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Detroit Lions 31 at Houston Oilers 7
Sunday, October 17, 1971
Stadium: Houston Astrodome (dome), Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
Weather: 72 degrees, no wind
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (4-1-0) | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| Houston Oilers (0-4-1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Scoring
| DET | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Lions | Lem Barney 28 yard interception return (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Lions | Steve Owens 10 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| Oilers | Charlie Joiner 58 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Errol Mann 13 yard field goal | 17 | 7 |
| 4th | Lions | Altie Taylor 35 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 24 | 7 |
| Lions | Steve Owens 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 31 | 7 |
Team Stats
| DET | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-230-2 | 24-86-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-16-197-1-1 | 15-40-209-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-42 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 155 | 209 |
| Total yards | 385 | 295 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-98 | 14-144 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Altie Taylor | DET | 16 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 9 | 16 | 197 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Owens | DET | 22 | 93 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 15 | 40 | 209 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 2 | 66 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Sledge | HOU | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Frazier | HOU | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ward Walsh | HOU | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Lucci | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Rasmussen | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wayne H. Walker | DET | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Linzy Cole | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Floyd Rice | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Errol Mann | DET | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Weaver | DET | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mark Moseley | HOU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 7 | 235 | 33.6 | 0 | ||||