The 1989 Houston Oilers season was the franchise's 30th season and their 20th in the
National Football League
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(NFL). The franchise scored 365 points while the defense gave up 412 points. Their record of 9 wins and 7 losses resulted in a second-place finish in the AFC Central Division. The Oilers appeared once on
Monday Night Football
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and appeared in the playoffs for the third consecutive year. It would be
Jerry Glanville
Jerry Michael Glanville (born October 14, 1941) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Alabama Airborne of Major League Football. He played football at Northern Michigan University in the early 1960s, and is a former NASCAR ...
’s final year as the Oilers coach. Despite making the playoffs, the Oilers, like their arch rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, had a negative point differential, making them the first teams since the 1984 Giants with this distinction.
Offseason
NFL draft
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Playoffs
Standings
Game summaries
Week 3
Retrieved 2021-Jun-05.
Playoffs
AFC Wildcard Game
Steelers defensive back Rod Woodson
Roderick Kevin Woodson (born March 10, 1965) is an American former professional football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He is currently the Head Coach of the XFL's Vegas Vipers. Woodson was drafted in the ...
recovered a fumble to set up Gary Anderson's winning 51-yard field goal in overtime to give Pittsburgh the win. The Steelers scored first with running back Tim Worley's 1-yard rushing touchdown. But from that point on until the fourth quarter, the two teams exchanged 6 field goals. In the final period, Oilers quarterback Warren Moon
Harold Warren Moon (born November 18, 1956) is an American former football quarterback who played professionally for 23 seasons. He spent the majority of his career with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Edmonton ...
, who finished the game with 315 passing yards, threw two touchdowns to wide receiver Ernest Givins
Ernest Pastell Givins Jr. (born September 3, 1964), is a former professional American football player from St. Petersburg, Florida. He played ten seasons as a wide receiver with the National Football League (NFL), mostly with the Houston Oilers ...
, an 18-yarder and a 9-yarder. However, Pittsburgh running back Merrill Hoge
Merril DuAine Hoge (; born January 26, 1965) is a former professional American football player. He played eight seasons at running back for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears, retiring after the 1994 season. Since 1996 he had been ...
tied the game on a 2-yard rushing touchdown with 46 seconds left in regulation.
Hoge finished the game with 100 rushing yards on just 17 carries, along with 3 receptions for 26 yards.
Awards and records
* Ray Childress, 1989 AFC Pro Bowl selection
* Warren Moon, Pro Bowl
* Warren Moon, All-Pro
All-Pro is an honor bestowed upon professional American football players that designates the best player at each position during a given season. All-Pro players are typically selected by press organizations, who select an "All-Pro team," a list t ...
selection
* Warren Moon, Man of the Year
Milestones
* Warren Moon, 1st 400 Yard Passing Game (414)
References
External links
1989 Houston Oilers
at Pro-Football-Reference.com
Houston Oilers
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Memphis, and later Nashville, Tennessee becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Oilers began play in 1960 a ...
Houston Oilers seasons
Houston
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