| Houston Oilers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1973 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 57979 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 77 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 6 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 44 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 11 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Don Herrmann 14 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Parks 7 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 49 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Orduna 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 68 | ROG | Solomon Freelon |
| 63 | ROT | Levert Carr |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 36 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 91 | LDT | Greg Sampson |
| 78 | RDT | John Matuszak |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 54 | MLB | Gregg Bingham |
| 58 | RLB | Paul Guidry |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 25 | SS | John Charles |
| 36/27 | FS | Jeff Severson |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 72 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 29 | RB | Vin Clements |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Carter Campbell |
| 68 | LDT | Dan Goich |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 80 | LLB | Henry Reed |
| 58 | MLB | Jimmy Files |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 24 | LS | Chuck Crist |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| Vin Clements | 19 | 90 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Orduna | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Rocky Thompson | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 4 | 74 | 4.4 | 2 | 59.1 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 3 | 162 | 5.6 | 1 | 46.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Billy Parks | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Tucker | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Grim | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Vin Clements | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John Charles | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Henry Reed | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Richmond Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 6 | 236 | 39.3 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Hinton | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| New York Giants | |
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