1998 Tennessee Oilers (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Central Division 8-8-0 .500

Bart Andrus	Offensive Assistant-Quality Control
Greg Brown	Defensive Backs
O'Neill Gilbert	Linebackers
Jerry Gray	Defensive Assistant-Quality Control
George Henshaw	Tight Ends/Offensive Line
Alan Lowry	Wide Receivers
Mike Munchak	Offensive Line
Rex Norris	Defensive Line
Russ Purnell	Special Teams
Sherman Smith	Running Backs
Les Steckel	Offensive Coordinator
Steve Watterson	Strength and Rehabilitation
Gregg Williams	Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/7/1998	A	Atlanta Falcons	31-16	W	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	29313
Sat	8/15/1998	H	Washington Redskins	24-27	L	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	31429
Sat	8/22/1998	A	New Orleans Saints	26-24	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	46069
Sat	8/29/1998	H	Denver Broncos	16-13	W	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	33194
Sun	9/6/1998	A	Cincinnati Bengals	23-14	W	Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	55848
Sun	9/13/1998	H	San Diego Chargers	7-13	L	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	41089
Sun	9/20/1998	A	New England Patriots	16-27	L	Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	59973
Sun	9/27/1998	H	Jacksonville Jaguars	22-27	L	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	34656
Sun	10/11/1998	A	Baltimore Ravens	12-8	W	Baltimore, MD	Ravens Stadium	68561
Sun	10/18/1998	H	Cincinnati Bengals	44-14	W	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	33288
Sun	10/25/1998	H	Chicago Bears	20-23	L	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	40089
Sun	11/1/1998	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	41-31	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	58222
Sun	11/8/1998	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31-22	W	Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	65054
Sun	11/15/1998	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	23-14	W	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	41104
Sun	11/22/1998	H	New York Jets	3-24	L	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	37084
Sun	11/29/1998	A	Seattle Seahawks	18-20	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	59048
Sun	12/6/1998	H	Baltimore Ravens	16-14	W	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	31124
Sun	12/13/1998	A	Jacksonville Jaguars	16-13	W	Jacksonville, FL	ALLTEL Stadium	65657
Sun	12/20/1998	A	Green Bay Packers	22-30	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	59888
Sat	12/26/1998	H	Minnesota Vikings	16-26	L	Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	41121

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
22	Mike Archie	RB	5-8	204	26	Penn State	16	0
23	Blaine Bishop	SS	5-9	202	28	St. Joseph's (Indiana); Ball State	13	13
58	Joe Bowden	MLB	5-11	234	28	Oklahoma	16	16
83	Isaac Byrd	WR	6-1	185	24	Kansas	4	3
78	Anthony Cook	LDE	6-3	295	26	South Carolina State	13	3
84	Willie Davis	WR	6-0	184	31	Central Arkansas	13	10
3	Al Del Greco	K	5-10	200	36	Auburn	16	0
33	Anthony Dorsett	CB	5-11	201	25	Pittsburgh	16	0
87	Kevin Dyson	WR	6-1	203	23	Utah	13	9
91	Josh Evans	RDT	6-2	284	26	Alabama-Birmingham	14	11
92	Henry Ford	RDT	6-3	293	27	Arkansas	13	5
27	Eddie George	RB	6-3	237	25	Ohio State	16	16
26	Spencer George	RB	5-9	200	25	Rice	5	0
88	Jackie Harris	TE	6-3	251	30	Louisiana-Monroe	16	16
15	Craig Hentrich	P	6-3	207	27	Notre Dame	16	0
99	Kenny Holmes	RDE	6-4	269	25	Miami (Florida)	14	11
72	Brad Hopkins	LOT	6-3	303	28	Illinois	13	13
24	Steve Jackson	FS-CB	5-8	185	29	Purdue	14	4
57	Lenoy Jones	LB	6-1	233	24	Texas Christian	9	0
86	Joey Kent	WR	6-1	190	24	Tennessee	10	0
50	Terry Killens	LDE	6-1	234	24	Penn State	16	1
17	Dave Krieg	QB	6-1	200	40	Milton	5	0
66	Jason Layman	ROG	6-5	309	25	Tennessee	16	15
29	Darryll Lewis	RCB	5-9	187	30	Arizona	16	15
60	Kevin Long	C	6-5	295	23	Florida State	16	2
98	Pratt Lyons	LDE	6-5	287	24	Utah State; Troy	16	12
51	Lonnie Marts	LLB	6-2	251	30	Tulane	16	15
85	Derrick Mason	WR	5-10	191	24	Michigan State	16	0
76	Jason Mathews	OT	6-5	296	27	Brigham Young; Texas A&M	3	0
74	Bruce Matthews	LOG	6-5	300	37	Southern California	16	16
11	Steve Matthews	QB	6-3	228	28	Tennessee; Harper JC; Memphis	1	0
28	George McCullough	CB	5-10	187	23	Baylor	7	0
9	Steve McNair	QB	6-2	228	25	Alcorn State	16	16
64	Erik Norgard	C	6-1	286	33	Western Washington; Colorado	1	1
75	Benji Olson	ROG	6-3	317	23	Washington	13	1
35	Perry Phenix	SS	5-11	210	24	Trinity Valley CC; Southern Mississippi	15	3
61	Evan Pilgrim	OG	6-4	303	26	Brigham Young	3	0
80	Michael Roan	TE	6-3	250	26	Wisconsin	16	1
90	James Roberson	RDE	6-3	275	27	Florida State	10	5
31	Marcus Robertson	FS	5-11	204	29	Iowa State	12	12
55	Eddie Robinson	RLB	6-1	242	28	Alabama State	16	16
21	Samari Rolle	CB	6-0	175	22	Florida State	15	1
69	Jon Runyan	ROT	6-7	327	25	Michigan	16	16
95	Joe Salave'a	DT	6-3	300	23	Arizona	13	0
81	Chris Sanders	WR	6-1	188	26	Ohio State	14	1
73	Scott Sanderson	LOT	6-6	294	24	Washington State	16	3
37	Dainon Sidney	RCB	6-0	190	23	East Tennessee State; Alabama-Birmingham	16	1
59	Dennis Stallings	LB	6-0	237	24	Illinois	15	0
53	Mark Stepnoski	C	6-2	266	31	Pittsburgh	13	13
93	Mike Sutton	DE	6-4	263	23	Louisiana State	1	0
82	Yancey Thigpen	WR	6-0	206	29	Winston-Salem State	9	8
20	Rodney Thomas	RB	5-10	211	25	Texas A&M	11	0
25	Denard Walker	LCB	6-1	191	25	Louisiana State	16	16
96	Gary Walker	LDT	6-2	305	25	Hinds CC; Auburn	16	16
52	Barron Wortham	LB	5-11	245	29	Texas-El Paso	13	0
89	Frank Wycheck	HBK	6-3	251	27	Maryland	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	16	Kevin Dyson	WR	Utah
2	46	Samari Rolle	DB	Florida State
3	77	Dainon Sidney	DB	Alabama-Birmingham
4	107	Joe Salave'a	DT	Arizona
5	139	Benji Olson	G	Washington
6	168	Lee Wiggins	DB	South Carolina
7	205	Jimmy Sprotte	LB	Arizona
7	229	Kevin Long	C	Florida State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	54	112	71	93
Opponents Totals	58	69	87	106

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	31:41	308	118	171	19	84/210 40.0%	4/11 36.4%	126	1135
Opponents Totals	28:20	279	81	170	28	76/201 37.8%	3/16 18.8%	93	704

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Al Del Greco	0	28	28	100.0	0	0	36	39	92.3	0	136
Eddie George	6	0	0		1	4	0	0		0	38
Steve McNair	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Willie Davis	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Derrick Mason	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Yancey Thigpen	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Joe Bowden	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Kevin Dyson	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Jackie Harris	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Rodney Thomas	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Frank Wycheck	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Mike Archie	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Lonnie Marts	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Michael Roan	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Craig Hentrich	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	32	28	28	100.0	1	4	36	40	90.0	0	330
Opponents Totals	34	29	29	100.0	4	5	25	30	83.3	2	318

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Al Del Greco	36	39	92.3	1/1	8/8	15/15	12/15	0/0
Craig Hentrich	0	1	0.0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0
Team Totals	36	40	90.0	1/1	8/8	15/15	12/16	0/0
Opponents Totals	25	30	83.3	1/1	7/7	7/10	9/9	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Eddie George	348	1294	3.7	37t	5	72	5	0	7
Steve McNair	77	559	7.3	71t	4	38	4	2	0
Rodney Thomas	24	100	4.2	21	2	5	1	0	0
Mike Archie	6	24	4.0	20	1	3	1	0	0
Kevin Dyson	1	4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Stepnoski	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Craig Hentrich	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Krieg	3	-1	-0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Sanders	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	462	1970	4.3	71t	12	118	11	2	9
Opponents Totals	414	1610	3.9	66	9	81	8	3	3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Steve McNair	492	289	58.7	193	3228	6.6	11.2	47	15	3.0	10	2.0	33	176	3052	160	41	3	80.1
Dave Krieg	21	12	57.1	9	199	9.5	16.6	55	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	15	184	7	2	2	89.2
Mike Archie	2	1	50.0	1	18	9.0	18.0	18t	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	18	1	0	0	120.8
Craig Hentrich	1	1	100.0	0	13	13.0	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	13	1	0	0	118.8
Steve Matthews	3	2	66.7	1	24	8.0	12.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	24	2	0	0	91.0
Team Totals	519	305	58.8	204	3482	6.7	11.4	55	16	3.1	10	1.9	35	191	3291	171	43	5	81.3
Opponents Totals	511	319	62.4	180	3683	7.2	11.5	76t	24	4.7	12	2.3	30	172	3511	170	39	9	90.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Frank Wycheck	70	768	11.0	38	2	37	10	0	2
Jackie Harris	43	412	9.6	32	2	22	5	0	0
Yancey Thigpen	38	493	13.0	55	3	20	5	1	0
Eddie George	37	310	8.4	29	1	17	3	0	0
Willie Davis	32	461	14.4	38	3	23	9	0	0
Derrick Mason	25	333	13.3	47	3	19	3	1	0
Kevin Dyson	21	263	12.5	45t	2	12	4	1	0
Michael Roan	13	93	7.2	16	0	6	0	0	0
Isaac Byrd	6	71	11.8	18	0	5	0	0	0
Rodney Thomas	6	55	9.2	20	0	4	1	0	0
Chris Sanders	5	136	27.2	46	0	4	2	2	0
Mike Archie	5	25	5.0	7	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Kent	4	62	15.5	23	0	2	1	0	0
Team Totals	305	3482	11.4	55	16	171	43	5	2
Opponents Totals	319	3683	11.5	76t	24	170	39	9	3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Darryll Lewis	4	40	10.0	33	0
Denard Walker	2	6	3.0	6	0
Lonnie Marts	1	27	27.0	27t	1
Blaine Bishop	1	13	13.0	13	0
Eddie Robinson	1	11	11.0	11	0
Joe Bowden	1	1	1.0	1t	1
Steve Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Marcus Robertson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	12	98	8.2	33	2
Opponents Totals	10	88	8.8	34	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Craig Hentrich	69	3258	47.2	71	0	11	18	2	6	332	2706	39.2
Team Totals	69	3258	47.2	71	0	11	18	2	6	332	2706	39.2
Opponents Totals	74	3190	43.1	67	1	8	25			280	2750	37.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Derrick Mason	31	11	228	7.4	25	3	0	1
Mike Archie	7	6	52	7.4	22	1	0	2
Team Totals	38	17	280	7.4	25	4	0	3
Opponents Totals	34	16	332	9.8	43

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	OSA	OSR
Craig Hentrich	84	5605	66.7	0	29	54	1097	1	0
Al Del Greco	1	67	67.0	0	0	1	17	0	0
Team Totals	85	5672	66.7	0	29	55	1129	1	0
Opponents Totals						56	1148

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Mike Archie	42	0	913	21.7	50	26	1	1
Derrick Mason	8	0	154	19.3	26	5	0	0
Rodney Thomas	3	0	64	21.3	39	1	0	0
Frank Wycheck	1	0	10	10.0	10	0	0	0
Michael Roan	1	0	4	4.0	11	0	0	1
Jackie Harris	1	0	3	3.0	3	0	0	0
Team Totals	56	0	1148	20.5	50	32	1	2
Opponents Totals	55		1129	20.5	47

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lonnie Marts	4.0
Josh Evans	3.5
Eddie Robinson	3.5
Blaine Bishop	3.0
Kenny Holmes	2.5
Anthony Cook	2.0
Pratt Lyons	2.0
Samari Rolle	2.0
Joe Bowden	1.5
Henry Ford	1.5
Steve Jackson	1.5
Darryll Lewis	1.0
Joe Salave'a	1.0
Gary Walker	1.0
Team Totals	30.0	172.0
Opponents Totals	35.0	191.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mike Archie	3		0	0	0	0	0
Blaine Bishop	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Bowden	0	0	0	2	2	17	1
Isaac Byrd	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Henry Ford	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eddie George	7		4	1	5	0	0
Dave Krieg	3		1	0	1	-2	0
Jason Layman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Derrick Mason	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bruce Matthews	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Steve McNair	5		3	0	3	-7	0
Perry Phenix	0	0	0	1	1	18	0
Michael Roan	1		0	1	1	0	1
Chris Sanders	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mark Stepnoski	2		1	0	1	-6	0
Frank Wycheck	2		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	25	10	15	7	22	20	2
Opponents Totals	11	7	3	9	12		0