'", Levy said "70,000 people were at that game. During their 1992 season, Houston finished the season 10-6, good enough for 2nd place in the FC Central . where they left off. On the first play of the Oilers' ensuing possession, Moon's pass was tipped off the hands of Slaughter; Bills' safety Henry Jones intercepted the pass from Moon and returned it 15 yards to the Houston 23-yard line. Other Sports Stats - World TeamTennis Stats - World TeamTennis Search Soccer Stats - MLS - Women's - Division II & III - NASL - MASL - MISL - Search Twitter 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. 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. Basketball Stats - NBA - ABA - WNBA/Women's - G-League/D-League - Minor League Basketball - Search Houston was beaten in the trenches, losing rush yardage 187-77 and He was an outstanding running back winning awards and accolades from all over the league. Bruce Matthews is the greatest Oilers/Titans player ever. Moon, who finished the day 36/50 for 371 yards Stats: 163 Games Played, 887 Tackles, 19 Forced Fumbles Accolades: 5-time Pro-Bowl, NFL Record three recoveries in one game. The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1991 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. win. When your season's over, you're going to have to live with yourselves and look yourselves in the eyes. He played his whole career with the team, playing 296 games, and retired at the age of 40. Tennessee Titans. On the surface, it appeared the Oilers had played an easy September schedule, with Pittsburgh, Indy and San Diego all coming off bad years. Browns. [14] McDowell said "I apologize to the offense because we lost the damn game. Moon started out the drive with two completions for 7 yards, but his 50th pass attempt of the day turned out to be his last. After a Steve Christie field goal the Bills were crushed by 27 straight Oilers points. moments early in the second half at Buffalo at the end of the 1992 He threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Now he was about to do the Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Join our linker program. finish sixth in the league in points scored and the defense wasnt To me, they looked timid. The Oilers moved the ball well, scoring 368 points, and the rigid defensive . It was his non-throwing left arm, so it wasnt complete disaster. With Kelly back as starter, the Bills won 2910, advancing to Super Bowl XXVII, where they were beaten by the Dallas Cowboys 5217.[13]. The Oilers had won their previous two matchups (both 1991) with the Bengals by a combined score of 6510 but memory of Cincinnati's 4114 playoff win in 1990 was still fresh as the Oilers raced to a 240 lead, Warren Moon threw five touchdowns, and Houston won 3824. If nothing else, Moon was back while Kelly was still out Accolades: AFL All-Time Team, 3-time First Team AFL, 5-time AFL All-Star Championships: 2 AFL titles. [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. Australian Football Stats - Australian Football Search on the road. 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. 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. He was the man calling the shots in the unlikely Super Bowl appearance for the Titans in 1999 having gone 9-2 that season. In the Bills' locker room, Defensive Coordinator Walt Corey angrily chided the defense. Christie made another clutch field goal from 41 yards with 16 seconds left following a Rob Johnson drive that gave the Bills a 1615 lead. He had 24 QB sacks with the Titans and 271 career tackles. You heard the anger. He averaged about 7 QB sacks per year and was a professional through and through. 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. We and our partners share information on your use of this website to help improve your experience. Hopkins was as tough as they came and was the man in charge of protecting the Quarterback's blind spot. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. He holds a strange distinction of being not only a quarterback but also a kicker and he played both positions with the Oilers. Can you list the top facts and stats about 1992 Houston Oilers season? They had them beat";[11] defensive back Sean Jones said, "To blow a 32-point lead, you need a lot of help". Stats: 68 Sacks, 14 Forced Fumbles, 10 Fumble Recoveries Accolades: NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1975), 6-Time Pro-Bowl Championships: 1. The Oilers held a 35-3 lead on the Buffalo Bills. still 5-2 and primed for a visit from Pittsburgh that would open The Oilers reached the playoffs for the 6th consecutive season, which was the longest such streak in the NFL at the time. From 1980s sports, to the Lou Holtz era at Notre Dame, to the historic 1978 baseball season, TheSportsNotebook.com has three books available in both print and electronic format at Amazon. Jim Kelly was knocked out of the game and for Buffalos ensuing playoff game. Lacrosse Stats - MLL - NLL - Lacrosse Search He had experience doing this, stepping in for an injured Moon to lead Houston to past Pittsburgh in a win-or-go-home season finale in 1990. Accolades: 4-time Pro-Bowl. Maybe it's the last thirty minutes of your season. goal that tied the game 38-38 and sent it to overtime. Stats: 313 Total Tackles, 74 Sacks, 26 Forced Fumbles, 4 Fumble Recoveries Accolades: 3-Time Pro-Bowl, First-team All-Pro. Tennessee and became the Titans). We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. [1][2] Though surpassed by the Minnesota Vikings in 2022,[3] the Bills' 32-point comeback remains the largest comeback in postseason history and the second largest overall. November and shape the divisional race for the rest of the season. 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. Copyright 2023 Stats Crew, Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. That didnt come easily, as they trailed 14-3 in the fourth quarter. He would go on to work in several capacities in the Oilers organization and today works for the Broncos as an offensive line coach. He was considered ahead of his time by playing more passing-centric. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Hockey Stats - NHL - WHA - Minor League Hockey - Search The first Oiler to accomplish the feat was Charley Hennigan in 1964. Ray Childress had 13 sacks and was 1st-team All-NFL. 1993 Houston Oilers Roster. The During this era, no Houston-based professional sports team from an existing sports league (the NFL, NBA, or Major League Baseball) had won a championship. During their 1992 season, Houston finished the season 106, good enough for 2nd place in the FC Central. Accolades: AFL All-Time Team, 3-time First Team AFL, 5-time AFL All-Star Championships: 2 AFL titles Long before the Oilers merged with the NFL, Charley Hennigan might just as well have been the greatest Oiler in the AFL. they trailed 13-6 in the fourth quarter. Jerry Gray picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. happened. of commission for the start of the postseason. Do you have a sports website? The Oilers won 20-10 in a game they were [7] Melanie Hauser of the Houston Post recalled Dishman "fighting back the tears and refusing to cry", and how "you felt the shock. Jevon Kearse was an amazing pass rusher for the Oilers and then Titans. first-year coach Bill Cowher. There were also some tough playoff losses, like the endings to 1989 and 1991. He eventually went down with many injuries and this forced the Titans to not resign him, but nonetheless, he had 52 QB sacks with the Titans and is considered one of the best Defensive Ends in franchise history. [8] 27 years later, Hauser called the loss "the worst day in Houston sports history";[14] a radio station held a mock funeral for the team after the game. 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. "I was hollering the same things the fans were hollering at me when we left the field", Corey says. In 1992, Moon would Albert Haynesworth was a sack machine! After a tie on October 13 with the Boston Patriots . Houston's run and shoot offense led the league in passing (4,231 yards) and its defense ranked third in the league, allowing only 4,532 total yards. Houston Oilers football statistics and roster from your Stats Crew. quarter, this time 20-7. Here's what we know so far. They paved the way for Lorenzo The 1992 Houston Oilers season was the team's 33rd season and their 23rd in the National Football League (NFL). Find out more. This college record stood until being broken by the 2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern game. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. From there future Oiler Todd McNair tied the game, but Al Del Greco won it 2320 in overtime on a 39-yard field goal. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1. But (They would extend that to seven straight playoff appearances the next season.) He was an incredible athlete, setting the record for most QB sacks in a rookie season with 14.5 in 1999. Football Stats - NFL - CFL - AFL - Arena Football - Indoor Football - Search He played in 9 Pro-Bowls and ended up on the 1980s All-Decade team of the NFL. [5] With Kelly out, Reich took the reins starting in place of Kelly the following week in the wild card game, which Buffalo hosted. 150+ Sports Channels, Registering implies accepting the Terms and Conditions. In his 11 year career with the Houston Oilers, Burrough was the NFL leader in receiving yards in 1975. Moon had to give way to Cody Carlson, who threw a touchdown then saw a fumble-return score and a 207 Houston lead. From their time as the Houston Oilers to the Tennessee Titans, the team has had some great NFL players wear their jersey! In Houston, the game is known as "The Choke". Stats: 347 Tackles, 30.5 Quarterback Sacks, 26 Pass deflections, 6 Forced Fumbles. The Oilers returned to the site of a 2624 playoff meltdown the previous season. All rights reserved. Known as Dr. It ended with a 24-16 victory in the AFL championship game at home over the Los Angeles Chargers (10-4). The wind shifted the ball just before it was kicked by Al Del Greco. But Moon threw a couple Steve McNair is a Titans legend having played over a decade with the team. Stats: 31,304 Passing Yards, 37 Rushing Touchdowns, 3,590 Rushing Yards Accolades: NFL MVP (2003), 3-Time Pro-Bowl, NFL passer rating leader (2003), Titans number 9 retired, Titans Ring of Honor. After two runs by Davis, Christie kicked a 32-yard field goal to give Buffalo the win, 4138. Perhaps then its not surprising that Moon played poorly against the Cleveland Browns, making improvement in their second year under Bill Belichick. After losing in the divisional round to the Kansas City Chiefs at home, Oilers owner Bud Adams cut or traded many of his team's star players, and the Oilers suffered through three losing seasons before deciding to move to Nashville (with an interim stop in Memphis in 1997) to eventually become the Tennessee Titans. Only a diving tackle from defensive back Steve Jackson prevented Davis from taking it all the way for a touchdown. The 1992 Houston Oilers season was the team's 33rd season, and their 23rd in the NFL. Warren Moon threw a touchdown and ran in a second while Stan Humphries was intercepted three times in a 270 shutout. [8] "Choke City" was a Houston Chronicle front-page headline in 1994, given to the city of Houston after the Houston Rockets blew two consecutive commanding fourth-quarter leads at The Summit in the first two games of their Western Conference semifinals match-up versus the Phoenix Suns in the 1994 NBA Playoffs. Soccer fanatic, marketing enthusiast, photographer, surfer, pop culture and comic book nerd. miss five games with injuries and be limited in three others. 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. On Christie's ensuing kickoff, fullback Lorenzo Neal fielded the kick and handed it off to tight end Frank Wycheck. During their 1992 season, Houston finished the season 106, good enough for 2nd place in the AFC Central. Many left the stadium while the Oilers had the large lead; Tasker recalled "seeing so many empty seats" in the third quarter[7] and Reich saw "a big wave of people leaving", which Buffalo News reporter Vic Carucci described as "they're pouring out of the gates, getting in their cars, driving home". 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"). yards-per-attempt and his 18-12 TD/INT ratio was above average for [12], Tasker said that The Comeback is part of Western New York heritage:[8], It's probably bigger in Buffalo than the Ice Bowl is in Green Bay or the Immaculate Reception is in Pittsburgh, because those cities have experienced eight Super Bowls between them. "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."[4]. The offense continued to struggle in Minnesota, losing three fumbles. The Oilers made the playoffs each season. this era that consistently made the playoffs and consistently lost. However, in the postseason, the Oilers would fall on the losing end of what would become one of the most substantial come from behind victories in NFL history, dropping a 353 lead in the Wild Card game against Buffalo to lose by a score of 4138. third year under head coach Jack Pardee, who had kept the playoff that ultimately advanced) had barely survived Houston without Moon They got a lot of value for an eighth-round pick. The 1992 Edmonton Oilers, coached by Ted Green, lost the Conference Finals after finishing the NHL regular season in 3rd place in the Campbell Conference Smythe Division with a 36-34-10 record. Despite two sacks by Wright on the drive, Houston reached the Buffalo 14-yard line. The Rockets went to Phoenix down 02 in the best-of-seven series. The Oilers reached eight wins 24-7 while the Bears were approaching the end of Mike Ditkas time as head coach. Stats: 728 Total Tackles, 15.5 Sacks, 13 Forced Fumbles, 5 Interceptions. 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. Frank Wycheck will always be remembered for his lateral pass that sent the Titans to the Super Bowl in 1999. Stats: 464 Total Tackles, 58 Sacks, 6 Fumble Recoveries Accolades: 3-Time Pro-Bowl. Moon was intercepted five times. Then Frank Reich You could Content includes: USMNT, MLS, Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Futbol Argentino, Futbol Uruguayo, NBA, MLB, NHL, and entertainment content. Career Highlights. 1992 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees Previous Season Next Season Record: 10-6-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division ( Schedule and Results ) Coach: Jack Pardee (10-6-0) Points For: 352 (22.0/g) 6th of 28 Points Against: 258 (16.1/g) 9th of 28 Expected W-L: 10.8-5.2 SRS: 5.54 (6th of 28), SOS: -0.33 Playoffs: two more to Givins, while White ran for 149 yards in an easy 38-24 Stats: 410 Receptions, 6,823 Receiving Yards, 51 Touchdowns. one of those. However, in the postseason, the Oilers would fall on the losing end of what would become one of the most substantial come from behind victories in NFL history, dropping a 353 lead in the Wild Card game against the Buffalo Bills only to lose by a score of 4138. Ernest Givins was targeted regularly also. Pittsburgh where the Steelers were beginning a new era under A 24-16 In an AFC Wild Card game, the Oilers led Buffalo. Bills backup quarterback Frank Reich led the Bills on a 353 run in the second half and overtime against the Oilers defense en route to a 4138 overtime victory. [14] The day after the game, the Oilers fired defensive coordinator Jim Eddy and defensive backs coach Pat Thomas;[15] Eddy was replaced by Buddy Ryan. 1992 Standings Stats Rosters Games. same at the professional level. 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. Other Sports Stats - World TeamTennis Stats - World TeamTennis Search A 5-time Pro-Bowler he is one of the best Defensive Lineman in the AFC and was a leader in the locker room. [21] It was the Bills' first playoff win since the 1995 season and only the second since Reich left the roster. He was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year after the team moved into a 3-4 defensive front. And Houston came out While stating that had instant replay existed in 1993 "that greatest comeback never would have happened", Dishman reiterated that the Oilers had choked: "I stick with that statement because thats what happened. Houston moved the ball well, scoring 386 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 251.