Sunday, November 29, 1981
Atlanta Falcons 31, Houston Oilers 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (7-6-0) | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Houston Oilers (5-8-0) | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| ATL | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | William Andrews 3 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Mick Luckhurst 36 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Mike Holston 15 yard pass from Ken Stabler (kick failed) | 10 | 6 |
| ATL | Alfred Jackson 43 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 17 | 6 | |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins 42 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 24 | 6 | |
| HOU | Dave Casper 15 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 24 | 13 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Alfred Jackson 0 yard fumble return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 31 | 13 |
| 4th | HOU | Earl Campbell 18 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 31 | 20 |
| HOU | Adger Armstrong 3 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 31 | 27 |
| ATL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-111-1 | 20-83-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-25-371-2-1 | 25-48-245-3-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-23 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 348 | 235 |
| Total yards | 459 | 318 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-35 | 1-10 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 18 | 25 | 371 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| William Andrews | ATL | 25 | 101 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 6 | 122 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Junior Miller | ATL | 3 | 69 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 2 | 54 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 7 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 2 | 44 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 19 | 81 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Mike Holston | HOU | 8 | 101 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | HOU | 17 | 33 | 139 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 8 | 15 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Casper | HOU | 4 | 39 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Tim Smith | HOU | 2 | 37 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 2 | 32 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Adger Armstrong | HOU | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 1 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Bobby Butler | ATL | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Blane Gaison | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Pridemore | ATL | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggie Smith | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Scott Woerner | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 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 | |||
| Adger Armstrong | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Daryl Hunt | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Kay | HOU | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Tullis | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||