| New York Jets at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 18, 1977 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 39488 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Don Hardeman 1 run (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Dan Pastorini 1 run (Skip Butler kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 1 run (Skip Butler kick failed) | 0 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 78 | LOT | Garry Puetz |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 67 | ROG | Darrell Austin |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 21 | RB | Clark Gaines |
| 30 | RB | Charlie White |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 74 | RDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 39 | LCB | Maurice Tyler |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 89 | WR | Eddie Foster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 70 | ROT | Conway Hayman |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 30 | RB | Don Hardeman |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 37 | RS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | 25:04 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4/12 | / | 11 | 90 | 1 | 1 |
| HOU | 34:56 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6/17 | / | 10 | 86 | 1 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Charlie White | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Duane Carrell | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 102 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Don Hardeman | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 1 |
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 109 | 3.3 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 115 | 4.6 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 37.9 | |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 1 | 115 | 4.4 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 36.5 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 0 | 137 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 72.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 0 | 137 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 72.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| David Knight | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Eddie Foster | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Giles | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Don Hardeman | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 137 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||
| Duane Carrell | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | ||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 6 | 0 | 103 | 17.2 | 71 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tommy Marvaso | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |