1989 Houston Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Jerry Glanville (9-7)
Location: Houston, Texas
1989 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Oilers chalked up 365 points, but the shaky defensive squad allowed 412. Warren Moon triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,631 yards. Drew Hill hauled in 66 passes for 938 yards, while Ernest Givins contributed to the receiving game, too.
Alonzo Highsmith ran for a team-leading 531 yards for Houston, while Allen Pinkett also contributed to the rushing attack.
Steve Brown picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Ray Childress sacked quarterbacks 8.5 times.
Jerry Glanville coached the team. The 1989 Houston Oilers lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Moon | 464 | 280 | 60.3 | 3631 | 7.8 | 23 | 5.0 | 14 | 3.0 | 55 | 35 | 267 | 88.9 |
| Cody Carlson | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 155 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.2 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 49.8 |
| Tony Zendejas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 496 | 295 | 59.5 | 3786 | 7.6 | 23 | 4.6 | 16 | 3.2 | 55 | 37 | 287 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonzo Highsmith | 128 | 531 | 4.1 | 25 | 4 |
| Allen Pinkett | 94 | 449 | 4.8 | 60 | 1 |
| Lorenzo White | 104 | 349 | 3.4 | 33 | 5 |
| Mike Rozier | 88 | 301 | 3.4 | 17 | 2 |
| Warren Moon | 70 | 268 | 3.8 | 19 | 4 |
| Greg Montgomery | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Tracy Johnson | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Curtis Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Carlson | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 495 | 1928 | 3.9 | 60 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Hill | 66 | 938 | 14.2 | 50 | 8 |
| Ernest Givins | 55 | 794 | 14.4 | 48 | 3 |
| Haywood Jeffires | 47 | 619 | 13.2 | 45 | 2 |
| Curtis Duncan | 43 | 613 | 14.3 | 55 | 5 |
| Allen Pinkett | 31 | 239 | 7.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Alonzo Highsmith | 18 | 201 | 11.2 | 32 | 2 |
| Leonard Harris | 13 | 202 | 15.5 | 36 | 2 |
| Lorenzo White | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Chris Verhulst | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kenny Jackson | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Rozier | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Mrosko | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Tracy Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 295 | 3786 | 12.8 | 55 | 23 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Zendejas | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 115 |
| Totals | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 115 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Montgomery | 56 | 2422 | 43.2 | 63 |
| Totals | 56 | 2422 | 43.2 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Johnson | 21 | 372 | 17.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Leonard Harris | 14 | 331 | 23.6 | 63 | 0 |
| Lorenzo White | 17 | 303 | 17.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Tracy Johnson | 13 | 224 | 17.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Mrosko | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 |
| David Williams | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Eric Fairs | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Lyles | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Verhulst | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 74 | 1285 | 17.4 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Brown | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Robert Lyles | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Bubba McDowell | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Cris Dishman | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Tracey Eaton | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Richard Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 249 | 11.9 | 48 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Childress | 8.5 | 0.0 | |
| William Fuller | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
| Sean Jones | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Johnny Meads | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Brown | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Fairs | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Robert Lyles | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Glenn Montgomery | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Bubba McDowell | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 36.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubba McDowell | 97 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Al Smith | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ray Childress | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| William Fuller | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cris Dishman | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sean Jones | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Montgomery | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warren Moon | 11 | 6 | -13 | 0 | |||||
| Kenny Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Maggs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alonzo Highsmith | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Richard Byrd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Fairs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cody Carlson | 1 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Kozak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Matthews | 2 | 1 | -29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Zendejas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Lorenzo White | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| George Yarno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Drew Hill | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Ernest Givins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John Grimsley | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jay Pennison | 2 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Patrick Allen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tracy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Curtis Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Leonard Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Allen Pinkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Greg Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Rozier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 367 | 367 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 35 | -57 | 0 | 10 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tony Zendejas | 25 | 40 | 0 | 115 | ||||||||||
| Drew Hill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Alonzo Highsmith | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Curtis Duncan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Lorenzo White | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Warren Moon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Ernest Givins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Haywood Jeffires | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Mike Rozier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Leonard Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Allen Pinkett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Cris Dishman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Eugene Seale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bubba McDowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 363 |
