1975 Houston (1-0) 7 7 0 10 24 1975 New England (0-1) 0 10 0 7 17 1 Hou TD Moore 18 interception return (Butler) (0-0-0:00) 9:20 7-0 2 NE TD Cunningham 1 run (Smith) (10-79-4:44) 14:02 7-7 2 Hou TD Pastorini 4 pass to Alston (Butler) (5-80-2:34) 11:28 14-7 2 NE FG Smith 24 (6-70-1:16) 0:39 14-10 4 Hou FG Butler 30 (3-0-0:24) 11:13 17-10 4 Hou TD Hardeman 1 run (Butler) (7-34-5:30) 5:28 24-10 4 NE TD Grogan 18 pass to Vataha (Smith) (7-71-2:06) 3:13 24-17 Hou NE First Downs 21 17 Rushes 40-177 22-59 Passes 23-14-199 28-17-277 Sacked 1-3 1-7 Fumble 3 5 Penalties 5-35 4-40 Turnovers 3 5 Time 39:16 20:44 Third Down 7-12 4-9 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 373 329 Injuries:Adams(NE-0), Smith(Hou-0) 1975 Houston Oilers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Coleman 18 107 5.9 4 7 20 0 Burrough 4 0 103 25.8 1 4 61 0 Hardeman 11 35 3.2 0 2 7 1 Coleman 3 0 19 6.3 0 1 10 0 Willis 9 29 3.2 1 1 12 0 Alston 3 0 22 7.3 0 3 13 1 Rodgers 2 6 3.0 0 0 5 0 Willis 2 0 29 14.5 0 1 21 0 40 177 4.4 5 11 20 1 Johnson 1 0 19 19.0 0 1 19 0 Hardeman 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 14 0 199 14.2 1 10 61 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Pastorini 23 14 60.9 199 14.2 61 0 1 1 4.3 1 1 4.3 85.2 23 14 60.9 199 14.2 61 0 1 1 4.3 1 1 4.3 85.2 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Butler 3 3 100.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 30 6 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Pastorini 3 113 41 0 0 1 3 22 30.3 37.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Johnson 3 73 24.3 26 0 Johnson 2 0 17 8.5 9 0 3 73 24.3 26 0 2 0 17 8.5 9 0 Fumbles Willis 2 Hardeman 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Kiner 1 Bethea 1 Bethea 1 Alexande 1 Culp 2 Atkins 1 Brazile 1 Atkins 1 Bethea 1 Mauck 1 Washingt 1 Brazile 1 Bingham 1 Washingt 1 Kiner 1 Beirne 1 Whitting 1 Tackles Bingham 7 Kiner 5 Atkins 4 Washingt 2 Smith,T 1 Whitting 1 Alexande 5 Bethea 4 Beirne 2 Cindrich 1 Thompson 1 Culp 5 Germany 4 Moore 2 Roberts 1 Brazile 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Alexander 1 4 4.0 4 0 Moore 1 18 18.0 18 1 2 22 11.0 18 1 1975 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Cunningham 12 30 2.5 0 1 6 1 Francis 4 0 89 22.3 1 4 36 0 Johnson 6 22 3.7 0 0 6 0 Johnson 4 0 35 8.8 0 4 13 0 Grogan 3 5 1.7 0 0 5 0 Vataha 4 1 53 13.3 0 3 18 1 Calhoun 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Cunningham 3 0 45 15.0 0 2 21 0 22 59 2.7 0 1 6 1 Stingley 2 0 55 27.5 1 2 40 0 17 1 277 16.3 2 16 40 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Grogan 28 17 60.7 277 16.3 40 4 2 2 7.1 1 1 3.6 76.0 28 17 60.7 277 16.3 40 4 2 2 7.1 1 1 3.6 76.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Smith 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 24 5 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Patrick 4 147 39 0 0 2 2 17 32.5 36.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Carter 5 126 25.2 28 0 Stingley 3 0 22 7.3 10 0 5 126 25.2 28 0 3 0 22 7.3 10 0 Fumbles Cunningh 3 Carter 1 Calhoun 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Hamilton 1 Adams 2 McGee 2 Adams 1 Hamilton 1 Adams 1 McGee 1 Hamilton 1 Hunt 1 Corbett 1 Hunt 1 King 1 Hannah 1 Adams 1 Howard 1 Nelson 1 Webster 1 Tackles McCray 8 Nelson 7 Bolton 4 Tipton 2 Shoate 1 McGee 8 Hamilton 6 Adams 4 Webster 2 Geddes 1 Hunt 7 Sanders 5 King 3 Zabel 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Bolton 1 4 4.0 4 0 1 4 4.0 4 0
1st Quarter KO 15:00 Hou Johnson ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own24 14:51 Hou Hardeman 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Pass/Bz1/Lr 2 5 own29 14:01 Hou Pastori-Coleman X B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Pass 3 5 own29 13:56 Hou Pastori-Burrough 14 B1 M-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 1 10 own43 13:09 Hou Coleman 5 B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Basic 2 5 own48 13:02 Hou Hardeman 2 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Run 3 3 50 12:11 Hou Coleman -2 B1 Draw B1 M Basic 4 5 own48 11:22 Hou Pastorini 41,Stingle -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own17 11:16 Hou Pen5(Bingham) B1 Trap-R B1 Z Basic 1 5 own22 11:09 NE Grogan-Johnson 7 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Key-Cunningham 1 10 own29 11:05 NE Cunningham 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Basic 2 6 own33 10:21 NE Pen10(Corbett) B1 M-Straight B1 M Pass 2 16 own23 10:12 NE Pen5(Corbett) B1 M-Slant B1 Z Pass 2 21 own18 10:12 NE Sk-Kiner -7 B1 M-Slant B1 M Pass/Bz2 3 28 own11 9:31 NE Grogan-INT-Moore/TD B1 M-Cross/Dump B1 dZ Pass/Bz1 7-0 KO 9:20 NE Carter ret of 22 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own27 9:11 NE Johnson 0 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Basic 2 10 own27 8:30 NE Grogan-Cunningh 21 B1 S-Out B1 dM Pass 1 10 own48 8:22 NE Grogan-Vataha X B1 M-Straight B1 Z Pass 2 10 own48 8:15 NE Cunningham -1 B1 Draw B1 Z Basic 3 11 own47 7:33 NE Grogan-Francis X B1 M-Out B1 M Dbl-Johnson/Bz1 4 11 own47 7:29 NE Patrick 38,Johnson 8 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own23 7:24 Hou Hardeman 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 2 7 own26 6:32 Hou Coleman 7 B1 Sweep-R B1 sZ Pass 1 10 own33 5:38 Hou Coleman 3 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2 7 own36 4:47 Hou Pastori-Johnson X B1 S-Out B1 M Pass 3 7 own36 4:44 Hou Sk-Hamilton -3 B1 M-Straight B1 Z Pass/Bz2 4 10 own33 3:52 Penalty -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 3:46 NE Cunningham 6 B1 Dive B1 Z Pass 2 4 own27 3:06 NE Grogan-Johnson 8 B1 Screen B1 M Pass 1 10 own35 2:29 NE Grogan-Cunningh 13/F B1 S-Flat B1 Z Pass 1 10 own48 1:46 NE Cunningham 5 B1 Dive B1 Z Pass 2 5 opp47 1:02 NE Cunningham 2 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic/Bz1 3 3 opp45 0:55 NE Grogan-Johnson 7 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Basic 1 10 opp38 0:15 NE Cunningham 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 2nd Quarter 2 6 opp34 15:00 NE Grogan-Francis 24 B1 M-Out B1 M Key-Johnson/Lr 1 10 opp10 14:53 NE Grogan-Vataha 9 B1 M-Slant B1 Z Run/Bz1/Lo 2 1 opp1 14:11 NE Cunningham 1/TD B1 Dive B1 tZ Goalline 7-7 KO 14:02 Hou kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 14:02 Hou Pastori-Coleman 10 B1 S-Slant B1 M Basic 1 10 own30 13:23 Hou Pastori-Burrough 61 B1 B-Post B1 Z Basic 1 9 opp9 12:29 Hou Pastori-Alston X B1 M-Seam B1 M Basic/Ll 2 9 opp9 12:22 Hou Hardeman 5 B1 Draw B1 M Pass 3 4 opp4 11:36 Hou Pastori-Alston 4/TD B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 14-7 KO 11:28 NE Carter ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 11:18 NE Grogan -1 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 2 11 own32 10:34 NE Grogan 5 B1 Draw B1 M Basic 3 6 own37 9:51 NE Grogan-Vataha X B1 M-Straight B1 Z Pass 4 6 own37 9:43 NE Patrick 39,Johnson 9 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 9:38 Hou Coleman -8 B1 Pitch-R B1 M Basic 2 18 own25 8:53 Hou Pastori-Johnson 19 B1 M-Slant B1 dZ Pass 1 10 own44 7:54 Hou Hardeman 5 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic 2 5 own49 6:56 Hou Coleman 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 3 0 opp46 5:56 Hou Coleman 2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Run-Coleman/Lr 1 10 opp44 5:03 Hou Coleman -3 B1 Pitch-R B1 M Dbl-Johnson 2 13 opp47 4:55 Hou Hardeman 7 B1 OffTkl-R B1 dM Dbl-Burrough 3 6 opp40 3:58 Hou Pastori-Burrough 14 B1 M-Isolate B1 M Pass 1 10 opp26 3:04 Hou Hardeman -2/F B1 Draw B1 M Basic 2 12 opp28 2:17 Hou Pastori-Hardeman X B1 S-Slant B1 Z Pass/Lo 3 12 opp28 2:13 Hou Pastori-Coleman 5 B1 M-Straight/Dump B1 M Dbl-Burrough 4 7 opp23 2:00 Hou FG Butler 40 no good -- FG -- Block 1 10 own23 1:55 NE Grogan-Vataha 14 B1 M-Out Ni M Pass 1 10 own37 1:46 NE Grogan-Johnson 13 B1 M-Out/Dump B1 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 50 1:36 NE Grogan-Francis 36 B1 L-Straight Ni Z Basic/Bz1/C 1 10 opp14 1:21 NE Johnson 5 B1 Pitch-L Ni Z Pass/Bz1 2 5 opp9 0:57 NE Cunningham 2/F B1 OffTkl-L Ni M Basic 3 3 opp7 0:47 NE Grogan-Vataha X B1 M-Slant Ni tM Basic/Bz1 4 3 opp7 0:39 NE FG Smith 24 good -- FG -- Block 14-10 KO 0:35 Hou Johnson ret of 21 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own24 0:27 Hou Hardeman 4 B1 Dive Ni dM Basic 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 NE Carter ret of 23 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own32 14:51 NE Cunningham 4 B1 Draw B1 M Dbl-Francis/Lr 2 6 own36 14:43 NE Johnson 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 3 1 own41 13:53 NE Calhoun 2/F B2 Draw B1 M Basic 1 10 opp43 13:45 Hou Pastori-Coleman 4 B1 S-Flat B1 M Pass/Li 2 6 opp39 13:06 Hou Coleman 17 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic/Li 1 10 opp22 12:21 Hou Pen5(Team) B1 Draw B1 M Basic/Lr 1 15 opp27 12:21 Hou Pen10(Mauck) B1 S-Hitch B1 M Pass 1 25 opp37 12:17 Hou Pen10(Saul) B1 Pitch-L B1 M Dbl-Burrough 1 35 opp47 12:09 Hou Pastori-INT-Bolton B1 S-Flat B1 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp46 11:57 NE Johnson 3 B1 Pitch-R B1 M Pass 2 7 opp43 11:11 NE Cunningham -1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic/Bz2 3 8 opp44 10:27 NE Grogan-Francis X B1 M-Seam B1 sM Pass 4 8 opp44 10:23 NE Patrick 33,Johnson 0 -- Pt-side -- LetRoll 1 10 own11 10:19 Hou Coleman 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 dM Basic/Lr 2 10 own11 9:29 Hou Pen5(Burrough) B1 Dive B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 15 own6 9:29 Hou Coleman 18 B1 OffTkl-L B1 dM Pass/Bz2 1 10 own24 8:41 Hou Pastori-Alston 13 B1 M-Straight B1 Z Basic 1 10 own37 7:55 Hou Coleman 6 B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Pass 2 4 own43 7:12 Hou Pastori-Alston 5 B3 S-Hitch/Dump B1 M Basic/Lo 1 10 own48 6:36 Hou Willis 2 B3 Pitch-R B1 M Basic 2 8 50 5:55 Hou Coleman 5 B3 Sweep-L B1 sZ Basic 3 3 opp45 5:07 Hou Pastori-Willis 8/F B3 S-Cross B1 M Basic 1 10 own37 5:02 NE Grogan 1 B1 M-Out B1 Z Basic/Bz2 2 9 own38 4:21 NE Johnson 6 B1 Draw B1 M Basic/Bz1 3 3 own44 3:36 NE Cunningham 1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Run/Bz2 4 2 own45 2:50 NE Patrick 37,Johnson 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own18 2:46 Hou Pastori-Hardeman 7 B1 S-Hitch B1 dZ Pass 2 3 own25 2:01 Hou Coleman 8 B3 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 own33 1:12 Hou Willis 6 B3 OffTkl-L B1 M Pass 2 4 own39 0:18 Hou Willis 12 B3 Draw B1 Z Basic/Bz2 4th Quarter 1 10 opp49 15:00 Hou Pastori-Johnson X B3 L-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 10 opp49 14:52 Hou Pastori-Willis 21 B3 S-Hitch B1 M Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp28 14:09 Hou Coleman -1 B3 Sweep-R B1 M Dbl-Burrough 2 11 opp29 13:29 Hou Coleman 17 B3 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp12 12:41 Hou Willis 5/F B3 Pitch-L B1 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 own7 12:33 NE Johnson 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Basic 2 7 own10 11:44 NE Cunningham 3/F B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Run 1 10 opp13 11:37 Hou Pastori-Johnson X B1 M-Straight/Dump B1 M Pass 2 10 opp13 11:32 Hou Pastori-Burrough X B1 M-Slant B1 M Pass 3 10 opp13 11:25 Hou Pastori-Johnson X B1 L-Hitch/Dump B1 M Pass 4 10 opp13 11:13 Hou FG Butler 30 good -- FG -- Block 17-10 KO 11:09 Hou Carter ret of 28 FMB -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 opp34 10:58 Hou Willis 2 B3 Dive B1 Z Basic 2 8 opp32 10:09 Hou Coleman 20 B3 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp12 9:12 Hou Willis -2 B3 Draw B1 M Run-Coleman/Bz2/Li 2 12 opp14 8:15 Hou Coleman 8 B3 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 3 4 opp6 7:18 Hou Hardeman 5 B3 OffTkl-L B1 M Dbl-Burrough 1 1 opp1 6:26 Hou Hardeman 0 B1 Overtop B1 tZ Goalline 2 1 opp1 5:35 Hou Hardeman 1/TD B1 OffTkl-L B1 tM Goalline 24-10 KO 5:28 NE Carter ret of 27 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own29 5:19 NE Grogan-Vataha X B1 B-Post Ni M Pass/Lr 2 10 own29 5:10 NE Pen10(Lenkaitis)/ob B1 M-Out Di Z Pass/Bz1 2 20 own19 5:05 NE Grogan-Cunningh 11 B1 S-Hitch Ni M Pass/Bz1 3 9 own30 4:26 NE Grogan-Vataha 12 B1 M-Out Di M Pass/C 1 10 own42 4:16 NE Grogan-Stingley 40 B1 L-Slant Ni M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp18 3:28 NE Grogan-Vataha X B1 L-Slant Di M Basic 2 10 opp18 3:23 NE Grogan-Vataha 18/TD B1 M- Ni Z Pass 24-17 KO 3:13 Hou Johnson ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own26 3:04 Hou Rodgers 5 B3 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass/Bz2 2 5 own31 2:14 Hou Willis -1 B3 Dive R1 M Run-Willis/Bz2 3 6 own30 2:00 Hou Pastori-Burrough 14 B3 S-Hitch/Dump R1 tZi Basic 1 10 own44 1:51 Hou Rodgers 1 B3 OffTkl-L R1 tZ Basic 2 9 own45 1:47 Hou Willis 3 B3 OffTkl-L R1 Zi Basic/Lo 3 6 own48 1:37 Hou Willis 2 B3 Draw R1 M Basic/Lo 4 4 50 0:52 Hou Pastorini 35,Stingle -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own25 0:47 NE Grogan-Stingley 15 B1 M-Out Ni vZ Prevent 1 10 own40 0:40 NE Grogan-Francis 18 B1 M-Out Ni M Basic 1 10 opp42 0:33 NE Grogan-Francis X B1 M-Out Di Z Pass/Bz1 2 10 opp42 0:24 NE Grogan-Francis 11 B1 M-Out Ni Mo Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp31 0:16 NE Grogan-Vataha X B1 L-Out Ni M Pass/Bz1 2 10 opp31 0:08 NE Grogan-INT-Alexander B1 L-Straight Ni M Basic GAME