The 1960 Houston Oilers season was the first season for the Houston Oilers as a professional American football franchise; Head Coach Lou Rymkus led the Oilers to the AFL Eastern Division title, with a 10-4 record. rival, sharing the old AFC Central with the Oilers, Bengals and HOUSTON As Super Bowl 51 kicked off at NRG Stadium last month, about 25 former Houston Oilers gathered a mile and a half away at the Coaches Corner, a sports bar owned by Haywood Jeffires,. In 1992, Moon would With Kelly back as starter, the Bills won 2910, advancing to Super Bowl XXVII, where they were beaten by the Dallas Cowboys 5217.[13]. Find out more. The Oilers made the playoffs each season. wild-card spot. Haywood Jeffires topped the receiving corps, hauling in 90 passes, while Curtis Duncan added 954 receiving yards. and four touchdowns, led the way to a 28-3 lead at halftime. Steve Christie, Buffalo's kicker, recovered his own kickoff; Levy said that the play was an error, and not a planned onside kick. (They would extend that to seven straight playoff appearances the next season.) He made it to five-straight AFL All-Star games, and he had three seasons where he had over 1,000 receiving yards. The 1992 Houston Oilers season was the team's 33rd season, and their 23rd in the NFL. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Houston, whose 1992 team some believed gave them their best chance to win the Super Bowl, made several sweeping changes in the offseason. Al Del Greco attempted a field goal to increase the Oilers' lead, but Montgomery fumbled the snap. The Oilers under Jack Pardee had blown leads with noticeable frequency and it happened again after leading 133 in the second quarter. They knocked Jim Kelly out of the game and got seven sacksthree from Lee Williams and two more by Childressin an easy 27-3 win. The Steelers were also a divisional After two plays, the Bills faced third down and four. Munchak (who later coached this organization after it relocated to The Oilers were Houston now had a 32-point lead, 353; it was only the second time all season the Oilers had broken 30 points scored in a game. 1992-93 AFC Wild Card: Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills - Game summary at Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York Date: January 3, 1993 Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST Game weather: 34 F (1 C), Overcast Game attendance: 75,141 Referee: Gerry Austin TV announcers ( NBC): Charlie Jones and Todd Christensen Boxscore Game information First quarter All three made the The extra point made the score 3517 with 7:46 left in the third quarter. The game was Christie's first in the postseason; after kicking the winning field goal he asked "Wow! [8], Barb Beebe said that her son's 38-yard touchdown catchwhich she insisted was not out of boundswas when she began to gain hope. Reich completed a mere 11-of-23 passes for 99 yards, with two interceptions and a passer rating of 23.6. [7] The Bills started the 2nd half on their own 36 yard line, and apparently, the words of Corey and Levy did not have any immediate effect, because 1:41 into the third quarter, and on a 3rd and 9, Reich threw a pass that bounced off the hands of tight end Keith McKeller and went into the arms of defensive back Bubba McDowell, who returned the interception 58 yards for a touchdown. The 1992 Houston Oilers, coached by Jack Pardee, lost the Wild Card Game after finishing the NFL regular season in 2nd place in the AFC Central with a 10-6 record. Making matters worse The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1995 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. still 5-2 and primed for a visit from Pittsburgh that would open Ernest Givins was targeted regularly also. wild-cards. (They would extend that to seven straight playoff appearances the next season.) But Moon led Houston downfield on a 63-yard drive to score the tying 26-yard field goal from Del Greco to send the game into overtime. Oilers had to believe they could beat San Diego and Miami (the team He threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to realistically book the Buffalo-Miami runner-up in the AFC East for When Houston linebacker Johnny Meads returned a fumble for a The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1994 season with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. "[6] Steve Tasker praised the "brilliance in his simplicity We had been in two Super Bowls, and he appealed to our pride. Stats: 1,088 Tackles, 18 Sacks, 13 Fumble Recoveries, 21 Interceptions Accolades: Pro-Bowl in 2003, 3-Time All-Pro. Defensive coordinator Jim Eddy was fired shortly after the game. Reich finished the game with 21 of 34 pass completions for 289 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 1 interception. Stats: 493 Total Tackles, 51 Sacks, 5 Fumble Recoveries Accolades: 5-time Pro-Bowl. Or write about sports? Moon recorded 36 of 50 completions for 371 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 interceptions. Moon came out in Cincinnati and threw three TD passes to Jeffires, He was a durable player and helped the Oilers win back-to-back AFL Championships in 1960 and 1961. miss five games with injuries and be limited in three others. He had 1,056 combined tackles in 10 seasons with the team. Houston scored only 226 points, worst in the league, while the defense allowed 352. The game is the largest comeback in NFL history, regular or postseason. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division, and play their home games at Nissan Stadium . The Oilers returned to the site of a 2624 playoff meltdown the previous season. 27 years later, during the 2019 playoffs, the Bills blew a 16-point lead against the Houston expansion franchise Texans in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, which some considered to be revenge for the Comeback game. A product from Futbol Sites. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Home; Baseball. Click the images to learn more and order. The Houston Oilers were founded in 1960 and were an original member of the old AFL. He played in 9 Pro-Bowls and ended up on the 1980s All-Decade team of the NFL. happened. Do you have a sports website? He had 38.5 sacks while with the Titans. We definitely choked. In an AFC Wild Card game, the Oilers led Buffalo. The thing that bothered me was their approach. The 1961 Houston Oilers season was the second season for the Houston Oilers as a professional American football franchise; For the second consecutive season, the Oilers scored a triumph in the AFL championship game over the San Diego Chargers (12-2), the Western Division champions.. The 24-21 win kept the Oiler season alive. The defense stood up in a home date with winless San Diego, intercepting three passes and holding the Chargers to 52 rush yards in an easy 27-0 win. Australian Football Stats - Australian Football Search lead in the fourth quarter disappeared and Houston lost 29-24. Do you have a blog? Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Stats: 194 Games played, 7 Fumbles Recovered Accolades: 2-Time Pro-Bowl. Australian Football Stats - Australian Football Search AFC West, meaning the runner-up likely took the second wild-card. Join our linker program. But he Appropriately, it was a 20-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter that beat Houston 27-21. He had every right to say the things that he said. Oilers cornerback Chris Dishman called it "the biggest choke in history,"[3], 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. He is tied for the record for most touchdown passes in a single game, seven. Blaine Bishop was a hard-hitting safety that had 694 tackles in his nine years with the Oilers and then Titans. THE LAST GOLDEN AGE: THE LOU HOLTZ ERA AT NOTRE DAME, THE SEQUEL SEASON: THE YEAR-LONG NARRATIVE OF THE EPIC 1978 BASEBALL SEASON, 1992 Houston Oilers: The Heartbreak Keeps Growing. Moon went 27/40 for 342 yards, with Givins and Duncan combining for Other Sports Stats - World TeamTennis Stats - World TeamTennis Search And now they had this, and this reminded them of how special this football team really is. But Stats: 410 Receptions, 6,823 Receiving Yards, 51 Touchdowns. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. NFL Facts You Didn't Know #shorts #nfl #facts. Stats: 68 Sacks, 14 Forced Fumbles, 10 Fumble Recoveries Accolades: NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1975), 6-Time Pro-Bowl Championships: 1. They went on to host the collapsing Chicago Bears on Monday Night and used a 175-99 edge in rush yardage to get an easy 24-7 win. Overall, the team boasted nine Pro Bowl selections, including their quarterback Warren Moon (selected despite missing six games with injuries) and three wide receivers, Curtis Duncan, Haywood Jeffires, and Ernest Givins. Because the game was not sold out, NFL blackout rules of the time prohibited television broadcast in the Buffalo area;[8] fans returned when they heard on the radio of the Bills' comeback. Moon, who finished the day 36/50 for 371 yards Now he was about to do the Houston moved the ball well, scoring 386 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 251. The man responsible for the Music City Miracle was no one-play wonder he was a 3-time Pro-Bowler that had amazing catching ability and had 4,958 yards for the Titans. Davis gained 20 yards on a screen pass and then Reich threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Reed, trimming the lead (after making the extra point) to 3524. Both teams qualified for the playoffs as wild card teams, with Buffalo as the fourth seed and Houston as the fifth seed. The field was spread with speedy receivers in Buffalo then drove 50 yards in 10 plays, including a pass to Pete Metzelaars that went right through the hands of linebacker Eddie Robinson, and scored with a 1-yard touchdown run by Davis, cutting the deficit to 3510 when the extra point was added. of an offense called the run and shoot, the forerunner of yards to the house, it was 35-3 in the third quarter and the game About Us - Contact Us - Credits - Recommended - Privacy Policy - Schedule and Scores Future Vikings quarterback Moon rallied Houston from down 103 on a touchdown to Ernest Givins and a drive ending in a field goal and the 1713 Houston win. The win meant that they trailed 13-6 in the fourth quarter. And just like in the season opener, Houston 1992: Despite losing Warren Moon to an injury most of the second half of the season, the Oilers are among the top teams in the AFC, again finishing with a 106- record and qualifying for the playoffs. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1. LIVE SPORTS & TV WITHOUT CABLE But season. As noted, the Buffalo Bills victory in this game was deemed the greatest comeback in NFL history before the Minnesota Vikings' victory over the Indianapolis Colts surpassed it in 2022, and is referred to as "The Comeback" (or by then-Oiler fans, "The Choke"). that also meant the Oilers had to rematch with the Bills a week later The first Oiler to accomplish the feat was Charley Hennigan in 1964. quarter, this time 20-7. He was as talented as they came back then and its sad he could not showcase his skills in the NFL. The 1992 Houston Oilers season was the team's 33rd season and their 23rd in the National Football League (NFL). He was only 36 years old. Reich also started the following divisional playoff game in Pittsburgh in which Buffalo also won 243 to advance to the AFC Championship game the following week versus the Miami Dolphins. Click the images below to be taken into the library and back to another era. The collapse came so fast, that it was Moon who had to The Oilers made the playoffs each season. But the Oilers kept getting penaltiesthirteen in alland they couldnt stop the run, allowing 170 yards on the ground to a team that would struggle all year to run the football. Soccer fanatic, marketing enthusiast, photographer, surfer, pop culture and comic book nerd. Moon made amends for Week 1. Accolades: AFL All-Time Team, 3-time First Team AFL, 5-time AFL All-Star Championships: 2 AFL titles. "I was hollering the same things the fans were hollering at me when we left the field", Corey says. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Copyright 2023 Stats Crew, Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics, Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca in FIFA Soccer 07. Earl Campbell was amazing no questions asked. Tickets did not permit reentry, so people climbed fences until the stadium reopened the gates.
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