1987 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-6-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jerry Glanville (9-6-0)

Points For: 345 (23.0/g) 10th of 28

Points Against: 349 (23.3/g) 19th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.4-7.6

SRS: 1.93 (11th of 28), SOS: 2.19

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 23-20 vs. Seattle Seahawks
Lost Divisional Round 10-34 vs. Denver Broncos

Offensive Coordinator: Dick Jamieson

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Bettis (Defensive Backs), Milt Jackson (Wide Receivers), June Jones (QB Coach), Floyd Reese (Linebackers) and Doug Shively (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Houston Astrodome

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

General Manager: Ladd Herzeg

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +12000

Training Camp: Angelo State (San Angelo, 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	5223	998	5.2	37	14	294	240	482	3300	24	23	6.4	150	486	1923	12	4.0	118	114	1029	26
Opp. Stats	349	4993	976	5.1	37	14	287	266	495	3145	25	23	5.9	153	446	1848	10	4.1	98	101	874	36
Lg Rank Offense	10	8			18	9	12		15	7	9	22	6		12	14	17	17
Lg Rank Defense	19	17			11	16	13		19	17	20	6	15		10	17	9	22

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 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Los Angeles Rams	20	16	22	400	287	113	3	14	244	97	147	3	-4.71	17.60	-8.78
2	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Buffalo Bills	30	34	19	327	130	197	1	30	383	248	135	2	2.74	-8.77	-0.23
4	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Denver Broncos	40	10	20	414	260	154	2	14	220	182	38	3	5.91	29.00	-1.59
5	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	15	10	17	317	143	174	2	9	169	119	50	4	-14.61	15.06	1.85
6	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		New England Patriots	7	21	17	334	221	113	3	17	310	196	114		-6.25	-3.24	-3.29
7	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Atlanta Falcons	37	33	24	439	234	205	2	14	304	183	121	5	1.75	10.63	-4.28
8	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	31	29	19	227	145	82	3	25	504	383	121	3	-0.81	-7.08	10.18
9	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	27	15	269	221	48	4	33	443	280	163	2	-5.35	-12.63	9.16
10	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	23	3	21	373	221	152	1	8	170	84	86	3	-0.42	22.29	2.50
11	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4		Cleveland Browns	7	40	11	247	204	43	6	27	457	257	200		-22.88	-15.46	4.83
12	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5	@	Indianapolis Colts	27	51	26	454	318	136	5	18	359	148	211	1	7.61	-15.51	-11.48
13	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5		San Diego Chargers	33	18	21	324	184	140	1	19	332	289	43	4	-0.98	21.40	-5.37
14	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6	@	New Orleans Saints	10	24	20	354	244	110		21	391	240	151	2	-5.06	-2.64	0.72
15	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6		Pittsburgh Steelers	24	16	17	283	221	62	1	22	348	172	176	3	-5.51	11.06	3.68
16	Sun	December 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6		Cincinnati Bengals	21	17	25	461	267	194	3	16	359	267	92	2	9.61	1.44	-3.46
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	January 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	10-6		Seattle Seahawks	23	20	27	437	259	178	2	11	250	221	29	1	5.31	6.19	-6.77
Division	Sun	January 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-7	@	Denver Broncos	10	34	20	337	264	73	3	19	316	255	61	1	-6.94	-11.31	1.53

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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	Warren Moon	31	QB	12	12	7-5-0	184	368	50.0	2806	21	5.7	18	4.9	121	39.4	83	7.6	6.6	15.3	233.8	74.2	25	198	6.36	6.64	5.6	3	3
2	Brent Pease	23	QB	7	3	2-1-0	56	113	49.6	728	3	2.7	5	4.4	31	36.4	51	6.4	5.0	13.0	104.0	60.6	5	36	4.24	5.86	4.5	0	0
3	Drew Hill	31	WR	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	9-6-0	240	482	49.8	3300	24	5.0	23	4.8	152	38.7	83	7.3	6.2	14.7	220.0	70.8	30	234	5.86	6.45	5.36	3	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	31	QB	2	2	1-1-0	45	75	60.0	537	2	2.7	3	4.0	32	53.2	29	7.2	5.9	11.9	268.5	74.1	2	14	2.60	6.79	5.6	0	1
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	45	75	60.0	523	2	2.7	3	4.0	32	53.2	29	6.1	5.9	11.9	261.5	62.5	2	14	2.60	6.14	4.51	0	1

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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	Mike Rozier	26	RB	11	11	229	957	3	52	47.6	41	4.2	87.0	20.8	38	27	192	7.1	0	7	36.8	27	2.5	17.5	71.1	5.1	256	4.5	1149	3	5	PB
2	Drew Hill	31	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	98	49	989	20.2	6	40	45.9	52	4.1	82.4	50.0	10.1	49	20.2	989	6	1
3	Ernest Givins	23	WR	12	12	1	-13	0	0	0.0	-13	-13.0	-1.1	0.1	103	53	933	17.6	6	39	48.5	83	4.4	77.8	51.5	9.1	54	17.0	920	6	2
4	Andrew Jackson	23	RB	7	3	60	232	1	13	48.3	16	3.9	33.1	8.6	13	10	44	4.4	0	1	23.1	16	1.4	6.3	76.9	3.4	70	3.9	276	1	0
5	Curtis Duncan	22	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	33	13	237	18.2	5	11	36.4	48	1.3	23.7	39.4	7.2	13	18.2	237	5	0
6	Leonard Harris	27	WR	3	3	1	17	0	1	100.0	17	17.0	5.7	0.3	18	10	164	16.4	0	8	44.4	39	3.3	54.7	55.6	9.1	11	16.5	181	0	0
7	Oliver Williams	27	WR	3	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	23	11	165	15.0	1	6	47.8	36	3.7	55.0	47.8	7.2	11	15.0	165	1	1
8	Alonzo Highsmith	22	RB	8	3	29	106	1	8	44.8	25	3.7	13.3	3.6	8	4	55	13.8	1	2	25.0	33	0.5	6.9	50.0	6.9	33	4.9	161	2	2
9	Herman Hunter	26	RB	3	0	34	144	0	6	47.1	21	4.2	48.0	11.3	4	3	17	5.7	0	1	25.0	11	1.0	5.7	75.0	4.3	37	4.4	161	0	1
10	Jamie Williams	27	TE	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	13	158	12.2	3	10	50.0	25	1.1	13.2	50.0	6.1	13	12.2	158	3	0
11	Allen Pinkett	23	RB	8	0	31	149	2	7	41.9	22	4.8	18.6	3.9	2	1	7	7.0	0	0	50.0	7	0.1	0.9	50.0	3.5	32	4.9	156	2	1
12	Willie Drewrey	24	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	30	11	148	13.5	0	8	33.3	35	0.9	12.3	36.7	4.9	11	13.5	148	0	0
13	Ray Wallace	24	FB	12	9	19	102	0	5	42.1	19	5.4	8.5	1.6	11	7	34	4.9	0	1	45.5	7	0.6	2.8	63.6	3.1	26	5.2	136	0	1
14	Warren Moon	31	QB	12	12	34	112	3	13	58.8	20	3.3	9.3	2.8	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	34	3.3	112	3	8
15	Joey Walters	33	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	5	99	19.8	0	4	50.0	51	1.0	19.8	62.5	12.4	5	19.8	99	0	0
16	Haywood Jeffires	23	WR	9	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	7	89	12.7	0	4	23.1	23	0.8	9.9	26.9	3.4	7	12.7	89	0	0
17	Mark Gehring	23	TE	6	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	5	64	12.8	1	3	100.0	31	0.8	10.7	100.0	12.8	5	12.8	64	1	0
18	Keith McDonald	24	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	4	56	14.0	1	3	30.0	24	1.3	18.7	40.0	5.6	4	14.0	56	1	0
19	Ricky Moore	24	RB	3	3	7	22	0	1	42.9	11	3.1	7.3	2.3	5	3	21	7.0	0	2	40.0	10	1.0	7.0	60.0	4.2	10	4.3	43	0	0
20	Chris Darrington	23	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	38	38.0	0	1	100.0	38	0.3	12.7	100.0	38.0	1	38.0	38	0	0
21	Brent Pease	23	QB	7	3	15	33	1	7	46.7	8	2.2	4.7	2.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	2.2	33	1	2
22	Spencer Tillman	23	RB	5	1	12	29	1	3	33.3	13	2.4	5.8	2.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			12	2.4	29	1	1
23	Eric Cobble	23	RB	3	0	9	23	0	1	33.3	12	2.6	7.7	3.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9	2.6	23	0	0
24	Ira Valentine	24	RB	7	0	5	10	0	0	0.0	4	2.0	1.4	0.7	2	2	10	5.0	0	0	0.0	7	0.3	1.4	100.0	5.0	7	2.9	20	0	0
25	Arrike James	23	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	14	14.0	0	1	50.0	14	0.3	4.7	50.0	7.0	1	14.0	14	0	0
26	Scott Eccles	24	TE	1	0	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			15	15	486	1923	12	117	46.5	41	4.0	128.2	32.4	469	240	3534	14.7	24	152	42.0	83	16.0	235.6	51.2	7.5	726	7.5	5457	36	25

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	31	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	18	11	177	16.1	0	10	55.6	24	5.5	88.5	61.1	9.8	11	16.1	177	0	0
2	Ernest Givins	23	WR	2	2	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	18	13	173	13.3	1	12	72.2	19	6.5	86.5	72.2	9.6	14	12.4	173	1	1
3	Alonzo Highsmith	22	RB	2	2	17	87	0	4	64.7	16	5.1	43.5	8.5	7	6	37	6.2	0	3	71.4	16	3.0	18.5	85.7	5.3	23	5.4	124	0	0
4	Mike Rozier	26	RB	2	2	30	91	1	5	50.0	11	3.0	45.5	15.0	3	2	13	6.5	0	1	66.7	7	1.0	6.5	66.7	4.3	32	3.3	104	1	1
5	Willie Drewrey	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	5	79	15.8	1	3	50.0	29	2.5	39.5	50.0	7.9	5	15.8	79	1	0
6	Allen Pinkett	23	RB	2	0	17	49	0	3	47.1	8	2.9	24.5	8.5	3	2	8	4.0	0	0	33.3	5	1.0	4.0	66.7	2.7	19	3.0	57	0	0
7	Curtis Duncan	22	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	32	8.0	0	2	50.0	13	4.0	32.0	66.7	5.3	4	8.0	32	0	0
8	Ray Wallace	24	FB	1	0	2	11	0	1	50.0	9	5.5	11.0	2.0	1	1	11	11.0	0	1	100.0	11	1.0	11.0	100.0	11.0	3	7.3	22	0	0
9	Warren Moon	31	QB	2	2	9	13	0	1	33.3	7	1.4	6.5	4.5		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	1.4	13	0	2
10	Jamie Williams	27	TE	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	7	7.0	0	0	33.3	7	0.5	3.5	33.3	2.3	1	7.0	7	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	76	251	1	14	50.0	16	3.3	125.5	38.0	69	45	537	11.9	2	32	59.4	29	22.5	268.5	65.2	7.8	121	6.5	788	3	4

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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	Ray Childress	25	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	6.0	69	69	0	0
2	Doug Smith	27	NT	15	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
3	Keith Bostic	26	SS	12	12	6	-14	0	7	2	1	1	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Jeff Donaldson	25	FS	12	12	4	16	0	9	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
5	Ernest Givins	23	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	John Grimsley	25	LILB	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Drew Hill	31	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Robert Lyles	26	LOLB	12	12	2	42	0	27	1	0	3	55	1	2.0	0	0	0	0
9	Johnny Meads	26	ROLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
10	Warren Moon	31	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	8	6	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Mike Munchak	27	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Jay Pennison	26	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Jamie Williams	27	TE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Patrick Allen	26	RCB	11	11	1	37	0	37	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Richard Byrd	25	RDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
16	Mike Rozier	26	RB	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
17	Al Smith	23	RILB	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	100	100	0	0
18	Steve Brown	27	LCB	10	10	2	45	0	35	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Ray Wallace	24	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Eugene Seale	23	LB	9	4	1	73	1	73	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
21	Domingo Bryant	24	DB	13	3	4	75	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Alonzo Highsmith	22	RB	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Byron Johnson	25	DB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
24	Kenny Johnson	29	DB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Billy Kidd	28	C	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Charles Martin	28	NT	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
27	Tony Newsom	22	DB	5	3	1	-3	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
28	Brent Pease	23	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Jesse Baker	30	DE	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	1
30	Oliver Williams	27	WR	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Rayford Cooks	25	DE	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
32	William Fuller	25	DE	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	22	22	0	0
33	Richard Johnson	24	DB	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Spencer Tillman	23	RB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	John Davis	22	T	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Scott Fox	24	LB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
37	Herman Hunter	26	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
38	Allen Pinkett	23	RB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
39	Donovan Small	23	DB	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	23	274	1	73	18	32	29	39	1	35.0	191	191	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	Warren Moon	31	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Patrick Allen	26	RCB	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Keith Bostic	26	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0.0	0	0
4	Ray Childress	25	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	Ernest Givins	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0	0.0	0	0
6	Robert Lyles	26	LOLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
7	Johnny Meads	26	ROLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
8	Mike Rozier	26	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Charles Martin	28	NT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
10	Allen Pinkett	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	4	3	9	0	3.0	0	0

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