| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 10, 1976 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 47928 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 31 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Fred Willis 14 run (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 18 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 10 run (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 82 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 75 | LOT | Bill Bain |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 10 | QB | Steve Ramsey |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | LDT | Rubin Carter |
| 63 | RDT | John Grant |
| 70 | RDE | Paul Smith |
| 59 | LLB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | MLB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | RLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 46 | LS | John Rowser |
| 36 | RS | Billy Thompson |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Al Burton |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 37 | LS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 38 | RS | C.L. Whittington |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Jack Dolbin | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 19 | 5 | 26.3 | 0 | 88 | 4.6 | 0 | 46.4 | |||
| Norris Weese | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 40 | 24 | 60.0 | 0 | 217 | 5.4 | 0 | 74.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Norris Weese | 7 | 284 | 40.6 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 7 | 245 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| John Schultz | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Al Johnson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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