Sunday, October 7, 1973
Los Angeles Rams 31, Houston Oilers 26| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams (4-0-0) | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Houston Oilers (0-4-0) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| RAM | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Skip Butler 8 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| RAM | Jack Snow 38 yard pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| HOU | Skip Butler 35 yard field goal | 7 | 6 | |
| 2nd | RAM | Tony Baker 5 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 14 | 6 |
| HOU | Skip Butler 37 yard field goal | 14 | 9 | |
| RAM | Harold Jackson 15 yard pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick) | 21 | 9 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Skip Butler 36 yard field goal | 21 | 12 |
| RAM | Harold Jackson 69 yard pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick) | 28 | 12 | |
| RAM | David Ray 17 yard field goal | 31 | 12 | |
| 4th | HOU | Bob Gresham 4 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 19 |
| HOU | Larry Eaglin 14 yard blocked punt return (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 26 |
| RAM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-169-1 | 23-76-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-16-179-3-0 | 25-38-245-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-41 |
| Net pass yards | 179 | 204 |
| Total yards | 348 | 280 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-14 | 6-78 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Bertelsen | RAM | 12 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | RAM | 21 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Hadl | RAM | 10 | 16 | 179 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harold Jackson | RAM | 2 | 84 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Snow | RAM | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Baker | RAM | 10 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Smith | RAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 25 | 38 | 245 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 10 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Parks | HOU | 7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mack Alston | HOU | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | HOU | 1 | 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 | |||
| Jim Bertelsen | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cullen Bryant | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Elmendorf | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Gordon | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Klein | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Preece | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Isiah Robertson | RAM | 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 | |||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Severson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||