Sunday, September 6, 1981
Houston Oilers 27, Los Angeles Rams 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-0-0) | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| Los Angeles Rams (0-1-0) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| HOU | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | RAM | Wendell Tyler 67 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 0 | 7 |
| HOU | Toni Fritsch 50 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Toni Fritsch 41 yard field goal | 6 | 7 |
| RAM | Frank Corral 35 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| RAM | Walt Arnold 19 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 6 | 17 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Rob Carpenter 33 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 17 |
| HOU | Ken Burrough 20 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 17 | |
| 4th | RAM | Frank Corral 36 yard field goal | 20 | 20 |
| HOU | Willie Tullis 95 yard kickoff return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 27 | 20 |
| HOU | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-140-0 | 32-137-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-20-181-2-0 | 16-28-265-2-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 169 | 248 |
| Total yards | 309 | 385 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-35 | 7-50 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||