Week 15, 1975

played in Houston, TX

52 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Birmingham Bombers	0	0	0	0	-	0
Houston Oilers	6	7	0	9	-	22

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:33 HOU - John Smith 49 field goal
1Q: 01:23 HOU - John Smith 39 field goal
2Q: 01:40 HOU - Mike Thomas 8 pass from Lynn Dickey (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 04:40 HOU - John Smith 32 field goal
4Q: 02:23 HOU - John Smith 43 field goal
4Q: 01:27 HOU - John Smith 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:33 HOU - John Smith 49 field goal
1Q: 01:23 HOU - John Smith 39 field goal
2Q: 01:40 HOU - Mike Thomas 8 pass from Lynn Dickey (John Smith extra point)
4Q: 04:40 HOU - John Smith 32 field goal
4Q: 02:23 HOU - John Smith 43 field goal
4Q: 01:27 HOU - John Smith 36 field goal

Team Statistics BIR HOU
Record 3-11 8-6
First Downs 13 15
- by Rushing 7 3
- by Passing 5 11
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 247 275
- Offensive Plays 59 64
- Yards per Play 4.19 4.30
Net Rushing Yards 120 81
- Rushing Attempts 20 35
- Yards per Rush 6.00 2.31
Net Passing Yards 127 194
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 18 - 3 29 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 164 194
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/37 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 3.26 6.69
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/14 6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.4 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 11/95 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/15 3/27
Kick Returns/Yards 6/131 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/23
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 39
Time of Possession 26:54 33:06

Team Statistics	BIR	HOU
Record	3-11	8-6
First Downs	13	15
- by Rushing	7	3
- by Passing	5	11
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	247	275
- Offensive Plays	59	64
- Yards per Play	4.19	4.30
Net Rushing Yards	120	81
- Rushing Attempts	20	35
- Yards per Rush	6.00	2.31
Net Passing Yards	127	194
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 18 - 3	29 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	164	194
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/37	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	3.26	6.69
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/14	6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.4	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	11/95	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/15	3/27
Kick Returns/Yards	6/131	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/23
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 39
Time of Possession	26:54	33:06

Drive Charts

Birmingham Bombers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:55	1:56	OWN 22	3	5	Punt
1	5:27	2:08	OWN 29	3	3	Interception
1	1:18	5:20	OWN 20	9	42	Punt
2	7:36	2:52	OWN 20	5	42	Punt
2	1:34	1:34	OWN 25	6	11	Half
3	15:00	2:51	OWN 27	6	20	Punt
3	10:17	2:36	OWN 17	4	20	Punt
3	4:59	2:56	OWN 1	6	27	Punt
4	14:52	4:42	OWN 14	8	46	Punt
4	4:33	0:32	OWN 20	4	0	Interception
4	2:15	0:19	OWN 22	1	-10	Interception
4	1:19	0:48	OWN 31	4	-9	Downs

Houston Oilers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:05	OWN 20	6	20	Punt
1	9:59	4:32	OWN 26	8	42	Field Goal
1	3:19	2:01	OPP 42	5	20	Field Goal
2	10:58	3:22	OWN 20	8	35	Punt
2	4:44	3:10	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
3	12:09	1:52	OWN 17	4	16	Punt
3	7:41	2:42	OWN 21	6	15	Punt
3	2:03	2:11	OWN 32	3	9	Punt
4	10:10	5:37	OWN 29	10	56	Field Goal
4	4:01	1:46	OPP 20	3	-6	Field Goal
4	1:56	0:37	OPP 23	3	4	Field Goal
4	0:31	0:31	OPP 22	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Nelson Munsey, Houston Oilers

Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rickey Young	12	65	5.42	17	2	0
Darnell Goodwin	8	55	6.88	14	2	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Roland Hooks	25	55	2.20	23	1
Sam Green	7	25	3.57	11	1
Lynn Dickey	2	-1	-0.50	0	0
Jon Keyworth	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Pat Haden	34	18	164	5/37	0	21	3	29.5

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Lynn Dickey	29	17	194	0/0	1	37	0	90.2

Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Darrin Baker	3	6	27	9.00	0	14
FB Boobie Clark	2	2	16	8.00	9	9
RB Darnell Goodwin	2	3	9	4.50	2	7
TE Ken Garcia	2	2	15	7.50	0	9
TE Marc Forbes	2	3	22	11.00	6	21
WR Ken Bailey	2	3	19	9.50	0	11
WR Hugh Stopek	2	6	16	8.00	0	12
WR Rickey Young	2	3	23	11.50	11	16
WR Calvin Hickman	1	6	17	17.00	0	17

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mike Thomas	4	5	76	19.00	5	37	1
FB Jon Keyworth	3	3	10	3.33	2	4	0
WR Butch Stark	3	6	21	7.00	4	10	0
TE Terry Nelson	2	2	12	6.00	0	8	0
WR Orlando Whiteman	2	5	27	13.50	0	14	0
TE Paul Seymour	1	1	19	19.00	5	19	0
RB Sam Green	1	1	5	5.00	4	5	0
WR Irving Royer	1	5	24	24.00	0	24	0
RB Roland Hooks	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Nelson Munsey	2	10	5.00	0
S Prentice McCray	1	13	13.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Birmingham	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Jack Ham	0	0	1	0

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Roland Hooks	1	0	0	0
Terry Nelson	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ian Mooberry	7	274	39.1	29.6	61	3

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Blanchard	5	250	50.0	43.0	63	3

Kicking Statistics

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Smith	5/5	2/2	0/0	49	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bill Bradley	2	15	7.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Orlando Whiteman	3	27	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Covington	4	94	23.5	0
Ken Sawyer	2	37	18.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Bill Bradley	11	4	0.0	33	28
OLB Jack Ham	6	1	0.0	32	28
CB Earl Dvorak	5	0	0.0	29	27
DT Craig Fulcher	4	1	0.0	30	29
CB Ken Sawyer	4	0	0.0	30	26
ILB Jack Reynolds	3	2	0.0	16	17
DT Dusty Oliver	3	2	0.0	30	20
CB Ronnie Covington	3	1	0.0	20	23
S Willie Germany	3	0	0.0	5	6
OLB Dave Graf	2	0	0.0	3	1
S Bill Simpson	1	3	0.0	23	24
DE Tyrell Garrison	1	2	0.0	31	27
DE Bill Cooke	1	1	0.0	33	26
OLB Ron Pritchard	1	0	0.0	18	8
RB Darnell Goodwin	1	0	---	---	---
TE Marc Forbes	1	0	---	---	---
CB Gerald Blackburn	1	0	0.0	2	2
DT Doug English	1	0	0.0	6	5
WR Rickey Young	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Frank LeMaster	0	1	0.0	10	11

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jim Cheyunski	8	1	1.0	19	38
S Ron Brandon	6	4	1.0	20	39
CB Nelson Munsey	6	1	0.0	19	36
S Prentice McCray	5	3	1.0	19	37
DT Curley Culp	4	0	0.0	20	39
DE Elvin Bethea	2	0	1.0	20	37
DE Steve Baumgartner	2	2	0.5	20	36
ILB Steve Neils	2	1	0.5	16	23
OLB Larry Stallings	2	2	0.0	20	38
CB Jackie Wallace	2	1	0.0	18	35
CB Jeris White	1	3	0.0	19	39
DT Leo Brooks	1	0	0.0	1	4
ILB Bob Stein	1	0	0.0	3	6
OLB Ike Delgado	1	0	0.0	0	2
ILB Jimmy Bernard	0	1	0.0	1	1

Pass Rush Statistics

Birmingham	Block	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Jack Reynolds	1	0	17
DT Dusty Oliver	1	0	20
DE Bill Cooke	0	3	26

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Elvin Bethea	1.0	2	1	37
OLB Jim Cheyunski	1.0	0	0	38
S Prentice McCray	1.0	0	0	37
S Ron Brandon	1.0	0	0	39
DE Steve Baumgartner	0.5	1	0	36
ILB Steve Neils	0.5	0	0	23
DT Curley Culp	0.0	1	0	39

Pass Defense Statistics

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Bill Bradley	2	1	28
CB Earl Dvorak	2	1	27
OLB Jack Ham	2	0	28
CB Ken Sawyer	2	0	26
DT Craig Fulcher	2	0	29
CB Ronnie Covington	2	0	23
S Willie Germany	1	0	6
ILB Jack Reynolds	1	0	17
S Bill Simpson	1	0	24
DT Dusty Oliver	1	0	20
CB Gerald Blackburn	1	0	2

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Jim Cheyunski	6	1	0	38
CB Nelson Munsey	4	3	2	36
S Ron Brandon	2	0	0	39
OLB Larry Stallings	1	1	0	38
S Prentice McCray	1	0	1	37
ILB Steve Neils	1	0	0	23
CB Jackie Wallace	1	0	0	35
CB Jeris White	1	0	0	39
OLB Ike Delgado	1	0	0	2

Blocking Statistics

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Greg Sampson	3	4	16	0	34
Kris Wheeler	2	2	16	2	35
Pete Adams	1	3	18	0	36
Andy Dawson	1	2	18	1	33
Juan Bruce	1	2	17	1	30
Boobie Clark	1	2	13	0	15
Dan Ryczek	1	2	4	0	4
Ken Garcia	1	2	12	0	12
Claude Minor	1	1	4	0	5
Vincent Forbes	0	0	2	1	3

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Desmond Cribbs	2	4	32	27
Winston Hill	1	6	28	24
Dan Peiffer	1	1	3	2
Robert Jackson	0	9	30	24
Ron Saul	0	4	31	27
Craig Hertwig	0	4	8	7
Tom Banks	0	2	34	27
Jon Keyworth	0	1	27	16
Paul Seymour	0	1	15	6
Larry Jarvis	0	1	9	7

Special Teams Tackles

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
John Pitts	2	10
Dan Ryczek	1	5

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Vernon McAlister	5	12
Tom Gallimore	1	17
Ed Williams	1	13
Steve Foley	1	7

Participation

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bill Bradley	---	---	33	28	10	71
Bill Cooke	---	---	33	26	10	69
Ken Sawyer	---	---	30	26	10	66
Jack Ham	---	---	32	28	5	65
Craig Fulcher	---	---	30	29	5	64
Tyrell Garrison	---	---	31	27	4	62
Earl Dvorak	---	---	29	27	4	60
Ronnie Covington	---	---	20	23	17	60
Pat Haden	20	39	---	---	---	59
Andy Dawson	18	33	---	---	4	55
Dusty Oliver	---	---	30	20	5	55
Pete Adams	18	36	---	---	---	54
Bill Simpson	---	---	23	24	6	53
Kris Wheeler	16	35	---	---	2	53
Darnell Goodwin	9	21	---	---	21	51
Greg Sampson	16	34	---	---	---	50
Juan Bruce	17	30	---	---	---	47
Calvin Hickman	13	30	---	---	1	44
Marc Forbes	7	19	---	---	16	42
Darrin Baker	8	23	---	---	11	42
Hugh Stopek	12	24	---	---	3	39
Ken Bailey	11	21	---	---	5	37
Jack Reynolds	---	---	16	17	2	35
Boobie Clark	13	15	---	---	6	34
Broderick Kimsey	---	---	10	2	22	34
Rickey Young	12	22	---	---	---	34
Ken Garcia	12	12	---	---	9	33
Ron Pritchard	---	---	18	8	4	30
Otis Sistrunk	---	---	17	7	6	30
Frank LeMaster	---	---	10	11	4	25
Mike Vardell	3	8	---	---	10	21
Carlton Malone	3	9	---	---	7	19
Willie Germany	---	---	5	6	7	18
John Pitts	---	---	6	2	10	18
Claude Minor	4	5	---	---	7	16
Dan Ryczek	4	4	---	---	5	13
Darryl Kenyon	2	6	---	---	5	13
Shane Harrison	---	---	1	0	12	13
Gerald Blackburn	---	---	2	2	9	13
Doug English	---	---	6	5	---	11
Ian Mooberry	0	0	---	---	7	7
Dave Graf	---	---	3	1	3	7
Vincent Forbes	2	3	---	---	---	5
Bucky Wallace	0	0	---	---	1	1
Elton Davis	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jackie Wallace	---	---	18	35	22	75
Ron Saul	31	27	---	---	7	65
Tom Banks	34	27	---	---	3	64
Lynn Dickey	35	29	---	---	---	64
Desmond Cribbs	32	27	---	---	4	63
Ron Brandon	---	---	20	39	2	61
Curley Culp	---	---	20	39	---	59
Larry Stallings	---	---	20	38	---	58
Jeris White	---	---	19	39	---	58
Elvin Bethea	---	---	20	37	---	57
Jim Cheyunski	---	---	19	38	---	57
Steve Baumgartner	---	---	20	36	---	56
Prentice McCray	---	---	19	37	---	56
Nelson Munsey	---	---	19	36	---	55
Jon Keyworth	27	16	---	---	11	54
Robert Jackson	30	24	---	---	---	54
Winston Hill	28	24	---	---	---	52
Terry Nelson	20	16	---	---	13	49
Butch Stark	16	18	---	---	12	46
Mike Thomas	22	23	---	---	1	46
Orlando Whiteman	17	21	---	---	7	45
Sam Green	9	12	---	---	24	45
Steve Neils	---	---	16	23	---	39
Roland Hooks	26	12	---	---	---	38
Irving Royer	19	12	---	---	1	32
Paul Seymour	15	6	---	---	7	28
Larry Jarvis	9	7	---	---	10	26
Steve Foley	---	---	4	15	7	26
Craig Hertwig	8	7	---	---	10	25
Benny Malone	0	4	---	---	14	18
Tom Gallimore	1	0	---	---	17	18
Ike Delgado	---	---	0	2	16	18
Dan Peiffer	3	2	---	---	10	15
Bob Stein	---	---	3	6	6	15
Ed Williams	0	0	---	---	13	13
Vernon McAlister	---	---	1	0	12	13
John Smith	0	0	---	---	12	12
Mercury Duncan	3	5	---	---	3	11
R.J. Crozier	---	---	0	3	7	10
Jimmy Bernard	---	---	1	1	7	9
Jermaine Perkins	---	---	0	0	7	7
Tom Blanchard	0	0	---	---	5	5
Leo Brooks	---	---	1	4	---	5
Jeff Gainey	0	0	---	---	5	5
Vincent Boutte	---	---	0	1	---	1
Larry Cipa	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	68	7.6
Middle	9	45	5.0
Right	2	7	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	19	34	1.8
Middle	12	21	1.8
Right	3	27	9.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Pat Haden	34	18	1	1	3	5	4	1	3

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Lynn Dickey	29	17	2	1	4	2	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	18	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	49	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	97	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	9	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	9	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	6	33	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	91	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	9	2	61	6.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Hugh Stopek	6	2	2	16	0	24
WR Darrin Baker	6	3	0	27	0	23
WR Calvin Hickman	6	1	0	17	0	30
RB Darnell Goodwin	3	2	0	9	0	21
TE Marc Forbes	3	2	0	22	1	19
WR Ken Bailey	3	2	1	19	0	21
WR Rickey Young	3	2	0	23	0	22
FB Boobie Clark	2	2	0	16	0	15
TE Ken Garcia	2	2	0	15	0	12

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Butch Stark	6	3	0	21	0	18
WR Orlando Whiteman	5	2	1	27	0	21
WR Irving Royer	5	1	2	24	1	12
WR Mike Thomas	5	4	0	76	1	23
FB Jon Keyworth	3	3	0	10	0	16
TE Terry Nelson	2	2	0	12	0	16
TE Paul Seymour	1	1	0	19	0	6
RB Sam Green	1	1	0	5	0	12
RB Roland Hooks	1	0	1	0	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Roland Hooks	7	2	0.29	2.20
Sam Green	1	4	4.00	3.57

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Lynn Dickey	1	1	8	8.00	6.69

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Thomas	1	1	8	8.00	15.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions
Rickey Young	2	1
Darnell Goodwin	1	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Roland Hooks	3	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Pat Haden	10	4	1

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Lynn Dickey	13	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Calvin Hickman	4	1	0
WR Darrin Baker	2	1	0
FB Boobie Clark	1	1	0
RB Darnell Goodwin	1	1	1
WR Ken Bailey	1	0	0
WR Hugh Stopek	1	0	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Butch Stark	5	3	3
WR Orlando Whiteman	3	1	1
WR Irving Royer	2	0	0
FB Jon Keyworth	1	1	0
TE Paul Seymour	1	1	1
WR Mike Thomas	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 45,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,900 (21,400)
End Zone 10,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	45,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,900 (21,400)
End Zone	10,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,900 (3,300)