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Tennessee Titans
Houston Oilers
@
New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
Date
October 3, 1976
Kickoff
02:00 PM ET
11:00 AM PT
Score
TEN 31 — NO 26 F

Stadium

Capacity: 73,208

Inaugurated: 01/01/1975

Broadcast

Announcers

Charlie Jones, Sam DeLuca

Summary

On the ground, Mike Strachan paced NO with 31. Through the air, Tinker Owens led NO with 91.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat HOU NO
First Downs 14 22
Rush-Yds-TDs 25-87-1 32-105-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 18-29-194-2-1 22-44-291-2-1
Sacked-Yards 4-26 4-21
Net Pass Yards 168 270
Total Yards 255 375
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2
Turnovers 1 3
Penalties-Yards 9-67 8-65

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat HOU NO
First Downs 14 22
Rush-Yds-TDs 25-87-1 32-105-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 18-29-194-2-1 22-44-291-2-1
Sacked-Yards 4-26 4-21
Net Pass Yards 168 270
Total Yards 255 375
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2
Turnovers 1 3
Penalties-Yards 9-67 8-65

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Oilers Ronnie Coleman 5 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) 7-0
2 Saints Rich Szaro 20 yard field goal 7-3
Oilers Skip Butler 31 yard field goal 10-3
Saints Rich Szaro 26 yard field goal 10-6
3 Saints Rich Szaro 43 yard field goal 10-9
Oilers Billy Johnson 9 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) 17-9
Oilers Ronnie Coleman 22 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) 24-9
Oilers C.L. Whittington 96 yard defensive fumble return (Skip Butler kick) 31-9
4 Saints Tinker Owens 60 yard pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick) 31-16
Saints Rich Szaro 26 yard field goal 31-19
Saints Henry Childs 4 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Rich Szaro kick) 31-26

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