Anti-Dynasty #12: 1981-86 Houston Oilers
The most sheer concentrated terribleness in NFL history.
Peak Anti-Dynasty Points: 47
Record: 23-66 (.258)
Average DVOA: -28.5%
Bottom-Five DVOA: -33.0%
One last-place finish in the NFL, Five last-place finishes in the AFC Central
Head Coaches: Ed Biles, Chuck Studley, Hugh Campbell, Jerry Glanville
Key Players: QB Warren Moon, RB Earl Campbell, WR Tim Smith, T Bruce Matthew, G Mike Munchak, LB Robert Brazile, LB Avon Riley, LB Robert Abraham
Z-Score: 5.34
The 1982-1985 Oilers had a DVOA of under -30.0% in four straight seasons. No one else in history has managed that—not in DVOA, not in estimated DVOA, not in SRS-to-DVOA conversions, nobody. They are prevented from four-peating as the worst team in the league by the 1984 Bills, but no team has ever had more concentrated terribleness than this Oilers squad. No team specialized in plunging into the very depths of football ineptitude like the Houston Oilers, even if they didn’t stay there as long as others.
