1981 Houston Oilers 8-8 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Houston 76 80 73 77 9 315 Opponent 69 121 40 126 0 356 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 315 356 0-1 10 @Los Angeles 23 First Downs 283 338 0-2 13 @Cleveland 17 Rush 91 127 1-2 38 Miami 23 Pass 183 193 2-2 16 @New York(A) 14 Pen 9 18 2-3 14 Cincinnati 34 Penalties 96 85 3-3 22 Seattle 21 Yards 679 661 4-3 27 @New England 24 4-4 17 @Pittsburgh 30 Rushing Att 476 598 4-5 0 @Cincinnati 17 Yards 1745 2504 4-6 21 Oakland 27 Ave 3.7 4.2 4-7 13 @Kansas City 34 TD 13 13 5-7 22 New Orleans 3 6-7 44 Atlanta 38 Passing Att 464 493 7-7 24 Cleveland 21 Comp 291 273 7-8 3 @San Francisco 20 % 62.7 55.4 8-8 31 Pittsburgh 10 Int 16 10 % 3.4 2.0 TD 19 25 % 4.1 5.1 Yards 3625 3516 Sacked 36 32 Punt Return 47 47 Yards 401 329 Ave 8.5 7.0 Kick Return 70 72 Yards 1577 1480 Ave 22.5 20.6 Punts 78 72 Yards 3102 3020 Ave 39.8 41.9 FG Att 29 36 Made 23 28 % 79.3 77.8 Third Downs 206 242 Made 77 96 % 37.4 39.7 Fourth Downs 16 28 Made 2 24 % 12.5 85.7 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 28 31 Lost 14 16 Turnovers 30 26 Net Offense 5117 5783 Per Play 5.2 5.1 1981 Houston Oilers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Campbell 376 1406 3.7 29 72 43 11 Burrough 53 7 832 15.7 13 37 51 3 Armstrong 38 165 4.3 4 5 17 0 Renfro 46 2 640 13.9 6 30 79 3 Coleman 25 116 4.6 2 7 31 1 Casper 42 5 577 13.7 4 29 55 3 Wilson,T 13 35 2.7 1 1 10 0 Campbell 39 2 272 7.0 0 14 23 1 Stabler 15 20 1.3 0 2 4 1 Holston 33 4 496 15.0 7 21 41 2 Nielsen 7 10 1.4 0 0 3 0 Armstrong 31 3 289 9.3 1 21 35 4 Reaves 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Coleman 20 2 227 11.4 1 16 28 2 Parsley 1 -11-11.0 0 0 0 0 Barber 13 3 168 12.9 1 9 27 0 476 1745 3.7 36 91 43 13 Wilson,T 7 0 67 9.6 0 4 15 1 Brooks 5 0 47 9.4 0 1 20 0 Stabler 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 Smith,T 1 0 13 13.0 0 0 13 0 291 28 3625 12.5 33183 79 19 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Stabler 277 190 68.6 2264 11.9 55 18 20 10 3.6 24 13 4.7 93.9 Nielsen 122 78 63.9 1116 14.3 79 8 11 4 3.3 10 5 4.1 93.5 Reaves 63 22 34.9 234 10.6 29 7 2 1 1.6 2 1 1.6 45.3 Smith,T 2 1 50.0 11 11.0 11 0 0 1 50.0 0 0 0.0 27.1 464 291 62.7 3625 12.5 79 33 33 16 3.4 36 19 4.1 86.2 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Fritsch 34 34 100.0 29 23 79.3 71.4 33.3 50 103 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Parsley 78 3102 57 5 0 15 47 329 34.3 39.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Roaches 26 643 24.7 63 0 Roaches 47 4 401 8.5 36 0 Tullis 39 884 22.7 93 1 47 4 401 8.5 36 0 Armstrong 4 41 10.3 12 0 Wilson,T 1 9 9.0 9 0 Carter 1 0 0.0 0 0 70 1577 22.5 93 1 Fumbles Campbell 8 Nielsen 5 Renfro 2 Armstron 1 Burrough 1 Burrough 1 Stabler 6 Roaches 2 Parsley 1 Coleman 1 Wilson,T 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Baker 9 Kennard 18 Brazile 18 Perry,V 10 Bingham 4 Stabler 4 Brazile 8 Baker 9 Dorris 12 Hartwig 8 Brazile 4 Wilson,J 4 Bethea 3 Dorris 4 Bingham 10 Stemrick 8 Perry,V 3 Kennard 3 Kennard 3 Bethea 4 Bethea 9 Kennard 6 Wilson,J 3 Reinfeld 3 Stensrud 3 Brazile 3 Kennard 8 Reinfeld 5 Hunt 2 Washingt 2 Washingt 3 Washingt 3 Washingt 6 Bingham 4 Reinfeld 2 Towns 2 Dorris 2 Stensrud 1 Hunt 3 Wilson,J 4 Stemrick 2 Dorris 1 Hunt 1 Stensrud 2 Baker 3 Washingt 2 Holston 1 Baker 2 Stensrud 3 Kennard 2 Baker 1 Perry,V 1 Brazile 3 Hartwig 1 Nielsen 1 Reinfeld 1 Bethea 1 Riley 1 Bethea 1 Wilson,J 1 Washingt 1 Skaugsta 1 Schuhmac 1 Kay 1 Bethea 1 Bingham 1 Thompson 1 Stemrick 1 Brooks 1 Burrough 1 Dorris 1 Carter 1 Casper 1 Tackles Brazile 151 Reinfeld 64 Dorris 41 Baker 26 Riley 16 Roaches 10 Bingham 143 Washingt 62 Hartwig 40 Thompson 21 Stringer 14 Tullis 10 Perry,V 107 Kennard 52 Bethea 39 Stensrud 19 Brooks 13 Skaugsta 4 Stemrick 70 Hunt 45 Wilson,J 33 Corker 18 Kay 11 Smith,T 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Stemrick 3 161 53.7 70 0 Reinfeldt 2 12 6.0 9 0 Perry,V 2 87 43.5 46 0 Bingham 1 3 3.0 3 0 Washingto 1 8 8.0 8 0 Wilson,JC 1 0 0.0 0 0 10 271 27.1 70 0 1981 Houston Oilers Coach:Ed Biles Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Nielsen,Gifford 2 O 2 1 QB Reaves,John 2 O 2 1 QB Stabler,Ken 4 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Armstrong,Adger 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Campbell,Earl 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Coleman,Ronnie 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Wilson,Tim 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR Brooks,Billy 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Burrough,Ken 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Holston,Mike 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Renfro,Mike 0 0 3 O 1 1 WR Roaches,Carl 0 0 5 O 1 1 RET WR Smith,Tim 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Bailey,Harold 0 0 3 O 1 1 TE Barber,Mike 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Casper,Dave 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Fisher,Ed 5 5 5 G Schuhmacher,John 5 5 5 T Eyre,Nick 3 3 2 T Fields,Angelo 3 3 4 T Gray,Leon 9 9 5 T Towns,Morris 4 4 5 C Davidson,Greg 3 3 5 C Mauck,Carl 4 4 4 C-G Carter,David 5 5 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Kennard,Ken 5 3 0 2 5 DT Skaugstad,Daryle 3 2 0 1 5 DE Baker,Jesse 4 1 0 3 5 DE Bethea,Elvin 5 4 0 1 4 DE Dorris,Andy 4 3 0 1 4 DE Stensrud,Mike 4 3 0 1 5 ILB Bingham,Gregg 7 3 4 0 5 ILB Hunt,Daryl 4 2 2 0 5 ILB Stringer,Art 4 2 2 0 2 LB Corker,John 3 2 1 0 3 OLB Brazile,Robert 9 4 3 2 5 OLB Riley,Avon 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Thompson,Ted 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Washington,Ted 5 3 1 1 5 CB Kay,Bill 3 0 3 0 5 CB Stemrick,Greg 6 0 6 0 5 CB Wilson,J.C. 5 0 5 0 5 KR DB Hartwig,Carter 3 0 3 0 5 S Perry,Vernon 7 1 6 0 5 S Reinfeldt,Mike 5 1 4 0 5 S Tullis,Willie 3 1 2 0 5 RET Special Teams K Fritsch,Toni P Parsley,Cliff