| Atlanta Falcons at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 28, 1976 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 25838 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 22 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | John Gilliam 49 pass from Bubba Bean (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 16 pass from John Hadl (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Alfred Jenkins 27 pass from Scott Hunter (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 40 pass from John Hadl (Skip Butler kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 32 FG | 14 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 61 | LOT | Brent Adams |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 53 | C | Paul Ryczek |
| 63 | ROG | Greg Kindle |
| 65 | ROT | Len Gotshalk |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 16 | QB | Scott Hunter |
| 41 | RB | Sonny Collins |
| 26 | RB | Mike Esposito |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 52 | LLB | Dewey McClain |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 55 | RLB | Ralph Ortega |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 34 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 32 | FS | Ray Easterling |
| 38 | RCB | Frank Reed |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 72 | LOT | Kevin Hunt |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 81 | TE | John Sawyer |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Al Burton |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 37 | LS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 38 | RS | C.L. Whittington |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Mike Esposito | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Bubba Bean | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Collins | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Scott Hunter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 87 | 7.3 | 1 | 67.0 | |||
| Kim McQuilken | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 89.6 | |||
| Bubba Bean | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 | 49t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| Alfred Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 1 | 212 | 8.2 | 2 | 103.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jenkins | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 1 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 1 | |
| Mike Esposito | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Pritchett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 1 | |
| Ken Burrough | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| C.L. Whittington | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Bob Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Mabra | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Rolland Lawrence | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Al Johnson | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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