Sunday, September 25, 1988
New England Patriots 6, Houston Oilers 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (1-3-0) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Houston Oilers (3-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| NWE | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Steve Grogan 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Rozier 1 yard rush (Tony Zendejas kick) | 6 | 7 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Allen Pinkett 51 yard pass from Cody Carlson (Tony Zendejas kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 3rd | HOU | Allen Pinkett 22 yard pass from Cody Carlson (Tony Zendejas kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 4th | HOU | Tony Zendejas 49 yard field goal | 6 | 24 |
| HOU | Allen Pinkett 1 yard rush (Tony Zendejas kick) | 6 | 31 |
| NWE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-51-1 | 45-172-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-39-154-0-5 | 8-17-166-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-21 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 133 | 156 |
| Total yards | 184 | 328 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-45 | 5-69 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 16 | 34 | 136 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| John Stephens | NWE | 8 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Craig James | NWE | 5 | 31 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 3 | 26 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 6 | 16 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Tom Ramsey | NWE | 3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Steve Johnson | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Allen Pinkett | HOU | 14 | 70 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 73 | 2 | 51 | ||||||
| Drew Hill | HOU | 4 | 88 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Cody Carlson | HOU | 8 | 17 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 51 | ||||||||
| Mike Rozier | HOU | 18 | 42 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Alonzo Highsmith | HOU | 8 | 35 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Lorenzo White | HOU | 4 | 23 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Spencer Tillman | 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 | |||
| Marvin Allen | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Rembert | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent Williams | NWE | 1.0 | 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 | |||
| Patrick Allen | HOU | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Bostic | HOU | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Donaldson | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Fuller | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leonard Harris | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenny Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard J. Johnson | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sean Jones | HOU | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||