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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos - September 17th, 1972
Houston Oilers 17 at Denver Broncos 30
Sunday, September 17, 1972
Houston Oilers 17, Denver Broncos 30| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Denver Broncos (1-0-0) | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
Scoring
| HOU | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Jim Turner 45 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DEN | Steve Ramsey 3 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Billy Masters 25 yard pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 17 |
| HOU | Ken Burrough 57 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| HOU | Mark Moseley 20 yard field goal | 10 | 17 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Jim Turner 29 yard field goal | 10 | 20 |
| DEN | Jim Turner 40 yard field goal | 10 | 23 | |
| 4th | HOU | Jim Beirne 18 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 23 |
| DEN | Billy Van Heusen 66 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 30 |
Team Stats
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 19-54-0 | 36-239-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-33-203-2-1 | 11-24-261-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 7-61 | 4-22 |
| Net pass yards | 142 | 239 |
| Total yards | 196 | 478 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 9-51 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 14 | 33 | 203 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 4 | 92 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Johnson | HOU | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ward Walsh | HOU | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Ramsey | DEN | 11 | 24 | 261 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rod Sherman | DEN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 22 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Masters | DEN | 4 | 86 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Van Heusen | DEN | 1 | 66 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | DEN | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Anderson | DEN | 2 | 6 | 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 | |||
| Willie Alexander | HOU | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 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 | |||
| Bobby Anderson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leroy Mitchell | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rod Sherman | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||