| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Houston Oilers (1-0-0) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Houston Astrodome (dome) |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 72 degrees, no wind |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| SDG | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | George Amundson 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Oilers | George Amundson 8 yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Chargers | Glen Bonner 3 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3rd | Chargers | Gary Garrison 29 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4th | Oilers | George Amundson 3 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 14 | 21 |
| SDG | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-216-1 | 36-156-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-26-209-1-2 | 19-27-195-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 1-2 |
| Net pass yards | 195 | 193 |
| Total yards | 411 | 349 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-32 | 8-95 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 13 | 26 | 209 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cid Edwards | SDG | 16 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Glen Bonner | SDG | 21 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 4 | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Beirne | SDG | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Gordon | SDG | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wayne Stewart | SDG | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob L. Thomas | SDG | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | HOU | 19 | 26 | 195 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Amundson | HOU | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Parks | HOU | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Broadnax | HOU | 2 | 27 | 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 | |||
| Dick Gordon | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Hoey | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Floyd Rice | SDG | 1 | 15 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Kiner | HOU | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vic Washington | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Wersching | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| David Beverly | HOU | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||
| Skip Butler | HOU | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||