| Detroit Lions at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1971 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 45885 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Lem Barney 28 interception return (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Steve Owens 10 run (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Charlie Joiner 58 pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 13 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Altie Taylor 35 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Steve Owens 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 31 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Steve Owens | 22 | 93 | 4.2 | 2 | |
| DET | Greg Landry | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 0 | |
| DET | Altie Taylor | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| HOU | Leroy Sledge | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | Ward Walsh | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| HOU | Joe Dawkins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Greg Landry | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 197 | 12.3 | 1 | 95.1 | |||
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 40 | 15 | 37.5 | 4 | 209 | 5.2 | 1 | 23.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Altie Taylor | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 1 | |
| DET | Larry Walton | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Charlie Sanders | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | Jim Beirne | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| HOU | Leroy Sledge | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| HOU | Charlie Joiner | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| HOU | Alvin Reed | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | Willie Frazier | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | Ken Burrough | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Lem Barney | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| DET | Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Wayne Walker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Mike Lucci | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOU | Ken Houston | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Herman Weaver | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 0 | |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 7 | 235 | 33.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Lem Barney | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| DET | Dave Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| HOU | Ken Houston | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| HOU | Floyd Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Ron Jessie | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Linzy Cole | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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