1988 Houston Oilers

3rd Place in AFC Central Division

1988 Record: 10-6 (Regular Season), 1-1 (Playoffs)
Head Coach: Jerry Glanville
Points Scored: 424 (2nd out of 28 NFL teams)
Points Allowed: 365 (23rd out of 28 NFL teams)
Home Stadium: The Astrodome in Houston, TX

                     1988 Game-by-Game Results
                          Regular Season
              Date Opponent                 Result
          9/ 4/88   at Indianapolis      W 17-14 (OT)
          9/11/88 L.A. Raiders             W 38-35
          9/18/88   at N.Y. Jets              L   3-45
          9/25/88 New England          W 31- 6
        10/ 2/88   at Philadelphia        L 23-32
        10/ 9/88    Kansas City           W   7- 6
        10/16/88    at Pittsburgh         W 34-14
        10/23/88    at Cincinnati            L 21-44
        10/30/88 Washington             W 41-17
        11/ 7/88    Cleveland                W 24-17
        11/13/88     at Seattle                 L 24-27
        11/20/88     Phoenix                   W 38-20
        11/24/88   at Dallas                  W 25-17
        12/ 4/88     Pittsburgh               L 34-37
        12/11/88     Cincinnati             W 41- 6
        12/18/88     at Cleveland           L 23-28
                                               Playoffs
    Round                        Opponent            Result
    AFC Wildcard           at Cleveland        W 24-23
    AFC Div. Playoff    at Buffalo              L 10-17

Quarterback Warren Moon completed 54.4% of his passes in 1988 for 2,327 yards and 17 touchdowns in 1988.
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1988 Houston Oilers Depth Chart / Roster:
      # Player                  Ht Wt Age Exp College             Face Shape Hair         Equipment
Quarterbacks
1.   1 Warren Moon         6-3   210 32   4 Washington             92   8 blk crop         2 bar, tc wristbands, wt wristbands (turf)
2. 14 Cody Carlson        6-3   199 25   R Baylor                    37   6 blo crop         2 bar, wt wristbands
3. 10 Brent Pease          6-2   204 24   1 Montana                                               2 bar, tc sleeves, left wt elbowpad (turf)
Halfbacks
1. 30 Mike Rozier           5-10 213 27   3 Nebraska                147   6 blk crop        3 bar rb, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double
2. 20 Allen Pinkett          5-9   192 24   2 Notre Dame           128   4 blk crop       3 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass), wt elbowpads (turf), qb wristbands (turf)
3. 44 Lorenzo White        5-11 207 23   R Michigan St.              91   5 blk fade       half cage, wt mouthpiece, wt elbowpads, qb wristbands, fingers taped
Fullbacks
1. 32 Alonzo Highsmith    6-1   234 23   1 Miami                     236   9 blk fade       half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands
2. 33 Spencer Tillman      5-11 206 25   1 Oklahoma                 65 4 blk fade       3 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves
Wide Receivers
1. 81 Ernest Givins         5-9   172 24   2 Louisville                  71   1 blk fade      3 bar, tc wristbands, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (turf), wt wrist double (turf)
2. 85 Drew Hill                5-9   175 32   8 Georgia Tech          174 5 blk crop        style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt sleeves, bk gloves (grass), wt elbowpads (turf)
3. 80 Curtis Duncan         5-11 185 23   1 Northwestern          173   3 blk fade        2 bar, eye paint, wt wrist double, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (turf), wt wristbands (turf)
4. 82 Willie Drewrey         5-7   164 25   3  West Virginia         143   6 blk crop        3 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves
5. 83 Leonard Harris         5-8   162 28   2 Texas Tech                                          2 bar, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)
Tight Ends
1. 87 Jamie Williams        6-4   245 28   5 Nebraska               204 2 blk flat top full cage, wt gloves, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)
2. 88 Chris Verhulst         6-2   239 22   R N/A                                                    rubber pads, wt wristbands
Left Tackles
1. 77 Bruce Davis            6-6   315 32   9 UCLA                                                  half cage, neck roll, wt gloves
2. 75 Vince Stroth            6-4   277 28   1 BYU                                                    wt wristbands, wt gloves
Left Guards
1. 63 Mike Munchak          6-3   284 28   6 Penn State              48 11 blk crop        half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, rubber pads (turf)
2. 69 Doug Williams          6-5   288 26   2 Texas A&M
Centers
1. 52 Jay Pennison           6-1   282 27 2 N/A                        15 10 brn crop        half cage, tc extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)
2. 73 John Davis              6-4   293 23   1 Georgia Tech           55 12 blk crop        half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves
Right Guards
1. 74 Bruce Matthews        6-4   293 27 5 USC                      44 15 brn crop        half cage, wt wristbands
2.     Almon Young            6-3   290 25 R Beth Cookman dk skin
Right Tackles
1. 70 Dean Steinkuhler       6-3   291 27 3 Nebraska                71 18 blo crop        half cage, wt wristbands, left wt elbowpad (grass), right rubber pad (turf), bk gloves (turf)
2. 78 Don Maggs               6-5   285 27   1 Tulane                     36   5 l. brn crop    half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)
3.      Barry Pettyjohn       6-5   285 24   1 Pittsburgh
Left Defensive Ends
1. 96 Sean Jones              6-7   273 25   4  Northeastern dk skin 130 14 blk flat top full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
2. 97 Robert Banks           6-5   263 24   R Notre Dame dk skin 232 5 blk crop     full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
Right Defensive Ends
1. 95 William Fuller           6-3   260 27   2 N. Carolina              152 19 blk bald        half cage, bk extended, wt gloves, wt tc elbowpads (turf), wt wristbands (turf)
2. 71 Richard Byrd           6-4   258 26 3 Southern Miss                                       half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
3. 98 Rayford Cooks        6-3   245 26   1 North Texas dk skin
Nose Tackles
1. 79 Ray Childress          6-6   270 26   3 Texas A&M                49 9 l. brn crop   half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
2. 99 Doug Smith              6-5   282 28 3 Auburn      dk skin    122 13 blk crop      half cage, tc extended, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass)
3. 76 Doug Mikolas            6-1   270 27   1 Portland St.   lt skin
Left Outside Linebackers
1. 91 Johnny Meads          6-1   223 27   4 N/A                           92 14 blk fade     half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
2. 51 Eric Fairs                 6-3   238 24 2 Memphis                                             half cage, wt wristbands, right fingers taped, wt wrist double (turf)
Inside Linebackers
1. 54 Al Smith                   6-1   230 23 1 Utah State               118 11 blk crop     full cage, neck roll, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, rubber pads (turf)
2. 59 John Grimsley          6-2   238 26 4 Kentucky                   55   6 blk crop    half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands
3. 56 Toby Caston            6-1   235 24 1 LSU                         100 12 blk fade     full cage, dk visor, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves
4. 53 Eugene Seale          5-10 240 24   1 N/A                            90 13 blk crop    full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
Right Outside Linebackers
1. 93 Robert Lyles            6-2   230 26 4 TCU                         137   7 blk fade     half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk elbowpads (grass), fingers taped (turf), wt half sleeves (turf)
2. 57 Walter Johnson       6-0   240 25   1 LA. Tech                   275   7 blk crop     wt elbowpads, wt wristbands
Cornerbacks
1. 24 Steve Brown             5-11 192 28 5 Oregon                      31   5 blk crop    3 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (turf)
2. 29 Patrick Allen             5-10 180 27   4 Utah State   dk skin   109 14 blk crop     3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves
3. 38 Domingo Bryant        6-4   178 25   1 Texas A&M                  63   7 blk crop    3 bar, wt wrist double
4. 28 Cris Dishman          6-0   180 23   R Purdue                       94   4 blk fade 3 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves (grass), rubber pads (turf)
5. 23 Richard Johnson      6-1   190 25   3 Wisconsin                 219   6 blk fade    3 bar, wt wrist double, bk gloves
Free Safeties
1. 31 Jeff Donaldson         6-0   194 26   4 Colorado                                            3 bar qb, wt wrist double, wt gloves
2.     Quinton Jones            5-11 193 22   R Pittsburgh
Strong Safeties
1. 25 Keith Bostic               6-1   223 27   5 Michigan                    133 5 blk crop    full cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves
2. 22 Kenny Johnson          5-10 172 30   8 Miss. State                 226 1 blk crop    half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, wt sleeves
Kicker
1.   7 Tony Zendejas           5-8   165 28   3 Nevada                                               1 bar, wt sleeves
Punter
1.   9 Greg Montgomery     6-3   210 24   R Michigan St.               14 8 l. brn crop 2 bar, wt wristbands
Players Not Included
# 84 Haywood Jeffires WR 6-2   201 24   2 N.C. State    dk skin      48   2 blk buzz    2 bar, wt wristbands, wt gloves
Player Ratings           spd-str-awr-agi-acc-cth-car-jmp-btk-tkl-tpw-tac-pbk-rbk-kpw-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh
Moon                         56-69-84-59-53-26-54-57-53-17-95-91-26-26-28-22-0-77-80-72
Carlson                     53-52-55-60-65-24-46-53-38-16-81-69-22-25-22-18-0-68-68-63
Pease                       50-47-55-49-52-28-44-58-42-17-78-66-20-23-21-18-0-72-71-60
Rozier                       79-66-71-77-82-63-74-53-81-22-29-26-42-38-28-22-10-76-66-72
Pinkett                      83-58-67-82-82-71-77-68-62-24-23-23-34-32-26-20-57-73-76-64
L. White                    84-60-56-82-85-68-73-42-68-27-32-28-33-37-29-27-62-71-73-66
Highsmith                  73-65-61-72-82-61-66-47-74-24-28-21-40-40-27-22-10-72-73-63
Tillman                      83-62-53-83-79-58-62-66-62-23-24-23-34-37-22-20-59-69-74-62
Givins                       92-52-67-90-91-79-77-81-64-17-21-26-23-27-22-20-10-85-77-74
D. Hill                       88-48-89-88-86-87-83-76-66-16-22-24-22-28-24-22-25-78-79-77
Duncan                85-53-57-84-83-82-80-80-60-28-25-23-21-23-22-18-60-72-76-72
Drewrey                    87-41-66-86-84-66-55-87-54-22-20-23-23-22-27-21-20-44-72-56
L. Harris                    87-48-55-86-83-68-70-76-55-18-22-24-24-27-23-22-63-74-71-59
J. Williams                 66-67-74-63-65-68-58-46-61-24-24-24-59-63-25-19-8-72-73-68
Verhulst                     63-62-52-62-66-57-54-49-58-22-23-22-45-51-24-21-8-66-70-58
B. Davis                    35-86-86-34-48-18-15-32-35-27-29-20-84-86-29-20-0-56-87-85
Stroth                        55-73-52-54-70-14-19-47-32-24-24-22-68-77-25-22-0-64-62-66
Munchak                    42-91-87-40-55-17-14-36-36-26-31-23-93-96-26-21-0-64-86-84
D. Williams                44-81-56-43-62-15-18-39-38-27-27-20-71-78-28-20-0-60-65-78
Pennison                   37-84-76-36-58-14-18-35-34-26-29-18-77-83-26-22-0-67-77-80
J. Davis                    33-86-69-31-45-15-14-28-32-26-29-21-74-79-29-22-0-48-78-83
B. Matthews               46-88-81-48-71-32-30-34-32-21-20-23-94-96-37-22-0-72-81-94
A. Young                   46-82-46-45-67-13-15-34-35-28-23-23-69-76-30-23-0-66-77-69
Steinkuhler                 43-85-77-42-65-18-18-39-38-26-29-20-80-87-28-20-0-63-74-82
Maggs                       45-78-56-43-60-16-15-36-24-27-28-20-76-72-28-22-0-57-70-76
Pettyjohn                   42-77-48-40-56-18-18-41-35-28-27-22-68-73-27-22-0-64-71-78
Childress                   47-84-74-46-57-18-20-45-36-91-26-21-27-40-33-21-0-77-86-87
S. Jones                    69-85-76-69-77-28-35-51-24-84-28-23-25-39-30-22-0-77-75-82
Fuller                        58-83-61-58-67-24-22-55-36-84-27-18-27-40-27-21-0-74-90-83
Byrd                         60-74-66-59-69-26-30-48-33-79-24-20-23-33-25-20-0-71-84-75
Cooks                       66-73-46-64-72-17-16-46-29-64-22-20-23-39-24-22-0-64-67-62
R. Banks                   68-75-57-63-76-22-29-63-31-75-23-19-24-35-23-21-0-77-74-72
D. Smith                    48-86-67-46-61-24-21-43-36-83-29-19-28-44-31-20-0-75-69-80
Mikolas                      44-84-51-43-60-19-18-40-35-76-27-20-25-38-30-18-0-71-67-82
Gl. Montgomery          52-82-47-50-67-21-19-48-32-79-25-20-29-42-34-22-0-71-80-79
Meads                       73-66-72-72-70-31-36-58-33-82-27-22-26-40-24-20-0-76-70-61
Fairs                         71-63-60-70-70-28-37-53-31-78-24-21-23-34-27-20-0-73-74-68
Grimsley                   66-68-73-64-64-30-38-48-33-87-25-20-24-20-23-21-0-76-76-75
A. Smith                    68-69-58-67-67-37-42-51-35-89-26-21-25-38-25-20-0-81-83-77
Caston                      67-65-54-66-66-33-39-45-35-76-21-21-23-32-24-22-0-70-65-64
Seale                        63-69-57-62-69-44-42-54-34-72-21-20-24-37-21-19-0-74-64-68
Lyles                        70-66-76-68-70-38-47-59-33-81-28-22-23-33-24-19-0-76-62-73
W. Johnson               63-74-52-62-68-27-34-47-35-79-23-22-23-30-25-18-0-68-71-65
S. Brown                    88-55-82-87-86-54-57-81-29-74-22-19-15-19-24-20-10-77-75-69
P. Allen                     88-46-75-87-87-52-56-74-29-61-21-21-13-17-22-20-20-75-81-63
Bryant                       93-39-55-92-92-64-59-79-26-45-19-20-12-13-20-20-10-73-66-57
Dishman                    89-52-56-87-85-61-58-86-27-73-21-21-15-19-22-20-10-90-93-73
R. Johnson                84-57-81-84-83-57-55-80-24-60-23-21-15-22-22-20-10-66-70-64
Donaldson                 78-56-80-77-76-57-53-66-27-76-23-20-15-24-21-20-10-75-76-71
Q. Jones                   84-51-52-83-83-49-54-77-28-64-21-20-13-16-20-19-10-72-60-54
Bostic                       76-66-81-75-76-57-58-60-28-87-23-22-18-27-22-20-10-74-73-79
K. Johnson                83-49-84-81-81-51-55-76-33-59-21-20-14-18-20-20-62-71-69-60
T. Zendejas                42-31-70-41-39-29-34-42-21-17-22-24-12-14-91-76-0-51-70-45
Gr. Montgomery         44-39-56-44-44-38-32-36-17-20-23-24-16-16-86-83-0-65-83-41

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1988 Houston Oilers Individual Statistical Leaders

Passing: Warren Moon, 2327 yds., 54.4 comp. pct., 17 TD’s, 88.4 rating
Rushing: Mike Rozier, 1002 yds., 10 TD’s, 4.0 yds. /carry

Receiving: Drew Hill, 72 rec., 1141 yds., 10 TD’s

Touchdowns: Mike Rozier, 11 (10 rush., 1 rec.)

QB Sacks: Ray Childress & William Fuller, 8.5

Interceptions: Jeff Donaldson, 4 int., 29 yds., 0 TD’s

Points: Tony Zendejas, 114 (22 FG’s, 48 PAT’s)
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1988 AFC CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS
1^st Place – Cincinnati (12-4)
2^nd Place – Cleveland (10-6)
3^rd Place – Houston (10-6)
4^th Place – Pittsburgh (5-11)

Defensive End Sean Jones came over from the L.A. Raiders via trade just prior to the start of the 1988 season and finished 3rd on the team with 8 QB sacks on the year.

Wide Receiver Drew Hill earned a Pro Bowl appearance after catching 72 passes 1141 yds. and 10 TD's in 1988.

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