1982 Houston Oilers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ed Biles (1-8)
Location: Houston, Texas

1982 Houston Oilers Roster
1982 Houston Oilers Results

The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1982 season with a record of 1 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

Houston racked up 136 points, while the leaky defense yielded 245. Gifford Nielsen passed for 1,005 yards. Dave Casper hauled in 36 passes for 573 yards.

Earl Campbell ran for a team-leading 538 yards for the Oilers.

Jesse Baker sacked quarterbacks 7.5 times, leading the way for a team which created 30 sacks.

Ed Biles coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Gifford Nielsen	161	87	54.0	1005	6.2	6	3.7	8	5.0	46	12	92	64.8
Archie Manning	125	66	52.8	877	7.0	6	4.8	6	4.8	54	27	216	71.3
Earl Campbell	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	287	153	53.3	1882	6.6	12	4.2	15	5.2	54	39	308

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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
Totals	225	799	3.6	24	5

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
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	54	3
Earl Campbell	18	130	7.2	46	0
Adger Armstrong	12	75	6.2	14	0
Stan Edwards	9	53	5.9	21	0
Mike Holston	5	116	23.2	38	1
Gary Allen	2	35	17.5	23	1
Rich Thomaselli	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	153	1882	12.3	54	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Florian Kempf	18	16	88.9	6	4	66.7	28
Totals	18	16	88.9	6	4	66.7	28

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John James	31	1260	40.6	56
Cliff Parsley	24	926	38.6	51
Totals	55	2186	39.7	56

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Carl Roaches	19	104	5.5	25	0
Totals	19	104	5.5	25	0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Carl Roaches	21	441	21.0	45
Gary Allen	15	292	19.5	38
Willie Tullis	5	91	18.2	28
Tim Wilson	2	40	20.0	26
Avon Riley	1	27	27.0	27
Rich Thomaselli	1	7	7.0	7
Totals	45	898	20.0	45

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Robert Brazile	1	31	31.0	31
Vernon Perry	1	8	8.0	8
Gregg Bingham	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	3	47	15.7	31

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Jesse Baker	7.5
Robert Brazile	6.5
Daryle Skaugstad	3.0
Gregg Bingham	3.0
Ken Kennard	3.0
Mike Stensrud	1.5
Avon Riley	1.5
Daryl Hunt	1.0
Ted Washington	1.0
John Corker	1.0
Elvin Bethea	1.0
Totals	30.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Vernon Perry		0	0	2	35	0
Mike Reinfeldt			0	2	7	1
Carl Roaches			1	1	0	0
Malcolm Taylor			0	1	0	0
Steve Bryant			0	1	0	0
Donnie Craft			0	1	0
Robert Abraham			0	1	0	0
Earl Campbell			2	1	0
Robert Brazile		0	0	1	0	0
Mike Stensrud			0	1	0	0
Jesse Baker			0	1	56	0
David Carter			0	1	0	0
Ted Thompson			0	1	0	0
J.C. Wilson			0	1	15	0
Archie Manning			5	1	-4	0
Gary Allen			1	0	0
Gifford Nielsen			4	0	-13	0
Dave Casper			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	14	17	96	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dave Casper	0	6							0	0	0			36
Florian Kempf									4	16	0			28
Donnie Craft	3	1							0	0	0			24
Mike Renfro		3							0	0	0			18
Earl Campbell	2	0							0	0	0			12
Mike Holston		1							0	0	0			6
Gary Allen	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Mike Reinfeldt							1		0	0	0			6
Totals	5	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	16	0	0	0	136