Week 10, 1974

played in Chicago, IL

46 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Houston Oilers	0	7	7	10	-	24
Chicago Bears	0	3	3	7	-	13

Scoring Summary
2Q: 03:16 CHI - Errol Mann 19 field goal
2Q: 00:45 HOU - Kendall McKinley 4 run (Jessie Becker extra point)
3Q: 07:34 HOU - Irving Royer 21 pass from Lynn Dickey (Jessie Becker extra point)
3Q: 03:05 CHI - Errol Mann 39 field goal
4Q: 03:57 HOU - Billy Johnson 42 punt return (Jessie Becker extra point)
4Q: 02:04 CHI - Otis Armstrong 52 pass from Scott Hunter (Errol Mann extra point)
4Q: 01:20 HOU - Jessie Becker 54 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 03:16 CHI - Errol Mann 19 field goal
2Q: 00:45 HOU - Kendall McKinley 4 run (Jessie Becker extra point)
3Q: 07:34 HOU - Irving Royer 21 pass from Lynn Dickey (Jessie Becker extra point)
3Q: 03:05 CHI - Errol Mann 39 field goal
4Q: 03:57 HOU - Billy Johnson 42 punt return (Jessie Becker extra point)
4Q: 02:04 CHI - Otis Armstrong 52 pass from Scott Hunter (Errol Mann extra point)
4Q: 01:20 HOU - Jessie Becker 54 field goal

Team Statistics HOU CHI
Record 4-5 5-4
First Downs 21 20
- by Rushing 7 6
- by Passing 12 10
- by Penalty 2 4
Total Net Yards 339 284
- Offensive Plays 64 67
- Yards per Play 5.30 4.24
Net Rushing Yards 86 76
- Rushing Attempts 25 17
- Yards per Rush 3.44 4.47
Net Passing Yards 253 208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 29 - 1 45 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 261 238
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/8 5/30
- Yards per Pass Play 6.49 4.16
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 4/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/55 6/37
Punt Returns/Yards 4/43 2/11
Kick Returns/Yards 3/58 5/127
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 30
Time of Possession 30:55 29:06

Team Statistics	HOU	CHI
Record	4-5	5-4
First Downs	21	20
- by Rushing	7	6
- by Passing	12	10
- by Penalty	2	4
Total Net Yards	339	284
- Offensive Plays	64	67
- Yards per Play	5.30	4.24
Net Rushing Yards	86	76
- Rushing Attempts	25	17
- Yards per Rush	3.44	4.47
Net Passing Yards	253	208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 29 - 1	45 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	261	238
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/8	5/30
- Yards per Pass Play	6.49	4.16
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	4/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/55	6/37
Punt Returns/Yards	4/43	2/11
Kick Returns/Yards	3/58	5/127
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 30
Time of Possession	30:55	29:06

Drive Charts

Houston Oilers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:40	OWN 16	3	5	Punt
1	9:50	2:13	OWN 25	3	-4	Punt
1	5:31	3:43	OWN 45	8	35	Interception
1	1:18	1:18	OWN 45	3	7	Punt
2	10:25	4:09	OWN 2	9	69	Missed FG
2	3:09	2:31	OWN 34	9	66	Touchdown
3	12:23	5:03	OWN 3	10	97	Touchdown
3	2:58	1:54	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
4	14:24	5:08	OWN 12	10	50	Punt
4	7:11	1:50	OWN 44	3	8	Punt
4	1:55	0:41	OPP 42	3	5	Field Goal

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:20	2:30	OWN 38	5	37	Fumble
1	7:37	2:06	OPP 43	3	5	Missed FG
1	1:48	0:30	OWN 14	3	0	Punt
2	15:00	4:35	OWN 14	9	45	Punt
2	6:16	3:07	OWN 36	6	62	Field Goal
2	0:38	0:38	OWN 33	5	2	Half
3	15:00	2:37	OWN 31	5	21	Punt
3	7:20	4:22	OWN 42	7	36	Field Goal
3	1:04	1:40	OWN 23	6	10	Punt
4	9:16	2:05	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	5:21	1:31	OWN 19	3	-18	Punt
4	3:50	1:55	OWN 28	7	72	Touchdown
4	1:14	1:14	OWN 36	6	28	Game

Game MVP: Larry Stallings, Houston Oilers

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Quinn Newsome	14	50	3.57	20	1	0
Kendall McKinley	6	28	4.67	11	1	1
Cliff Taylor	5	8	1.60	4	0	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Otis Armstrong	12	52	4.33	12	1
Andy Johnson	3	23	7.67	19	1
Cid Edwards	1	3	3.00	3	0
Scott Hunter	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Lynn Dickey	38	29	261	1/8	1	21	1	92.1

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Scott Hunter	45	23	238	5/30	1	52	0	74.1

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mercury Duncan	7	8	64	9.14	45	14	0
WR Butch Stark	5	7	40	8.00	5	13	0
WR Billy Johnson	4	8	59	14.75	3	20	0
FB Bill Olds	4	4	14	3.50	5	4	0
RB Kendall McKinley	4	5	14	3.50	1	6	0
WR Irving Royer	4	4	49	12.25	4	21	1
TE Terry Nelson	1	1	21	21.00	0	21	0
TE Paul Seymour	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Cid Edwards	6	8	22	3.67	3	9	0
WR Roger Carr	4	9	58	14.50	22	33	0
WR Joseph Bach	3	7	33	11.00	0	15	0
RB Otis Armstrong	2	3	52	26.00	51	52	1
TE Boyd Brown	2	2	20	10.00	4	12	0
RB Andy Johnson	2	2	21	10.50	12	12	0
WR Terry Carrol	1	3	14	14.00	0	14	0
FB Ricardo Tosheff	1	1	5	5.00	1	5	0
WR Lester Tresca	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Ronnie Talley	1	6	7	7.00	0	7	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kirk Robbins	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Recov	Force
Jeris White	1	1
Nelson Munsey	0	1
Larry Stallings	0	1
Gray Schreiber	0	1

Chicago	Fumb	Recov
Cid Edwards	2	0
Boyd Brown	1	0
Scott Hunter	1	0
Roger Carr	0	2
Bob Young	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jessie Becker	6	221	36.8	31.7	51	3

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Merritt Kersey	6	251	41.8	34.8	54	3

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jessie Becker	1/2	1/2	1/1	54	3/3

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Errol Mann	2/3	0/1	0/1	39	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Johnson	3	42	14.0	1
Kendall McKinley	1	1	1.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Paul Johnson	2	11	5.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Johnson	2	34	17.0	0
Cliff Taylor	1	24	24.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Paul Johnson	5	127	25.4	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Nelson Munsey	8	1	0.5	17	49
OLB Dave Robinson	7	1	1.0	15	28
OLB Larry Stallings	6	2	2.0	17	49
CB Jackie Wallace	6	2	0.5	13	49
S Ron Brandon	5	2	0.0	15	49
ILB Bob Stein	2	3	0.0	16	49
CB Tommie Burns	2	1	0.0	14	48
DE Elvin Bethea	1	0	1.0	17	49
DT Curley Culp	1	3	0.0	17	50
DE Al Cowlings	1	2	0.0	17	49
ILB Maurice Patton	1	1	0.0	4	2
WR Billy Johnson	1	0	---	---	---
CB Jeris White	1	0	0.0	14	50
CB Gray Schreiber	1	0	0.0	1	1

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Don Rives	11	2	0.0	25	38
OLB Duane Benson	9	0	0.0	22	37
CB Billy Joe Bridges	7	2	0.0	17	27
CB Durwood Keeton	5	1	0.0	24	35
S Craig Clemons	4	0	0.0	25	39
DE Bill Belk	3	2	0.0	22	36
S Kirk Robbins	3	2	0.0	23	31
OLB Dave Edwards	2	0	1.0	3	2
DT Wally Chambers	2	1	0.0	24	38
DE Larry Hand	2	0	0.0	24	37
OLB Brad Van Pelt	1	2	0.0	8	12
OLB Dan Buffone	1	1	0.0	3	3
DE Ron Rydalich	1	1	0.0	20	26
CB Paul Johnson	1	0	0.0	22	36
S Rodney Dawkins	1	0	0.0	1	1
DT Rick Dvorak	0	1	0.0	7	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Larry Stallings	2.0	0	1	0	49
DE Elvin Bethea	1.0	0	1	1	49
OLB Dave Robinson	1.0	0	1	0	28
CB Nelson Munsey	0.5	0	0	0	49
CB Jackie Wallace	0.5	0	0	0	49
DT Curley Culp	0.0	1	2	1	50
DE Al Cowlings	0.0	0	1	0	49

Chicago	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Dave Edwards	1.0	0	0	2
DT Wally Chambers	0.0	2	0	38
DE Bill Belk	0.0	1	1	36

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Nelson Munsey	7	0	49
CB Jackie Wallace	6	1	49
OLB Larry Stallings	2	1	49
CB Jeris White	2	1	50
OLB Dave Robinson	2	0	28
ILB Bob Stein	1	0	49
CB Gray Schreiber	1	0	1
S Ron Brandon	1	0	49
CB Tommie Burns	1	0	48

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Don Rives	6	0	0	38
OLB Duane Benson	5	1	0	37
CB Durwood Keeton	5	0	0	35
S Kirk Robbins	3	0	1	31
CB Billy Joe Bridges	3	0	0	27
S Craig Clemons	2	0	0	39
OLB Dan Buffone	1	0	0	3
DE Larry Hand	1	0	0	37
DE Ron Rydalich	1	0	0	26
CB Paul Johnson	1	0	0	36
S Rodney Dawkins	1	0	0	1

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Winston Hill	3	7	25	0	39
Ron Saul	2	5	17	0	25
Bob Newton	1	4	18	0	27
Alonzo Goodwin	1	2	13	0	21
Dan Peiffer	1	1	4	0	7
Desmond Cribbs	0	2	23	0	37
Kerry Webster	0	2	9	0	11
Fred Sturt	0	1	16	1	28
Bill Olds	0	1	11	0	16

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Alberto White	4	7	15	1	45
Cedric Chapman	1	2	3	1	9
Bob Young	1	2	7	0	18
Phil LaPorta	1	1	12	1	37
Cid Edwards	0	2	12	0	32
Dave Hill	0	1	13	0	33
Hubert Camarillo	0	1	14	0	41
Rich Coady	0	0	15	1	35
Jeff Sevy	0	0	4	1	17

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Billy Johnson	4	18
Cliff Taylor	1	23
Tom Gallimore	1	17
Butch Stark	1	10

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Dan Buffone	2	16
Dave Edwards	1	27
Roger Carr	1	15
Cid Edwards	1	9
Durwood Keeton	1	2

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jackie Wallace	---	---	13	49	17	79
Elvin Bethea	---	---	17	49	9	75
Winston Hill	25	39	---	---	8	72
Curley Culp	---	---	17	50	3	70
Larry Stallings	---	---	17	49	4	70
Al Cowlings	---	---	17	49	3	69
Nelson Munsey	---	---	17	49	3	69
Bob Stein	---	---	16	49	3	68
Jeris White	---	---	14	50	3	67
Ron Brandon	---	---	15	49	3	67
Tommie Burns	---	---	14	48	3	65
Lynn Dickey	25	39	---	---	---	64
Billy Johnson	17	27	---	---	18	62
Desmond Cribbs	23	37	---	---	1	61
Butch Stark	18	28	---	---	10	56
Bob Newton	18	27	---	---	7	52
Mercury Duncan	12	27	---	---	9	48
Dave Robinson	---	---	15	28	4	47
Kendall McKinley	9	25	---	---	13	47
Fred Sturt	16	28	---	---	---	44
Terry Nelson	12	16	---	---	15	43
Ron Saul	17	25	---	---	---	42
Alonzo Goodwin	13	21	---	---	8	42
Cliff Taylor	5	5	---	---	23	33
Bill Olds	11	16	---	---	5	32
Quinn Newsome	14	17	---	---	---	31
Irving Royer	12	18	---	---	1	31
Prentice McCray	---	---	4	24	1	29
Kerry Webster	9	11	---	---	8	28
Paul Seymour	9	9	---	---	6	24
Gray Schreiber	---	---	1	1	20	22
Tom Gallimore	3	1	---	---	17	21
Dan Peiffer	4	7	---	---	8	19
Jon Keyworth	3	6	---	---	8	17
Jessie Becker	0	0	---	---	13	13
Jimmy Bernard	---	---	2	2	9	13
Steve Baumgartner	---	---	0	1	6	7
Bill Windauer	---	---	0	0	6	6
Kurt Surratt	---	---	0	0	6	6
Maurice Patton	---	---	4	2	---	6
Ralph Trinidad	---	---	2	0	3	5
Leo Brooks	---	---	2	1	---	3
Jack Concannon	0	0	---	---	2	2
Bert Askson	---	---	0	0	---	0
Tom Blanchard	0	0	---	---	---	0
Larry Cipa	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Paul Johnson	---	---	22	36	12	70
Larry Hand	---	---	24	37	8	69
Craig Clemons	---	---	25	39	3	67
Scott Hunter	17	50	---	---	---	67
Don Rives	---	---	25	38	2	65
Roger Carr	11	38	---	---	15	64
Wally Chambers	---	---	24	38	2	64
Hubert Camarillo	14	41	---	---	8	63
Duane Benson	---	---	22	37	2	61
Durwood Keeton	---	---	24	35	2	61
Alberto White	15	45	---	---	---	60
Bill Belk	---	---	22	36	1	59
Kirk Robbins	---	---	23	31	3	57
Joseph Bach	12	44	---	---	---	56
Cid Edwards	12	32	---	---	9	53
Rich Coady	15	35	---	---	2	52
Phil LaPorta	12	37	---	---	---	49
Billy Joe Bridges	---	---	17	27	4	48
Otis Armstrong	13	28	---	---	6	47
Ron Rydalich	---	---	20	26	1	47
Dave Hill	13	33	---	---	---	46
Boyd Brown	12	20	---	---	12	44
Andre Tillman	4	18	---	---	16	38
Ronnie Talley	8	30	---	---	---	38
Andy Johnson	3	12	---	---	22	37
Bob Young	7	18	---	---	9	34
Dave Edwards	---	---	3	2	27	32
Jeff Sevy	4	17	---	---	9	30
Rick Dvorak	---	---	7	15	7	29
Lester Tresca	4	12	---	---	12	28
Jim Clack	2	15	---	---	6	23
Brad Van Pelt	---	---	8	12	3	23
Dan Buffone	---	---	3	3	16	22
Maurice Cherpeski	---	---	1	4	16	21
Ricardo Tosheff	1	7	---	---	12	20
Brant Ofodile	---	---	3	6	8	17
Cedric Chapman	3	9	---	---	5	17
Terry Carrol	5	9	---	---	---	14
Doug Allen	---	---	0	1	9	10
Merritt Kersey	0	0	---	---	9	9
Errol Mann	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tom Sutton	---	---	1	5	1	7
Rodney Dawkins	---	---	1	1	---	2
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
O.J. Fujimoto	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	17	73	4.3
Middle	6	8	1.3
Right	2	5	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	40	6.7
Middle	9	33	3.7
Right	1	5	5.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Lynn Dickey	38	29	3	2	2	1	3	1	1

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Scott Hunter	45	23	2	9	1	3	6	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	9	46	5.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	76	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	77	8.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	62	12.4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	13	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	11	104	8.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	9	121	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	7	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Billy Johnson	8	4	0	59	1	27
WR Mercury Duncan	8	7	1	64	0	27
WR Butch Stark	7	5	1	40	0	28
RB Kendall McKinley	5	4	0	14	0	25
FB Bill Olds	4	4	0	14	0	16
WR Irving Royer	4	4	0	49	1	18
TE Terry Nelson	1	1	0	21	1	16
TE Paul Seymour	1	0	0	0	0	9

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roger Carr	9	4	0	58	1	38
FB Cid Edwards	8	6	0	22	0	32
WR Joseph Bach	7	3	0	33	0	44
WR Ronnie Talley	6	1	0	7	0	30
RB Otis Armstrong	3	2	0	52	1	28
WR Terry Carrol	3	1	0	14	0	9
TE Boyd Brown	2	2	0	20	0	20
RB Andy Johnson	2	2	0	21	0	12
WR Lester Tresca	2	1	1	6	0	12
FB Ricardo Tosheff	1	1	0	5	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Quinn Newsome	2	4	2.00	3.57
Kendall McKinley	1	4	4.00	4.67

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Otis Armstrong	2	4	2.00	4.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Lynn Dickey	2	1	8	4.00	6.87

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Scott Hunter	3	2	9	3.00	5.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Billy Johnson	1	0	0	0.00	7.38
WR Butch Stark	1	1	8	8.00	5.71

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Joseph Bach	2	1	5	2.50	4.71
WR Roger Carr	1	1	4	4.00	6.44

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Kendall McKinley	1	0

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Otis Armstrong	2	1
Andy Johnson	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Lynn Dickey	10	8	3

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Scott Hunter	9	6	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Kendall McKinley	4	4	1
WR Billy Johnson	2	1	1
WR Butch Stark	2	1	0
FB Bill Olds	1	1	0
WR Mercury Duncan	1	1	1

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Otis Armstrong	2	2	1
WR Lester Tresca	2	1	1
WR Roger Carr	1	1	1
FB Cid Edwards	1	1	0
RB Andy Johnson	1	1	1
WR Terry Carrol	1	0	0
WR Joseph Bach	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,900 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,600 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,900 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,600 (3,300)