1990 Houston Oilers season
1990 Houston Oilers season | |
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Owner | AFC Central |
Playoff finish | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bengals) 14–41 |
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The
Offseason
NFL draft
1990 Houston Oilers draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 15 | Lamar Lathon * | Linebacker | Houston | |
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career |
Personnel
Staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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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
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52,628 |
10 | Bye | |||||
11 | November 18 | at Cleveland Browns | W 35–23 | 5–5 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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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 | |||||||||
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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
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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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.