| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 19, 1976 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 61364 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 69 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 54 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Benny Ricardo 27 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 28 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Don Hardeman 19 run (Skip Butler kick) | 13 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 38 | RS | C.L. Whittington |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 80 | WR | John Holland |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Mike Montler |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 33 | RB | Vic Washington |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Ken Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Kadish |
| 62 | RDT | Jeff Yeates |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 55 | LLB | John Skorupan |
| 52 | MLB | Merv Krakau |
| 51 | RLB | Dan Jilek |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 24 | LS | Doug Jones |
| 43 | RS | Tony Greene |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 16 | 96 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 16 | 74 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Don Hardeman | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Darnell Powell | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Marangi | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 1 | 80 | 3.3 | 0 | 29.9 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 0 | 90 | 3.8 | 0 | 49.0 | |||
| Gary Marangi | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 44.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Seymour | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Chandler | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Darnell Powell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Dan Jilek | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 9 | 324 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 9 | 384 | 42.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaddis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gaddis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Buffalo Bills | |
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