1981 Houston Oilers: 7-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-3-0 (168 points scored, 150 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (113 points scored, 205 allowed) Head Coach: Ed Biles 281 points scored (23rd of 28 teams), 355 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 258 441 2,777 (23) 5.77 21 23 466 1,734 (23) 3.7 11 4,511 (27) 44 Defense: 295 502 3,315 (17) 6.20 22 18 549 2,411 (24) 4.4 16 5,726 (24) 31
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 16 6'4 210 33 12 Texas Southern 8 John Reaves QB 5 6'3 205 31 8 Florida 11 Harold Bailey WR 11 6'2 197 24 1 Oklahoma State 12 Ken Stabler QB 13 6'3 210 35 12 Alabama 14 Gifford Nielsen QB 5 6'4 205 27 4 Brigham Young 16 Toni Fritsch K 16 5'7 180 36 10 None 18 Cliff Parsley P 16 6'1 211 26 5 Oklahoma State 20 Willie Tullis DB 16 6'0 190 23 R Troy State 22 Bill Kay DB 16 6'1 190 21 R Purdue 26 Rob Carpenter RB 4 6'1 230 26 5 Miami (Ohio) 27 Greg Stemrick DB 16 5'11 185 30 7 Colorado State 28 Rich Thomaselli RB 12 6'1 195 24 1 West Virginia Wesleyan 32 Vernon Perry DB 16 6'2 211 28 3 Jackson State 33 J.C. Wilson DB 16 6'0 177 25 4 Pittsburgh 34 Earl Campbell RB 16 5'11 237 26 4 Texas 36 Carter Hartwig DB 16 6'0 205 25 3 Southern California 37 Mike Reinfeldt DB 16 6'2 195 28 6 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 39 Adger Armstrong RB 16 6'0 220 24 2 Texas A&M 45 Tim Wilson RB 16 6'3 220 27 5 Maryland 47 Ronnie Coleman RB 16 5'10 198 30 8 Alabama A&M 50 Daryl Hunt LB 16 6'3 220 24 3 Oklahoma 51 Ted Thompson LB 16 6'1 220 28 7 Southern Methodist 52 Robert Brazile LB 16 6'4 238 28 7 Jackson State 53 Art Stringer LB 5 6'1 223 27 5 Ball State 53 Avon Riley LB 16 6'3 211 23 R UCLA 54 Gregg Bingham LB 16 6'1 230 30 9 Purdue 55 Carl Mauck C 14 6'3 250 34 13 Southern Illinois 57 John Corker LB 11 6'5 240 22 2 Oklahoma State 58 David Carter C 16 6'2 258 27 5 Western Kentucky 59 Ted Washington LB 16 6'1 245 33 9 Mississippi Valley State 60 Ed Fisher OG 16 6'3 250 32 8 Arizona State 62 John Schuhmacher OG 16 6'3 275 26 2 Southern California 65 Elvin Bethea DE 15 6'3 255 35 14 North Carolina A&T 66 Greg Davidson C 16 6'2 250 23 2 North Texas State 67 Mike Stensrud DE 16 6'5 280 25 3 Iowa State 69 Andy Dorris DE 15 6'4 240 30 9 New Mexico State 71 Ken Kennard DT 16 6'2 245 27 5 Angelo State 74 Leon Gray OT 16 6'3 260 29 9 Jackson State 75 Jesse Baker DE 16 6'5 265 24 3 Jacksonville State 76 Morris Towns OT 16 6'4 275 27 5 Missouri 77 Angelo Fields OT 14 6'6 319 24 2 Michigan State 78 Nick Eyre OT 6 6'5 274 22 R Brigham Young 82 Mike Renfro WR 12 6'0 184 26 4 Texas Christian 83 Tim Smith WR 4 6'2 192 24 2 Nebraska 84 Mike Holston WR 16 6'3 184 23 R Morgan State 85 Carl Roaches WR 16 5'8 165 28 2 Texas A&M 86 Mike Barber TE 16 6'3 233 28 6 Louisiana Tech 87 Dave Casper TE 16 6'4 230 30 8 Notre Dame 88 Billy Brooks WR 3 6'3 202 28 5 Oklahoma 90 Daryle Skaugstad DT 16 6'5 254 24 1 California
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Stabler 285 165 57.9 1,988 6.98 12.0 14 4.9 18 6.3 29 254 69.5 Gifford Nielsen 93 60 64.5 709 7.62 11.8 5 5.4 3 3.2 8 61 92.1 John Reaves 61 31 50.8 379 6.21 12.2 2 3.3 2 3.3 3 27 67.6 Cliff Parsley 2 2 100.0 43 21.50 21.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ken Burrough 40 668 16.7 7 Mike Renfro 39 451 11.6 1 Earl Campbell 36 156 4.3 0 Dave Casper 33 572 17.3 8 Adger Armstrong 29 278 9.6 1 Mike Holston 27 427 15.8 2 Ronnie Coleman 19 211 11.1 0 Mike Barber 13 190 14.6 1 Rob Carpenter 13 80 6.2 1 Tim Wilson 5 33 6.6 0 Tim Smith 2 37 18.5 0 Billy Brooks 2 16 8.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Earl Campbell 361 1,376 3.8 10 Adger Armstrong 31 146 4.7 0 Ronnie Coleman 21 91 4.3 1 Rob Carpenter 18 74 4.1 0 Tim Wilson 13 35 2.7 0 John Reaves 6 13 2.2 0 Gifford Nielsen 6 2 0.3 0 Ken Stabler 10 -3 -0.3 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Willie Tullis 32 779 24.3 1 Carl Roaches 28 769 27.5 1 Tim Wilson 3 41 13.7 0 Adger Armstrong 3 36 12.0 0 Daryl Hunt 3 19 6.3 0 J.C. Wilson 2 27 13.5 0 Avon Riley 1 51 51.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Carl Roaches 39 296 7.6 4 0 Willie Tullis 2 29 14.5 0 0 |
1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 3 79 WR Michael Holston 64 Morgan State 4 106 OT Nick Eyre 6 Brigham Young 5 133 LB Delbert Fowler West Virginia 6 159 DB Bill Kay 56 Purdue 7 193 DB Don Washington Texas A&I [pick acquired from OAK] 8 217 WR Willie Tullis 106 Troy State 9 243 LB Avon Riley 91 UCLA 10 270 RB Larry Jones Colorado State 11 297 OG Claude Matthews Auburn 12 324 K Bill Capece 37 Florida State
Traded draft picks: #1 to OAK (Ted Watts), #2 to OAK (Howie Long), #7 to SEA (Brad Scovill)
Transactions:
| 09-1981 | traded Rob Carpenter to Giants for the Giants' #3 pick in the 1982 draft |
1981 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/06/81 at Los Angeles Rams W 27-20 1-0-0 09/13/81 at Cleveland Browns W 9-3 2-0-0 09/20/81 vs Miami Dolphins L 10-16 2-1-0 09/27/81 at New York Jets L 17-33 2-2-0 10/04/81 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 17-10 3-2-0 10/11/81 vs Seattle Seahawks W 35-17 4-2-0 10/18/81 at New England Patriots L 10-38 4-3-0 10/26/81 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-26 4-4-0 11/01/81 at Cincinnati Bengals L 21-34 4-5-0 11/08/81 vs Oakland Raiders W 17-16 5-5-0 11/15/81 at Kansas City Chiefs L 10-23 5-6-0 11/22/81 vs New Orleans Saints L 24-27 5-7-0 11/29/81 vs Atlanta Falcons L 27-31 5-8-0 12/03/81 vs Cleveland Browns W 17-13 6-8-0 12/13/81 at San Francisco 49ers L 6-28 6-9-0 12/20/81 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 21-20 7-9-0