| New York Jets at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1972 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 51423 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 25 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 8 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Willie Rodgers 1 run (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 52 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 32 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 12 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 20 FG | 16 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 20 FG | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 4 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 12 FG | 16 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 36 | RB | Steve Harkey |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 56 | LLB | Paul Crane |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 48 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 19 | RS | Chris Farasopoulos |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 60 | LOG | Tom Regner |
| 51 | C | Calvin Hunt |
| 64 | ROG | Ron Saul |
| 63 | ROT | Levert Carr |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 30 | RB | Hoyle Granger |
| 15 | RB | Al Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Brooks |
| 78 | RDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 58 | MLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 90 | RLB | George Webster |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Harkey | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Rodgers | 19 | 68 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Al Johnson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 38 | 18 | 47.4 | 2 | 301 | 7.9 | 2 | 70.2 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 0 | 278 | 10.7 | 1 | 104.3 | |||
| Kent Nix | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Rich Caster | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 1 | |
| Don Maynard | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Steve Harkey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | |
| Alvin Reed | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Rhett Dawson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Skip Butler | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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