TIL the 1994 Houston Oilers finishing 2-14 after going 12-4 the previous season was the worst season-to-season drop in games won in NFL history, and only one team has tied it since. The 2013 Houston Texans.

From Wikipedia:

Despite finishing with a 12–4 record and a first-round bye the previous season, team owner Bud Adams made good on a threat to break up the team if they did not win the Super Bowl. The two biggest losses the Oilers suffered were the trading of Warren Moon, the team’s longtime starting quarterback, to the Minnesota Vikings and the departure of defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan, who was hired to coach the Arizona Cardinals.

With Moon being replaced by career backup Cody Carlson and the defense left without its leader, the 1994 Oilers went into a tailspin despite returning several of their explosive offensive players such as Ernest Givins and Haywood Jeffires.

The team started out with only one win in their first ten games, which led to head coach Jack Pardee being fired. When the season was over the Oilers stood at 2–14, tying their 1983 squad with the team’s fewest wins in a sixteen game season and the second-fewest overall, with the 1972, 1973, 1982 squads only winning once each season.

The ten-game swing is the worst season-to-season drop in games won in NFL history, which would later be tied by the 2013 Houston Texans. Seven of their fourteen losses came by three points or fewer.

I realize this isn’t Kool-Aid but thought it was an interesting history lesson linking two separate Houston teams.

Couple of things to note about the 2013 Houston Texans season.

• Five of their losses came by three points or fewer (instead of seven).

• Kubiak was fired after 13 games instead of 10 (for Pardee).

• The last game the 2013 Texans lost to tie the Oilers’ record came against the Tennessee Titans, formerly known as the Oilers.