| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 14, 1973 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 32801 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 48 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 19 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 20 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Fred Willis 4 run (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 49 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 32 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 19 run (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 33 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 20 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 3 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 24 | 20 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Thompson 59 interception return (Jim Turner kick) | 31 | 20 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 4 run (Jim Turner kick) | 38 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Van Heusen 62 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 45 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 12 FG | 48 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 66 | LOG | Mike Schnitker |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 45 | LLB | Bill Laskey |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 56 | RLB | Ray May |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 36 | LS | Billy Thompson |
| 20 | RS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 68 | LOG | Solomon Freelon |
| 51 | C | Ron Lou |
| 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 |
| 22 | SS | Zeke Moore |
| 37 | FS | Jeff Severson |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 8/14 | / | 10 | 110 | 1 | 0 | |
| HOU | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6/13 | / | 7 | 55 | 5 | 4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 19 | 123 | 6.5 | 47 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 233 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Bob Gresham | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 117 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 214 | 11.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 128.1 | |
| Steve Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 0 | 214 | 10.7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 123.8 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 1 | 147 | 6.7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 75.4 | |
| Lynn Dickey | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 85.8 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 21 | 77.8 | 1 | 170 | 6.3 | 0 | 7 | 72 | 77.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Haven Moses | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 3 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 62t | 1 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 214 | 23.8 | 4 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Parks | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 170 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 59 | 0 |
| Skip Butler | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Tyler | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 3 | 0 | 73 | 24.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hinton | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Floyd Rice | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Joe Blahak | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Mike Fanucci | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Ray May | 2.0 |
| Lyle Alzado | 2.0 |
| Paul Smith | 1.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 7.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |