1983 Houston Oilers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-14
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Studley (2-8)
Coach: Ed Biles (0-6)
Location: Houston, Texas
1983 Houston Oilers StatisticsTeam Record: 2-14
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Studley (2-8)
Coach: Ed Biles (0-6)
Location: Houston, Texas
1983 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Houston netted 288 points, while the wobbly defensive unit allowed 460. Oliver Luck passed for 1,375 yards, and Gifford Nielsen spent time under center also. Tim Smith hauled in 83 passes for 1,176 yards.
Earl Campbell ran for a team-leading 1,301 yards for the Oilers.
Willie Tullis intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Jesse Baker topped the defensive unit with 5.5 sacks.
Chuck Studley and Ed Biles coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Robert Abraham | RILB | July 13, 1960 | 6'1" | 228 | North Carolina St. | Myrtle Beach, SC USA | 14 | 13 |
| 31 | Gary Allen | RB | April 23, 1960 | 5'10" | 183 | Hawaii | Baldwin Park, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Walt Arnold | TE | August 31, 1958 | 6'3" | 228 | New Mexico | Galveston, TX USA | 13 | 1 |
| 75 | Jesse Baker | RDE | July 10, 1957 | 6'5" | 269 | Jacksonville St. | Conyers, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | DE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 7 | 0 |
| 54 | Gregg Bingham | LILB | March 13, 1951 | 6'1" | 227 | Purdue | Evanston, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 25 | Keith Bostic | SS | January 17, 1961 | 6'1" | 216 | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI USA | 16 | 12 |
| 52 | Robert Brazile | ROLB | February 7, 1953 | 6'4" | 241 | Jackson St. | Mobile, AL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 38 | Curtis Brown | RB | December 7, 1954 | 5'10" | 203 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Steve Brown | LCB | March 20, 1960 | 5'11" | 189 | Oregon | Sacramento, CA USA | 16 | 10 |
| 81 | Steve Bryant | WR | October 10, 1959 | 6'2" | 195 | Purdue | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 6 |
| 34 | Earl Campbell | RB | March 29, 1955 | 5'11" | 232 | Texas | Tyler, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 58 | David Carter | C | November 27, 1953 | 6'2" | 250 | West. Kentucky | Vincennes, IN USA | 16 | 16 |
| 87 | Dave Casper | TE | September 26, 1951 | 6'4" | 240 | Notre Dame | Bemidji, MN USA | 3 | 2 |
| 40 | Donnie Craft | RB | November 19, 1959 | 6'0" | 206 | Louisville | Panama City, FL USA | 15 | 2 |
| 45 | Dwayne Crutchfield | RB | September 30, 1959 | 6'0" | 235 | Iowa St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Chris Dressel | TE | February 7, 1961 | 6'4" | 238 | Stanford | Palcentia, CA USA | 16 | 14 |
| 35 | Stan Edwards | RB | May 20, 1960 | 6'0" | 208 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 1 |
| 43 | Vagas Ferguson | RB | March 6, 1957 | 6'1" | 204 | Notre Dame | Richmond, IN USA | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Jerome Foster | DE | July 25, 1960 | 6'2" | 268 | Ohio St. | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 1 |
| 77 | Doug France | LT | April 26, 1953 | 6'5" | 270 | Ohio St. | Dayton, OH USA | 13 | 13 |
| 90 | Bob Hamm | LDE | April 24, 1959 | 6'4" | 260 | Nevada-Reno | Kansas City, MO USA | 16 | 12 |
| 36 | Carter Hartwig | FS | February 27, 1956 | 6'0" | 205 | USC | Culver City, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | Derrick Hatchett | DB | August 14, 1958 | 5'11" | 182 | Texas | Bryan, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Greg Hill | DB | February 12, 1961 | 6'1" | 194 | Oklahoma St. | Orange, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Mike Holston | WR | January 8, 1958 | 6'3" | 189 | Morgan St. | Seat Pleasant, MD USA | 16 | 0 |
| 66 | Pat Howell | G | March 12, 1957 | 6'5" | 257 | USC | Fresno, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 50 | Daryl Hunt | LB | November 3, 1956 | 6'3" | 229 | Oklahoma | Odessa, TX USA | 16 | 3 |
| 6 | John James | P | January 21, 1949 | 6'3" | 197 | Florida | Panama City, FL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 57 | Tim Joiner | LB | January 7, 1961 | 6'4" | 235 | LSU | Monrovia, CA USA | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | Bill Kay | LCB | January 10, 1960 | 6'1" | 190 | Purdue | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 6 |
| 4 | Florian Kempf | K | May 25, 1956 | 5'9" | 170 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 10 | Oliver Luck | QB | April 5, 1960 | 6'2" | 196 | West Virginia | Cleveland, OH USA | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Archie Manning | QB | May 19, 1949 | 6'3" | 212 | Mississippi | Cleveland, MS USA | 3 | 3 |
| 74 | Bruce Matthews | RG | August 8, 1961 | 6'5" | 305 | USC | Raleigh, NC USA | 16 | 15 |
| 89 | Mike McCloskey | TE | February 2, 1961 | 6'5" | 244 | Penn St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 16 | 7 |
| 26 | Darryl Meadows | DB | February 15, 1961 | 6'1" | 202 | Toledo | Cincinnati, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 30 | Larry Moriarty | FB | April 24, 1958 | 6'1" | 240 | Notre Dame | Santa Barbara, CA USA | 16 | 7 |
| 63 | Mike Munchak | LG | March 5, 1960 | 6'3" | 281 | Penn St. | Scranton, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 14 | Gifford Nielsen | QB | October 25, 1954 | 6'4" | 205 | BYU | Provo, UT USA | 7 | 7 |
| 21 | Tate Randle | DB | August 15, 1959 | 6'0" | 202 | Texas Tech | Fredericksburg, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Mike Reinfeldt | DB | May 6, 1953 | 6'2" | 192 | Wisc-Milwaukee | Baraboo, WI USA | 4 | 4 |
| 82 | Mike Renfro | WR | June 19, 1955 | 6'0" | 184 | TCU | Fort Worth, TX USA | 9 | 7 |
| 53 | Avon Riley | LOLB | February 10, 1958 | 6'3" | 230 | UCLA | Savannah, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 85 | Carl Roaches | KR | October 2, 1953 | 5'8" | 168 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 73 | Harvey Salem | RT | January 15, 1961 | 6'6" | 283 | California | Berkeley, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 62 | John Schuhmacher | G | September 23, 1955 | 6'3" | 271 | USC | Salem, OR USA | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Tim Smith | WR | March 20, 1957 | 6'2" | 201 | Nebraska | Tucson, AZ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 72 | Brian Sochia | NT | July 2, 1961 | 6'3" | 270 | NW Oklahoma St. | Massena, NY USA | 12 | 10 |
| 69 | Al Steinfeld | G-C-T | October 28, 1958 | 6'5" | 256 | C.W. Post | Brooklyn, NY USA | 8 | 0 |
| 67 | Mike Stensrud | NT | February 19, 1956 | 6'5" | 280 | Iowa St. | Forest City, IA USA | 16 | 6 |
| 68 | Les Studdard | C | December 14, 1958 | 6'4" | 260 | Texas | El Paso, TX USA | 6 | 0 |
| 70 | Malcolm Taylor | DE | June 20, 1960 | 6'6" | 288 | Tennessee St. | Crystal Springs, MS USA | 16 | 3 |
| 51 | Ted Thompson | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 220 | SMU | Atlanta, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 76 | Morris Towns | T | January 10, 1954 | 6'4" | 270 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 14 | 3 |
| 20 | Willie Tullis | RCB | April 5, 1958 | 6'0" | 193 | Southern Miss | Newville, AL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 86 | Herkie Walls | WR | July 18, 1961 | 5'8" | 159 | Texas | Garland, TX USA | 16 | 3 |
| 64 | Ralph Williams | G-T | March 27, 1958 | 6'3" | 280 | Southern | Monroe, LA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | J.C. Wilson | DB | March 11, 1956 | 6'0" | 178 | Tampa | Cleveland, OH USA | 13 | 0 |
