1989 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jerry Glanville (9-7-0)

Points For: 365 (22.8/g) 7th of 28

Points Against: 412 (25.8/g) 26th of 28

Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1

SRS: -2.53 (18th of 28), SOS: .41

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 23-26 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Offensive Coordinator: Kevin Gilbride

Other Notable Asst.: Floyd Reese (Linebackers), Nick Saban (Secondary), Ray Sherman (Wide Receivers), 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 +1200; O/U: 10.0

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	365	5427	1028	5.3	33	17	327	295	496	3499	23	16	6.6	185	495	1928	16	3.9	112	149	1153	30
Opp. Stats	412	5211	940	5.5	37	16	314	269	467	3542	28	21	7.0	165	437	1669	20	3.8	119	109	903	30
Lg Rank Offense	7	9			12	19	7		17	10	8	6	8		12	12	9	16
Lg Rank Defense	26	13			11	9	18		4	17	26	9	25		8	9	26	13

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 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	38	11	104	34	70	3	29	343	188	155		-19.53	-17.38	5.78
2	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	San Diego Chargers	34	27	26	367	235	132		24	413	372	41	5	14.90	0.70	-6.70
3	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-2		Buffalo Bills	41	47	33	439	311	128	2	22	449	337	112	1	11.36	-17.24	-5.34
4	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Miami Dolphins	39	7	23	448	251	197	1	9	160	117	43	3	18.49	18.87	-7.69
5	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	New England Patriots	13	23	14	307	202	105	4	19	282	138	144	1	-1.91	-5.52	-2.86
6	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3	@	Chicago Bears	33	28	20	457	317	140	2	22	332	239	93	6	14.72	-1.65	-7.47
7	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	0	22	361	229	132	1	10	132	100	32	4	11.75	26.90	-10.33
8	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Cleveland Browns	17	28	17	299	210	89		18	383	280	103	2	4.70	-16.73	1.18
9	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Detroit Lions	35	31	30	455	345	110	4	19	351	257	94	2	9.02	-11.55	3.77
10	Mon	November 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		Cincinnati Bengals	26	24	20	311	175	136	1	16	337	175	162	1	0.50	-9.91	8.61
11	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		Los Angeles Raiders	23	7	23	419	249	170	2	12	243	169	74	5	7.88	7.90	1.74
12	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	Kansas City Chiefs	0	34	12	215	112	103	1	20	313	229	84	1	-21.43	-7.43	-0.23
13	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	23	16	19	284	144	140	3	15	212	43	169	1	4.54	3.25	-1.07
14	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	17	15	284	149	135	2	23	353	287	66	2	-2.71	-4.75	3.06
15	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-6	@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	61	14	194	155	39	5	35	584	392	192	2	-24.98	-40.13	7.95
16	Sat	December 23	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7		Cleveland Browns	20	24	28	483	381	102	2	21	324	219	105	1	13.01	-10.76	-4.80
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	9-8		Pittsburgh Steelers	23	26	22	380	315	65	2	17	289	112	177	1	2.45	5.56	-10.84

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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	33	QB	16	16	9-7-0	280	464	60.3	3631	23	5.0	14	3.0	176	48.5	55	7.8	7.5	13.0	226.9	88.9	35	267	7.01	6.74	6.4	2	3	PB
2	Cody Carlson	26	QB	6	0		15	31	48.4	155	0	0.0	1	3.2	9	33.3	23	5.0	3.5	10.3	25.8	49.8	2	20	6.06	4.09	2.7	0	0
3	Tony Zendejas	29	K	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0			0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	295	496	59.5	3499	23	4.6	16	3.2	185	47.5	55	7.1	6.53	11.9	218.7	83.1	37	287	6.94	6.56	6.08	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	33	QB	1	1	0-1-0	29	48	60.4	315	2	4.2	0	0.0	17	52.1	32	6.6	7.4	10.9	315.0	93.7	0	0	0.00	6.56	7.4	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	29	48	60.4	315	2	4.2	0	0.0	17	52.1	32	6.6	7.40	10.9	315.0	93.7	0	0	0.00	6.56	7.40	0	0

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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	Drew Hill	33	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	106	66	938	14.2	8	50	55.7	50	4.7	67.0	62.3	8.8	66	14.2	938	8	1
2	Ernest Givins	25	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	108	55	794	14.4	3	41	50.0	48	3.7	52.9	50.9	7.4	55	14.4	794	3	0
3	Alonzo Highsmith	24	FB	16	16	128	531	4	34	50.8	25	4.1	33.2	8.0	21	18	201	11.2	2	11	61.9	32	1.1	12.6	85.7	9.6	146	5.0	732	6	6
4	Allen Pinkett	25	RB	16	6	94	449	1	14	41.5	60	4.8	28.1	5.9	37	31	239	7.7	1	11	56.8	23	1.9	14.9	83.8	6.5	125	5.5	688	2	1
5	Haywood Jeffires	25	WR	16	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	79	47	619	13.2	2	27	49.4	45	2.9	38.7	59.5	7.8	47	13.2	619	2	0
6	Curtis Duncan	24	WR	16	1	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	70	43	613	14.3	5	27	54.3	55	2.7	38.3	61.4	8.8	44	13.9	613	5	1
7	Lorenzo White	23	RB	16	0	104	349	5	19	50.0	33	3.4	21.8	6.5	7	6	37	6.2	0	1	42.9	11	0.4	2.3	85.7	5.3	110	3.5	386	5	2
8	Mike Rozier	28	RB	12	10	88	301	2	17	46.6	17	3.4	25.1	7.3	7	4	28	7.0	0	1	42.9	8	0.3	2.3	57.1	4.0	92	3.6	329	2	4
9	Warren Moon	33	QB	16	16	70	268	4	25	47.1	19	3.8	16.8	4.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			70	3.8	268	4	11	PB
10	Leonard Harris	29	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	23	13	202	15.5	2	12	56.5	36	1.2	18.4	56.5	8.8	13	15.5	202	2	1
11	Chris Verhulst	23	TE	16	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	4	48	12.0	0	2	50.0	21	0.3	3.0	50.0	6.0	4	12.0	48	0	0
12	Kenny Jackson	27	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	4	31	7.8	0	1	22.2	18	0.4	3.1	44.4	3.4	4	7.8	31	0	0
13	Bob Mrosko	24	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	28	9.3	0	1	42.9	14	0.2	1.9	42.9	4.0	3	9.3	28	0	0
14	Tracy Johnson	23	RB	16	0	4	16	0	1	75.0	8	4.0	1.0	0.3	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	100.0	8	0.1	0.5	100.0	8.0	5	4.8	24	0	1
15	Greg Montgomery	25	P	16	0	3	17	0	2	66.7	11	5.7	1.1	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	5.7	17	0	1
16	Cody Carlson	26	QB	6	0	3	-3	0	0	0.0		-1.0	-0.5	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-1.0	-3	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	495	1928	16	112	47.5	60	3.9	120.5	30.9	483	295	3786	12.8	23	185	52.4	55	18.4	236.6	61.1	7.8	790	7.2	5714	39	30

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	Ernest Givins	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	11	136	12.4	2	10	71.4	30	11.0	136.0	78.6	9.7	11	12.4	136	2	0
2	Drew Hill	33	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	6	98	16.3	0	5	66.7	32	6.0	98.0	66.7	10.9	6	16.3	98	0	0
3	Allen Pinkett	25	RB	1	0	8	26	0	2	37.5	6	3.3	26.0	8.0	4	3	24	8.0	0	0	50.0	13	3.0	24.0	75.0	6.0	11	4.5	50	0	0
4	Alonzo Highsmith	24	FB	1	1	2	2	0	0	50.0	4	1.0	2.0	2.0	4	3	21	7.0	0	1	50.0	11	3.0	21.0	75.0	5.3	5	4.6	23	0	0
5	Mike Rozier	28	RB	1	1	5	12	0	0	0.0	3	2.4	12.0	5.0	1	1	5	5.0	0	0	100.0	5	1.0	5.0	100.0	5.0	6	2.8	17	0	0
6	Haywood Jeffires	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	3	16	5.3	0	1	22.2	7	3.0	16.0	33.3	1.8	3	5.3	16	0	0
7	Curtis Duncan	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	2	15	7.5	0	0	28.6	9	2.0	15.0	28.6	2.1	2	7.5	15	0	0
8	Lorenzo White	23	RB	1	0	7	13	0	0	0.0	5	1.9	13.0	7.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			7	1.9	13	0	0
9	Warren Moon	33	QB	1	1	3	12	0	0	33.3	5	4.0	12.0	3.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	4.0	12	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	25	65	0	2	20.0	6	2.6	65.0	25.0	48	29	315	10.9	2	17	52.1	32	29.0	315.0	60.4	6.6	54	7.0	380	2	0

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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	Patrick Allen	28	RCB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Steve Brown	29	LCB	16	16	5	54	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
3	John Grimsley	27	LILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Alonzo Highsmith	24	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Bruce Matthews	28	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-29	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Bubba McDowell	23	SS	16	16	4	65	0	21	3	1	1	0	0	1.0	97	97	0	1
7	Johnny Meads	28	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
8	Warren Moon	33	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	11	6	-13	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
9	Ernest Givins	25	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Al Smith	25	RILB	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	76	76	0	0
11	Ray Childress	27	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.5	57	57	0	0	AP-2
12	Robert Lyles	28	LOLB	13	13	4	66	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
13	Drew Hill	33	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Jay Pennison	28	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-17	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Doug Smith	29	NT	15	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
16	Mike Rozier	28	RB	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	William Fuller	27	RDE	15	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.5	42	42	0	0
18	Richard Byrd	27	RDE	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Allen Pinkett	25	RB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Sean Jones	27	RDE	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.0	35	35	0	0
21	Eric Fairs	25	LB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
22	George Yarno	32	G	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Tracey Eaton	24	DB	16	2	3	33	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Curtis Duncan	24	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Don Maggs	28	T	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Cody Carlson	26	QB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Cris Dishman	24	DB	16	0	4	31	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	37	37	0	0
28	Leonard Harris	29	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Kenny Johnson	31	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Richard Johnson	26	DB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Tracy Johnson	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Scott Kozak	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Glenn Montgomery	22	DT	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.5	23	23	0	0
34	Greg Montgomery	25	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Lorenzo White	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Tony Zendejas	29	K	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	21	249	0	48	14	39	35	-57	0	36.0	367	367	0	1

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	Sean Jones	27	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Eric Fairs	25	LB	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0

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