| Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 15, 1978 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 47727 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Rich Caster 4 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Tom Dempsey 33 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Keith Moody 82 punt return (Tom Dempsey kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 18 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 43 FG | 10 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 61 | C | Willie Parker |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Reuben Gant |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 40 | RB | Terry Miller |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 74 | LDT | Dee Hardison |
| 85 | RDT | Phil Dokes |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 59 | LLB | Shane Nelson |
| 54 | MLB | Randy McClanahan |
| 57 | RLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 24 | SS | Doug Jones |
| 43 | FS | Tony Greene |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 60 | LOG | Ed Fisher |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 76 | ROG | Morris Towns |
| 70 | ROT | Conway Hayman |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 25 | SS | Kurt Knoff |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Curtis Brown | 16 | 58 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Terry Miller | 17 | 56 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 19 | 105 | 5.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 18t | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 0 | 95 | 4.5 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 56.6 |
| Bill Munson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 158 | 7.2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 92.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Curtis Brown | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Reuben Gant | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Renfro | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Greg Sampson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Keith Moody | 1 | 1 | 82 | 82.0 | 82t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Guido Merkens | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Keith Moody | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Lucius Sanford | 0.5 |
| Ben Williams | 0.5 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Andy Dorris | 1.0 |
| Elvin Bethea | 0.5 |
| Ted Washington | 0.5 |
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