| Houston Oilers at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1970 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 41427 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 67 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike Richardson 2 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Russ Smith 4 run (Mike Mercer kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Jerry Rhome 8 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Willie Frazier 3 pass from John Hadl (Mike Mercer kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 18 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Alvin Reed 17 pass from Jerry Rhome (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Joiner 46 pass from Jerry Rhome (Roy Gerela kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Russ Smith 3 run (Mike Mercer kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Mercer 45 FG | 31 | 24 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 80 pass from Marty Domres (Mike Mercer kick) | 31 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 23 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 62 | LOG | Ken Gray |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 17 | QB | Jerry Rhome |
| 35 | RB | Woody Campbell |
| 34 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 71 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 90 | LLB | George Webster |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 48 | LCB | Bob Atkins |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 44 | RS | Johnny Peacock |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Schmedding |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 89 | TE | Art Strozier |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 42 | RB | Dave Smith |
| 20 | RB | Russ Smith |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Joe Owens |
| 87 | LDT | Tom Williams |
| 79 | RDT | Andy Rice |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 81 | LLB | Jeff Staggs |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 43 | LS | Jim Tolbert |
| 39 | RS | Jim Hill |
| 40 | RCB | Joe Beauchamp |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 25 | 90 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Jerry Rhome | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| Woody Campbell | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Russ Smith | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 2 | |
| Mike Garrett | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Dickie Post | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Marty Domres | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Jerry Rhome | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 0 | 266 | 7.4 | 2 | 100.0 | |||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 1 | 55 | 3.7 | 1 | 36.8 | |||
| Marty Domres | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 141 | 20.1 | 1 | 101.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jerry LeVias | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Mike Richardson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Woody Campbell | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Willie Frazier | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Lance Alworth | 2 | 124 | 62.0 | 1 | |
| Rick Eber | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Spike Jones | 3 | 132 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 7 | 310 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Fletcher | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | ||
| Benny Johnson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Fletcher | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
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