| Detroit Lions at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 26, 1975 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 46904 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 34 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 37 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 42 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 27 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 56 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 52 punt return (Skip Butler kick) | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Dan Pastorini ran out of end zone | 8 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 86 | WR | Jon Staggers |
| 71 | LOT | Craig Hertwig |
| 62 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 74 | RDT | Larry Hand |
| 83 | RDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 29 | LCB | Ben Davis |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 26 | RS | Dick Jauron |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 75 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 30 | RB | Don Hardeman |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 29 | LS | Willie Germany |
| 38 | RS | C.L. Whittington |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Don Hardeman | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 1 | 163 | 5.3 | 0 | 64.3 | |||
| Greg Landry | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 90.8 | |||
| Joe Reed | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 212 | 13.3 | 2 | 114.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 1 | |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ted Washington | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Mark Cotney | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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