Sunday, October 3, 1976
Houston Oilers 31, New Orleans Saints 26| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (3-1-0) | 7 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| New Orleans Saints (1-3-0) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| HOU | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Ronnie Coleman 5 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | NOR | Rich Szaro 20 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| HOU | Skip Butler 31 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| NOR | Rich Szaro 26 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Rich Szaro 43 yard field goal | 10 | 9 |
| HOU | Billy Johnson 9 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 17 | 9 | |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman 22 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 24 | 9 | |
| HOU | C.L. Whittington 96 yard fumble return (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 9 | |
| 4th | NOR | Tinker Owens 60 yard pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick) | 31 | 16 |
| NOR | Rich Szaro 26 yard field goal | 31 | 19 | |
| NOR | Henry Childs 4 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Rich Szaro kick) | 31 | 26 |
| HOU | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-87-1 | 32-105-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-29-194-2-1 | 22-44-291-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-26 | 4-21 |
| Net pass yards | 168 | 270 |
| Total yards | 255 | 375 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-67 | 8-65 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||