1981 Houston Oilers (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 7-9-0 .438

Head Coach: Ed Biles

Andy Bourgeois	Receivers
Ray Callahan	Offensive Line
Joe Galat	Defensive Line
Bob Gambold	Defensive Backs
Dick Nolan	Defensive Coordinator
Elijah Pitts	Running Backs
Dick Selcer	Linebackers
Jim Shofner	Offensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	8/6/1981	H	Philadelphia Eagles	13-10	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	45024
Sat	8/15/1981	A	New Orleans Saints	7-27	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	67562
Sat	8/22/1981	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-27	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	64734
Sat	8/29/1981	A	Dallas Cowboys	20-28	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	63799
Sun	9/6/1981	A	Los Angeles Rams	27-20	W	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	63198
Sun	9/13/1981	A	Cleveland Browns	9-3	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	79483
Sun	9/20/1981	H	Miami Dolphins	10-16	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	47379
Sun	9/27/1981	A	New York Jets	17-33	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	50309
Sun	10/4/1981	H	Cincinnati Bengals	17-10	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	44350
Sun	10/11/1981	H	Seattle Seahawks	35-17	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	42671
Sun	10/18/1981	A	New England Patriots	10-38	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60474
Mon	10/26/1981	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-26	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	52732
Sun	11/1/1981	A	Cincinnati Bengals	21-34	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	54736
Sun	11/8/1981	H	Oakland Raiders	17-16	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	45519
Sun	11/15/1981	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10-23	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	73984
Sun	11/22/1981	H	New Orleans Saints	24-27	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	49581
Sun	11/29/1981	H	Atlanta Falcons	27-31	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	40201
Thu	12/3/1981	H	Cleveland Browns	17-13	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	44502
Sun	12/13/1981	A	San Francisco 49ers	6-28	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	55707
Sun	12/20/1981	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	21-20	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	41056

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
39	Adger Armstrong	HB	6-0	230	24	Texas A&M	16	2
11	Harold Bailey	QB	6-2	197	24	Oklahoma State	11	0
75	Jesse Baker	RDE	6-5	271	24	Jacksonville State	16	2
86	Mike Barber	TE	6-3	237	28	Louisiana Tech	16	6
65	Elvin Bethea	RDE	6-3	255	35	North Carolina A&T State	15	14
54	Gregg Bingham	RILB-LILB	6-1	227	30	Purdue	16	16
52	Robert Brazile	ROLB	6-4	238	28	Jackson State	16	16
88	Billy Brooks	WR	6-3	202	28	Oklahoma	3	0
00	Ken Burrough	WR	6-3	215	33	Texas Southern	16	16
34	Earl Campbell	FB	5-11	238	26	Texas	16	16
26	Rob Carpenter	HB	6-1	226	26	Miami (Ohio)	4	4
58	David Carter	C-LOG	6-2	260	28	Western Kentucky	16	13
87	Dave Casper	TE	6-4	232	30	Notre Dame	16	10
47	Ronnie Coleman	HB	5-10	197	30	Alabama A&M	16	0
57	John Corker	LB	6-5	240	23	Oklahoma State	11	0
66	Greg Davidson	C	6-2	250	23	North Texas	16	0
69	Andy Dorris	LDE	6-4	248	30	New Mexico State	15	15
78	Nick Eyre	OT	6-5	274	22	Brigham Young	6	0
77	Angelo Fields	LOT-ROT	6-6	319	24	Michigan State	14	0
60	Ed Fisher	ROG	6-3	249	32	Arizona State	16	16
16	Toni Fritsch	K	5-7	188	36	none	16	0
74	Leon Gray	LOT	6-3	261	30	Jackson State	16	16
36	Carter Hartwig	LCB	6-0	203	25	Southern California	16	1
84	Mike Holston	WR	6-3	184	23	Hagerstown JC; Morgan State	16	4
50	Daryl Hunt	LILB	6-3	243	25	Oklahoma	16	13
22	Bill Kay	RCB-LCB	6-1	190	21	Purdue	16	2
71	Ken Kennard	MG	6-2	255	27	Angelo State	16	16
55	Carl Mauck	C	6-3	242	34	Southern Illinois	14	4
14	Gifford Nielsen	QB	6-4	205	27	Brigham Young	5	2
18	Cliff Parsley	P	6-1	211	27	Oklahoma State	16	0
32	Vernon Perry	SS	6-2	211	28	Jackson State	16	16
8	John Reaves	QB	6-3	210	31	Florida	5	2
37	Mike Reinfeldt	FS	6-2	192	28	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	16	16
82	Mike Renfro	WR	6-0	189	26	Texas Christian	12	12
53	Avon Riley	LILB	6-3	240	23	Canyons JC; UCLA	16	0
85	Carl Roaches	WR	5-7	163	28	Texas A&M	16	0
62	John Schuhmacher	LOG	6-3	275	26	Southern California	16	15
90	Daryle Skaugstad	MG	6-5	258	24	California	16	0
83	Tim Smith	WR	6-2	280	24	Nebraska	4	1
12	Ken Stabler	QB	6-3	210	36	Alabama	13	12
27	Greg Stemrick	RCB	5-11	178	30	Colorado State	16	15
67	Mike Stensrud	LDE	6-5	280	25	Iowa State	16	1
56	Art Stringer	RILB	6-1	223	27	Ball State	5	1
28	Rich Thomaselli	HB	6-1	196	24	West Virginia Wesleyan	12	0
51	Ted Thompson	LILB	6-1	218	28	Southern Methodist	16	1
76	Morris Towns	ROT	6-4	263	27	Missouri	16	16
20	Willie Tullis	SS	6-0	195	23	Southern Mississippi; Troy	16	0
59	Ted Washington	LOLB	6-1	250	33	Mississippi Valley State	16	16
33	J.C. Wilson	LCB	6-0	177	25	Tampa; Pittsburgh	16	14
45	Tim Wilson	HB	6-3	235	27	Maryland	16	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	79	Mike Holston	WR	Morgan State
4	106	Nick Eyre	T	Brigham Young
5	133	Delbert Fowler	LB	West Virginia
6	159	Bill Kay	DB	Purdue
7	193	Don Washington	DB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
8	217	Willie Tullis	WR	Troy
9	243	Avon Riley	LB	UCLA
10	270	Larry Jones	RB	Colorado State
11	297	Claude Mathews	G	Auburn
12	324	Bill Capece	K	Florida State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	47	66	55	113
Opponents Totals	73	93	105	84

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	27:56	241	103	124	14	69/212 32.5%	/ %	93	825
Opponents Totals	32:04	325	138	162	25	102/235 43.4%	/ %	102	838

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Toni Fritsch	0	32	34	94.1	15	22	68.2	0	77
Earl Campbell	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Dave Casper	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Ken Burrough	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Mike Holston	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Adger Armstrong	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Barber	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rob Carpenter	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ronnie Coleman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Renfro	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Carl Roaches	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Willie Tullis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	34	32	34	94.1	15	22	68.2	0	281
Opponents Totals	39	38	39	97.4	27	42	64.3	1	355

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Toni Fritsch	15	22	68.2	0/0	3/4	4/4	7/13	1/1
Team Totals	15	22	68.2	0/0	3/4	4/4	7/13	1/1
Opponents Totals	27	42	64.3	4/4	4/5	8/11	10/18	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Earl Campbell	361	1376	3.8	43	10
Adger Armstrong	31	146	4.7	18	0
Ronnie Coleman	21	91	4.3	30	1
Rob Carpenter	18	74	4.1	20	0
Tim Wilson	13	35	2.7	7	0
John Reaves	6	13	2.2	13	0
Gifford Nielsen	6	2	0.3	4	0
Ken Stabler	10	-3	-0.3	4	0
Team Totals	466	1734	3.7	43	11
Opponents Totals	549	2411	4.4	56	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ken Stabler	285	165	57.9	102	1988	7.0	12.0	71t	14	4.9	18	6.3	29	254	1734	69.5
Gifford Nielsen	93	60	64.5	30	709	7.6	11.8	44	5	5.4	3	3.2	8	61	648	92.1
John Reaves	61	31	50.8	28	379	6.2	12.2	51t	2	3.3	2	3.3	3	27	352	67.6
Cliff Parsley	2	2	100.0	0	43	21.5	21.5	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	43	118.8
Team Totals	441	258	58.5	160	3119	7.1	12.1	71t	21	4.8	23	5.2	40	342	2777	74.4
Opponents Totals	502	295	58.8	189	3554	7.1	12.0	67t	22	4.4	18	3.6	33	239	3315	80.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Burrough	40	668	16.7	71t	7
Mike Renfro	39	451	11.6	43	1
Earl Campbell	36	156	4.3	17	0
Dave Casper	33	572	17.3	52t	8
Adger Armstrong	29	278	9.6	48	1
Mike Holston	27	427	15.8	50t	2
Ronnie Coleman	19	211	11.1	24	0
Mike Barber	13	190	14.6	35	1
Rob Carpenter	13	80	6.2	33t	1
Tim Wilson	5	33	6.6	11	0
Tim Smith	2	37	18.5	25	0
Billy Brooks	2	16	8.0	16	0
Team Totals	258	3119	12.1	71t	21
Opponents Totals	295	3554	12.0	67t	22

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Greg Stemrick	3	94	31.3	38
Carter Hartwig	3	78	26.0	38
Bill Kay	2	47	23.5	30
Vernon Perry	2	46	23.0	34
Gregg Bingham	2	20	10.0	17
Mike Reinfeldt	2	18	9.0	16
Robert Brazile	2	7	3.5	7
Ted Washington	1	19	19.0	19
J.C. Wilson	1	1	1.0	1
Team Totals	18	330	18.3	38
Opponents Totals	23	289	12.6	49

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Cliff Parsley	79	3137	39.7	62	0	3	17	360	2717	34.4
Team Totals	79	3137	39.7	62	0	3	17	360	2717	34.4
Opponents Totals	70	2935	41.9	65	1	12	17	325	2370	33.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Carl Roaches	39	4	296	7.6	40
Willie Tullis	2	0	29	14.5	16
Team Totals	41	4	325	7.9	40
Opponents Totals	47	19	360	7.7	26

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Carl Roaches	28	0	769	27.5	96t	1
Willie Tullis	32	0	779	24.3	95t	1
Tim Wilson	3	0	41	13.7	23	0
Adger Armstrong	3	0	36	12.0	18	0
Daryl Hunt	3	0	19	6.3	11	0
J.C. Wilson	2	0	27	13.5	14	0
Avon Riley	1	0	51	51.0	51	0
Team Totals	72	0	1722	23.9	96t	2
Opponents Totals	59		1201	20.4	34	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jesse Baker	8.5
Andy Dorris	5.0
Ken Kennard	2.0
Robert Brazile	2.0
Mike Stensrud	2.0
Elvin Bethea	2.0
Daryl Hunt	1.5
Art Stringer	1.0
Gregg Bingham	1.0
Ted Washington	1.0
Ted Thompson	0.5
Daryle Skaugstad	0.5
(Unknown)	6.0
Team Totals	33.0	239.0
Opponents Totals	40.0	342.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Adger Armstrong	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Baker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gregg Bingham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Burrough	1		2	0	2	0	0
Earl Campbell	10		2	0	2	0	0
Rob Carpenter	1		0	0	0	0	0
David Carter	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ronnie Coleman	2		0	0	0	0	0
Andy Dorris	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Carter Hartwig	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Kennard	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gifford Nielsen	3		1	0	1	-15	0
Vernon Perry	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Reaves	2		0	0	0	-2	0
Mike Reinfeldt	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Renfro	2		1	1	2	12	0
Avon Riley	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
John Schuhmacher	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Daryle Skaugstad	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ken Stabler	7		2	0	2	-13	0
Mike Stensrud	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
J.C. Wilson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tim Wilson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	33	23	10	13	23	-12	0
Opponents Totals	20	13	6	21	27		1