Houston sports teams are having a rough year already. The Astros are still public enemy #1 in baseball, James Harden and J.J. Watt couldn't get their teams to a championship and left town. George Springer did win a title in Houston, but left for Toronto anyway. Deshaun Watson wants out. It's a mess. But the city's sports scene in 2021 is a well-oiled machine compared to the 1993 Houston Oilers.
Do you remember the "Luv Ya Blue" Oilers of Earl Campbell and Bum Phillips? Or the "Run & Shoot" era with Warren Moon airing it out to Haywood Jeffires and Ernest Givins? I remember these Oilers - or I thought I did. They were an exciting team. Moon was fun to watch, and their powder blue uniforms were fantastic.
This past weekend UrinatingTree posted a documentary about the 1993 Oilers that is absolutely worth watching. There was enough drama in that one season for three or four documentaries. U-Tree tied it all together in a tidy 31 minutes and it's as fascinating and informative as any 30 for 30 episode.
A few years earlier (1991 I think?) I managed to find a Warren Moon Starting Lineup figure. Almost bought a Drew Hill figure from a dealer named Jack who specialized in hard to find pieces, but I passed - it was either out of my price range, damaged, or both.
- 1993 Fleer #220
- 1993 Pro Line Live #101
- 1993 Score #216
- 1993 Upper Deck Team MVP insert
I have seven Haywood Jeffires cards including some very cool 1991 issues. Don't really need any more at the moment.
- 1992 Pro Set #510
- 1992 Skybox Impact #165
Ernest Givins' 1992 Upper Deck card makes me dizzy. I liked Givins and his touchdown celebration but the Electric Slide song was awful. My high school Spanish teacher played it frequently and I couldn't stand it.
- 1994 Collector's Choice Crash the Game
- 1995 Classic NFL Experience #38
- 1995 SP #136
- 1995 Topps #301
Gary Brown somehow rushed for 1,002 yards in 1993 despite getting just 195 carries in Houston's pass-happy offense. I have three of his 433(!) cards and wouldn't mind adding one or two more.
- 1993 Bowman #394
- 1993 Topps #547
I have one David Williams card - 1992 Stadium Club. Wouldn't mind picking up another one from 1993. (I could also use more Mike Munchak and Bruce Matthews cards.)
- 1992 Wild Card #132
- 1993 Bowman #65
- 1993 Topps #90
- 1994 Pro Line Live #314
Wilber Marshall's 1993 Topps card lists him as a "Franchise Player" -- for Washington. He signed with the Oilers that spring, then followed defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan to Arizona for 1994.
- 1991 Upper Deck #314
- 1993 Pacific #294
- 1993 Score #182
- 1994 Skybox Impact #108
13 of my 16 Sean Jones cards picture him with the Packers. I could definitely use more Oilers issues of the team's sack leader in 1993.
Backup interior lineman Jeff Alm has just eight cards. This is the only one that pictures him in the powder blue Oilers uniform - aside from his 1990 Score Supplemental card that hides the logos so well it would blend in with an unlicensed set today.
- 1993 Pro Set #167
- 1994 Skybox Impact #98
- 1994 Topps #516
Cris Dishman had 43 interceptions in his career and yet one quote about him has stuck with me since his playing days. I think it was Deion Sanders who said "Dish hadn't had a pick since God was three." I'm assuming I read that on the back of a football card but I can't find it anywhere.
Here's another case of my memory deleting some details. I will never forget this Antonio Freeman catch but if you gave me fifty guesses I never would have remembered that Dishman was covering him on the play.
- 1994 Pacific #71
- 1995 Topps #196
- 1995 Ultra #126
Bubba McDowell was the guy I remembered but Marcus Robertson was the better safety. He led the Oilers in interceptions and earned All-Pro honors in '93. I don't have any of his cards, which might explain why I didn't realize how good he was.
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