HOU 14 @ ATL 20 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 1

Houston OilersHOU

14-20

Atlanta FalconsATL

Sun, September 3, 1978 · 1:00PM · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Houston Oilers -3.5

HOU: Bum Phillips · ATL: Leeman Bennett

HOU

Team Stats

ATL

1st Downs

21-156

Rushing

35-100

19-36-136

Passing

10-23-104

261

Total Yards

171

Scoring

1st Quarter

Earl Campbell 73 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick)

2nd Quarter

Bubba Bean 38 yard pass from June Jones (Fred Steinfort kick)

Tom Moriarty special teams fumble recovery in end zone (Fred Steinfort kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
HOU
ATL
Passing
June Jones	10/23	104	1	0	4	71.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
June Jones	1	-1	0	-1	0
Bubba Bean	14	55	0	15	0
Haskel Stanback	17	31	0	8	0
Ricky Patton	2	10	0	8	0
Ray Strong	1	5	0	5	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Bubba Bean	5	3	37	1	38
Haskel Stanback	1
Alfred Jenkins	6	2	28	0	22
Wallace Francis	4	2	17	0	10
Billy Ryckman	2	1	12	0	12
Jim Mitchell	4	1	6	0	6
Alfred Jackson	1	1	4	0	4

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
HOU
ATL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Ray Easterling			0	1			0	0
Rolland Lawrence			0	1			0	1
Billy Ryckman			0	0			0	1
Claude Humphrey			0				2
Dewey McClain			0				1
Robert Pennywell			0					1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
HOU
ATL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Fred Steinfort	2/2	2/3	0	0	-	-
John James	-	-	9	384	42.7	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
HOU
ATL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Billy Ryckman	0	0	0	4	27	0
Alfred Jackson	3	80	0	2	32	0

HOU

Expected Points Added

ATL

0.3Total-0.3

-21.2Off Total-21.4

-19.7Off Pass-7.7

1.7Off Rush-13.7

21.4Def Total21.2

7.7Def Pass19.7

13.7Def Rush-1.7

1.0

Starting Lineups

HOU

Mike Renfro

George Reihner

QBDan Pastorini

RBEarl Campbell

FBTim Wilson

WRKen Burrough

TEMike Barber

LTGreg Sampson

LGMorris Towns

CCarl Mauck

RTConway Hayman

TEN at ATL, 1978 NFL game