1975 Houston 17, 1975 Oakland 37

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1975 Houston

0

0

10

7

0

17
1975 Oakland

14

14

0

9

0

37
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 10:58 1975 Oakland C.Davis 3 yd. run (G.Blanda kick) 7-0 OAA
1 5:01 1975 Oakland C.Branch 4 yd. pass from K.Stabler (G.Blanda kick) 14-0 OAA
2 4:07 1975 Oakland C.Branch 47 yd. pass from K.Stabler (G.Blanda kick) 21-0 OAA
2 0:37 1975 Oakland C.Davis 3 yd. run (G.Blanda kick) 28-0 OAA
3 8:33 1975 Houston D.Hardeman 18 yd. run (S.Butler kick) 28-7 OAA
3 3:51 1975 Houston S.Butler 32 yd. field goal 28-10 OAA
4 6:18 1975 Houston W.Johnson 27 yd. pass from D.Pastorini (S.Butler kick) 28-17 OAA
4 2:00 1975 Oakland M.van Eeghen 1 yd. run (G.Blanda kick) 35-17 OAA
4 1:07 1975 Oakland Safety, D.Pastorini sacked by M.Johnson in the end zone. 37-17 OAA

Team Statistics
1975 Houston 1975 Oakland
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 10-6-1-17 9-12-1-22
Third Down Efficiency 3-12-25% 7-14-50%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 10-21-48% 28-35-80%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 249-67-3.7 393-70-5.6
Total Net Yards Rushing 180 159
Total Rushes 35 49
Average Per Rush 5.1 3.2
Passes Completed/Attempted 9/24 (37.5%) 15/20 (75.0%)
Net Yards Passing 69 234
Avg Yards Per Pass 5.5 12.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 8/62 1/13
Punts/Average 5/40.8 4/46.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 2/18 5/28
Kickoffs/Returns 5/70 3/73
Interceptions/Returns 2/32 4/43
Penalties/Yards 10/63 5/35
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 1/0 3/1
Time of Possession 30 mins 23 secs 29 mins 37 secs
Average Drive Start HOA 25 OAA 39

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1975 Houston
Dan Pastorini 24 9 131 37.5 5.5 1 4.2 4 16.7 31 8/62 30.4
1975 Oakland
Ken "Snake" Stabler 20 15 247 75.0 12.4 2 10.0 2 10.0 53 1/13 109.8

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1975 Houston
Ronnie Coleman 18 73 4.1 18 0 0 0/0
Don Hardeman 14 102 7.3 18 1 0 1/0
Fred Willis 2 1 0.5 2 0 0 0/0
Willie Rodgers 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0/0
1975 Oakland
Pete Banaszak 17 58 3.4 19 0 0 1/1
Mark van Eeghen 11 32 2.9 7 1 0 1/0
Clarence Davis 10 35 3.5 14 2 0 1/0
Jess Phillips 5 3 0.6 4 0 0 0/0
Marv Hubbard 3 34 11.3 29 0 0 0/0
Ken "Snake" Stabler 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0
David Humm 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1975 Houston
Ronnie Coleman 4 21 5.3 9 0 0
Ken Burrough 3 71 23.7 31 0 0
Whiteshoes Johnson 2 39 19.5 27 1 0
1975 Oakland
Cliff Branch 5 154 30.8 53 2 0
Clarence Davis 4 23 5.8 11 0 0
Bob Moore 3 41 13.7 15 0 0
Jess Phillips 2 24 12.0 15 0 0
Marv Hubbard 1 5 5.0 5 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1975 Houston
Skip Butler 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 100
1975 Oakland
George Blanda 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0.0

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1975 Houston
Dan Pastorini 5 40.8 35.2 0 0 48 0
1975 Oakland
Ray Guy 4 46.0 36.5 1 2 61 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1975 Houston
Mark Cotney 5 70 14.0 28 0
1975 Oakland
Jess Phillips 2 44 22.0 22 0
Neal Colzie 1 29 29.0 29 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1975 Houston
Whiteshoes Johnson 2 0 18 9.0 11 0
1975 Oakland
Neal Colzie 5 0 28 5.6 11 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1975 Houston
Robert Brazile 9 1 0
Curley Culp 7 0 0
Steve Kiner 6 0 0
C.L. Whittington 6 0 0
Gregg Bingham 6 0 0
Zeke Moore 5 0 0
Willie Germany 5 0 0
Willie Alexander 4 0 0
Tody Smith 3 0 0
Ted Washington Sr. 3 0 1
Elvin Bethea 2 0 0
Bob Atkins 1 0 0
Fred Willis 0 0 1
1975 Oakland
Monte Johnson 11 1 0
Gerald Irons 9 1 0
Phil Villapiano 7 1 0
Willie Brown 6 0 0
Otis Sistrunk 3 3 0
Jack Tatum 3 0 0
Horace Jones 3 1 0
George Atkinson 3 0 0
Art Thoms 2 0 0
Skip Thomas 2 1 0
Tony Cline 1 0 0
Mark van Eeghen 0 0 1
Gene Upshaw 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1975 Houston
Zeke Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0
C.L. Whittington 1 32 32.0 32 0
1975 Oakland
Jack Tatum 3 33 11.0 19 0
Skip Thomas 1 10 10.0 10 0

Game Story
Cliff Branch completely dominated the action as Oakland topped Houston by the score of 37 to 17. Branch smoked the Houston defense with 5 catches for 154 receiving yards and grabbed 2 touchdown tosses. Ken "Snake" Stabler threw 20 times for 247 yards and 2 touchdowns. Oakland won the air battle out-passing Houston 247 to 131 yards. The fans were thrilled by a pass to Cliff Branch that went for 53 yards with 6:24 left in the 1st quarter. Oakland had a good start outscoring Houston 14 to 0 in the first quarter. Don Hardeman ran the ball 14 times gaining 102 yards and added a touchdown for Houston , in a losing cause.