1984 Houston Oilers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Hugh Campbell (3-13)
Location: Houston, Texas
1984 Houston Oilers StatisticsTeam Record: 3-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Hugh Campbell (3-13)
Location: Houston, Texas
1984 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Oilers eked out just 240 points, and the porous defense conceded 437. Warren Moon triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,338 yards. Tim Smith topped the receiving corps, hauling in 69 passes for 1,141 yards.
Larry Moriarty ran for a team-leading 785 yards for Houston.
Willie Tullis intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Jesse Baker led the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks.
Hugh Campbell 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 | 16 | 16 |
| 29 | Patrick Allen | DB | August 26, 1961 | 5'10" | 180 | Utah St. | Seattle, WA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 75 | Jesse Baker | RDE | July 10, 1957 | 6'5" | 269 | Jacksonville St. | Conyers, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 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 | 16 |
| 52 | Robert Brazile | ROLB | February 7, 1953 | 6'4" | 241 | Jackson St. | Mobile, AL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | Steve Brown | LCB | March 20, 1960 | 5'11" | 189 | Oregon | Sacramento, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 81 | Steve Bryant | WR | October 10, 1959 | 6'2" | 195 | Purdue | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 3 |
| 79 | Bryan Caldwell | DE | May 6, 1960 | 6'4" | 248 | Arizona St. | Oakland, CA USA | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | Earl Campbell | RB | March 29, 1955 | 5'11" | 232 | Texas | Tyler, TX USA | 6 | 6 |
| 58 | David Carter | C-G | November 27, 1953 | 6'2" | 250 | West. Kentucky | Vincennes, IN USA | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Joe Cooper | K | October 30, 1960 | 5'10" | 175 | California | Fresno, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 40 | Donnie Craft | RB | November 19, 1959 | 6'0" | 206 | Louisville | Panama City, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Jeff Donaldson | DB | April 19, 1962 | 6'0" | 192 | Colorado | Fort Collins, CO USA | 16 | 2 |
| 88 | Chris Dressel | TE | February 7, 1961 | 6'4" | 238 | Stanford | Palcentia, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | Bo Eason | DB | March 10, 1961 | 6'2" | 200 | California-Davis | Walnut Grove, CA USA | 10 | 1 |
| 32 | Stan Edwards | RB | May 20, 1960 | 6'0" | 208 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 1 |
| 78 | Jerome Foster | DE | July 25, 1960 | 6'2" | 268 | Ohio St. | Detroit, MI USA | 9 | 3 |
| 59 | John Grimsley | LB | February 25, 1962 | 6'2" | 235 | Kentucky | Canton, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 90 | Bob Hamm | LDE | April 24, 1959 | 6'4" | 260 | Nevada-Reno | Kansas City, MO USA | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Carter Hartwig | FS | February 27, 1956 | 6'0" | 205 | USC | Culver City, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Mike Holston | WR | January 8, 1958 | 6'3" | 189 | Morgan St. | Seat Pleasant, MD USA | 16 | 3 |
| 66 | Pat Howell | RG | March 12, 1957 | 6'5" | 257 | USC | Fresno, CA USA | 11 | 5 |
| 50 | Daryl Hunt | LB | November 3, 1956 | 6'3" | 229 | Oklahoma | Odessa, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | John James | P | January 21, 1949 | 6'3" | 197 | Florida | Panama City, FL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 97 | Mike Johnson | DE | April 24, 1962 | 6'5" | 253 | Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 57 | Tim Joiner | LB | January 7, 1961 | 6'4" | 235 | LSU | Monrovia, CA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 38 | Willie Joyner | RB | April 2, 1962 | 5'10" | 200 | Maryland | Brooklyn, NY USA | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Florian Kempf | K | May 25, 1956 | 5'9" | 170 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | Mike Kennedy | DB | February 26, 1959 | 6'0" | 195 | Toledo | Toledo, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | Oliver Luck | QB | April 5, 1960 | 6'2" | 196 | West Virginia | Cleveland, OH USA | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Allen Lyday | DB | September 16, 1960 | 5'10" | 190 | Texas Southern | Wichita, KS USA | 4 | 0 |
| 93 | Robert Lyles | LB | March 21, 1961 | 6'1" | 226 | TCU | Los Angeles, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 74 | Bruce Matthews | C | August 8, 1961 | 6'5" | 305 | USC | Raleigh, NC USA | 16 | 16 |
| 89 | Mike McCloskey | TE | February 2, 1961 | 6'5" | 244 | Penn St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 15 | 0 |
| 26 | Darryl Meadows | DB | February 15, 1961 | 6'1" | 202 | Toledo | Cincinnati, OH USA | 13 | 0 |
| 91 | Johnny Meads | LB | June 25, 1961 | 6'2" | 231 | Nicholls St. | Labadieville, LA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 1 | Warren Moon | QB | November 18, 1956 | 6'3" | 218 | Washington | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 76 | Eric Moran | T | June 10, 1960 | 6'5" | 285 | Washington | Spokane, WA USA | 8 | 1 |
| 30 | Larry Moriarty | RB | April 24, 1958 | 6'1" | 240 | Notre Dame | Santa Barbara, CA USA | 14 | 9 |
| 80 | Eric Mullins | WR | July 30, 1962 | 5'11" | 181 | Stanford | Houston, TX USA | 13 | 2 |
| 63 | Mike Munchak | LG | March 5, 1960 | 6'3" | 281 | Penn St. | Scranton, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 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 |
| 55 | Jim Romano | C | September 7, 1959 | 6'3" | 260 | Penn St. | Glen Cove, NY USA | 8 | 7 |
| 73 | Harvey Salem | LT | January 15, 1961 | 6'6" | 283 | California | Berkeley, CA USA | 16 | 15 |
| 62 | John Schuhmacher | RG | September 23, 1955 | 6'3" | 271 | USC | Salem, OR USA | 16 | 10 |
| 83 | Tim Smith | WR | March 20, 1957 | 6'2" | 201 | Nebraska | Tucson, AZ USA | 16 | 14 |
| 72 | Brian Sochia | NT | July 2, 1961 | 6'3" | 270 | NW Oklahoma St. | Massena, NY USA | 16 | 3 |
| 70 | Dean Steinkuhler | RT | January 27, 1961 | 6'3" | 283 | Nebraska | Burr, NE USA | 10 | 10 |
| 67 | Mike Stensrud | NT | February 19, 1956 | 6'5" | 280 | Iowa St. | Forest City, IA USA | 16 | 14 |
| 98 | Mark Studaway | DE | September 20, 1960 | 6'3" | 273 | Tennessee | Memphis, TN USA | 6 | 0 |
| 51 | Ted Thompson | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 220 | SMU | Atlanta, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | Willie Tullis | RCB | April 5, 1958 | 6'0" | 193 | Southern Miss | Newville, AL USA | 16 | 15 |
| 82 | Herkie Walls | WR | July 18, 1961 | 5'8" | 159 | Texas | Garland, TX USA | 14 | 10 |
| 87 | Jamie Williams | TE | February 25, 1960 | 6'4" | 240 | Nebraska | Vero Beach, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 35 | Richard Williams | RB | August 13, 1960 | 6'0" | 205 | Memphis | Eustis, FL USA | 7 | 0 |
