The 1987 Houston Oilers were a good team.
 
They finished 9-6 in the strike-shortened season to make the playoffs as a wild card and even won a first-round game.
 
But they weren’t as good as the Browns. Not even close.
 
And that was evidenced by what happened 28 years ago today, on Nov. 22, 1987.
 
The Browns blew out to a 26-0 halftime lead and never looked back en route to crushing the Oilers 40-7 at the Astrodome.
 
Kevin Mack ran for 114 yards, including a five-yard touchdown, while Earnest Byner added 57 yards and two scores of one and 17 yards.
 
Bernie Kosar passed for 257 yards and two TDs, both to wide receivers with a 27-yarder to Webster Slaughter and a 39-yarder to Gerald McNeil. Slaughter caught four passes for 79 yards in all, while McNeil added three receptions for 66 yards.
 
Jeff Jaeger added 21- and 32-yard field goals.
 
The Cleveland defense was also dominant, holding Warren Moon to just 5 of 23 passing with three interceptions.
 
The only blemish – on either side of the ball – was allowing Moon to throw an 83-yard TD pass to wide receiver Ernest Givins in the third quarter after the Browns were already ahead 33-0.
 
But other than that, the Browns showed they were still the class of the AFC Central, improving to 7-3 to move a game ahead of the second-place Oilers (6-4) as they took another step toward earning their third straight division crown.