| San Diego Chargers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1978 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 49554 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 45 |
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | John Jefferson 33 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Robert Woods 21 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 43 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Dwight McDonald 37 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Don Woods 3 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Ronnie Coleman 7 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 19 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Bob Klein 10 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Tim Wilson 2 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 31 | 24 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Don Woods 18 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 38 | 24 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | John Jefferson 36 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 45 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Don Woods | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 18t | 2 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Brian Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Woods | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 40 | 21 | 52.5 | 2 | 369 | 9.2 | 37t | 4 | 1 | 1 | 96.8 |
| James Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 2 | 165 | 5.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71.8 | |
| Gifford Nielsen | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 56.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| John Jefferson | 6 | 149 | 24.8 | 36t | 2 |
| Bob Klein | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dwight McDonald | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Don Woods | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Wilson | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| Mike Barber | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Woods | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Brian Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jerome Dove | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| J.C. Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 8 | 307 | 38.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 7 | 0 | 92 | 13.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Woods | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Clarence Williams | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | 7 | 158 | 22.6 | 0 | ||
| Robert Woods | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Don Goode | 1.0 |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Robert Brazile | 1.0 |
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