But a torn Achilles’ tendon would prematurely end his season. ( Log Out /  Their defense gave up 307 points. He won four of out five career appearances, including a Super Bowl. Decade Index Score: 2.846 (average QB = 0.0), Deviation from the Average QB During the 1990s. Warren Moon, Houston Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs (1984-2000) Warren Moon threw one of the prettiest passes in NFL history. Oilers Franchise Pages. The following year, his 33 touchdown passes would be the league’s best. When he retired, Neil O’Donnell held the NFL record for fewest INTs per pass attempt. The city of Houston saw good football in the seven-year stretch from 1987-93. Winning his second MVP, he would lead the NFL with a 70.3% completion rate, 35 TD passes, and a 112.8 passer rating. Besides being in the Top 3 in the postseason for turnovers per game (0.4), INT rate (a perfect 0.0%), and TDs per attempt (6.0%), his 11.7 average of yards/completion + yards/attempt was the decade’s best. While Aikman would exceed 3,000 yards passing over the next two seasons, the Cowboys would only play cumulative .500 ball, missing the playoffs in ’97. They had made the playoffs the previous two years, had incredible weapons on offense in Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed, and a monster defense driven by Hall-of-Famer Bruce Smith. Troy Aikman’s regular season numbers weren’t particularly outstanding. The Houston Oilers were (now called Tennessee Titans) a football team which was active from 1960, when they were a charter expansion team in the old American Football Leauge (AFL) until 1998, when they relocated to Tennessee and became the Tennessee Oilers, later, the very next season, 1999, the team would change their team name to the Tennessee Titans. Along with having the second best completion rate during the league’s second season (63.7%), he had the third best winning percentage at 68.8%. Nov 16, 2013 - #7 DAN PASTORINI Houston Oilers NFL Quarterback 1971-1979 White Throwback Jersey. And it was the decade in which Dan Marino walked away without a title. Photo is dated 5-29-1991. After humiliating the 49ers in the Divisional Round, 35-14, Green Bay would dismiss the second-year Carolina Panthers (who had upset Dallas one week earlier) in the NFC Championship Game, 30-13. But each Super Bowl seemed to go progressively worse, notably a 52-17 annihilation at the hands of the Cowboys which saw Frank Reich replace an injured Kelly halfway through the second quarter. And yet, a high number of turnovers in both the regular season and playoffs, compounding a lack of wins, keeps Moon lower than where an initial look at the numbers would have you think he’d be placed. He became one of the best quarterbacks of his era. In the postseason he finished in the Top 5 in TDs per game (1.9), touchdown rate (5.6%), interception rate (2.7%), yards/completion + yards/attempt average (10.1), and win percentage (64.3%). Additionally, the statistics encompass only the players’ seasons during the 1990s. Had the Dallas Cowboys not happened, he likely would have won another Super Bowl with the Niners, or two, maybe even three. Where he shined was in the postseason, finishing with the best playoff index score for all quarterbacks during the 1990s. The Pro Football Hall of Fame welcomed eight new members on Saturday night at the 2021 NFL Honors ceremony, including Peyton Manning, Alan Faneca, Tom Flores, Calvin Johnson, John Lynch, Bill Nunn, Drew Pearson, and Charles Woodson. 25. The guy that steered the vehicle was Jim Kelly, and the Bills would have the highest scoring offense in 1990. The Quarterbacks of the 1990s continued a trend begun in the previous decade, moving pro football to a more pass-oriented game. Miami won 61.2% of his starts, and he averaged 241.8 yards of offense per game, not bad for a guy who averaged less than one yard rushing per game. Top User Quizzes in Sports. NFL Nation ranking: 1. Their defense gave up 307 points. 1990 Press Photo Houston Oilers football quarterback Warren Moon looks downfield This is an original press photo. He joined the Houston Chronicle in 1990 after stints at the Dallas bureau of United Press International (1984-90), the Waco Tribune-Herald (1978-84) and the Tyler Morning Telegraph (1975-78). In 1990 he led the NFL with a 63.3% completion percentage and 6.9% TD rate. W-L%             Win-Loss Percentage (as starter), TD/G               Total Touchdowns per Game, TO/G               Total Turnovers per Game, Y/C/Y/A         Average of Yards per Completion + Yards per Attempt, TD%               Rate of Touchdowns per Pass Attempt, INT%              Rate of Interceptions per Pass Attempt. The Buffalo Bills opened the ‘90s on the cusp of something special. He didn’t dominate the stats as he did in the mid-80s, but he was the epitome of consistent excellence from 1990-1999. Houston Oilers football quarterback Warren Moon looks downfield for a receiver Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches. Blanda went on to lead the Oilers to the first two league championships in AFL history, and he was the All-AFL quarterback and won AFL Player of the Year honors in 1961. Having to follow Joe Montana was impossible. He was sensational the first two years of the decade, barely missing out on 5,000-yard seasons in leading the NFL with 4,689 and 4,690 passing yards respectively. 3. His 72.7% postseason winning percentage was the decade’s second-best, and he was also a Top 5 guy in terms of turnovers per game (1.3) and interception rate (1.9%). It’s not even close. RB. His crowning achievement was the 1992 season in which he led the league with 4,116 passing yards. 1990 Houston Oilers (9-7) - Roster - Stats - Results 1991 Houston Oilers (11-5) - Roster - Stats - Results 1992 Houston Oilers (10-6) - Roster - Stats - Results At least two members of the infamous 1993 Houston Oilers were gay, and many players on the team knew it, according to a report from the Houston Chronicle. Dallas would repeat as champs in ’93, and their quarterback would throw for 207 yards in a 30-13 win in Super Bowl XXVIII. 1991 Press Photo Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon - sas13229 This is an original press photo. And the Cowboys once again became “America’s Team”, as Troy Aikman helped turn the franchise around from the worst team in the NFL to champions three times in four years. He was selected to the Pro Bowl nine times and had his No. He was still excellent in the playoffs as well, finishing with the third-best postseason index score for the decade. Quarterback Warren Moon of the Houston Oilers rolls out to throw a pass during a game December 23, 1990 against the Cincinnati Bengals at Riverfront... ÊFormer Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon attends the 2015 NFL Honors at Phoenix Convention Center on January 31, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona.Ê Houston Oilers roster for the 1990 NFL season. Top Quizzes Today. Can you name the Houston Oilers Starting Quarterbacks? 1992 Press Photo Houston Oilers football quarterback Warren Moon throws a pass This is an original press photo. By the 1990s, he had established himself as one of the best pure passers in the game. By the 1990s, he had established himself as one of the best pure passers in the game. Thrust into the starting role when Simms went down for the year in a mid-December loss to Buffalo, the inexperienced Hostetler was entrusted with the offense. He played in one career game for the Houston Oilers which was a disappointment when he threw four interceptions and got sacked twice. When Brett Favre came to Green Bay in 1992, the once-proud Packers had made the postseason only twice since Super Bowl II in January of 1968. 26 catches for 367 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 13 yards and 0 td. He’d quarterback the Raiders for three more years, overseeing the team’s relocation back to Oakland in ’95. But Young didn’t just beat expectations from a statistical standpoint, he completely obliterated them. 1977 Houston Oilers - Roster - Stats - Results. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz and compare your score to others. Coming out of Alcorn State, "Air McNair" was a somewhat-controversial pick when the then-Houston Oilers took him third overall in the 1995 NFL Draft. The Oilers finished the season 9–7, and clinched a wild card spot. Then in ’91, the Oilers would infamously blow a 35-3 second half lead against Buffalo (who were playing without injured starter Jim Kelly), falling 41-38 to the eventual AFC champs. Houston Oilers roster for the 1970 NFL season. Decade Index Score: 5.848 (average QB = 0.0). His 33 TD passes in 1990 were also the league’s best. Meanwhile, Jim Kelly and America’s Would-Be Team, the Buffalo Bills, would lose four straight Super Bowls. As he had since replacing Don Majkowski in ’92, Favre would start every game for Green Bay through 2007. He was also a Top 5 guy in TD rate (5.1%), touchdowns per game (1.6), and completion percentage (60.6%). He’d wrap up an abbreviated-yet-solid career in 1997 with Washington. GEORGE BLANDA Class of 1981 1949 Chicago Bears, 1950 Baltimore Colts, 1950-1958 Chicago Bears, 1960-1966 Houston Oilers, 1967-1975 Oakland Raiders. During the season, the Oilers appeared once on Monday Night Football and defeated the Buffalo Bills. During the regular season, Mark Brunell was a Top 5 quarterback for the decade in total yards per game (246.8), interception rate (2.4%), turnovers per game (1.2), and win percentage (64.7%). Buffalo Bills pull off one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history On January 3, 1993, backup quarterback Frank Reich leads the Buffalo Bills to … Following his departure, the 1997 Buffalo Bills would fall from 10-6 to 6-10. He was selected to nine Pro … But he rebounded nicely in ’95, throwing for over 3,300 yards and 16 Tis to only seven INTs. In ’93, Hostetler left for the West Coast, joining the Los Angeles Raiders. Houston Oilers players listed alphabetically or numerically. In 2006, Moon was the first African-American quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The Dolphins started 4-1 with him, and would finish 9-7, missing the playoffs by one game. Nobody averaged more regular season yards per game during the decade than Warren Moon and his 265.2. They were owned by Bud Adams, a Houston oilman, who had made several previous unsuccessful bids for an NFL expansion team in Houston. A quarterback controversy was avoided to start the 1992 season as a still-ailing Joe Montana began the year on injured reserve. Photo is dated 12-9-1990. They finished tied for first in the AFC Central with the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers, as all 3 teams finished with identical 9–7 records. Can you name the Houston Oilers Starting Quarterbacks? In the wild card game, they were embarrassed by the Bengals 41–14, ending Houston's season in a flash. Adams was an influential member of the eight original AFL owners, since he, Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt and Buffalo Bills founder Ralph Wilsonwere more financially stable than the other five (all three would go on to own their franchises for over forty years, w… Photo is dated 07-19-1991. In 15 career playoff starts, Aikman would exceed a passer rating of 100.0 in an amazing nine of them. It was the decade in which John Elway finally won the Big One… and then another to end his career. In stepped Young who played brilliantly in ten starts, putting up a 101.8 passer rating. ( Log Out /  15 rushes for 58 yards, 0 td, & 9 catches for 53 yards and 0 td. If there was anything in the ‘90s you could count on, it was Steve Young to have a sensational year. Mind you, he was only the primary starter for San Francisco for eight years (1991-1998). PHOTO FRONT PHOTO BACK. During the regular season, he was Top 3 in yards per game (255.1), TDs per game (2.0), completion percentage (61.1%), touchdown rate (5.4%), and win percentage (65.6%). Aikman would disappoint in ’94, throwing nearly as many picks (12) as touchdowns (13). Decade Index Score: 4.180 (average QB = 0.0). 1980 Houston Oilers Statistics & Players: 11-5 (po:0-1) (2nd in AFC Central), Coach: Bum Phillips, ProBowl: Brazile, Campbell, … The glory of 1994 was impossible to recapture, but Young certainly had his moments over the next five seasons. He’s outside the Top 20 of the decade for the postseason, notably with a disappointing TD:INT rate of 16:22. He was second in both INT rate (2.4% to Neil O’Donnell’s 2.0%), and total yards per game (264.4 to Warren Moon’s 265.2). Young had been outstanding again, but his absolute masterpiece came the following year in 1994.