| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-0-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| New England Patriots (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOU | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Willie Germany 48 yard fumble return (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| HOU | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 7 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-116-0 | 52-179-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-16-53-0-1 | 12-24-116-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 53 | 100 |
| Total yards | 169 | 279 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-37 | 4-28 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Hardeman | HOU | 18 | 96 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 3 | 32 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 6 | 16 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 5 | 15 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 16 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Leon McQuay | NWE | 20 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Neil Graff | NWE | 10 | 18 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 8 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 2 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Allen Carter | NWE | 4 | 15 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Cotney | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 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 | |||
| Ron Bolton | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leon McQuay | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| David Beverly | HOU | 9 | 348 | 38.7 | 0 | ||||
| Skip Butler | HOU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mike Patrick | NWE | 7 | 321 | 45.9 | 0 | ||||
| John Smith | NWE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||