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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Jets at Houston Oilers - October 1st, 1972
New York Jets 20 at Houston Oilers 26
Sunday, October 1, 1972
New York Jets 20, Houston Oilers 26| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (2-1-0) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Houston Oilers (1-2-0) | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
Scoring
| NYJ | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Jerome Barkum 25 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 8 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Willie Rodgers 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 7 |
| HOU | Ken Burrough 52 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 32 yard field goal | 13 | 14 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Skip Butler 12 yard field goal | 13 | 17 |
| HOU | Skip Butler 20 yard field goal | 13 | 20 | |
| HOU | Skip Butler 20 yard field goal | 13 | 23 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Rich Caster 4 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 20 | 23 |
| HOU | Skip Butler 12 yard field goal | 20 | 26 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-97-0 | 42-150-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-38-301-2-2 | 14-28-278-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 301 | 262 |
| Total yards | 398 | 412 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-50 | 8-68 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 18 | 38 | 301 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 6 | 102 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Riggins | NYJ | 12 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 4 | 85 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Harkey | NYJ | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 14 | 26 | 278 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 19 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rhett Dawson | HOU | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Johnson | HOU | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kent Nix | HOU | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| W.K. Hicks | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 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 | |||
| Bob Atkins | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Benny Johnson | HOU | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||