1987 Houston Oilers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Jerry Glanville (9-6)
Location: Houston, Texas

1987 Houston Oilers Roster
1987 Houston Oilers Results

The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

The Oilers chalked up 345 points, but the defensive unit gave up 349. Warren Moon threw for 2,806 yards. Ernest Givins hauled in 53 passes, while Drew Hill added 989 receiving yards.

Mike Rozier ran for a team-leading 957 yards for Houston.

Keith Bostic picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Ray Childress sacked quarterbacks 6 times.

Jerry Glanville coached the team. The 1987 Houston Oilers lost in the Division Playoff.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Warren Moon	368	184	50.0	2806	7.6	21	5.7	18	4.9	83	25	198	74.2
Brent Pease	113	56	49.6	728	6.4	3	2.7	5	4.4	51	5	36	60.6
Drew Hill	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	482	240	49.8	3534	7.3	24	5.0	23	4.8	83	30	234

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mike Rozier	229	957	4.2	41	3
Andrew Jackson	60	232	3.9	16	1
Allen Pinkett	31	149	4.8	22	2
Herman Hunter	34	144	4.2	21	0
Warren Moon	34	112	3.3	20	3
Alonzo Highsmith	29	106	3.7	25	1
Ray Wallace	19	102	5.4	19	0
Brent Pease	15	33	2.2	8	1
Spencer Tillman	12	29	2.4	13	1
Eric Cobble	9	23	2.6	12	0
Ricky Moore	7	22	3.1	11	0
Leonard Harris	1	17	17.0	17	0
Ira Valentine	5	10	2.0	4	0
Ernest Givins	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Totals	486	1923	4.0	41	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ernest Givins	53	933	17.6	83	6
Drew Hill	49	989	20.2	52	6
Mike Rozier	27	192	7.1	27	0
Curtis Duncan	13	237	18.2	48	5
Jamie Williams	13	158	12.2	25	3
Oliver Williams	11	165	15.0	36	1
Willie Drewrey	11	148	13.5	35	0
Leonard Harris	10	164	16.4	39	0
Andrew Jackson	10	44	4.4	16	0
Haywood Jeffires	7	89	12.7	23	0
Ray Wallace	7	34	4.9	7	0
Joey Walters	5	99	19.8	51	0
Mark Gehring	5	64	12.8	31	1
Keith McDonald	4	56	14.0	24	1
Alonzo Highsmith	4	55	13.8	33	1
Ricky Moore	3	21	7.0	10	0
Herman Hunter	3	17	5.7	11	0
Ira Valentine	2	10	5.0	7	0
Chris Darrington	1	38	38.0	38	0
Arrike James	1	14	14.0	14	0
Allen Pinkett	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	240	3534	14.7	83	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Tony Zendejas	33	32	97.0	26	20	76.9	92
John Diettrich	5	5	100.0	6	6	100.0	23
Totals	38	37	97.4	32	26	81.2	115

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lee Johnson	41	1652	40.3	59
Jeff Gossett	25	1008	40.3	53
Steve Superick	8	269	33.6	45
Totals	74	2929	39.6	59

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kenny Johnson	24	196	8.2	26
Curtis Duncan	8	23	2.9	9
Joey Walters	2	19	9.5	12
Willie Drewrey	3	11	3.7	5
Totals	37	249	6.7	26

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Curtis Duncan	28	546	19.5	62
Allen Pinkett	17	322	18.9	30
Willie Drewrey	8	136	17.0	27
Leonard Harris	3	87	29.0	43
Herman Hunter	4	79	19.8	28
Kenny Johnson	2	24	12.0	18
Joey Walters	1	18	18.0	18
Ira Valentine	1	13	13.0	13
Spencer Tillman	1	0	0.0	0
John Davis	1	0	0.0	0
William Fuller	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	67	1225	18.3	62

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Keith Bostic	6	-14	-2.3	7	0
Domingo Bryant	4	75	18.8	29	0
Jeff Donaldson	4	16	4.0	9	0
Steve Brown	2	45	22.5	35	0
Robert Lyles	2	42	21.0	27	0
Eugene Seale	1	73	73.0	73	1
Patrick Allen	1	37	37.0	37	0
Donovan Small	1	3	3.0	3	0
Richard Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tony Newsom	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Totals	23	274	11.9	73	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Ray Childress	6.0
Johnny Meads	4.0
Doug Smith	3.5
Charles Martin	3.0
Keith Bostic	3.0
Jesse Baker	2.5
Rayford Cooks	2.0
Byron Johnson	2.0
William Fuller	2.0
Robert Lyles	2.0
Eugene Seale	1.0
Jeff Donaldson	1.0
Tony Newsom	1.0
Scott Fox	1.0
Richard Byrd	1.0
Totals	35.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Al Smith	100	100	0
Ray Childress	69	69	0		0	1	1	0	2
William Fuller	22	22	0		0	1	0	0	0
Warren Moon					8	6	-7		0
Robert Lyles				0	0	3	55	1	0
Mike Rozier					5	2	0		0
Brent Pease					2	2	0		0
Jeff Donaldson				0	0	2	0	0	0
John Grimsley					0	1	0	0	0
Steve Brown				0	1	1	0	0	0
Jay Pennison					1	1	-12	0	0
Keith Bostic				0	1	1	2	0	0
Ray Wallace					1	1	0	0	0
Patrick Allen				0	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Munchak					0	1	0	0	0
Domingo Bryant				0	0	1	0	0	0
Kenny Johnson					3	1	0	0	0
Charles Martin					0	1	0	0	0
Billy Kidd					0	1	0	0	0
Jamie Williams					0	1	0		0
Spencer Tillman					1	0	0		0
Drew Hill					1	0	0		0
Herman Hunter					1	0	0	0	0
Allen Pinkett					1	0	0		0
John Davis					1	0	0	0	0
Oliver Williams					1	0	0		0
Ernest Givins					2	0	0		0
Alonzo Highsmith					2	0	0		0
Totals	191	191	0	0	32	29	39	1	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Tony Zendejas									20	32	0			92
Ernest Givins	0	6							0	0	0			36
Drew Hill		6							0	0	0			36
Curtis Duncan		5	0	0					0	0	0			30
John Diettrich									6	5	0			23
Warren Moon	3								0	0	0			18
Mike Rozier	3	0							0	0	0			18
Jamie Williams		3							0	0	0			18
Allen Pinkett	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Alonzo Highsmith	1	1							0	0	0			12
Eugene Seale						1			0	0	0			6
Oliver Williams		1							0	0	0			6
Andrew Jackson	1	0							0	0	0			6
Mark Gehring		1							0	0	0			6
Keith McDonald		1							0	0	0			6
Spencer Tillman	1			0					0	0	0			6
Robert Lyles						0	1		0	0	0			6
Brent Pease	1								0	0	0			6
Jesse Baker									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	12	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	37	0	0	1	345