1986 Houston Oilers season

NFL team season

The 1986 Houston Oilers season was the 27th season overall and 17th with the National Football League (NFL). The team matched their previous season's output of 5–11,[1] and missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Offseason

NFL draft

1986 Houston Oilers draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 3 Jim Everett *  Quarterback Purdue
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff/Coaches

1986 Houston Oilers staff

Front office

  • Owner/Chairman of the Board/President – Bud Adams
  • Executive Vice President/General Manager – Ladd Herzeg

Head coaches

  • Head coach – Jerry Glanville

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/Running Backs – Dick Jamieson
  • Quarterbacks – Gary Huff
  • Receivers – Milt Jackson
  • Offensive Line – Bill Walsh
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Line – Doug Shively
  • Linebackers – Floyd Reese
  • Secondary – Tom Bettis

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Miller McCalmon

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Rehabilitation – Steve Watterson

Roster

1986 Houston Oilers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 29 Patrick Allen CB
  • 25 Keith Bostic SS
  • 24 Steve Brown CB
  • 31 Jeff Donaldson S
  • 23 Richard Johnson CB
  • 22 Larry Griffin
  • 22 Kenny Johnson
  • 28 Allen Lyday
  • 26 Audray McMillian

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 92 Tom Briehl LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 21 Bo Eason FS (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 58 Mike Kelley C (IRTooltip Injured reserve)


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 7 at Green Bay Packers W 31–3 1–0 Lambeau Field 54,065
2 September 14 Cleveland Browns L 20–23 1–1 Astrodome 46,049
3 September 21 at Kansas City Chiefs L 13–27 1–2 Arrowhead Stadium 43,699
4 September 28 Pittsburgh Steelers L 16–22 1–3 Astrodome 42,001
5 October 5 at Detroit Lions L 13–24 1–4 Pontiac Silverdome 41,960
6 October 12 Chicago Bears L 7–20 1–5 Astrodome 46,026
7 October 19 at Cincinnati Bengals L 28–31 1–6 Riverfront Stadium 53,844
8 October 26 Los Angeles Raiders L 17–28 1–7 Astrodome 41,641
9 November 2 at Miami Dolphins L 7–28 1–8 Miami Orange Bowl 43,804
10 November 9 Cincinnati Bengals W 32–28 2–8 Astrodome 32,130
11 November 16 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–21 2–9 Three Rivers Stadium 49,724
12 November 23 Indianapolis Colts W 31–17 3–9 Astrodome 31,792
13 November 30 at Cleveland Browns L 10–13 3–10 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 62,309
14 December 7 at San Diego Chargers L 0–27 3–11 Jack Murphy Stadium 40,103
15 December 14 Minnesota Vikings W 23–10 4–11 Astrodome 32,738
16 December 21 Buffalo Bills W 16–7 5–11 Astrodome 31,409

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
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W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns(1) 12 4 0 .750 5–1 10–2 391 310 W5
Cincinnati Bengals 10 6 0 .625 3–3 7–5 409 394 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 10 0 .375 3–3 4–8 307 336 L1
Houston Oilers 5 11 0 .313 1–5 3–9 274 329 W2

References

  1. ^ 1986 Houston Oilers
  2. ^ "1986 Houston Oilers draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
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