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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Houston Oilers - October 18th, 1987
New England Patriots 21 at Houston Oilers 7
Sunday, October 18, 1987
New England Patriots 21, Houston Oilers 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (3-2-0) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Houston Oilers (3-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Scoring
| NWE | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Larry Linne 27 yard pass from Doug Flutie (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 0 |
| HOU | Oliver Williams 36 yard pass from Brent Pease (Tony Zendejas kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| NWE | Michael LeBlanc 3 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Raymond Clayborn 71 yard blocked field goal return (Tony Franklin kick) | 21 | 7 |
Team Stats
| NWE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-114-1 | 26-113-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-25-199-1-0 | 21-49-250-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-3 | 4-29 |
| Net pass yards | 196 | 221 |
| Total yards | 310 | 334 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-35 | 5-30 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Doug Flutie | NWE | 15 | 25 | 199 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Larry Linne | NWE | 4 | 81 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Gadbois | NWE | 3 | 51 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Elgin Davis | NWE | 7 | 47 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Michael LeBlanc | NWE | 13 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Willie Scott | NWE | 4 | 32 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hansen | NWE | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Clay Pickering | NWE | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Todd Whitten | NWE | 2 | -6 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brent Pease | HOU | 21 | 49 | 250 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Oliver Williams | HOU | 9 | 124 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Jackson | HOU | 18 | 69 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Joey Walters | HOU | 3 | 62 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Herman Hunter | HOU | 4 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Leonard Harris | HOU | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Mark Gehring | HOU | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Keith McDonald | HOU | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Haywood Jeffires | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Moore | HOU | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Eric Cobble | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bruce Hansen | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darryl Holmes | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Linne | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry McCabe | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Shegog | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Andre Tippett | NWE | 3.0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Herman Hunter | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eugene Seale | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joey Walters | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||