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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Atlanta Falcons - September 3rd, 1978
Houston Oilers 14 at Atlanta Falcons 20
Sunday, September 3, 1978
Houston Oilers 14, Atlanta Falcons 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0) | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
Scoring
| HOU | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Earl Campbell 73 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | ATL | Bubba Bean 38 yard pass from June Jones (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 7 |
| ATL | Tom Moriarty 0 yard fumble return (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Rich Caster 8 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 14 | 14 |
| ATL | Fred Steinfort 30 yard field goal | 14 | 17 | |
| 4th | ATL | Fred Steinfort 48 yard field goal | 14 | 20 |
Team Stats
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-156-1 | 35-100-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-36-136-1-2 | 10-23-104-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-31 | 4-33 |
| Net pass yards | 105 | 71 |
| Total yards | 261 | 171 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-52 | 8-75 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 15 | 137 | 1 | 73 | 2 | -8 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 19 | 36 | 136 | 1 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 6 | 56 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 4 | 45 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 5 | 44 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 6 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 14 | 55 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 38 | ||||||
| June Jones | ATL | 10 | 23 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 17 | 31 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 2 | 28 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Patton | ATL | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ray Strong | ATL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Anthony Davis | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 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 | |||
| Ray Easterling | ATL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||