| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (7-3-0) | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| Houston Oilers (7-3-0) | 3 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Houston Astrodome (dome) |
| Start Time | 8:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 72 degrees, no wind |
| Vegas Line | Houston Oilers -3.0 |
| Over/Under | 43.0 (over) |
| NWE | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Toni Fritsch 45 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Patriots | John Smith 26 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| Oilers | Mike Barber 79 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| Patriots | John Smith 44 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| Oilers | Dave Casper 4 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 17 | |
| Oilers | Earl Campbell 3 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 24 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Don Calhoun 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 13 | 24 |
| Patriots | Harold Jackson 39 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 20 | 24 | |
| 4th | Oilers | Earl Campbell 7 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 31 |
| Patriots | Russ Francis 21 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 27 | 31 | |
| Oilers | Mike Renfro 16 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 27 | 38 | |
| Patriots | Russ Francis 15 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 34 | 38 |
| NWE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-99-1 | 39-148-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-39-374-3-2 | 15-18-258-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 374 | 242 |
| Total yards | 473 | 390 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-38 | 4-52 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 25 | 39 | 374 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 4 | 93 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 5 | 86 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Vagas Ferguson | NWE | 9 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 3 | 65 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 10 | 49 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Chuck Foreman | NWE | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 130 | 2 | 16 | ||||
| Ken Stabler | HOU | 15 | 17 | 258 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 3 | 105 | 1 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 3 | 59 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Dave Casper | HOU | 4 | 50 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 4 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bill Currier | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Hawkins | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 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 | |||
| Jeff Groth | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Stemrick | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Tatum | HOU | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mike Hubach | NWE | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | ||||
| John Smith | NWE | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Toni Fritsch | HOU | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Parsley | HOU | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | ||||