Sunday, September 16, 1973
Houston Oilers 14, New York Giants 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| New York Giants (1-0-0) | 6 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| HOU | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYG | Pete Gogolak 44 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| NYG | Pete Gogolak 11 yard field goal | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd | NYG | Ron A. Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 13 |
| NYG | Don Herrmann 14 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 20 | |
| NYG | Ron A. Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 27 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Dave Parks 7 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 27 |
| HOU | Ken Burrough 49 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 14 | 27 | |
| 4th | NYG | Joe Orduna 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 34 |
| HOU | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 6 | 29 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-96-0 | 53-218-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-17-74-2-4 | 17-29-162-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-15 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 59 | 154 |
| Total yards | 155 | 372 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-55 | 2-10 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 14 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 8 | 17 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Parks | HOU | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Parks | HOU | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ron A. Johnson | NYG | 24 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Vince Clements | NYG | 19 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Norm Snead | NYG | 17 | 29 | 162 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Tucker | NYG | 6 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Orduna | NYG | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Grim | NYG | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Herrmann | NYG | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 5 | 5 | 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 | |||
| Gregg Bingham | HOU | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Charles | HOU | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Severson | HOU | 1 | 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 | |||
| Pete Athas | NYG | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Richmond Flowers | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Spider Lockhart | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry Reed | NYG | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||