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1998 Tennessee Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jeff Fisher (8-8-0)

Points For: 330 (20.6/g) 13th of 30

Points Against: 320 (20.0/g) 12th of 30

Expected W-L: 8.3-7.7

SRS: .01 (15th of 30), SOS: -0.62

Offensive Coordinator: Les Steckel

Defensive Coordinator: Gregg Williams

Other Notable Asst.: Jerry Gray (Defensive Quality Control), George Henshaw (Offensive Line/TE), Mike Munchak (Offensive Line) and Sherman Smith (Running Backs)

Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium

Founder/Owner/Chairman/President/CEO: Bud Adams

General Manager/Executive VP: Floyd Reese

Offensive Scheme: Balanced

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +4000; O/U: 8.0

Training Camp: Tennessee State (Nashville, Tennessee)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	330	5261	1016	5.2	19	9	308	305	519	3291	16	10	5.9	171	462	1970	12	4.3	118	126	1135	19
Opp. Stats	320	5121	955	5.4	19	7	279	319	511	3511	24	12	6.5	170	414	1610	9	3.9	81	93	704	28
Lg Rank Offense	13	9			2	9	9		16	15	23	2	13		11	9	12	6
Lg Rank Defense	12	16			28	23	10		14	20	21	26	25		10	9	8	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Cincinnati Bengals	23	14	19	353	264	89		16	292	192	100	1	2.91	5.23	-0.27
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		San Diego Chargers	7	13	18	250	187	63		18	320	179	141		-1.88	-5.99	0.99
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	New England Patriots	16	27	18	306	194	112	2	13	322	228	94		-6.08	-7.92	-0.36
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		Jacksonville Jaguars	22	27	15	219	179	40	3	19	297	149	148	3	-10.69	0.34	3.30
5									Bye Week
6	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3	@	Baltimore Ravens	12	8	16	344	178	166	1	13	263	227	36	1	-6.93	17.13	-7.92
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Cincinnati Bengals	44	14	24	515	344	171		14	332	184	148	1	28.20	-2.04	1.10
8	Sun	October 25	4:05PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4		Chicago Bears	20	23	25	356	176	180	4	20	286	138	148	1	7.43	-1.34	-10.09
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	41	31	19	321	152	169		26	401	347	54	3	12.40	0.10	-0.93
10	Sun	November 8	8:20PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31	22	20	353	117	236	1	19	397	294	103	1	11.43	-1.60	2.32
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		Pittsburgh Steelers	23	14	18	338	230	108	1	16	310	231	79	2	-2.22	1.26	8.91
12	Sun	November 22	4:15PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5		New York Jets	3	24	12	223	129	94	1	22	361	231	130		-11.75	-11.48	3.31
13	Sun	November 29	4:05PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6	@	Seattle Seahawks	18	20	23	343	179	164	2	20	378	296	82	3	3.04	-2.89	-1.27
14	Sun	December 6	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		Baltimore Ravens	16	14	19	291	213	78	1	10	221	163	58	1	-7.21	6.25	2.86
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	13	20	354	223	131	2	15	241	172	69	1	-0.21	5.19	-2.73
16	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7	@	Green Bay Packers	22	30	22	341	262	79	1	16	362	245	117		0.78	-8.14	-3.26
17	Sat	December 26	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8		Minnesota Vikings	16	26	20	354	264	90		22	338	235	103	1	1.57	-7.54	3.74

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Steve McNair	25	QB	16	16	8-8-0	289	492	58.7	3228	15	3.0	10	2.0	161	43.6	47	6.6	6.26	11.2	201.8	80.1	33	176	6.29	5.81	5.53	1	2
2	Dave Krieg	40	QB	5	0		12	21	57.1	199	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	34.8	55	9.5	9.48	16.6	39.8	89.2	2	15	8.70	8.00	8.00	0	0
3	Steve Matthews	28	QB	1	0		2	3	66.7	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	66.7	13	8.0	8.00	12.0	24.0	91.0	0	0	0.00	8.00	8.00	0	0
4	Mike Archie	26	RB	16	0		1	2	50.0	18	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	18	9.0	19.00	18.0	1.1	120.8	0	0	0.00	9.00	19.00	0	0
5	Craig Hentrich	27	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	13	13.0	13.00	13.0	0.8	118.7	0	0	0.00	13.00	13.00	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	305	519	58.8	3291	16	3.1	10	1.9	172	43.5	55	6.7	6.46	11.4	205.7	81.3	35	191	6.32	5.94	5.71	1	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Eddie George	25	RB	16	16	348	1294	5	75	39.7	37	3.7	80.9	21.8	49	37	310	8.4	1	17	49.0	29	2.3	19.4	75.5	6.3	385	4.2	1604	6	7	PB
2	Frank Wycheck	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	91	70	768	11.0	2	38	60.4	38	4.4	48.0	76.9	8.4	70	11.0	768	2	2	PB
3	Steve McNair	25	QB	16	16	77	559	4	38	59.7	71	7.3	34.9	4.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			77	7.3	559	4	5
4	Yancey Thigpen	29	WR	9	8	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	83	38	493	13.0	3	20	43.4	55	4.2	54.8	45.8	5.9	38	13.0	493	3	0
5	Willie Davis	31	WR	13	10	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	58	32	461	14.4	3	23	48.3	38	2.5	35.5	55.2	7.9	32	14.4	461	3	0
6	Jackie Harris	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	55	43	412	9.6	2	22	56.4	32	2.7	25.8	78.2	7.5	43	9.6	412	2	0
7	Derrick Mason	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	44	25	333	13.3	3	19	47.7	47	1.6	20.8	56.8	7.6	25	13.3	333	3	1
8	Kevin Dyson	23	WR	13	9	1	4	0	0	100.0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	48	21	263	12.5	2	12	39.6	45	1.6	20.2	43.8	5.5	22	12.1	267	2	0
9	Rodney Thomas	25	RB	11	0	24	100	2	5	41.7	21	4.2	9.1	2.2	8	6	55	9.2	0	3	50.0	20	0.5	5.0	75.0	6.9	30	5.2	155	2	0
10	Chris Sanders	26	WR	14	1	1	-9	0	0	0.0	-9	-9.0	-0.6	0.1	20	5	136	27.2	0	4	25.0	46	0.4	9.7	25.0	6.8	6	21.2	127	0	1
11	Michael Roan	26	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	22	13	93	7.2	0	7	40.9	16	0.8	5.8	59.1	4.2	13	7.2	93	0	1
12	Isaac Byrd	24	WR	4	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	6	71	11.8	0	5	75.0	18	1.5	17.8	75.0	8.9	6	11.8	71	0	0
13	Joey Kent	24	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	4	62	15.5	0	2	37.5	23	0.4	6.2	50.0	7.8	4	15.5	62	0	0
14	Mike Archie	26	RB	16	0	6	24	1	3	50.0	20	4.0	1.5	0.4	5	5	25	5.0	0	0	0.0	7	0.3	1.6	100.0	5.0	11	4.5	49	1	3
15	Mark Stepnoski	31	C	13	13	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	2
16	Craig Hentrich	27	P	16	0	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-1.0	-1	0	0	PB,AP-1
17	Dave Krieg	40	QB	5	0	3	-1	0	0	0.0		-0.3	-0.2	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-0.3	-1	0	3
	Team Totals			16	16	462	1970	12	121	42.9	71	4.3	123.1	28.9	499	305	3482	11.4	16	172	48.3	55	19.1	217.6	61.1	7.0	767	7.1	5452	28	25

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Joe Bowden	28	MLB	16	16	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	17	1	1.5	103	73	30	0
2	Eddie George	25	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
3	Bruce Matthews	37	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Steve McNair	25	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Eddie Robinson	28	LLB	16	16	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	90	72	18	0
6	Denard Walker	25	LCB	16	16	2	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	83	68	15	0
7	Gary Walker	25	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	47	31	16	0
8	Frank Wycheck	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
9	Jason Layman	25	RG	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Darryll Lewis	30	RCB	16	15	4	40	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	69	59	10	0
11	Lonnie Marts	30	RLB	16	15	1	27	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	59	40	19	0
12	Blaine Bishop	28	SS	13	13	1	13	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	85	63	22	0
13	Mark Stepnoski	31	C	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Pratt Lyons	24	LDE	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	32	22	10	0
15	Marcus Robertson	29	FS	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	43	35	8	0
16	Josh Evans	26	RDT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
17	Kenny Holmes	25	RDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	33	22	11	0
18	Henry Ford	27	RDT	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	22	14	8	0
19	James Roberson	27	RDE	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	15	11	4	0
20	Steve Jackson	29	DB	14	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	54	45	9	0
21	Isaac Byrd	24	WR	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Anthony Cook	26	DE	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	19	15	4	0
23	Perry Phenix	24	DB	15	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	0	0.0	21	17	4	0
24	Terry Killens	24	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
25	Michael Roan	26	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Samari Rolle	22	DB	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	25	22	3	0
27	Chris Sanders	26	WR	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Dainon Sidney	23	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	16	15	1	0
29	Mike Archie	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Anthony Dorsett	25	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
31	Dave Krieg	40	QB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Derrick Mason	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	George McCullough	23	DB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
34	Joe Salave'a	23	DT	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	9	8	1	0
35	Dennis Stallings	24	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0
36	Mike Sutton	23	DE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
37	Barron Wortham	29	LB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12	98	2	33	8	25	22	20	2	30.0	842	646	196	0