| Detroit Lions at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 17, 1971 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 45885 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Lem Barney 28 interception return (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Steve Owens 10 run (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Joiner 58 pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 13 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 35 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Steve Owens 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 31 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Evey |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 74 | LOT | Gene Ferguson |
| 56 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 62 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 77 | ROT | Sam Walton |
| 83 | TE | Willie Frazier |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 41 | RB | Leroy Sledge |
| 32 | RB | Ward Walsh |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 78 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 82 | RDT | Ron Billingsley |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Owens | 22 | 93 | 4.2 | 12 | 2 |
| Greg Landry | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Leroy Sledge | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 197 | 12.3 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 95.1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 40 | 15 | 37.5 | 4 | 209 | 5.2 | 58t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 64 | 1 |
| Larry Walton | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Beirne | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Leroy Sledge | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 58t | 1 |
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Houston | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 63 | 0 | ||||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 40 | 15 | 37.5 | 4 | 209 | 5.2 | 58t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.9 |
| Dan Pastorini | 7 | 235 | 33.6 | 61 | 0 | ||||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Thompson | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck Hughes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linzy Cole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Linzy Cole | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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