1982 Houston Oilers (NFL) |
| 13th place • American Football Conference • 1-8-0 .111 |
| Head Coach: Ed Biles |
| Bill Allerheiligen | Strength and Conditioning |
| Andy Bourgeois | Receivers |
| Ray Callahan | Offensive Line |
| Bob Gambold | Defensive Backs |
| Ken Houston | Defensive Assistant |
| Elijah Pitts | Running Backs |
| Dick Selcer | Linebackers |
| Jim Shofner | Chief Offensive |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/12/1982 | H | New Orleans Saints | 22-20 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 44599 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1982 | H | New York Jets | 16-33 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 40497 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1982 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21-6 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 41077 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1982 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 14-20 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 60150 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1982 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-27 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 52268 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1982 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 23-21 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 43117 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1982 | H | Buffalo Bills | - | Houston, TX | Astrodome | |||
| Sun | 10/3/1982 | A | New York Jets | - | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/10/1982 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | - | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/17/1982 | H | Denver Broncos | - | Houston, TX | Astrodome | |||
| Sun | 10/24/1982 | H | Washington Redskins | - | Houston, TX | Astrodome | |||
| Sun | 10/31/1982 | A | Cleveland Browns | - | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/7/1982 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | - | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/21/1982 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-24 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 42338 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1982 | A | New England Patriots | 21-29 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 33602 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1982 | A | New York Giants | 14-17 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 71184 | |
| Mon | 12/13/1982 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 7-37 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 51808 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1982 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-35 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 44119 | |
| Sun | 12/26/1982 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 36559 | |
| Sun | 1/2/1983 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 27-35 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 26522 | |
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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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/26/1982 | Buffalo Bills | Canceled |
| 10/3/1982 | New York Jets | Canceled |
| 10/10/1982 | Kansas City Chiefs | Canceled |
| 10/17/1982 | Denver Broncos | Canceled |
| 10/24/1982 | Washington Redskins | Canceled |
| 10/31/1982 | Cleveland Browns | Canceled |
| 11/7/1982 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Canceled |
| 1/2/1983 | Cincinnati Bengals | Postponed from 11/14 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Robert Abraham | 36 | LB | 6-1 | 236 | 22 | North Carolina State | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Allen | 31 | RB | 5-10 | 179 | 22 | Hawaii | 7 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 39 | RB | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Texas A&M | 6 | 3 |
| Walt Arnold | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 229 | 24 | New Mexico | 9 | 0 |
| Harold Bailey | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 197 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 8 |
| Jesse Baker | 75 | RDE | 6-5 | 271 | 25 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 9 |
| Elvin Bethea | 65 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 36 | North Carolina A&T State | 9 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 54 | LILB | 6-1 | 227 | 31 | Purdue | 7 | 7 |
| Robert Brazile | 52 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-4 | 238 | 29 | Jackson State | 9 | 9 |
| Steve Bryant | 81 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Los Angeles Southwest JC; Purdue | 7 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 34 | FB | 5-11 | 238 | 27 | Texas | 9 | 9 |
| David Carter | 58 | C | 6-2 | 260 | 29 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 9 |
| Dave Casper | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 31 | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 |
| John Corker | 57 | LB | 6-5 | 240 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 40 | RB | 6-0 | 209 | 23 | Louisville | 9 | 2 |
| Greg Davidson | 66 | C | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | North Texas | 9 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 35 | RB | 6-1 | 214 | 22 | Michigan | 7 | 4 |
| Ed Fisher | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 33 | Arizona State | 9 | 9 |
| Carter Hartwig | 36 | SS | 6-0 | 203 | 26 | Southern California | 9 | 3 |
| Mike Holston | 84 | WR | 6-3 | 184 | 24 | Hagerstown JC; Morgan State | 9 | 5 |
| Daryl Hunt | 50 | RILB | 6-3 | 243 | 26 | Oklahoma | 9 | 9 |
| John James | 6 | P | 6-3 | 199 | 33 | Florida | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Kay | 22 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Purdue | 9 | 1 |
| Florian Kempf | 4 | K | 5-9 | 170 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Kennard | 71 | LDE | 6-2 | 255 | 28 | Angelo State | 9 | 9 |
| Mark Koncar | 72 | OT | 6-5 | 268 | 29 | Colorado | 5 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 8 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 33 | Mississippi | 6 | 5 |
| Mike Munchak | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 282 | 22 | Penn State | 4 | 3 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 28 | Brigham Young | 9 | 4 |
| Cliff Parsley | 18 | P | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 0 |
| Vernon Perry | 32 | SS | 6-2 | 211 | 29 | Jackson State | 7 | 6 |
| Tate Randle | 21 | S | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Texas Tech | 7 | 0 |
| George Reihner | 64 | LOG | 6-4 | 263 | 27 | Penn State | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 37 | WS | 6-2 | 192 | 29 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 9 | 9 |
| Mike Renfro | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Texas Christian | 9 | 4 |
| Avon Riley | 53 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Canyons JC; UCLA | 9 | 8 |
| Carl Roaches | 85 | WR | 5-7 | 163 | 29 | Texas A&M | 9 | 0 |
| John Schuhmacher | 62 | LOT | 6-3 | 275 | 27 | Southern California | 9 | 9 |
| Daryle Skaugstad | 90 | MG | 6-5 | 258 | 25 | California | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Smith | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 280 | 25 | Nebraska | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Stemrick | 27 | RCB | 5-11 | 178 | 31 | Colorado State | 8 | 8 |
| Mike Stensrud | 67 | MG | 6-5 | 280 | 26 | Iowa State | 9 | 9 |
| Malcolm Taylor | 70 | DE | 6-6 | 280 | 22 | Tennessee State | 9 | 0 |
| Rich Thomaselli | 28 | RB | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 9 | 0 |
| Ted Thompson | 51 | LILB | 6-1 | 218 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 2 |
| Morris Towns | 76 | ROT | 6-4 | 263 | 28 | Missouri | 9 | 9 |
| Willie Tullis | 20 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Southern Mississippi; Troy | 9 | 3 |
| Ted Washington | 59 | ROLB | 6-1 | 250 | 34 | Mississippi Valley State | 9 | 1 |
| Ralph Williams | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 298 | 24 | Southern University | 7 | 5 |
| J.C. Wilson | 33 | LCB | 6-0 | 177 | 26 | Tampa; Pittsburgh | 7 | 6 |
| Tim Wilson | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Maryland | 9 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Mike Munchak | G | Penn State |
| 2 | 44 | Oliver Luck | QB | West Virginia |
| 3 | 72 | Stan Edwards | RB | Michigan |
| 3 | 77 | Robert Abraham | LB | North Carolina State |
| 4 | 94 | Steve Bryant | WR | Purdue |
| 5 | 121 | Malcolm Taylor | DE | Tennessee State |
| 6 | 148 | Gary Allen | RB | Hawaii |
| 9 | 234 | Matt Bradley | DB | Penn State |
| 10 | 261 | Ron Reeves | QB | Texas Tech |
| 11 | 287 | Jim Campbell | TE | Kentucky |
| 12 | 314 | Donnie Craft | RB | Louisville |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 27 | 31 | 54 | 136 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 71 | 45 | 81 | 245 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27:40 | 138 | 52 | 81 | 5 | 43/123 35.0% | 8/12 66.7% | 52 | 424 |
| Opponents Totals | 32:20 | 187 | 67 | 106 | 14 | 60/130 46.2% | 2/6 33.3% | 59 | 454 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Casper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Florian Kempf | 0 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 28 |
| Donnie Craft | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mike Renfro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gary Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Holston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 18 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 136 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 1 | 245 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Kempf | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 37 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 37 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 1/1 | 6/5 | 1/3 | 2/6 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Campbell | 157 | 538 | 3.4 | 22 | 2 |
| Archie Manning | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 18 | 42 | 2.3 | 10 | 3 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Harold Bailey | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Casper | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Allen | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 225 | 799 | 3.6 | 24 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 298 | 1225 | 4.1 | 90t | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Manning | 125 | 66 | 52.8 | 53 | 877 | 7.0 | 13.3 | 54t | 6 | 4.8 | 6 | 4.8 | 27 | 216 | 661 | 71.3 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 161 | 87 | 54.0 | 66 | 1005 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 46 | 6 | 3.7 | 8 | 5.0 | 12 | 92 | 913 | 64.8 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 287 | 153 | 53.3 | 119 | 1882 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 54t | 12 | 4.2 | 15 | 5.2 | 39 | 308 | 1574 | 66.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 284 | 179 | 63.0 | 102 | 2453 | 8.6 | 13.7 | 62t | 18 | 6.3 | 3 | 1.1 | 31 | 240 | 2213 | 107.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Casper | 36 | 573 | 15.9 | 38 | 6 |
| Harold Bailey | 26 | 367 | 14.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 23 | 230 | 10.0 | 49 | 1 |
| Mike Renfro | 21 | 295 | 14.0 | 54t | 3 |
| Earl Campbell | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 12 | 75 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Holston | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 38t | 1 |
| Gary Allen | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23t | 1 |
| Rich Thomaselli | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 153 | 1882 | 12.3 | 54t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 179 | 2453 | 13.7 | 62t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Brazile | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Vernon Perry | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 22 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John James | 31 | 1260 | 40.6 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 158 | 1062 | 34.3 |
| Cliff Parsley | 24 | 926 | 38.6 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 135 | 751 | 31.3 |
| Team Totals | 55 | 2186 | 39.7 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 293 | 1813 | 33.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 1634 | 43.0 | 73 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 104 | 1370 | 36.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Roaches | 19 | 4 | 104 | 5.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 4 | 104 | 5.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 11 | 293 | 8.4 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Roaches | 21 | 0 | 441 | 21.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Gary Allen | 15 | 0 | 292 | 19.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Willie Tullis | 5 | 0 | 91 | 18.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Avon Riley | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Rich Thomaselli | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tim Smith | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 0 | 905 | 20.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 0 | 564 | 21.7 | 55 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jesse Baker | 7.5 | |
| Robert Brazile | 6.5 | |
| Gregg Bingham | 3.0 | |
| Ken Kennard | 3.0 | |
| Daryle Skaugstad | 3.0 | |
| Avon Riley | 1.5 | |
| Mike Stensrud | 1.5 | |
| Elvin Bethea | 1.0 | |
| John Corker | 1.0 | |
| Daryl Hunt | 1.0 | |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 31.0 | 240.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39.0 | 308.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Abraham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 0 |
| Robert Brazile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Casper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donnie Craft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| Gifford Nielsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 0 | |
| Vernon Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stensrud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J.C. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 96 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 |
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