| Houston Oilers at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 3, 1978 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 57328 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 73 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bubba Bean 38 pass from June Jones (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tom Moriarty EZ blocked punt recovery (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Rich Caster 8 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Fred Steinfort 30 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Fred Steinfort 48 FG | 14 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 76 | ROG | Morris Towns |
| 70 | ROT | Conway Hayman |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 20 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 14 | QB | June Jones |
| 24 | HB | Haskel Stanback |
| 44 | FB | Bubba Bean |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 59 | MLB | Robert Pennywell |
| 59 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 28 | SS | Frank Reed |
| 32 | FS | Ray Easterling |
| 38 | RCB | Rick Byas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 73t | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bubba Bean | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 17 | 31 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ray Strong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| June Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 2 | 136 | 3.8 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 47.9 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| June Jones | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 0 | 104 | 4.5 | 38t | 1 | 4 | 33 | 71.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bubba Bean | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 38t | 1 |
| Alfred Jenkins | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Ryckman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Alfred Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Easterling | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 9 | 334 | 37.1 | 47 | 1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 9 | 384 | 42.7 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Ryckman | 4 | 1 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Alfred Jackson | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 60 | 0 | |
| Anthony Davis | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Alfred Jackson | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Robert Brazile | 2.0 |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 |
| Ken Kennard | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Dewey McClain | 2.0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 1.0 |
| Greg Brezina | 1.0 |
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