1980 Houston 14, 1980 New England 17

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1980 Houston

0

0

0

14

0

14
1980 New England

7

0

7

3

0

17
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Poss Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 0:54 1980 New England D.Calhoun 11 yd. pass from M.Cavanaugh (J.Smith kick) 7-0 NEA
3 14:42 1980 New England H.Ivory 82 yd. return (J.Smith kick) 14-0 NEA
4 10:48 1980 New England J.Smith 21 yd. field goal 17-0 NEA
4 7:48 1980 Houston T.Wilson 1 yd. run (T.Fritsch kick) 17-7 NEA
4 0:37 1980 Houston T.Wilson 3 yd. pass from K.Stabler (T.Fritsch kick) 17-14 NEA
Other Highlights
Qtr Clock Poss Event Player Yards
2 10:48 1980 New England Intercept Rod Shoate 0
2 7:30 1980 New England Missed Field Goal John Smith 48
2 0:37 1980 New England QBSack Ken Kennard -11
3 7:48 1980 New England Missed Field Goal John Smith 47
3 0:18 1980 New England Run Vagas Ferguson 33
4 8:42 1980 Houston Pass Mike Barber 33
4 7:30 1980 New England Return Horace Ivory 33
4 1:00 1980 Houston Run Earl Campbell 31

Team Statistics
1980 Houston 1980 New England
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 9-3-0-12 12-6-1-19
Third Down Efficiency 3-11-27% 4-13-31%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 14-14-100% 10-21-48%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 243-48-5.1 267-66-4.0
Total Net Yards Rushing 165 166
Total Rushes 34 50
Average Per Rush 4.9 3.3
Passes Completed/Attempted 10/14 (71.4%) 11/15 (73.3%)
Net Yards Passing 78 101
Avg Yards Per Pass 5.6 7.5
Sacked/Yards Lost 0/0 1/11
Punts/Average 6/42.0 3/36.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 2/20 4/27
Kickoffs/Returns 3/62 2/115
Interceptions/Returns 0/0 1/0
Penalties/Yards 6/36 1/5
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 0/0 0/0
Time of Possession 26 mins 2 secs 33 mins 58 secs
Average Drive Start HOA 26 NEA 33

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1980 Houston
Ken "Snake" Stabler 14 10 78 71.4 5.6 1 7.1 1 7.1 33 0/0 78.9
1980 New England
Matt Cavanaugh 15 11 112 73.3 7.5 1 6.7 0 0 20 1/11 116.5

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1980 Houston
Earl Campbell 30 156 5.2 31 0 0 0/0
Tim Wilson 4 9 2.3 6 1 0 0/0
1980 New England
Vagas Ferguson 21 77 3.7 33 0 0 0/0
Don Calhoun 21 92 4.4 22 0 0 0/0
Mosi Tatupu 4 -1 -0.3 6 0 0 0/0
Matt Cavanaugh 4 -2 -0.5 1 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1980 Houston
Tim Wilson 4 15 3.8 4 1 0
Rob Carpenter 2 14 7.0 12 0 0
Mike Renfro 2 7 3.5 6 0 0
Earl Campbell 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Mike Barber 1 33 33.0 33 0 0
1980 New England
Russ Francis 6 54 9.0 11 0 0
Harold Jackson 3 39 13.0 20 0 0
Stanley Morgan 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
Don Calhoun 1 11 11.0 11 1 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1980 Houston
1980 New England
John Smith 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/2 0/0 1/3 33.3

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1980 Houston
Cliff Parsley 6 42.0 37.5 0 2 54 0
1980 New England
Mike Hubach 3 36.0 29.3 0 1 41 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1980 Houston
Carl Roaches 3 62 20.7 23 0
1980 New England
Horace Ivory 2 115 57.5 82 1

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1980 Houston
Carl Roaches 2 0 20 10.0 16 0
1980 New England
Mike Haynes 3 0 28 9.3 16 0
Roland James 1 0 -1 -1.0 -1 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1980 Houston
Andy Dorris 12 0 0
Ted Washington Sr. 12 0 0
J.C. Wilson 6 0 0
Gregg Bingham 6 0 0
Daryl Hunt 5 0 0
Greg Stemrick 5 0 0
Ken Kennard 5 1 0
Mike Reinfeldt 3 0 0
Vernon Perry 2 0 0
Robert Brazile 2 0 0
1980 New England
Rod Shoate 10 0 0
Steve Nelson 10 0 0
Mike Hawkins 5 0 0
Rick Sanford 3 0 0
Tim Fox 3 0 0
Mike Haynes 3 0 0
Tony E. McGee 2 0 0
John Zamberlin 2 0 0
Ray Hamilton 2 0 0
Raymond Clayborn 1 0 0
Julius Adams 1 0 0

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1980 Houston
1980 New England
Rod Shoate 1 0 0.0 0 0

Game Story
In a close battle New England topped Houston by the score of 17 to 14. Matt Cavanaugh threw 15 times for 112 yards adding a touchdown. New England controlled the ball for 33:58. Earl Campbell ran the ball 30 times gaining 156 yards for Houston , but it wasn't enough.