1984 Houston Oilers (NFL) - The Pro Football Archives

1984 Houston Oilers (NFL) 4th place American Football Conference Central Division 3-13-0 .188

Bill Allerheiligen	Weight and Strength Coordinator
Kay Dalton	Offensive Coordinator
John Devlin	Linebackers
Gene Gaines	Special Teams
Jerry Glanville	Defensive Coordinator
Ken Houston	Defensive Backs
Bruce Lemmerman	Receivers
Bob Padilla	Defensive Line
Al Roberts	Running Backs
Dick Selcer	Linebackers
Bill Walsh	Offensive Line

Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1984	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-30	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	32774
Sat	8/11/1984	H	New York Jets	36-17	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	38465
Sat	8/18/1984	H	New Orleans Saints	19-31	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	45522
Sat	8/25/1984	A	Dallas Cowboys	24-31	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	53877
Sun	9/2/1984	H	Los Angeles Raiders	14-24	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	49092
Sun	9/9/1984	H	Indianapolis Colts	21-35	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	43820
Sun	9/16/1984	A	San Diego Chargers	14-31	L		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	52266
Sun	9/23/1984	A	Atlanta Falcons	10-42	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	45248
Sun	9/30/1984	H	New Orleans Saints	10-27	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	43108
Sun	10/7/1984	A	Cincinnati Bengals	3-13	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	43637
Sun	10/14/1984	A	Miami Dolphins	10-28	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	52435
Sun	10/21/1984	H	San Francisco 49ers	21-34	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	39900
Sun	10/28/1984	H	Cincinnati Bengals	13-31	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	34010
Sun	11/4/1984	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-35	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48892
Sun	11/11/1984	A	Kansas City Chiefs	17-16	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	44464
Sun	11/18/1984	H	New York Jets	31-20	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	40141
Sun	11/25/1984	A	Cleveland Browns	10-27	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	46077
Sun	12/2/1984	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	23-20	W	OT	Houston, TX	Astrodome	39781
Sun	12/9/1984	A	Los Angeles Rams	16-27	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	49092
Sun	12/16/1984	H	Cleveland Browns	20-27	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	33676

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
56	Robert Abraham	RILB	6-1	236	24	North Carolina State	16	16
29	Patrick Allen	CB	5-10	180	23	Utah State	16	0
75	Jesse Baker	RDE	6-5	271	27	Jacksonville State	16	16
54	Gregg Bingham	LILB	6-1	227	33	Purdue	16	16
25	Keith Bostic	SS-RCB	6-1	225	23	Michigan	16	16
50	Robert Brazile	ROLB	6-4	238	31	Jackson State	16	16
24	Steve Brown	LCB	5-11	187	24	Oregon	16	16
81	Steve Bryant	WR	6-2	195	25	Los Angeles Southwest JC; Purdue	14	3
79	Bryan Caldwell	DE	6-4	248	24	Arizona State	8	0
34	Earl Campbell	RB	5-11	238	29	Texas	6	6
58	David Carter	C-OG	6-2	260	31	Western Kentucky	7	0
8	Joe Cooper	K	5-10	175	24	California	7	0
40	Donnie Craft	RB	6-0	209	25	Louisville	1	0
28	Jeff Donaldson	SS	6-0	191	22	Colorado	16	2
88	Chris Dressel	HBK	6-4	242	23	Stanford	16	16
21	Bo Eason	FS	6-2	200	23	UC Davis	10	1
32	Stan Edwards	RB	6-1	214	24	Michigan	14	1
78	Jerome Foster	LDE	6-2	270	24	Ohio State	9	3
59	John Grimsley	LB	6-2	237	22	Kentucky	16	0
90	Bob Hamm	LDE	6-4	265	25	Nevada-Reno	12	12
36	Carter Hartwig	FS	6-0	203	28	Southern California	14	14
84	Mike Holston	WR	6-3	184	26	Hagerstown JC; Morgan State	16	3
66	Pat Howell	ROG	6-5	253	27	Southern California	11	5
50	Daryl Hunt	LB	6-3	243	28	Oklahoma	5	0
6	John James	P	6-3	199	35	Florida	16	0
97	Mike Johnson	DE	6-5	225	22	Arizona Western JC; Illinois	16	0
57	Tim Joiner	LB	6-4	235	23	Louisiana State	11	0
38	Willie Joyner	RB	5-10	200	22	Maryland	10	0
4	Florian Kempf	K	5-9	170	28	Pennsylvania	9	0
27	Mike Kennedy	SS	6-0	195	25	Toledo	11	0
10	Oliver Luck	QB	6-2	196	24	West Virginia	4	0
28	Allen Lyday	S	5-10	196	24	Texas Southern; Nebraska	4	0
93	Robert Lyles	LB	6-1	227	23	Texas Christian	6	0
74	Bruce Matthews	C-ROT-ROG	6-5	300	23	Southern California	16	16
89	Mike McCloskey	TE	6-5	246	23	Penn State	15	0
20	Darryl Meadows	SS	6-1	198	23	Toledo	13	0
91	Johnny Meads	LB	6-2	230	23	Nicholls State	16	0
1	Warren Moon	QB	6-3	217	28	West Los Angeles JC; Washington	16	16
76	Eric Moran	LOT	6-5	294	24	Washington	8	1
30	Larry Moriarty	RB	6-1	240	26	Santa Barbara CC; Notre Dame	14	9
80	Eric Mullins	WR	5-11	181	22	Stanford	13	2
63	Mike Munchak	LOG	6-3	282	24	Penn State	16	16
53	Avon Riley	LOLB	6-3	240	26	Canyons JC; UCLA	16	16
85	Carl Roaches	WR	5-7	163	31	Texas A&M	16	0
55	Jim Romano	C	6-3	260	25	Penn State	8	7
73	Harvey Salem	LOT	6-6	286	23	California	16	15
62	John Schuhmacher	ROG	6-3	275	29	Southern California	16	10
83	Tim Smith	WR	6-2	280	27	Nebraska	16	14
72	Brian Sochia	MG	6-3	269	23	Northwestern Oklahoma State	16	3
70	Dean Steinkuhler	ROT	6-3	277	23	Nebraska	10	10
67	Mike Stensrud	MG-LDE	6-5	280	28	Iowa State	16	14
98	Mark Studaway	DE	6-3	260	24	Tennessee	6	0
51	Ted Thompson	LB	6-1	218	31	Southern Methodist	16	0
20	Willie Tullis	RCB	6-0	195	26	Southern Mississippi; Troy	16	15
82	Herkie Walls	WR	5-8	160	23	Texas	14	10
87	Jamie Williams	TE	6-4	245	24	Nebraska	16	16
35	Richard Williams	RB	6-0	205	24	Memphis	7	0

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Dean Steinkuhler	1	2	T	Nebraska
Doug Smith	2	29	DE	Auburn
Bo Eason	2	54	DB	California-Davis
Johnny Meads	3	58	LB	Nicholls State
Mark Studaway	4	85	DE	Tennessee
Patrick Allen	4	100	DB	Utah State
Robert Lyles	5	114	LB	Texas Christian
John Grimsley	6	141	LB	Kentucky
Eric Mullins	6	161	WR	Stanford
Willie Joyner	7	170	RB	Maryland
Kevin Baugh	8	197	WR	Penn State
Jeff Donaldson	9	226	DB	Colorado
Mike Johnson	9	228	DE	llinois
Mike Russell	9	252	LB	Toledo

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	27	82	50	78	3
Opponents Totals	113	111	92	121	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	28:02	284	95	164	25	64/193 33.2%	5/16 31.3%	99	813
Opponents Totals	31:58	345	158	168	19	104/218 47.7%	8/11 72.7%	105	876

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Cooper	0	13	13	100.0	11	13	84.6	0	46
Larry Moriarty	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Florian Kempf	0	14	14	100.0	4	6	66.7	0	26
Earl Campbell	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Tim Smith	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jamie Williams	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Chris Dressel	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Keith Bostic	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Stan Edwards	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Holston	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Oliver Luck	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike McCloskey	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Warren Moon	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Eric Mullins	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Herkie Walls	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	28	27	28	96.4	15	19	78.9	0	240
Opponents Totals	53	51	53	96.2	22	30	73.3	1	437

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Cooper	11	13	84.6	2/2	2/2	4/4	3/5	0/0
Florian Kempf	4	6	66.7	0/0	3/3	0/1	1/2	0/0
Team Totals	15	19	78.9	2/2	5/5	4/5	4/7	0/0
Opponents Totals	22	30	73.3	3/3	12/12	7/7	0/4	0/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Moriarty	189	785	4.2	51t	6
Earl Campbell	96	278	2.9	22	4
Stan Edwards	60	267	4.5	20	1
Warren Moon	58	211	3.6	31	1
Oliver Luck	10	75	7.5	18	1
Willie Joyner	14	22	1.6	9	0
Herkie Walls	4	20	5.0	20	0
Eric Mullins	1	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Cooper	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	433	1656	3.8	51t	13
Opponents Totals	596	2789	4.7	54	27

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Warren Moon	450	259	57.6	177	3338	7.4	12.9	76	12	2.7	14	3.1	47	371	2967	76.9
Oliver Luck	36	22	61.1	13	256	7.1	11.6	37	2	5.6	1	2.8	2	11	245	89.6
Larry Moriarty	1	1	100.0	0	16	16.0	16.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	16	118.8
Team Totals	487	282	57.9	190	3610	7.4	12.8	76	14	2.9	15	3.1	49	382	3228	78.0
Opponents Totals	447	271	60.6	163	3446	7.7	12.7	80t	23	5.1	13	2.9	32	267	3179	89.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tim Smith	69	1141	16.5	75t	4
Jamie Williams	41	545	13.3	32	3
Chris Dressel	40	378	9.5	42	2
Larry Moriarty	31	206	6.6	24	1
Mike Holston	22	287	13.0	28	1
Stan Edwards	20	151	7.6	20	0
Steve Bryant	19	278	14.6	28	0
Herkie Walls	18	291	16.2	76	1
Mike McCloskey	9	152	16.9	51	1
Eric Mullins	6	85	14.2	25	1
Carl Roaches	4	69	17.3	24	0
Earl Campbell	3	27	9.0	15	0
Team Totals	282	3610	12.8	76	14
Opponents Totals	271	3446	12.7	80t	23

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Tullis	4	48	12.0	22	0
Carter Hartwig	3	23	7.7	19	0
Steve Brown	1	26	26.0	26	0
Bo Eason	1	20	20.0	20	0
Allen Lyday	1	12	12.0	12	0
Patrick Allen	1	2	2.0	2	0
Robert Brazile	1	2	2.0	2	0
Robert Abraham	1	1	1.0	1	0
Ted Thompson	0	5		5L	0
Team Totals	13	139	10.7	26	0
Opponents Totals	15	214	14.3	47	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John James	88	3482	39.6	55	5	20	618	2764	31.4
Team Totals	88	3482	39.6	55	5	20	618	2764	31.4
Opponents Totals	64	2702	42.2	69	7	18	152	2410	37.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Carl Roaches	26	8	152	5.8	18
Team Totals	26	8	152	5.8	18
Opponents Totals	60	9	618	10.3	55

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Carl Roaches	30	679	22.6	49
Herkie Walls	15	289	19.3	29
Patrick Allen	11	210	19.1	23
Richard Williams	5	84	16.8	21
Willie Joyner	3	57	19.0	24
Steve Brown	3	17	5.7	17
Ted Thompson	1	16	16.0	16
Jamie Williams	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	69	1352	19.6	49
Opponents Totals	51	986	19.3	39

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jesse Baker	11.0
Mike Stensrud	4.5
Brian Sochia	3.5
Avon Riley	2.5
Bob Hamm	2.0
Robert Brazile	2.0
Keith Bostic	2.0
Gregg Bingham	2.0
Jerome Foster	1.0
Bo Eason	1.0
Mike Johnson	0.5
Team Totals	32.0	267.0
Opponents Totals	49.0	382.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jesse Baker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gregg Bingham	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
Keith Bostic	0	0	0	2	2	25	1
Robert Brazile	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Brown	1		0	1	1	0	0
Steve Bryant	1		0	0	0	0	0
Earl Campbell	2		2	0	2	1	0
Chris Dressel	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bo Eason	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Stan Edwards	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Hamm	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Carter Hartwig	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Holston	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tim Joiner	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Oliver Luck	2		2	0	2	0	0
Warren Moon	17		7	0	7	-1	0
Larry Moriarty	5		2	0	2	-3	0
Carl Roaches	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Romano	1		0	0	0	-11	0
Tim Smith	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Stensrud	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Tullis	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jamie Williams	2		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	36	17	19	11	30	18	1
Opponents Totals	24	11	12	16	28		1