Sunday, September 24, 1978
New England Patriots 21, Oakland Raiders 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (2-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Oakland Raiders (2-2-0) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| NWE | OAK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | OAK | Dave Casper 13 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| OAK | Arthur Whittington 4 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Russ Francis 25 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3rd | NWE | Horace Ivory 16 yard rush (Nick Lowery kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4th | NWE | Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (Nick Lowery kick) | 21 | 14 |
| NWE | OAK | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-207-2 | 34-83-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-25-219-1-3 | 13-21-180-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-22 | 3-27 |
| Net pass yards | 197 | 153 |
| Total yards | 404 | 236 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-77 | 4-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 14 | 25 | 219 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 5 | 126 | 1 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 17 | 64 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 16 | 62 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Stabler | OAK | 13 | 21 | 180 | 1 | 3 | 33 | ||||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | OAK | 16 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| Dave Casper | OAK | 4 | 55 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Pete Banaszak | OAK | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Morris Bradshaw | OAK | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Whittington | OAK | 8 | 24 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Terry Robiskie | OAK | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Cliff Branch | OAK | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Raymond Chester | OAK | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Conn | NWE | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James McAlister | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 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 | |||
| Willie Brown | OAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Neal Colzie | OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Hall | OAK | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lindsey Mason | OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Phillips | OAK | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Derrick Ramsey | OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Stewart | OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Arthur Whittington | OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||