| Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1983 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 39462 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Stan Edwards 3 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Willie Scott 4 pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 31 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 32 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 41 FG | 13 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Carlos Carson |
| 89 | WR | Henry Marshall |
| 60 | LOT | Matt Herkenhoff |
| 66 | LOG | Brad Budde |
| 53 | C | Bob Rush |
| 73 | ROG | Bob Simmons |
| 72 | ROT | Dave Lutz |
| 81 | TE | Willie Scott |
| 9 | QB | Bill Kenney |
| 27 | HB | Theotis Brown |
| 43 | FB | Billy Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 74 | NT | Dino Mangiero |
| 99 | RDE | Mike Bell |
| 51 | LOLB | Charles Jackson |
| 57 | LILB | Jerry Blanton |
| 59 | RILB | Gary Spani |
| 52 | ROLB | Tom Howard |
| 24 | LCB | Gary Green |
| 38 | SS | Durwood Roquemore |
| 20 | FS | Deron Cherry |
| 23 | RCB | Lucious Smith |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 83 | WR | Tim Smith |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 63 | LOG | Mike Munchak |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 74 | ROG | Bruce Matthews |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 88 | TE | Chris Dressel |
| 14 | QB | Gifford Nielsen |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 30 | RB | Larry Moriarty |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Bob Hamm |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 56 | RILB | Robert Abraham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 24 | LCB | Steve Brown |
| 25 | SS | Keith Bostic |
| 36 | FS | Carter Hartwig |
| 20 | RCB | Willie Tullis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Theotis Brown | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Jackson | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Thomas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lawrence Ricks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tim Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Bill Kenney | 43 | 25 | 58.1 | 0 | 264 | 6.1 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 83.9 |
| Theotis Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 1 | 130 | 5.4 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 69.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Carlos Carson | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Anthony Hancock | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Willie Scott | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Stephone Paige | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Lawrence Ricks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Renfro | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Walt Arnold | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike McCloskey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Deron Cherry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 7 | 268 | 38.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 7 | 289 | 41.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Theotis Brown | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Durwood Roquemore | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Steve Brown | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Charles Jackson | 1.0 |
| Ken Kremer | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| Keith Bostic | 1.0 |
| Malcolm Taylor | 1.0 |
| Robert Brazile | 0.5 |
| Bob Hamm | 0.5 |
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