| Houston Oilers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1976 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 51973 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 5 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 20 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 31 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 26 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 43 FG | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 9 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 17 | 9 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 22 run (Skip Butler kick) | 24 | 9 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | C.L. Whittington 96 opponents fumble recovery (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tinker Owens 60 pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick) | 31 | 16 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 26 FG | 31 | 19 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 4 pass from Bobby Douglass (Rich Szaro kick) | 31 | 26 |
| 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 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Larry Burton |
| 87 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Wickert |
| 71 | LOG | Kurt Schumacher |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 12 | QB | Bobby Scott |
| 34 | RB | Tony Galbreath |
| 42 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 63 | RDE | Steve Baumgartner |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 60 | RLB | Greg Westbrooks |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 44 | S | Chuck Crist |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Fred Willis | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Strachan | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Burton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Scott | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Maxson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 1 | 183 | 6.8 | 2 | 89.0 | |||
| John Hadl | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 89.6 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 34 | 17 | 50.0 | 1 | 228 | 6.7 | 1 | 69.2 | |||
| Bobby Douglass | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 63 | 6.3 | 1 | 103.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Tinker Owens | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 1 | |
| Jim Thaxton | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Seal | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| C.L. Whittington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 10 | 402 | 40.2 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 306 | 38.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 6 | 161 | 26.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Don Hardeman | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Thaxton | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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