Exhibition Week 1, 1975

played in Houston, TX

95 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Portland (OR) Shockers	10	3	0	10	-	23
Houston Oilers	0	0	7	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:10 POR - Jon Staggers 37 pass from Mike Phipps (Willie Baxter extra point)
1Q: 03:06 POR - Willie Baxter 44 field goal
2Q: 03:50 POR - Willie Baxter 46 field goal
3Q: 05:27 HOU - Butch Stark 6 pass from Larry Cipa (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 08:43 POR - Ron Johnson 3 run (Willie Baxter extra point)
4Q: 04:19 POR - Willie Baxter 31 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:10 POR - Jon Staggers 37 pass from Mike Phipps (Willie Baxter extra point)
1Q: 03:06 POR - Willie Baxter 44 field goal
2Q: 03:50 POR - Willie Baxter 46 field goal
3Q: 05:27 HOU - Butch Stark 6 pass from Larry Cipa (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 08:43 POR - Ron Johnson 3 run (Willie Baxter extra point)
4Q: 04:19 POR - Willie Baxter 31 field goal

Team Statistics POR HOU
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 18 14
- by Rushing 7 4
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 349 218
- Offensive Plays 68 59
- Yards per Play 5.13 3.69
Net Rushing Yards 161 77
- Rushing Attempts 38 17
- Yards per Rush 4.24 4.53
Net Passing Yards 188 141
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 17 - 0 41 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 210 147
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/22 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 6.27 3.36
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/18 2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/65 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 5/92 1/4
Kick Returns/Yards 2/61 5/89
Interception Ret./Yards 2/17 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 44 OWN 18
Time of Possession 34:36 25:24

Team Statistics	POR	HOU
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	18	14
- by Rushing	7	4
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	349	218
- Offensive Plays	68	59
- Yards per Play	5.13	3.69
Net Rushing Yards	161	77
- Rushing Attempts	38	17
- Yards per Rush	4.24	4.53
Net Passing Yards	188	141
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 17 - 0	41 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	210	147
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/22	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	6.27	3.36
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/18	2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/65	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	5/92	1/4
Kick Returns/Yards	2/61	5/89
Interception Ret./Yards	2/17	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 44	OWN 18
Time of Possession	34:36	25:24

Drive Charts

Portland (OR) Shockers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:16	2:21	OWN 43	5	57	Touchdown
1	8:27	2:21	OWN 35	5	21	Punt
1	4:44	1:44	OPP 34	3	7	Field Goal
1	1:00	1:32	OWN 31	5	31	Punt
2	13:31	1:39	OPP 44	3	-6	Punt
2	10:21	1:29	OWN 24	3	8	Punt
2	6:51	3:08	OWN 22	8	49	Field Goal
2	0:43	0:43	OWN 40	4	15	Half
3	15:00	2:52	OWN 36	5	28	Punt
3	5:20	2:50	OWN 39	3	8	Punt
3	0:20	6:44	OWN 33	14	67	Touchdown
4	6:33	2:20	OPP 23	3	9	Field Goal
4	3:34	3:34	OPP 30	8	27	Game

Houston Oilers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:44	OWN 26	3	-5	Interception
1	10:55	2:28	OWN 30	3	9	Punt
1	6:06	1:22	OWN 2	3	9	Punt
1	3:00	2:00	OWN 23	3	6	Punt
2	14:28	0:57	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
2	11:52	1:31	OWN 12	3	9	Punt
2	8:52	2:01	OWN 37	4	13	Punt
2	3:43	3:00	OWN 20	9	47	Missed FG
3	12:08	6:48	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown
3	2:30	2:10	OWN 5	6	21	Punt
4	8:36	2:03	OWN 4	5	20	Fumble
4	4:13	0:39	OWN 27	3	4	Interception

Game MVP: Duane Thomas, Portland (OR) Shockers

Rushing Statistics

Portland (OR)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Duane Thomas	19	85	4.47	13	2	0
Ron Johnson	17	73	4.29	21	2	1
Joe Gilliam	2	3	1.50	4	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Roland Hooks	10	56	5.60	12	2
Kendall McKinley	5	15	3.00	6	0
Unknown	2	6	3.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Portland (OR)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Gilliam	14	9	122	1/5	0	38	0	91.9
Mike Phipps	12	8	88	3/17	1	37	0	115.9

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Larry Cipa	22	14	88	0/0	1	11	1	68.0
Lynn Dickey	19	12	59	1/6	0	12	1	45.7

Receiving Statistics

Portland (OR)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jon Staggers	4	6	59	14.75	15	37	1
TE Bob Tucker	4	5	25	6.25	0	13	0
WR John Gilliam	3	4	23	7.67	0	13	0
WR Mike Goff	2	5	16	8.00	0	15	0
WR Gary Garrison	1	3	14	14.00	0	14	0
RB Ron Johnson	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
RB Duane Thomas	1	1	38	38.00	29	38	0
WR Morris Owens	1	1	30	30.00	0	30	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Irving Royer	7	9	48	6.86	8	12	0
Unknown	3	3	10	3.33	4	6	0
WR Butch Stark	3	7	16	5.33	2	7	1
WR Mercury Duncan	3	6	17	5.67	11	9	0
RB Roland Hooks	3	4	10	3.33	4	6	0
WR Mike Thomas	2	5	19	9.50	3	11	0
TE J.V. Cain	1	1	7	7.00	7	7	0
FB Jon Keyworth	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Terry Nelson	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Paul Seymour	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
Unknown	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0

Interception Statistics

Portland (OR)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S John Charles	1	13	13.00	0
CB Ken Reaves	1	4	4.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Portland (OR)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mike Phipps	1	1	0
John Charles	0	1	0
Dick Anderson	0	0	1
Larry Marshall	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
J.V. Cain	1	0	0
Kendall McKinley	1	0	0
Ron Saul	0	1	0
Robert Braziel	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Portland (OR)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lincoln Garrison	6	235	39.2	31.8	46	3

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Blanchard	7	326	46.6	33.4	51	2

Kicking Statistics

Portland (OR)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Willie Baxter	3/3	2/2	0/0	46	2/2

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Smith	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Portland (OR)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Marshall	3	58	19.3	0
Dick Anderson	2	34	17.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jackie Wallace	1	4	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Portland (OR)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Gilliam	2	61	30.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roland Hooks	3	50	16.7	0
Unknown	2	39	19.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Portland (OR)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Walt Sumner	6	0	0.0	15	40
S Dick Anderson	5	0	0.0	14	39
CB Larry Marshall	4	4	0.0	14	34
ILB Bob Matheson	4	1	0.0	14	40
CB Ken Reaves	4	0	0.0	15	40
DE Pat Toomay	3	3	0.5	17	39
OLB Doug Swift	3	2	0.0	14	37
DT Bill Brundige	2	0	0.5	16	41
DE Mark Lomas	2	0	0.0	5	8
DT Diron Talbert	2	0	0.0	9	26
S John Folkins	2	0	0.0	3	4
S William Semple	1	1	0.0	6	18
S John Charles	1	0	0.0	14	33
DE Pete Duranko	1	0	0.0	14	39
DT Ron East	1	0	0.0	4	6
OLB Corey Mamula	1	0	0.0	2	2
OLB Ted Choma	0	1	0.0	5	9

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Curley Culp	8	6	0.5	35	29
OLB Larry Stallings	8	5	0.5	38	29
CB Nelson Munsey	7	0	0.0	36	27
CB Gray Schreiber	6	1	0.0	29	22
DE Elvin Bethea	5	0	0.5	36	26
OLB Robert Braziel	4	2	2.0	30	20
DE Al Cowlings	4	3	0.5	32	29
OLB Jim Cheyunski	3	3	0.0	37	29
S Ron Brandon	3	2	0.0	35	29
S Prentice McCray	2	3	0.0	28	23
ILB Bob Stein	2	1	0.0	13	9
CB Jeris White	2	1	0.0	34	29
RB Kendall McKinley	2	0	---	---	---
ILB Jimmy Bernard	1	1	0.0	4	3
QB Larry Cipa	1	0	---	---	---
DT Bill Windauer	1	0	0.0	3	1

Pass Rush Statistics

Portland (OR)	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Bill Brundige	0.5	1	3	1	41
DE Pat Toomay	0.5	0	4	7	39
DT Ron East	0.0	0	2	0	6

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Robert Braziel	2.0	1	0	20
DE Al Cowlings	0.5	1	1	29
DT Curley Culp	0.5	1	0	29
OLB Larry Stallings	0.5	1	0	29
DE Elvin Bethea	0.5	0	0	26
DT Bill Windauer	0.0	1	0	1

Pass Defense Statistics

Portland (OR)	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Larry Marshall	5	0	0	34
CB Walt Sumner	5	0	0	40
CB Ken Reaves	4	0	1	40
OLB Doug Swift	3	1	0	37
ILB Bob Matheson	3	0	0	40
S John Charles	1	1	1	33
S Dick Anderson	1	0	0	39
DE Pete Duranko	1	0	0	39
DE Pat Toomay	1	0	0	39
S John Folkins	1	0	0	4
S William Semple	1	0	0	18

Houston	Caught	PPlay
CB Nelson Munsey	6	27
OLB Larry Stallings	4	29
CB Gray Schreiber	2	22
S Ron Brandon	2	29
S Prentice McCray	1	23
CB Jackie Wallace	1	11
CB Jeris White	1	29

Blocking Statistics

Portland (OR)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
George Daney	3	6	22	1	20
Ken Mendenhall	3	5	12	1	12
Tom Mack	2	6	30	1	21
Wayne Moore	2	3	24	0	19
Burgess Robinson	1	5	26	0	18
Bob Asher	1	2	26	0	14
Montique Anderson	1	1	12	1	16
Doug Wilkerson	0	5	23	0	19
Fran Lynch	0	2	17	0	11
Bob Tucker	0	1	29	0	24

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Winston Hill	3	6	13	0	34
Robert Jackson	2	3	13	0	22
Ron Saul	1	2	8	0	32
Tom Banks	1	1	8	0	17
Terry Nelson	1	1	13	0	20
Craig Hertwig	0	1	12	1	28
Jon Keyworth	0	1	9	0	14
Fred Sturt	0	1	7	0	20
Desmond Cribbs	0	1	9	0	25

Special Teams Tackles

Portland (OR)	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Marshall	2	11
John Folkins	1	21
William Semple	1	17
Mike Goff	1	11
George Daney	1	9

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Kendall McKinley	3	12
Unknown	1	22
Unknown	1	13
Steve Foley	1	7
Tom Banks	1	6

Participation

Portland (OR)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Johnson	19	20	---	---	24	63
Bob Tucker	29	24	---	---	8	61
Larry Marshall	---	---	14	34	11	59
Dick Anderson	---	---	14	39	5	58
Bill Brundige	---	---	16	41	1	58
Pat Toomay	---	---	17	39	1	57
Bob Matheson	---	---	14	40	2	56
Ken Reaves	---	---	15	40	1	56
Walt Sumner	---	---	15	40	1	56
Pete Duranko	---	---	14	39	1	54
Burgess Robinson	26	18	---	---	9	53
Doug Swift	---	---	14	37	1	52
Mike Goff	17	24	---	---	11	52
George Daney	22	20	---	---	9	51
Tom Mack	30	21	---	---	---	51
Doug Wilkerson	23	19	---	---	7	49
John Charles	---	---	14	33	1	48
John Gilliam	29	14	---	---	2	45
Gary Garrison	16	13	---	---	15	44
Joe Gilliam	26	15	---	---	3	44
Wayne Moore	24	19	---	---	---	43
William Semple	---	---	6	18	17	41
Bob Asher	26	14	---	---	---	40
Diron Talbert	---	---	9	26	3	38
Fran Lynch	17	11	---	---	9	37
George Buehler	15	11	---	---	9	35
John McMakin	13	6	---	---	16	35
Jon Staggers	17	17	---	---	---	34
Montique Anderson	12	16	---	---	4	32
Ken Mendenhall	12	12	---	---	7	31
Duane Thomas	19	10	---	---	---	29
John Folkins	---	---	3	4	21	28
Mike Phipps	12	15	---	---	---	27
Francis Hartings	13	6	---	---	8	27
Richard Wood	---	---	3	5	18	26
Mark Lomas	---	---	5	8	7	20
Morris Owens	1	5	---	---	14	20
Ted Choma	---	---	5	9	2	16
Ron East	---	---	4	6	5	15
Harold McLinton	---	---	3	2	7	12
Willie Baxter	0	0	---	---	9	9
Lincoln Garrison	0	0	---	---	6	6
Corey Mamula	---	---	2	2	---	4
Jeff Kinney	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ted Fargas	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rick Bruce	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Brandon	---	---	35	29	15	79
Larry Stallings	---	---	38	29	4	71
Jim Cheyunski	---	---	37	29	4	70
Curley Culp	---	---	35	29	3	67
Jeris White	---	---	34	29	4	67
Nelson Munsey	---	---	36	27	3	66
Elvin Bethea	---	---	36	26	3	65
Al Cowlings	---	---	32	29	3	64
Prentice McCray	---	---	28	23	3	54
Gray Schreiber	---	---	29	22	2	53
Robert Braziel	---	---	30	20	3	53
Mike Thomas	9	24	---	---	16	49
Winston Hill	13	34	---	---	1	48
Terry Nelson	13	20	---	---	13	46
Ron Saul	8	32	---	---	6	46
Unknown	6	14	---	---	22	42
Jackie Wallace	---	---	7	11	23	41
Butch Stark	12	25	---	---	4	41
Craig Hertwig	12	28	---	---	---	40
Bob Newton	10	18	---	---	8	36
Mercury Duncan	8	28	---	---	---	36
Desmond Cribbs	9	25	---	---	2	36
Roland Hooks	10	20	---	---	6	36
Fred Sturt	7	20	---	---	8	35
Robert Jackson	13	22	---	---	---	35
Larry Cipa	12	22	---	---	---	34
Tom Banks	8	17	---	---	6	31
Paul Seymour	6	17	---	---	8	31
Kendall McKinley	5	14	---	---	12	31
Irving Royer	6	25	---	---	---	31
Bob Stein	---	---	13	9	8	30
Jon Keyworth	9	14	---	---	4	27
Lynn Dickey	5	20	---	---	---	25
Alonzo Goodwin	5	14	---	---	4	23
Unknown	1	6	---	---	13	20
J.V. Cain	0	3	---	---	16	19
Leo Brooks	---	---	9	7	1	17
Steve Foley	---	---	5	4	7	16
Ike Delgado	---	---	1	2	12	15
Steve Baumgartner	---	---	6	1	6	13
Jimmy Bernard	---	---	4	3	5	12
Bill Windauer	---	---	3	1	6	10
Tom Blanchard	0	0	---	---	7	7
John Smith	0	0	---	---	3	3
Unknown	---	---	0	0	1	1
Jessie Becker	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	33	3.7
Middle	23	90	3.9
Right	5	39	7.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	38	4.2
Middle	8	39	4.9
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Portland (OR)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Gilliam	14	9	2	1	1	0	3	0	0
Mike Phipps	12	8	1	0	2	0	2	1	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Larry Cipa	22	14	0	1	0	1	5	3	1
Lynn Dickey	19	12	0	0	0	1	4	5	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	4	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	4	15	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	9	124	9.5
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	67	11.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	24	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	15	82	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	41	3.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Portland (OR)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jon Staggers	6	4	0	59	1	17
TE Bob Tucker	5	4	0	25	0	24
WR Mike Goff	5	2	1	16	0	24
WR John Gilliam	4	3	0	23	0	14
WR Gary Garrison	3	1	2	14	0	13
RB Ron Johnson	1	1	0	5	0	20
RB Duane Thomas	1	1	0	38	1	10
WR Morris Owens	1	1	0	30	1	5

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Irving Royer	9	7	48	25
WR Butch Stark	7	3	16	25
WR Mercury Duncan	6	3	17	28
WR Mike Thomas	5	2	19	24
RB Roland Hooks	4	3	10	20
Unknown	3	3	10	14
TE Terry Nelson	2	1	6	20
Unknown	2	1	-1	6
TE J.V. Cain	1	1	7	3
FB Jon Keyworth	1	1	4	14
TE Paul Seymour	1	1	11	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Portland (OR)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ron Johnson	6	18	3.00	4.29
Joe Gilliam	1	-1	-1.00	1.50
Duane Thomas	1	1	1.00	4.47

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Unknown	1	4	4.00	3.00
Kendall McKinley	1	2	2.00	3.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Portland (OR)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Gilliam	1	0	0	0.00	8.71

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Larry Cipa	1	1	6	6.00	4.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Portland (OR)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jon Staggers	1	0	0	0.00	9.83

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Butch Stark	1	1	6	6.00	2.29

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Portland (OR)	Rushes	Conversions
Ron Johnson	4	3
Joe Gilliam	1	0
Duane Thomas	1	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Roland Hooks	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Portland (OR)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Gilliam	6	5	3
Mike Phipps	4	4	1

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Lynn Dickey	7	4	0
Larry Cipa	5	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Portland (OR)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR John Gilliam	3	3	2
WR Jon Staggers	3	2	1
RB Ron Johnson	1	1	0
TE Bob Tucker	1	1	0
WR Mike Goff	1	1	0
WR Morris Owens	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mercury Duncan	4	2	1
WR Butch Stark	2	1	0
WR Irving Royer	2	2	1
RB Roland Hooks	2	2	0
TE J.V. Cain	1	1	0
Unknown	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 42,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,200 (21,400)
End Zone 9,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	42,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,200 (21,400)
End Zone	9,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (3,300)