Sunday, September 10, 1978
Houston Oilers 20, Kansas City Chiefs 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-1-0) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Kansas City Chiefs (1-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| HOU | KAN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Toni Fritsch 33 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Toni Fritsch 49 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 41 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| KAN | Ted McKnight 3 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 6 | 10 | |
| 3rd | KAN | Tony Reed 19 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 4th | HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 17 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell 2 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 17 |
| HOU | KAN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-179-2 | 41-261-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 7-13-47-0-0 | 9-14-60-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-26 |
| Net pass yards | 47 | 34 |
| Total yards | 226 | 295 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-50 | 7-98 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 22 | 107 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 8 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 5 | 39 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 7 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Reed | KAN | 16 | 141 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| MacArthur Lane | KAN | 6 | 41 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Mark Bailey | KAN | 9 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Mike Livingston | KAN | 9 | 14 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||
| Ted McKnight | KAN | 7 | 28 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Henry Marshall | KAN | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Horace Belton | KAN | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Walter White | KAN | 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 | |||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Currier | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Davis | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 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 | |||
| Ed Beckman | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gary Green | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Marshall | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||