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	14	14.0	0	1	100.0	14	1.0	14.0	100.0	14.0	1	14.0	14	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	61	254	3	13	39.3	31	4.2	127.0	30.5	57	33	453	13.7	1	24	50.9	35	16.5	226.5	57.9	7.9	94	7.5	707	4	6

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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	Keith Bostic	27	SS	16	16	1	7	0	7	2	0	2	22	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
2	Ray Childress	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	8.5	60	60	0	0	PB,AP-2
3	Jeff Donaldson	26	FS	16	16	4	29	0	23	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Ernest Givins	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	John Grimsley	26	LILB	16	16	1	9	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	PB
6	Alonzo Highsmith	23	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Robert Lyles	27	LOLB	16	16	2	3	0	3	0	0	2	5	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
8	Johnny Meads	27	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0
9	Mike Munchak	28	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
10	Jay Pennison	27	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Al Smith	24	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	98	98	0	0
12	Dean Steinkuhler	27	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	William Fuller	26	RDE	16	15	1	9	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	8.5	56	56	0	0
14	Steve Brown	28	LCB	14	14	2	48	1	44	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Mike Rozier	27	RB	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
16	Patrick Allen	27	RCB	15	13	1	23	0	23	0	0	1	7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Warren Moon	32	QB	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	-12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP MVP-5
18	Doug Smith	28	NT	12	10	1	20	0	20	0	0	2	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
19	Richard Byrd	26	NT	16	7	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Cody Carlson	25	QB	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Richard Johnson	25	DB	16	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Cris Dishman	23	DB	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	21	21	0	0
23	Allen Pinkett	24	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Domingo Bryant	25	DB	14	0	3	56	1	36	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Eric Fairs	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1
26	Leonard Harris	28	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Kenny Johnson	30	DB	13	0	1	51	0	51	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Sean Jones	26	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	37	37	0	0
29	Doug Mikolas	27	NT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
30	Eugene Seale	24	LB	16	0	1	46	0	46	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	22	302	2	51	22	33	33	13	0	42.0	272	272	0	2

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Warren Moon	32	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	-7	0	0.0	0	0
2	Richard Byrd	26	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Ray Childress	26	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Alonzo Highsmith	23	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Jay Pennison	27	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-7	0	0.0	0	0
6	Mike Rozier	27	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Curtis Duncan	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Tracey Eaton	23	DB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Haywood Jeffires	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Richard Johnson	25	DB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Allen Pinkett	24	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	-14	0	1.0	0	0

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