HOU 17 @ DEN 30 - 1972 NFL

1972 Week 1

Houston OilersHOU

17-30

Denver BroncosDEN

Sun, September 17, 1972 · 4:00PM · Mile High Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Denver Broncos -3.0

HOU: Bill Peterson · DEN: John Ralston

HOU

Team Stats

DEN

1st Downs

19-54

Rushing

36-239

14-33-203

Passing

11-24-261

196

Total Yards

478

Scoring

1st Quarter

Jim Turner 45 yard field goal

Steve Ramsey 3 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)

2nd Quarter

Billy Masters 25 yard pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
HOU
DEN
Passing
Steve Ramsey	11/24	261	1	1	4	82.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Steve Ramsey	1	3	1	3	0
Floyd Little	22	101	0	22	0
Billy Van Heusen	1	66	1	66	0
Joe Dawkins	8	34	0	9	0
Riley Odoms	1	27	0	27	0
Bobby Anderson	2	6	0	4	0
Rod Sherman	1	2	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Floyd Little		1	4	0	4
Riley Odoms		2	61	0	48
Rod Sherman		4	110	0	55
Billy Masters		4	86	1	25

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
HOU
DEN
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Leroy Mitchell			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
HOU
DEN
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Jim Turner	3/3	3/3	0	0	-	-
Billy Van Heusen	-	-	4	185	46.3	49

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
HOU
DEN
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Rod Sherman	0	0	0	2	26	0
Bobby Anderson	1	13	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

HOU

QBDan Pastorini

RBWard Walsh

WRKen Burrough

WRCharlie Joiner

TEAlvin Reed

LTTom Funchess

LGTom Regner

CCalvin Hunt

RGRon Saul

RTLevert Carr

LDEPat Holmes

TEN at DEN, 1972 NFL game