| Los Angeles Rams at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1973 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 34875 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 8 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jack Snow 38 pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 35 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tony Baker 5 run (David Ray kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 37 FG | 14 | 9 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Harold Jackson 15 pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick) | 21 | 9 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 36 FG | 21 | 12 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Harold Jackson 69 pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick) | 28 | 12 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 17 FG | 31 | 12 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Bob Gresham 4 run (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 19 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Larry Eaglin 14 blocked punt recovery (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 72 | LOT | Charlie Cowan |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 75 | ROT | John Williams |
| 80 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 45 | RB | Jim Bertelsen |
| 30 | RB | Lawrence McCutcheon |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 36 | LLB | Ken Geddes |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 47 | LCB | Charlie Stukes |
| 42 | LS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 20 | RS | Steve Preece |
| 41 | RCB | Eddie McMillan |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 68 | LOG | Solomon Freelon |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 61 | ROG | Harris Jones |
| 63 | ROT | Levert Carr |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 36 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Offense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 76 | LDT | Al Cowlings |
| 78 | RDT | John Matuszak |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 54 | MLB | Gregg Bingham |
| 56 | RLB | Guy Roberts |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 25 | SS | John Charles |
| 36/27 | FS | Jeff Severson |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Larry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 179 | 11.2 | 3 | 140.4 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 38 | 25 | 65.8 | 2 | 245 | 6.4 | 0 | 61.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Harold Jackson | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 2 | |
| Jack Snow | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Billy Parks | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Isiah Robertson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 1 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dave Elmendorf | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 74 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | ||
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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