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Kansas City Chiefs 20 at Houston Oilers 16

Sunday, September 26, 1971

Kansas City Chiefs 20, Houston Oilers 16

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Kansas City Chiefs (1-1-0)1030720
Houston Oilers (0-2-0)073616

Scoring

KANHOU
1stKANWendell Hayes 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)70
KANJan Stenerud 43 yard field goal100
2ndHOUKen Houston 68 yard fumble return (Braden Beck kick)107
KANJan Stenerud 11 yard field goal137
3rdHOUBraden Beck 15 yard field goal1310
4thHOUCharlie Joiner 12 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (kick failed)1316
KANWarren McVea 4 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)2016

Team Stats

KANHOU
First downs1915
Rush-yards-TDs39-79-220-26-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-24-207-0-013-28-175-1-3
Sacked-yards0-01-3
Net pass yards207172
Total yards286198
Fumbles-lost3-20-0
Turnovers23
Penalties-yards6-655-64

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Len Dawson KAN 14 24 207 0 0 0 2 6 0 0
Otis Taylor KAN 6 97 0 0
Elmo Wright KAN 1 -10 0 0 5 82 0 0
Warren McVea KAN 15 45 1 0 2 -5 0 0
Morris Stroud KAN 1 33 0 0
Wendell Hayes KAN 14 30 1 0
Robert Holmes KAN 6 6 0 0
Jim Otis KAN 1 2 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dan Pastorini HOU 10 21 156 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
Ken Burrough HOU 2 49 0 0
Charlie Joiner HOU 3 47 1 0
Joe Dawkins HOU 13 16 0 0 4 20 0 0
Woody Campbell HOU 5 9 0 0 2 25 0 0
Jim Beirne HOU 2 34 0 0
Charley Johnson HOU 3 7 19 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Ceasar Belser KAN 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Robert Holmes KAN 0 0 0 0 2 54 27.0 0 0
Dennis Homan KAN 0 0 0 0 2 14 7.0 0 0
Jim Kearney KAN 1 29 0 0
Jim Marsalis KAN 1 0 0 0
Mike Sensibaugh KAN 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0
Emmitt Thomas KAN 1 23 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Linzy Cole HOU 0 0 0 0 3 106 35.3 0 0
Ken Houston HOU 0 0 0 0 2 22 11.0 0 0