| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-3-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| New England Patriots (2-2-0) | 14 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| HOU | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Patriots | Stanley Morgan 62 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Dan Miller kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Patriots | Stanley Morgan 24 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Dan Miller kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Dan Miller 23 yard field goal | 7 | 17 |
| Patriots | Dan Miller 25 yard field goal | 7 | 20 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Safety, Crump tackled Manning in end zone | 7 | 22 |
| Patriots | Tony Collins 14 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Dan Miller kick) | 7 | 29 | |
| Oilers | Dave Casper 14 yard pass from Archie Manning (Florian Kempf kick) | 14 | 29 | |
| Oilers | Mike Renfro 8 yard pass from Archie Manning (Florian Kempf kick) | 21 | 29 |
| HOU | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-71-1 | 42-190-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-33-231-2-1 | 10-16-195-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-62 | 2-7 |
| Net pass yards | 169 | 188 |
| Total yards | 240 | 378 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-20 | 8-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | HOU | 19 | 33 | 231 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Dave Casper | HOU | 6 | 100 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mike Holston | HOU | 2 | 40 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 16 | 37 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Harold Bailey | HOU | 2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Adger Armstrong | HOU | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 2 | 19 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Craft | HOU | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Collins | NWE | 32 | 161 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 122 | 2 | 62 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 10 | 16 | 195 | 3 | 0 | 62 | ||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 5 | 15 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Morris Bradshaw | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Robert Weathers | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | NWE | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jesse Baker | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Elvin Bethea | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Thomaselli | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Tullis | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 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 | |||
| Julius Adams | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| George Crump | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Sims | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ricky Smith | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lester Williams | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Florian Kempf | HOU | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Parsley | HOU | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Rich Camarillo | NWE | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Miller | NWE | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |