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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Oilers - September 16th, 1979
Kansas City Chiefs 6 at Houston Oilers 20
Sunday, September 16, 1979
Kansas City Chiefs 6, Houston Oilers 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (1-2-0) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Houston Oilers (2-1-0) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
Scoring
| KAN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Earl Campbell 4 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | KAN | J.T. Smith 55 yard punt return (kick failed) | 6 | 7 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson 24 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 14 | |
| HOU | Toni Fritsch 28 yard field goal | 6 | 17 | |
| 4th | HOU | Toni Fritsch 23 yard field goal | 6 | 20 |
Team Stats
| KAN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-183-0 | 44-172-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-27-138-0-4 | 12-18-173-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-41 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 97 | 173 |
| Total yards | 280 | 345 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-45 | 13-119 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Fuller | KAN | 11 | 27 | 138 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Tony Reed | KAN | 11 | 50 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Ted McKnight | KAN | 4 | 49 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Arnold Morgado | KAN | 6 | 34 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Tony Samuels | KAN | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Mike A. Williams | KAN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Henry Marshall | KAN | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Walter White | KAN | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Earl Gant | KAN | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| J.T. Smith | KAN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Horace Belton | KAN | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 32 | 131 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 12 | 18 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 3 | 66 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 4 | 62 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 5 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 24 | ||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 4 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Horace Belton | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Gaunty | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| J.T. Smith | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carter Hartwig | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | HOU | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| J.C. Wilson | HOU | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||