1983 Houston Oilers Statistics

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 Roster
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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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Oliver Luck	217	124	57.1	1375	6.3	8	3.7	13	6.0	66	16	138	63.4
Gifford Nielsen	175	90	51.4	1125	6.4	5	2.9	8	4.6	48	22	163	62.2
Archie Manning	88	44	50.0	755	8.6	2	2.3	8	9.1	47	11	83	49.2
Steve Bryant	1	1	100.0	24	24.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	24	0	0	158.3
John James	1	1	100.0	7	7.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	0	0	95.8
Totals	482	260	53.9	3286	6.8	16	3.3	29	6.0	66	49	384

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Earl Campbell	322	1301	4.0	42	12
Larry Moriarty	65	321	4.9	80	3
Donnie Craft	55	147	2.7	8	0
Oliver Luck	17	55	3.2	17	0
Herkie Walls	5	44	8.8	14	0
Gifford Nielsen	8	43	5.4	20	0
Stan Edwards	16	40	2.5	9	0
Tim Smith	2	16	8.0	9	0
Archie Manning	2	13	6.5	11	0
Dwayne Crutchfield	3	7	2.3	5	0
Gary Allen	1	5	5.0	5	0
Mike Renfro	1	3	3.0	3	0
Chris Dressel	1	3	3.0	3	0
John James	1	0	0.0	0	0
Curtis Brown	3	0	0.0	1	1
Totals	502	1998	4.0	80	16

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tim Smith	83	1176	14.2	47	6
Chris Dressel	32	316	9.9	35	4
Mike Renfro	23	316	13.7	38	2
Earl Campbell	19	216	11.4	66	0
Steve Bryant	16	211	13.2	26	0
Mike McCloskey	16	137	8.6	20	1
Mike Holston	14	205	14.6	43	0
Herkie Walls	12	276	23.0	48	1
Walt Arnold	12	137	11.4	37	1
Donnie Craft	12	99	8.2	14	0
Stan Edwards	9	79	8.8	20	1
Dave Casper	7	79	11.3	17	0
Larry Moriarty	4	32	8.0	12	0
Florian Kempf	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	260	3286	12.6	66	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Florian Kempf	34	33	97.1	21	17	81.0	84
Totals	34	33	97.1	21	17	81.0	84

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John James	79	3136	39.7	53
Totals	79	3136	39.7	53

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Carl Roaches	20	159	8.0	23	0
Totals	20	159	8.0	23	0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Steve Brown	31	795	25.6	93	1
Carl Roaches	34	641	18.9	97	1
Herkie Walls	9	110	12.2	25	0
Chris Dressel	4	40	10.0	13	0
Larry Moriarty	2	25	12.5	16	0
Willie Tullis	1	16	16.0	16	0
Daryl Hunt	1	12	12.0	12	0
Mike McCloskey	1	11	11.0	11	0
Totals	83	1650	19.9	97	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willie Tullis	5	65	13.0	44
Bill Kay	2	31	15.5	27
Keith Bostic	2	0	0.0	0
Mike Reinfeldt	1	19	19.0	19
Steve Brown	1	16	16.0	16
Gregg Bingham	1	4	4.0	4
Robert Abraham	1	0	0.0	0
Avon Riley	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	14	135	9.6	44

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Jesse Baker	5.5
Malcolm Taylor	4.5
Jerome Foster	3.5
Bob Hamm	3.0
Keith Bostic	3.0
Robert Brazile	2.5
Brian Sochia	2.5
Mike Stensrud	2.0
Carter Hartwig	1.0
Daryl Hunt	1.0
Ted Thompson	1.0
Robert Abraham	1.0
Avon Riley	0.5
Totals	31.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Robert Brazile			0	3	0	0
Avon Riley		0	0	3	4	0
Carter Hartwig			0	2	0	0
Archie Manning			2	2	0	0
Mike Reinfeldt		0	0	2	0	0
Gregg Bingham		0	0	2	0	0
Larry Moriarty			1	1	0
Donnie Craft			0	1	0	0
Carl Roaches			3	1	0
Mike Holston			0	1	0	0
Gifford Nielsen			6	1	0	0
Mike Stensrud			0	1	0	0
Oliver Luck			5	1	0	0
Doug France			0	1	0	0
Dave Casper			0	1	0	0
Earl Campbell			4	0	0
David Carter			1	0	0	0
Tim Smith			1	0	0
Steve Brown		0	2	0	0
Mike Renfro			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	26	23	4	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Florian Kempf		0							17	33	0			84
Earl Campbell	12	0							0	0	0			72
Tim Smith	0	6							0	0	0			36
Chris Dressel	0	4		0					0	0	0			24
Larry Moriarty	3	0		0					0	0	0			18
Mike Renfro	0	2							0	0	0			12
Herkie Walls	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Curtis Brown	1								0	0	0			6
Mike McCloskey		1		0					0	0	0			6
Steve Brown				1		0			0	0	0			6
Carl Roaches			0	1					0	0	0			6
Stan Edwards	0	1							0	0	0			6
Walt Arnold		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	17	33	0	0	0	288