| New England Patriots at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1987 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 26294 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Larry Linne 27 pass from Doug Flutie (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Jamie Williams 36 pass from Brent Pease (Tony Zendejas kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Mike LeBlanc 3 run (Tony Franklin kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Ray Clayborn 71 blocked field goal recovery (Tony Franklin kick) | 21 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Elgin Davis | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Doug Flutie | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike LeBlanc | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Bruce Hansen | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Todd Whitten | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Andrew Jackson | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Herman Hunter | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Leonard Harris | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Brent Pease | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Cobble | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Doug Flutie | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 199 | 8.0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 98.6 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Brent Pease | 49 | 21 | 42.9 | 2 | 250 | 5.1 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 48.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Larry Linne | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Willie Scott | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dennis Gadbois | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike LeBlanc | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bruce Hansen | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Clay Pickering | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Oliver Williams | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 36t | 1 |
| Joey Walters | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Andrew Jackson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Gehring | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Herman Hunter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Keith McDonald | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Leonard Harris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Haywood Jeffires | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ricky Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ron Shegog | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Darryl Holmes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Alan Herline | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 48 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Lee Johnson | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Linne | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Joey Walters | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Bruce Hansen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Herman Hunter | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Andre Tippett | 3.0 |
| Jerry McCabe | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Eugene Seale | 1.0 |
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