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Houston Oilers 31 at New Orleans Saints 26

Sunday, October 3, 1976

Houston Oilers 31, New Orleans Saints 26

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Houston Oilers (3-1-0)7321031
New Orleans Saints (1-3-0)0631726

Scoring

HOUNOR
1stHOURonnie Coleman 5 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick)70
2ndNORRich Szaro 20 yard field goal73
HOUSkip Butler 31 yard field goal103
NORRich Szaro 26 yard field goal106
3rdNORRich Szaro 43 yard field goal109
HOUBilly Johnson 9 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick)179
HOURonnie Coleman 22 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)249
HOUC.L. Whittington 96 yard fumble return (Skip Butler kick)319
4thNORTinker Owens 60 yard pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick)3116
NORRich Szaro 26 yard field goal3119
NORHenry Childs 4 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Rich Szaro kick)3126

Team Stats

HOUNOR
First downs1422
Rush-yards-TDs25-87-132-105-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-29-194-2-122-44-291-2-1
Sacked-yards4-264-21
Net pass yards168270
Total yards255375
Fumbles-lost1-03-2
Turnovers13
Penalties-yards9-678-65

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Ken Burrough HOU 5 99 0 25
Dan Pastorini HOU 16 27 183 2 1 32
Fred Willis HOU 9 32 0 13 4 42 0 32
Ronnie Coleman HOU 13 61 1 22 4 12 1 14
Billy Johnson HOU 4 35 1 9
Mack Alston HOU 1 6 0 6
John Hadl HOU 2 2 11 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0
Joe Dawkins HOU 1 -3 0 -3
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bobby Scott NOR 17 34 228 1 1 60 4 0 0 0
Tinker Owens NOR 3 91 1 60
Tony Galbreath NOR 9 23 0 10 7 67 0 35
Don Herrmann NOR 5 78 0 18
Bobby Douglass NOR 5 10 63 1 0 0 2 30 0 0
Mike Strachan NOR 9 31 0 9 1 0 0 0
Jim Thaxton NOR 2 25 0 21
Chuck Muncie NOR 6 18 0 8 1 6 0 6
Paul Seal NOR 2 20 0 15
Henry Childs NOR 1 4 1 4
Larry Burton NOR 1 3 0 3
Alvin Maxson NOR 1 0 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Don Hardeman HOU 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0
Billy Johnson HOU 0 0 0 0 3 60 20.0 0 0 3 65 21.7 0 0
Altie Taylor HOU 0 0 0 0 1 32 32.0 0 0
C.L. Whittington HOU 1 10 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Pete Athas NOR 0 0 0 0 2 68 34.0 0 0 6 161 26.8 0 0
Tony Galbreath NOR 0 0 0 0 1 23 23.0 0 0
Chuck Muncie NOR 0 0 0 0 2 53 26.5 0 0
Tom Myers NOR 1 0 0 0
Jim Thaxton NOR 0 0 0 0 1 41 41.0 0 0