| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (0-2-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Houston Oilers (2-0-0) | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| 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 | Skip Butler 29 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Chargers | Don Woods 4 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Oilers | Don Hardeman 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 7 | 9 |
| Oilers | John Sawyer 4 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 16 | |
| Chargers | Ray Wersching 29 yard field goal | 10 | 16 | |
| 3rd | Oilers | Ronnie Coleman 46 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 23 |
| 4th | Oilers | Curley Culp 38 yard fumble return (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 30 |
| Chargers | Dwight McDonald 30 yard pass from Jesse Freitas (Ray Wersching kick) | 17 | 30 | |
| Oilers | Skip Butler 38 yard field goal | 17 | 33 |
| SDG | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-60-1 | 56-251-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-26-188-1-1 | 13-25-162-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-44 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 144 | 151 |
| Total yards | 204 | 402 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-55 | 13-130 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Woods | SDG | 16 | 60 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 10 | 18 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dwight McDonald | SDG | 4 | 57 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 3 | 42 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Pat Curran | SDG | 2 | 35 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Freitas | SDG | 3 | 8 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | SDG | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bo Matthews | SDG | 3 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Tony Baker | SDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 16 | 112 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Don Hardeman | HOU | 27 | 107 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 12 | 23 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 4 | 57 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 5 | 51 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| John Sawyer | HOU | 3 | 46 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | HOU | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Billy Parks | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Billy Andrews | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Fuller | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Drew Mahalic | SDG | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rickey Young | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Mark Cotney | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Kiner | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 5 | 186 | 37.2 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Wersching | SDG | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| David Beverly | HOU | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | ||||
| Skip Butler | HOU | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | ||||