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1992 Houston Oilers season

Head coach

Jack Pardee

Owner

Bud Adams

Home field

Astrodome

Results

Record

10–6

Division place

2nd AFC Central

Playoff finish

Lost AFC Wildcard Playoff

Timeline

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The 1992 Houston Oilers season was the team's 33rd season, and their 23rd in the NFL.

The Oilers reached the playoffs for the 6th consecutive season, which was the longest such streak in the NFL at the time. (They would extend that to seven straight playoff appearances the next season.)

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Personnel
- 2.1 Staff
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Schedule
- 3.2 Standings
4 Playoffs
- 4.1 AFC Wildcard
5 Awards and records
- 5.1 Milestones
6 References
7 External links

Offseason [edit]

NFL Draft [edit]

Personnel [edit]

Staff [edit]

1992 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
Assistant Offensive Line – Richard Smith

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Jim Eddy
Defensive Line – Jim Stanley
Linebackers – Frank Bush
Defensive Backs – Pat Thomas
Quality Control – Gregg Williams

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams – Richard Smith

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Rehabilitation – Steve Watterson

1992 Houston Oilers Roster

Jersey# - Player - Pos - Games Played/Games Started - Birthdate - Height/Weight - College

76 - Jeff Alm - DT - 14/7 - 03/31/1968 - 6-6/284 - Notre Dame

58 - Joe Bowden - LB - 14/0 - 02/25/1970 - 5-11/230 - Oklahoma

33 - Gary Brown - RB - 16/0 - 07/01/1969 - 5-11/230 - Penn State

22 - Tony Brown - DB - 12/1 - 05/15/1970 - 5-9/183 - Fresno State

14 - Cody Carlson - QB - 11/6 - 11/05/1963 - 6-3/202 - Baylor

79 - Ray Childress - DT - 16/16 - 10/20/1962 - 6-6/272 - Texas A&M

87 - Pat Coleman - WR 14/0 - 04/08/1967 - 5-7/176 - Mississippi

66 - Doug Dawson - OG - 16/16 - 12/27/1961 - 6-3/288 - Texas

3 - Al Del Greco - K - 16/0 - 03/02/1962 - 5-10/200 - Auburn

28 - Cris Dishman - DB - 15/15 - 08/13/1965 - 6-0/195 - Purdue

77 - Kevin Donnalley - OG - 16/2 - 06/10/1968 - 6-5/310 - North Carolina

38 - Mike Dumas - DB - 16/1 - 03/18/1969 - 6-0/198 - Indiana

80 - Curtis Duncan - WR - 16/16 - 01/26/1965 - 5-11/184 - Northwestern

55 - John Flannery - C - 15/2 - 01/13/1969 - 6-4/303 - Syracuse

95 - William Fuller - DE - 15/14 - 03/08/1962 - 6-3/271 - North Carolina

81 - Ernest Givins - WR - 16/16 - 09/03/1964 - 5-9/178 - Louisville

93 - Rick Graf - LB - 16/5 - 08/29/1964 - 6-5/244 - Wisconsin

21 - Jerry Gray - DB - 16/16 - 12/16/1962 - 6-0/183 - Texas

86 - Corey Harris - DB - 5/0 - 10/25/1969 - 5-11/213 - Texas Tech

24 - Steve Jackson - DB - 16/1 - 04/08/1969 - 5-8/188 - Purdue

84 - Haywood Jeffires - WR - 16/16 - 12/12/1964 - 6-2/201 - N.C. State

23 - Richard Johnson - DB - 1/1 - 09/16/1963 - 6-1/195 - Wisconsin

96 - Sean Jones - DE - 15/15 - 12/19/1962 - 6-7/270 - Northeastern

56 - Scott Kozak - LB - 16/0 - 11/28/1965 - 6-3/226 - Oregon

57 - Lamar Lathon - LB - 11/11 - 12/23/1967 - 6-3/260 - Houston

29 - Darryll Lewis - DB - 13/0 - 12/16/1968 - 5-9/188 - Arizona

78 - Don Maggs - OT - 16/14 - 11/01/1961 - 6-5/287 - Tulane

79 - Bruce Matthews - OG - 16/16 - 08/08/1961 - 6-5/305 - Southern California

86 - Damon Mays - WR - 1/0 - 05/20/1968 - 5-9/170 - Missouri

25 - Bubba McDowell - DB - 16/16 - 11/04/1966 - 6-1/206 - Miami

91 - Johnny Meads - LB - 4/3 - 06/25/1961 - 6-2/231 - Nicholls State

94 - Glenn Montgomery - DT - 16/0 - 03/31/1967 - 6-0/282 - Houston

9 - Greg Montgomery - P - 16/0 - 10/29/1964 - 6-4/215 - Michigan State

1 - Warren Moon - QB - 11/10 - 11/18/1956 - 6-3/218 - Washington

63 - Mike Munchak - OG - 15/14 - 03/05/1960 - 6-3/281 - Penn State

64 - Erik Norgard - C - 15/0 - 11/04/1965 - 6-1/282 - Colorado

26 - Bo Orlando - DB - 6/1 - 04/03/1966 - 5-10/180 - West Virginia

72 - Willis Peguese - DE - 1/1 - 12/18/1966 - 6-4/273 - Miami

7 - Bucky Richardson - QB - 7/0 - 02/07/1969 - 6-1/228 - Texas A&M

68 - Tim Roberts - DE - 6/0 - 04/14/1969 - 6-6/318 - Southern Mississippi

31 - Marcus Robertson - DB - 16/14 - 10/02/1969 - 5-11/198 - Iowa State

50 - Eddie Robinson - LB - 16/11 - 04/13/1970 - 6-1/240 - Alabama State

53 - Eugene Seale - LB - 9/0 - 06/03/1964 - 5-10/250 - Lamar

89 - Webster Slaughter - WR - 12/9 - 10/19/1964 - 6-1/175 - San Diego State

54 - Al Smith - LB - 16/16 - 11/26/1964 - 6-1/244 - Utah State

99 - Doug Smith - DT - 6/6 - 06/13/1959 - 6-4/294 - Auburn

32 - Spencer Tillman - RB - 16/0 - 04/21/1964 - 5-11/206 - Oklahoma

71 - Craig Veasey - DT - 4/0 - 12/25/1966 - 6-2/285 - Houston

88 - Gary Wellman - WR - 9/0 - 08/09/1967 - 5-9/170 - Southern California

44 - Lorenzo White - RB - 16/16 - 04/12/1966 - 5-11/222 - Michigan State

73 - David Williams - OT - 16/16 - 06/21/1966 - 6-5/294 - Florida

97 - Lee Williams - DE - 16/5 - 10/15/1962 - 6-6/269 - Bethune-Cookman

Regular season [edit]

Schedule [edit]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 6, 1992	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 29–24	63,713
2	September 13, 1992	at Indianapolis Colts	W 20–10	44,851
3	September 20, 1992	Kansas City Chiefs	W 23–20	60,955
4	September 27, 1992	San Diego Chargers	W 27–0	57,491
5	Bye
6	October 11, 1992	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 38–24	54,254
7	October 18, 1992	at Denver Broncos	L 27–21	74,827
8	October 25, 1992	Cincinnati Bengals	W 26–10	58,701
9	November 1, 1992	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 21–20	58,074
10	November 8, 1992	Cleveland Browns	L 24–14	57,348
11	November 15, 1992	at Minnesota Vikings	W 17–13	56,726
12	November 22, 1992	at Miami Dolphins	L 19–16	63,597
13	November 26, 1992	at Detroit Lions	W 24–21	73,711
14	December 7, 1992	Chicago Bears	W 24–7	62,193
15	December 13, 1992	Green Bay Packers	L 16–14	57,285
16	December 20, 1992	at Cleveland Browns	W 17–14	59,898
17	December 27, 1992	Buffalo Bills	W 27–3	61,742

Standings [edit]

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers	11	5	0	.688	299	225
Houston Oilers	10	6	0	.625	352	258
Cleveland Browns	7	9	0	.438	272	275
Cincinnati Bengals	5	11	0	.313	274	364

Playoffs [edit]

AFC Wildcard [edit]

Main article: The Comeback (American football)

The Oilers held a 35-3 lead on the Buffalo Bills. Bills backup quarterback Frank Reich led the Bills on a 38–3 run in the second half and overtime against the Oilers defense en route to a 41–38 overtime victory. The game is the largest comeback in NFL history, regular or postseason. Houston, whose 1992 team some believed gave them their best chance to win the Super Bowl, made several sweeping changes in the offseason.

Defensive coordinator Jim Eddy was fired shortly after the game. Oilers cornerback Cris Dishman called it "the biggest choke in history,"^[1]

According to statistics site Football Outsiders, who does play-by-play analyses of each team each season, the Oilers were the best team in the AFC at the end of the 1992 season. "So if you are a Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans fan," says the site, "who agonizes over the Frank Reich comeback game blowing your franchise's best shot at a Super Bowl title, well, here's another opportunity to feel sad."^[2]

Scoring summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Oilers	7	21	7	3	0	38
Bills	3	0	28	7	3	41

HOU – Jeffires 3-yard pass from Moon (Del Greco kick) 7–0 HOU
BUF – FG Christie 36-yards 7–3 HOU
HOU – Slaughter 7-yard pass from Moon (Del Greco kick) 14–3 HOU
HOU – Duncan 26-yard pass from Moon (Del Greco kick) 21–3 HOU
HOU – Jeffires 27-yard pass from Moon (Del Greco kick) 28–3 HOU
HOU – McDowell 58-yard interception return (Del Greco kick) 35–3 HOU
BUF – K. Davis 1-yard run (Christie kick) 35–10 HOU
BUF – Beebe 38-yard pass from Reich (Christie kick) 35–17 HOU
BUF – Reed 26-yard pass from Reich (Christie kick) 35–24 HOU
BUF – Reed 18-yard pass from Reich (Christie kick) 35–31 HOU
BUF – Reed 17-yard pass from Reich (Christie kick) 38–35 BUF
HOU – FG Del Greco 26-yards 38–38 tie
BUF – FG Christie 32-yards 41–38 BUF

Awards and records [edit]

Haywood Jeffires, Pro Bowl Selection
Haywood Jeffires, All Pro Selection
Warren Moon, AFC Passing Leader (Passer Rating 89.3) ^[3]
Warren Moon, Pro Bowl Selection
Lorenzo White, Pro Bowl Selection

Milestones [edit]

References [edit]

^ JOHN McCLAIN, "WE CHOKED'/Oilers squander 32-point lead in historic 41-38 loss to Bills"|Houston Chronicle, 4 January 1993|Retrieved 8 January 2012
^ Football Outsiders: 1992 DVOA Ratings and Commentary
^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 450

External links [edit]

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Division Championships (9)

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League championships (2)

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Retired Numbers

#1 Warren Moon
#34 Earl Campbell
#43 Jim Norton
#63 Mike Munchak
#65 Elvin Bethea
#74 Bruce Matthews

Current League Affiliations

League: National Football League
Conference: American Football Conference
Division: South Division

Seasons (53)

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1992 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Phoenix	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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