Sunday, November 26, 1972
Houston Oilers 20, San Diego Chargers 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-10-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
| San Diego Chargers (4-6-1) | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| HOU | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Jesse Taylor 0 yard fumble return (Dennis Partee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 31 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Skip Butler 49 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 11 yard field goal | 3 | 13 | |
| SDG | Cid Edwards 1 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 20 | |
| 3rd | SDG | Cid Edwards 31 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 27 |
| 4th | HOU | Skip Butler 47 yard field goal | 6 | 27 |
| SDG | Dave L. Williams 3 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 6 | 34 | |
| HOU | Rhett Dawson 3 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 13 | 34 | |
| HOU | Fred Willis 7 yard pass from Kent Nix (Skip Butler kick) | 20 | 34 |
| HOU | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-51-0 | 42-230-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-40-185-2-1 | 13-26-141-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-23 | 1-4 |
| Net pass yards | 162 | 137 |
| Total yards | 213 | 367 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-45 | 7-63 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 17 | 35 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Robinson | HOU | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rhett Dawson | HOU | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kent Nix | HOU | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave L. Smith | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | SDG | 15 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 13 | 24 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pettis Norman | SDG | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Carter | SDG | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jesse Taylor | SDG | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave L. Williams | SDG | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Dragon | SDG | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Clark | SDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Benny Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 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 | |||
| Joe Beauchamp | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reggie Berry | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bryant Salter | SDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jesse Taylor | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||