1982 Houston Oilers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ed Biles (1-8)
Location: Houston, Texas
1982 Houston Oilers StatisticsTeam Record: 1-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ed Biles (1-8)
Location: Houston, Texas
1982 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1982 season with a record of 1 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Oilers racked up 136 points, but the leaky defense yielded 245. Gifford Nielsen passed for 1,005 yards. Dave Casper hauled in 36 passes for 573 yards.
Earl Campbell ran for a team-leading 538 yards for Houston.
Jesse Baker sacked quarterbacks 7.5 times, leading the way for a team which created 30 sacks.
Ed Biles coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Robert Abraham | LB | July 13, 1960 | 6'1" | 228 | North Carolina St. | Myrtle Beach, SC USA | 9 | 0 |
| 31 | Gary Allen | RB | April 23, 1960 | 5'10" | 183 | Hawaii | Baldwin Park, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | Adger Armstrong | RB | June 21, 1957 | 6'0" | 213 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 6 | 3 |
| 86 | Walt Arnold | TE | August 31, 1958 | 6'3" | 228 | New Mexico | Galveston, TX USA | 9 | 0 |
| 80 | Harold Bailey | WR | April 12, 1957 | 6'2" | 195 | Oklahoma St. | Houston, TX USA | 9 | 8 |
| 75 | Jesse Baker | RDE | July 10, 1957 | 6'5" | 269 | Jacksonville St. | Conyers, GA USA | 9 | 9 |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | DE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 9 | 0 |
| 54 | Gregg Bingham | LILB | March 13, 1951 | 6'1" | 227 | Purdue | Evanston, IL USA | 7 | 7 |
| 52 | Robert Brazile | ROLB | February 7, 1953 | 6'4" | 241 | Jackson St. | Mobile, AL USA | 9 | 9 |
| 81 | Steve Bryant | WR | October 10, 1959 | 6'2" | 195 | Purdue | Los Angeles, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 34 | Earl Campbell | RB | March 29, 1955 | 5'11" | 232 | Texas | Tyler, TX USA | 9 | 9 |
| 58 | David Carter | C | November 27, 1953 | 6'2" | 250 | West. Kentucky | Vincennes, IN USA | 9 | 9 |
| 87 | Dave Casper | TE | September 26, 1951 | 6'4" | 240 | Notre Dame | Bemidji, MN USA | 9 | 9 |
| 57 | John Corker | LB | December 29, 1958 | 6'5" | 240 | Oklahoma St. | Miami, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Donnie Craft | RB | November 19, 1959 | 6'0" | 206 | Louisville | Panama City, FL USA | 9 | 2 |
| 66 | Greg Davidson | C | April 24, 1958 | 6'2" | 250 | North Texas | Independence, IA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 35 | Stan Edwards | FB | May 20, 1960 | 6'0" | 208 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 7 | 4 |
| 60 | Ed Fisher | RG | May 31, 1949 | 6'3" | 249 | Arizona St. | Stockton, CA USA | 9 | 9 |
| 36 | Carter Hartwig | DB | February 27, 1956 | 6'0" | 205 | USC | Culver City, CA USA | 9 | 3 |
| 84 | Mike Holston | WR | January 8, 1958 | 6'3" | 189 | Morgan St. | Seat Pleasant, MD USA | 9 | 5 |
| 50 | Daryl Hunt | RILB | November 3, 1956 | 6'3" | 229 | Oklahoma | Odessa, TX USA | 9 | 9 |
| 6 | John James | P | January 21, 1949 | 6'3" | 197 | Florida | Panama City, FL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Bill Kay | DB | January 10, 1960 | 6'1" | 190 | Purdue | Detroit, MI USA | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | Florian Kempf | K | May 25, 1956 | 5'9" | 170 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 71 | Ken Kennard | LDE | October 4, 1954 | 6'2" | 248 | Angelo State (TX) | Fort Worth, TX USA | 9 | 9 |
| 72 | Mark Koncar | T | May 5, 1953 | 6'5" | 271 | Colorado | Murray, UT USA | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Archie Manning | QB | May 19, 1949 | 6'3" | 212 | Mississippi | Cleveland, MS USA | 6 | 5 |
| 63 | Mike Munchak | G | March 5, 1960 | 6'3" | 281 | Penn St. | Scranton, PA USA | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | Gifford Nielsen | QB | October 25, 1954 | 6'4" | 205 | BYU | Provo, UT USA | 9 | 4 |
| 18 | Cliff Parsley | P | December 26, 1954 | 6'1" | 211 | Oklahoma St. | Kansas City, MO USA | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Vernon Perry | SS | September 22, 1953 | 6'2" | 211 | Jackson St. | Jackson, MS USA | 7 | 6 |
| 21 | Tate Randle | DB | August 15, 1959 | 6'0" | 202 | Texas Tech | Fredericksburg, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 64 | George Reihner | G | April 27, 1955 | 6'4" | 263 | Penn St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 37 | Mike Reinfeldt | FS | May 6, 1953 | 6'2" | 192 | Wisc-Milwaukee | Baraboo, WI USA | 9 | 9 |
| 82 | Mike Renfro | WR | June 19, 1955 | 6'0" | 184 | TCU | Fort Worth, TX USA | 9 | 4 |
| 53 | Avon Riley | LOLB | February 10, 1958 | 6'3" | 230 | UCLA | Savannah, GA USA | 9 | 8 |
| 85 | Carl Roaches | KR | October 2, 1953 | 5'8" | 168 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 9 | 0 |
| 62 | John Schuhmacher | LT | September 23, 1955 | 6'3" | 271 | USC | Salem, OR USA | 9 | 9 |
| 90 | Daryle Skaugstad | NT | April 8, 1957 | 6'5" | 254 | California | Seattle, WA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 83 | Tim Smith | WR | March 20, 1957 | 6'2" | 201 | Nebraska | Tucson, AZ USA | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | Greg Stemrick | RCB | October 25, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Colorado St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 8 | 8 |
| 67 | Mike Stensrud | NT | February 19, 1956 | 6'5" | 280 | Iowa St. | Forest City, IA USA | 9 | 9 |
| 70 | Malcolm Taylor | DE | June 20, 1960 | 6'6" | 288 | Tennessee St. | Crystal Springs, MS USA | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | Rich Thomaselli | RB | February 26, 1957 | 6'1" | 199 | West Virginia Wesleyan | Follansbee, WV USA | 9 | 0 |
| 51 | Ted Thompson | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 220 | SMU | Atlanta, TX USA | 9 | 2 |
| 76 | Morris Towns | RT | January 10, 1954 | 6'4" | 270 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 9 | 9 |
| 20 | Willie Tullis | DB | April 5, 1958 | 6'0" | 193 | Southern Miss | Newville, AL USA | 9 | 3 |
| 59 | Ted Washington | LB | February 16, 1948 | 6'1" | 244 | Miss. Valley St. | Tampa, FL USA | 9 | 1 |
| 68 | Ralph Williams | LG | March 27, 1958 | 6'3" | 280 | Southern | Monroe, LA USA | 7 | 5 |
| 33 | J.C. Wilson | LCB | March 11, 1956 | 6'0" | 178 | Tampa | Cleveland, OH USA | 7 | 6 |
| 45 | Tim Wilson | FB | January 14, 1954 | 6'3" | 226 | Maryland | New Castle, DE USA | 9 | 1 |
