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1981 Houston Oilers: 7-9-0
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Cliff Parsley 79 3,137 39.7 3 17 0 47 360 34.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Toni Fritsch 0/0 3/4 4/4 7/13 1/1 15/22 32/34 77 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jesse Baker 10.0 Elvin Bethea 2.0 Gregg Bingham 1.0 2 20 0 Robert Brazile 2.0 2 7 0 Andy Dorris 5.0 Carter Hartwig 3 78 0 Daryl Hunt 1.5 Bill Kay 2 47 0 Ken Kennard 3.5 Vernon Perry 2 46 0 Mike Reinfeldt 1.0 2 18 0 Daryle Skaugstad 0.5 Greg Stemrick 3 94 0 Mike Stensrud 4.0 Art Stringer 1.0 Ted Thompson 0.5 Ted Washington 2.0 1 19 0 J.C. Wilson 1 1 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:

09-1981traded 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

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