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Houston Oilers 27 at Los Angeles Rams 20

Sunday, September 6, 1981

Houston Oilers 27, Los Angeles Rams 20

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Houston Oilers (1-0-0)3314727
Los Angeles Rams (0-1-0)7100320

Scoring

HOURAM
1stRAMWendell Tyler 67 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)07
HOUToni Fritsch 50 yard field goal37
2ndHOUToni Fritsch 41 yard field goal67
RAMFrank Corral 35 yard field goal610
RAMWalt Arnold 19 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)617
3rdHOURob Carpenter 33 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick)1317
HOUKen Burrough 20 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick)2017
4thRAMFrank Corral 36 yard field goal2020
HOUWillie Tullis 95 yard kickoff return (Toni Fritsch kick)2720

Team Stats

HOURAM
First downs1317
Rush-yards-TDs37-140-032-137-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-20-181-2-016-28-265-2-4
Sacked-yards1-122-17
Net pass yards169248
Total yards309385
Fumbles-lost3-31-0
Turnovers34
Penalties-yards5-357-50

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Earl Campbell HOU 27 122 0 23 1 11 0 11
Ken Stabler HOU 12 19 169 2 0 33 1 -2 0 -2
Mike Renfro HOU 4 54 0 31
Rob Carpenter HOU 6 12 0 8 3 36 1 33
Ken Burrough HOU 2 43 1 23
Adger Armstrong HOU 2 7 0 8 1 12 0 12
Ronnie Coleman HOU 1 13 0 13
Dave Casper HOU 1 12 0 12
Cliff Parsley HOU 1 1 12 0 0 12
Tim Wilson HOU 1 1 0 1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Wendell Tyler RAM 20 90 0 16 4 90 1 67
Pat Haden RAM 11 20 168 2 3 67
Cullen Bryant RAM 9 57 0 20 2 15 0 9
Jeff Rutledge RAM 5 8 97 0 1 0
Billy Waddy RAM 3 48 0 21
Henry Childs RAM 1 0 0 0 2 46 0 39
Preston Dennard RAM 2 29 0 18
Walt Arnold RAM 1 19 1 19
Drew Hill RAM 2 18 0 9
Jewerl Thomas RAM 2 -10 0 2

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Gregg Bingham HOU 1 17 0 0
Vernon Perry HOU 1 34 0 0
Carl Roaches HOU 0 0 0 0 2 49 24.5 0 0 2 16 8.0 0 0
Greg Stemrick HOU 1 38 0 0
Willie Tullis HOU 0 0 0 0 3 134 44.7 1 0
J.C. Wilson HOU 1 1 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Drew Hill RAM 0 0 0 0 3 70 23.3 0 0
LeRoy Irvin RAM 0 0 0 0 2 47 23.5 0 0
Ivory Sully RAM 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 0 0