1990 Houston Oilers season

1990 Houston Oilers season
1990 Houston Oilers season
Owner	Bud Adams
General manager	Mike Holovak
Head coach	Jack Pardee
Home field	Houston Astrodome
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC Central
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs; (at Bengals) 14–41
Uniform
	← 1989; Oilers seasons; 1991 →;

The 1990 Houston Oilers season was the 31st season and their 21st in the National Football League (NFL). The Oilers scored 405 points which ranked second in the AFC and second overall in the NFL. Their defense gave up 307 points. During the season, the Oilers appeared once on Monday Night Football and defeated the Buffalo Bills. On December 16, 1990, Warren Moon threw for 527 yards in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Moon was part of the Oilers "Run and shoot" era. The run and shoot offense also incorporated teammates Ernest Givins, Drew Hill, Haywood Jeffires and Curtis Duncan. The 1990 season saw the Oilers appear in the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. They finished tied for first in the AFC Central with the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers, as all three teams finished with identical 9–7 records. The Bengals would be awarded the division title by having a better division record than Houston or Pittsburgh. The Oilers would win the tiebreaker over the Steelers by having a better division record than them. This placed them in second place behind Cincinnati, who would turn out to be their playoff opponent. However, they would have to play their playoff game without Moon, who dislocated his thumb two weeks before the season ended when he hit his thumb on the helmet of defender James Francis.^[1] Cody Carlson was tapped to start in what became his only career playoff start. As a result, the Oilers were embarrassed by the Bengals 41-14 in the wild card game, in what was Cincinnati's last playoff win until 2021, being outgained 349-226 in total yards and committing 2 turnovers in the defeat.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1990 Houston Oilers draft
1	15	Lamar Lathon *	Linebacker	Houston
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

**1990 Houston Oilers staff**
	Front office Owner/Chairman of the Board/President – Bud Adams Executive Vice President/General Manager – Mike Holovak Assistant General Manager – Floyd Reese Head coaches Head Coach – Jack Pardee Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Kevin Gilbride Running Backs – Frank Novak Receivers – Chris Palmer Offensive Line – Bob Young			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Jim Eddy Defensive Line – Jim Stanley Linebackers – Richard Smith Defensive Backs – Pat Thomas Quality Control – Gregg Williams Special teams coaches Special Teams – Richard Smith Strength and conditioning Strength and Rehabilitation – Steve Watterson

Roster

**1990 Houston Oilers roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) 14 Cody Carlson 1 Warren Moon 10 Reggie Slack Running backs (RB) 37 Victor Jones 20 Allen Pinkett 44 Lorenzo White Wide receivers (WR) 80 Curtis Duncan 88 Bernard Ford KR 81 Ernest Givins 83 Leonard Harris 85 Drew Hill 84 Haywood Jeffires 82 Tony Jones 89 Gerald McNeil Tight ends (TE)		Offensive linemen (OL) 66 Doug Dawson G 78 Don Maggs T 74 Bruce Matthews 63 Mike Munchak G 64 Erik Norgard C/G 52 Jay Pennison C 70 Dean Steinkuhler T 73 David Williams T Defensive linemen (DL) 76 Jeff Alm DT 79 Ray Childress DT 95 William Fuller DE 90 Ezra Johnson DE/DT 96 Sean Jones DE 94 Glenn Montgomery DT 99 Doug Smith DT		Linebackers (LB) 51 Eric Fairs OLB 59 John Grimsley 56 Scott Kozak OLB 57 Lamar Lathon OLB 91 Johnny Meads OLB 53 Eugene Seale MLB 54 Al Smith MLB Defensive backs (DB) 29 Patrick Allen CB 24 Steve Brown CB 28 Cris Dishman CB 23 Richard Johnson CB 27 Terry Kinard FS 21 Leander Knight CB/S 25 Bubba McDowell SS 26 Bo Orlando FS 36 Dee Thomas CB/S Special teams 8 Teddy Garcia K 9 Greg Montgomery P				Practice squad 17 Pat Coleman WR 98 Keith Friberg DE -- Doug Lloyd RB 6 Tom Muecke QB 47 active, 5 inactive, 4 practice squad Reserve 72 Willis Peguese DE (IR) -- Willie Snead WR (IR) 68 Alex Stewart DE (IR) 22 Brett Tucker S (NF-Inj.) 7 Tony Zendejas K (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 9	at Atlanta Falcons	L 27–47	0–1	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	56,222
2	September 16	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–20	0–2	Three Rivers Stadium	54,814
3	September 23	Indianapolis Colts	W 24–10	1–2	Astrodome	50,093
4	September 30	at San Diego Chargers	W 17–7	2–2	Jack Murphy Stadium	48,762
5	October 7	San Francisco 49ers	L 21–24	2–3	Astrodome	59,931
6	October 14	Cincinnati Bengals	W 48–17	3–3	Astrodome	53,501
7	October 21	New Orleans Saints	W 23–10	4–3	Astrodome	57,908
8	October 28	New York Jets	L 12–17	4–4	Astrodome	56,337
9	November 4	at Los Angeles Rams	L 13–17	4–5	Anaheim Stadium	52,628
10	Bye
11	November 18	at Cleveland Browns	W 35–23	5–5	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	76,726
12	November 26	Buffalo Bills	W 27–24	6–5	Astrodome	60,130
13	December 2	at Seattle Seahawks	L 10–13 (OT)	6–6	Kingdome	57,592
14	December 9	Cleveland Browns	W 58–14	7–6	Astrodome	54,469
15	December 16	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 27–10	8–6	Arrowhead Stadium	61,756
16	December 23	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 20–40	8–7	Riverfront Stadium	60,044
17	December 30	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–14	9–7	Astrodome	56,906

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽³⁾ Cincinnati Bengals	9	7	0	.563	5–1	8–4	360	352	W2
⁽⁶⁾ Houston Oilers	9	7	0	.563	4–2	8–4	405	307	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	9	7	0	.563	2–4	6–6	292	240	L1
Cleveland Browns	3	13	0	.188	1–5	2–10	228	462	L2

Playoffs

AFC Wild Card

Cincinnati Bengals 41, Houston Oilers 14

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	0	0	7	7	14
Bengals	10	10	14	7	41

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: 40 °F (4 °C), rain
Game attendance: 60,012
Referee: Dale Hamer
TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy

Awards and records

Ray Childress, 1990 AFC Pro Bowl selection
Ernest Givins, Pro Bowl selection
Drew Hill, Ranked second in AFC in receptions
Haywood Jeffires, Led AFC in Receptions
Warren Moon, NFL leader, passing yards (4,689)
Warren Moon, Pro Bowl selection
Warren Moon, All-Pro selection (1990)
Warren Moon, NEA NFL MVP
Warren Moon, NFL Offensive Player of the Year
Warren Moon, UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year
Warren Moon, Houston Oilers record, most passing yards in one game (527)

Milestones

Haywood Jeffires – 1st 1,000 Yard Receiving Season (1,048 yards)
Drew Hill – 4th 1,000 Yard Receiving Season (1,019 yards)
Warren Moon, 2nd 400 Yard Passing Game (527)

References

^ "Oilers' Carlson gets shot at stardom--just like Reich".
^ "1990 Houston Oilers draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.

External links

1990 Houston Oilers at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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[1] "Oilers' Carlson gets shot at stardom--just like Reich".

[2] "1990 Houston Oilers draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.

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