| 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 Bills | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Rich Caster 4 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Tom Dempsey 33 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Keith Moody 82 punt return (Tom Dempsey kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Rob Carpenter 18 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 43 FG | 10 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 16 | 58 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 17 | 56 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 12 | 0 |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 19 | 105 | 5.5 | 45 | 0 |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 18t | 1 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Barber | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 0 | 95 | 4.5 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 56.6 |
| BUF | Bill Munson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 158 | 7.2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 92.6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 |
| BUF | Frank Lewis | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| BUF | Bob Chandler | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Renfro | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 27 | 0 |
| HOU | Ken Burrough | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 32 | 0 |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Barber | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| HOU | Rich Caster | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| HOU | Greg Sampson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BUF | Rusty Jackson | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 48 | 0 |
| HOU | Cliff Parsley | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Lou Piccone | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 1 | 1 | 82 | 82.0 | 82t | 1 |
| HOU | Guido Merkens | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| BUF | Lou Piccone | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| HOU | Johnnie Dirden | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 41 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| BUF | Lucius Sanford | 0.5 |
| BUF | Ben Williams | 0.5 |
| HOU | Andy Dorris | 1.0 |
| HOU | Elvin Bethea | 0.5 |
| HOU | Ted Washington | 0.5 |
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