| Houston Oilers at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: September 10, 1978 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 40213 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 90 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 49 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 41 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Ted McKnight 3 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Tony Reed 19 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 2 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 70 | ROT | Conway Hayman |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 20 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Henry Marshall |
| 60 | LOT | Matt Herkenhoff |
| 76 | LOG | Rod Walters |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 65 | ROG | Tom Condon |
| 70 | ROT | Jim Nicholson |
| 88 | TE | Walter White |
| 10 | QB | Mike Livingston |
| 32 | LHB | Tony Reed |
| 22 | RHB | Ted McKnight |
| 39 | FB | Mark Bailey |
| Offense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 74 | NT | Jeff Lloyd |
| 75 | RDE | Sylvester Hicks |
| 64 | LOLB | Whitney Paul |
| 54 | LILB | Jimbo Elrod |
| 55 | RILB | Dave Rozumek |
| 52 | ROLB | Tom Howard |
| 24 | LCB | Gary Green |
| 46 | SS | Tim Gray |
| 26 | WS | Gary Barbaro |
| 18 | RCB | Emmitt Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 22 | 2 |
| Rob Carpenter | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Tony Reed | 16 | 141 | 8.8 | 1 | |
| MacArthur Lane | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Mark Bailey | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Ted McKnight | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Horace Belton | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 47 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Mike Livingston | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 1 | 60 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 43.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Wilson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Tony Reed | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Bailey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Walter White | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Currier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 47 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Larry Marshall | 4 | 0 | 35 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Gary Green | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Anthony Davis | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Larry Marshall | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Gary Green | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ed Beckman | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| James Young | 2.0 |
| Elvin Bethea | 1.0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
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