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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at New England Patriots - November 12th, 1978
Houston Oilers 26 at New England Patriots 23
Sunday, November 12, 1978
Houston Oilers 26, New England Patriots 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (7-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| New England Patriots (8-3-0) | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Scoring
| HOU | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | David Posey 32 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| NWE | David Posey 34 yard field goal | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Horace Ivory 3 yard rush (David Posey kick) | 0 | 13 |
| NWE | David Posey 37 yard field goal | 0 | 16 | |
| NWE | Steve Grogan 7 yard rush (David Posey kick) | 0 | 23 | |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter 8 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 23 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Rob Carpenter 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 14 | 23 |
| 4th | HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 20 | 23 |
| HOU | Rich Caster 10 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (kick failed) | 26 | 23 |
Team Stats
| HOU | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-128-3 | 35-144-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-28-200-1-1 | 9-18-130-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-6 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 194 | 130 |
| Total yards | 322 | 274 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-30 | 2-10 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 15 | 28 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 3 | -6 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 24 | 74 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 11 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 3 | 62 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 4 | 54 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 7 | 25 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 16 | 87 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 9 | 18 | 130 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 2 | 49 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 6 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 8 | 16 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Willie Alexander | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| J.C. Wilson | 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 | |||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James McAlister | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Nelson | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||