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 | |||||||||
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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.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Adger Armstrong | 39 | HB | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Texas A&M | 16 | 2 |
Harold Bailey | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 197 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 0 |
Jesse Baker | 75 | RDE | 6-5 | 271 | 24 | Jacksonville State | 16 | 2 |
Mike Barber | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 237 | 28 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 6 |
Elvin Bethea | 65 | RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 35 | North Carolina A&T State | 15 | 14 |
Gregg Bingham | 54 | RILB-LILB | 6-1 | 227 | 30 | Purdue | 16 | 16 |
Robert Brazile | 52 | ROLB | 6-4 | 238 | 28 | Jackson State | 16 | 16 |
Billy Brooks | 88 | WR | 6-3 | 202 | 28 | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 |
Ken Burrough | 00 | WR | 6-3 | 215 | 33 | Texas Southern | 16 | 16 |
Earl Campbell | 34 | FB | 5-11 | 238 | 26 | Texas | 16 | 16 |
Rob Carpenter | 26 | HB | 6-1 | 226 | 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 4 |
David Carter | 58 | C-LOG | 6-2 | 260 | 28 | Western Kentucky | 16 | 13 |
Dave Casper | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 30 | Notre Dame | 16 | 10 |
Ronnie Coleman | 47 | HB | 5-10 | 197 | 30 | Alabama A&M | 16 | 0 |
John Corker | 57 | LB | 6-5 | 240 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 0 |
Greg Davidson | 66 | C | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | North Texas | 16 | 0 |
Andy Dorris | 69 | LDE | 6-4 | 248 | 30 | New Mexico State | 15 | 15 |
Nick Eyre | 78 | OT | 6-5 | 274 | 22 | Brigham Young | 6 | 0 |
Angelo Fields | 77 | LOT-ROT | 6-6 | 319 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
Ed Fisher | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 32 | Arizona State | 16 | 16 |
Toni Fritsch | 16 | K | 5-7 | 188 | 36 | none | 16 | 0 |
Leon Gray | 74 | LOT | 6-3 | 261 | 30 | Jackson State | 16 | 16 |
Carter Hartwig | 36 | LCB | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | Southern California | 16 | 0 |
Mike Holston | 84 | WR | 6-3 | 184 | 23 | Hagerstown JC; Morgan State | 16 | 4 |
Daryl Hunt | 50 | LILB | 6-3 | 243 | 25 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
Bill Kay | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | Purdue | 16 | 1 |
Ken Kennard | 71 | MG | 6-2 | 255 | 27 | Angelo State | 16 | 16 |
Carl Mauck | 55 | C | 6-3 | 242 | 34 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 4 |
Gifford Nielsen | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 27 | Brigham Young | 5 | 2 |
Cliff Parsley | 18 | P | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 0 |
Vernon Perry | 32 | SS | 6-2 | 211 | 28 | Jackson State | 16 | 16 |
John Reaves | 8 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 31 | Florida | 5 | 2 |
Mike Reinfeldt | 37 | FS | 6-2 | 192 | 28 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16 | 16 |
Mike Renfro | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 189 | 26 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
Avon Riley | 53 | LILB | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Canyons JC; UCLA | 16 | 0 |
Carl Roaches | 85 | WR | 5-7 | 163 | 28 | Texas A&M | 16 | 0 |
John Schuhmacher | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 275 | 26 | Southern California | 16 | 15 |
Daryle Skaugstad | 90 | MG | 6-5 | 258 | 24 | California | 16 | 0 |
Tim Smith | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 280 | 24 | Nebraska | 4 | 1 |
Ken Stabler | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 36 | Alabama | 13 | 12 |
Greg Stemrick | 27 | RCB | 5-11 | 178 | 30 | Colorado State | 16 | 15 |
Mike Stensrud | 67 | LDE | 6-5 | 280 | 25 | Iowa State | 16 | 1 |
Art Stringer | 56 | RILB | 6-1 | 223 | 27 | Ball State | 5 | 1 |
Rich Thomaselli | 28 | HB | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 12 | 0 |
Ted Thompson | 51 | LILB | 6-1 | 218 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 16 | 1 |
Morris Towns | 76 | ROT | 6-4 | 263 | 27 | Missouri | 16 | 16 |
Willie Tullis | 20 | SS | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Southern Mississippi; Troy | 16 | 0 |
Ted Washington | 59 | LOLB | 6-1 | 250 | 33 | Mississippi Valley State | 16 | 16 |
J.C. Wilson | 33 | LCB | 6-0 | 177 | 25 | Tampa; Pittsburgh | 16 | 14 |
Tim Wilson | 45 | HB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Maryland | 16 | 9 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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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 | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 47 | 66 | 55 | 113 | 281 |
Opponents Totals | 73 | 93 | 105 | 84 | 355 |
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 | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toni Fritsch | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 1 | 50 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 4/4 | 7/13 | 1/1 |
Team Totals | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 1 | 50 | 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 | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Stemrick | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 38 | 0 |
Carter Hartwig | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 38 | 0 |
Bill Kay | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 30 | 0 |
Vernon Perry | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
Gregg Bingham | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Reinfeldt | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
Robert Brazile | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Ted Washington | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
J.C. Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 18 | 330 | 18.3 | 38 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 23 | 289 | 12.6 | 49 | 0 |
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 | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Roaches | 39 | 4 | 296 | 7.6 | 40 | 0 |
Willie Tullis | 2 | 0 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
Team Totals | 41 | 4 | 325 | 7.9 | 40 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 47 | 19 | 360 | 7.7 | 26 | 0 |
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 |
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