| Los Angeles Rams at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1978 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 45749 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Cullen Bryant 3 run (Frank Corral kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Frank Corral 25 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 32 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 20 FG | 10 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 82 | WR | Willie Miller |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 61 | C | Rich Saul |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis Harrah |
| 75 | ROT | John Williams |
| 83 | TE | Terry Nelson |
| 11 | QB | Pat Haden |
| 32 | RB | Cullen Bryant |
| 22 | FB | John Cappelletti |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 76 | LDT | Cody Jones |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 27 | LCB | Pat Thomas |
| 42 | SS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 48 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 49 | RCB | Rod Perry |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| John Cappelletti | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Jodat | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 18 | 43 | 2.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Rod Phillips | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Pat Haden | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Willie Miller | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 13 | 77 | 5.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Pat Haden | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 0 | 220 | 8.5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 91.8 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 120 | 6.0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Terry Nelson | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Willie Miller | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 26 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Rod Phillips | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Glen Walker | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 153 | 30.6 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jackie Wallace | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jerry Latin | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Dirden | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Robert Brazile | 1.0 |
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