Week 14, 1979

played in Carolina, NC

43 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Houston Oilers	0	10	0	3	3	-	16
Carolina Panthers	7	3	0	3	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:07 CAR - Drew Pearson 31 pass from Will Cureton (Don Cockroft extra point)
2Q: 12:17 HOU - Terry Nelson 1 pass from Dale Zorn (John Smith extra point)
2Q: 03:22 HOU - John Smith 23 field goal
2Q: 00:07 CAR - Don Cockroft 21 field goal
4Q: 05:17 HOU - John Smith 19 field goal
4Q: 00:50 CAR - Don Cockroft 21 field goal
OT: 08:39 HOU - John Smith 40 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:07 CAR - Drew Pearson 31 pass from Will Cureton (Don Cockroft extra point)
2Q: 12:17 HOU - Terry Nelson 1 pass from Dale Zorn (John Smith extra point)
2Q: 03:22 HOU - John Smith 23 field goal
2Q: 00:07 CAR - Don Cockroft 21 field goal
4Q: 05:17 HOU - John Smith 19 field goal
4Q: 00:50 CAR - Don Cockroft 21 field goal
OT: 08:39 HOU - John Smith 40 field goal

Team Statistics HOU CAR
Record 6-7 6-7
First Downs 18 18
- by Rushing 7 3
- by Passing 11 12
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 294 313
- Offensive Plays 71 60
- Yards per Play 4.14 5.22
Net Rushing Yards 139 89
- Rushing Attempts 42 35
- Yards per Rush 3.31 2.54
Net Passing Yards 155 224
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 19 - 0 23 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 169 239
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 2/15
- Yards per Pass Play 5.34 8.96
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/18 8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/63 2/17
Punt Returns/Yards 2/8 2/10
Kick Returns/Yards 4/68 3/49
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 23
Time of Possession 38:17 28:09

Team Statistics	HOU	CAR
Record	6-7	6-7
First Downs	18	18
- by Rushing	7	3
- by Passing	11	12
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	294	313
- Offensive Plays	71	60
- Yards per Play	4.14	5.22
Net Rushing Yards	139	89
- Rushing Attempts	42	35
- Yards per Rush	3.31	2.54
Net Passing Yards	155	224
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 19 - 0	23 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	169	239
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	2/15
- Yards per Pass Play	5.34	8.96
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/18	8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	6.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/63	2/17
Punt Returns/Yards	2/8	2/10
Kick Returns/Yards	4/68	3/49
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 23
Time of Possession	38:17	28:09

Drive Charts

Houston Oilers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:31	OWN 20	7	21	Punt
1	5:54	1:54	OWN 19	3	4	Punt
1	3:07	5:56	OWN 38	11	62	Touchdown
2	10:24	1:43	OWN 41	3	8	Punt
2	7:00	1:42	OWN 30	3	9	Punt
2	5:08	1:52	OPP 1	3	-5	Field Goal
3	9:30	2:49	OWN 33	5	8	Punt
3	4:50	1:47	OWN 37	3	-3	Punt
4	14:17	9:08	OWN 20	17	78	Field Goal
4	0:42	0:42	OWN 13	4	20	Punt
OT1	15:00	6:26	OWN 23	13	54	Field Goal

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:29	5:35	OWN 19	13	81	Touchdown
1	4:00	0:53	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	12:11	1:47	OWN 15	3	-1	Punt
2	8:41	1:41	OPP 27	5	4	Missed FG
2	5:18	0:10	OWN 12	1	3	Fumble
2	3:16	3:14	OWN 15	6	81	Field Goal
3	15:00	5:30	OWN 20	11	54	Missed FG
3	6:41	1:51	OWN 21	3	9	Punt
3	3:03	3:46	OWN 21	6	23	Punt
4	5:09	4:27	OWN 21	10	75	Field Goal

Game MVP: Will Cureton, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Wilbur Jackson	20	74	3.70	11	1
Sherman Smith	18	54	3.00	9	0
Wayne Wilson	2	15	7.50	14	1
Jon Keyworth	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0
Mike Thomas	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Joe Washington	18	37	2.06	7
Bubba Bean	13	41	3.15	7
Allen Carter	2	5	2.50	3
Drew Pearson	1	3	3.00	3
Will Cureton	1	3	3.00	3

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dale Zorn	27	19	169	2/14	1	19	0	99.1

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Will Cureton	23	16	239	2/15	1	41	0	117.8

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Jon Keyworth	3	4	3	1.00	0	2	0
WR Mike Thomas	3	3	34	11.33	12	16	0
WR Isaac Curtis	2	3	24	12.00	4	18	0
RB Wilbur Jackson	2	2	25	12.50	19	19	0
TE Terry Nelson	2	3	7	3.50	0	6	1
WR Butch Stark	2	4	21	10.50	4	11	0
TE Tom Gallimore	2	2	22	11.00	0	13	0
WR Billy Campfield	2	4	23	11.50	6	12	0
FB Wayne Wilson	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
RB Sherman Smith	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Drew Pearson	4	7	63	15.75	13	31	1
WR Steve Rivera	3	4	40	13.33	7	17	0
WR Ted Newton	2	2	21	10.50	12	17	0
TE Burt Kobeski	2	2	19	9.50	3	15	0
WR Dave Preston	2	2	41	20.50	13	21	0
TE David Hill	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
RB Joe Washington	1	1	41	41.00	29	41	0
FB Curtis Brown	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Jeremy Wolf	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Bubba Bean	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Dale Zorn	1	1	0
Sherman Smith	1	0	0
Dick Leftridge	0	1	0
Butch Stark	0	1	0
Ron Saul	0	0	1
Steve Foley	0	0	1
Charlie Phillips	0	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bubba Bean	1	1	0
Drew Pearson	1	0	0
Vic Washington	1	0	0
David Hill	0	1	0
Glen Edwards	0	0	1
Steve King	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Michel	7	276	39.4	38.0	57	2

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Prestridge	4	180	45.0	38.0	56	0

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Smith	3/3	1/1	0/0	40	1/1

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Don Cockroft	2/4	0/2	0/0	21	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Isaac Curtis	2	8	4.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vic Washington	2	10	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Isaac Curtis	3	53	17.7	0
Wilbur Jackson	1	15	15.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Blake Gaylor	3	49	16.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Scott Studwell	6	0	1.0	31	23
ILB Randy McClanahan	6	3	0.0	24	16
S Ron Brandon	6	2	0.0	25	20
DT Curley Culp	5	2	0.0	23	19
S Steve Foley	4	2	0.0	19	18
S Charlie Phillips	4	0	0.0	31	19
CB David Gray	4	0	0.0	22	21
OLB Robert Braziel	3	0	0.0	20	5
S Vern Roberson	3	0	0.0	12	10
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	3	0	0.0	11	9
DT Jeff Lloyd	2	3	0.0	25	16
CB Nelson Munsey	2	1	0.0	16	11
CB Jeris White	2	0	0.0	25	19
DE Mike Calhoun	1	0	1.0	15	6
OLB Robin Cole	1	0	0.0	5	2
DE Mike Bell	0	2	0.0	13	14
DT Perry Brooks	0	1	0.0	12	6
DE Mike Stensrud	0	1	0.0	10	9

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Terry Beeson	10	5	0.0	40	26
S Tom Hannon	10	3	0.0	33	21
DE Billy Howard	7	1	0.0	34	22
OLB Gary Weaver	6	1	0.0	25	18
CB C.J. Garrett	4	2	0.0	31	19
CB Dwayne Woodruff	4	1	0.0	31	23
S Honor Jackson	3	3	0.0	14	12
S Glen Edwards	3	1	0.0	34	28
DE Dennis Johnson	3	0	0.0	15	16
OLB Steve King	2	1	2.0	42	29
DT Jim Wolf	2	3	0.0	26	13
CB Marvin Cobb	2	2	0.0	33	22
DE George Martin	2	1	0.0	28	13
ILB Jerry Blanton	2	1	0.0	7	6
DE Tony Cline	1	0	0.0	7	7
DT Dominic Winstead	1	0	0.0	16	17
QB Will Cureton	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Bob Pifferini	0	1	0.0	9	6
CB Blake Gaylor	0	1	0.0	25	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Mike Calhoun	1.0	1	6
OLB Scott Studwell	1.0	0	23
DE Dick Leftridge	0.0	1	11
DE Mike St. Clair	0.0	1	19
DE Mike Bell	0.0	1	14

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Steve King	2.0	0	1	3	29
DE Billy Howard	0.0	1	1	2	22
DT Dominic Winstead	0.0	0	1	1	17
DE Tony Cline	0.0	0	1	0	7

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	PPlay
CB David Gray	4	21
OLB Scott Studwell	3	23
S Steve Foley	2	18
S Vern Roberson	2	10
DT Curley Culp	1	19
CB Jeris White	1	19
S Ron Brandon	1	20
S Charlie Phillips	1	19
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	1	9

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Tom Hannon	4	1	21
CB C.J. Garrett	3	1	19
OLB Gary Weaver	3	0	18
ILB Terry Beeson	3	0	26
CB Dwayne Woodruff	3	0	23
DE Tony Cline	1	0	7
DE Billy Howard	1	0	22
S Honor Jackson	1	0	12

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ron Saul	3	10	39	1	26
Desmond Cribbs	3	8	38	0	27
Ted Petersen	3	7	36	1	27
Terry Nelson	1	2	28	0	19
Tom Gallimore	1	2	30	0	15
Wayne Wilson	1	1	13	0	9
Jon Keyworth	0	4	35	0	22
Robert Jackson	0	3	33	0	25
Jim Yarbrough	0	2	6	0	2
Ken Jones	0	2	38	0	24
Melvin Jackson	0	1	9	0	4

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Wes Hamilton	4	10	30	0	23
Jeff Williams	1	5	34	1	19
Dan Nugent	1	1	18	0	13
Lionel Antoine	0	7	28	0	21
Bob Kuziel	0	5	28	0	23
Curtis Brown	0	3	29	0	16
Noah Jackson	0	2	7	0	5
Quinn Hoffman	0	1	30	1	21

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
David Gray	2	20
Dale Mitchell	1	21
Ron Saul	1	10
Steve Foley	1	10

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Tom Hannon	3	16
Jerry Blanton	2	13
Blake Gaylor	1	10

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Saul	39	26	---	---	10	75
Jon Keyworth	35	22	---	---	16	73
Dale Zorn	42	29	---	---	---	71
Desmond Cribbs	38	27	---	---	5	70
Ted Petersen	36	27	---	---	---	63
David Gray	---	---	22	21	20	63
Tom Gallimore	30	15	---	---	17	62
Ken Jones	38	24	---	---	---	62
Robert Jackson	33	25	---	---	---	58
Scott Studwell	---	---	31	23	4	58
Wilbur Jackson	24	14	---	---	19	57
Terry Nelson	28	19	---	---	9	56
Charlie Phillips	---	---	31	19	3	53
Ron Brandon	---	---	25	20	4	49
Jeris White	---	---	25	19	4	48
Curley Culp	---	---	23	19	5	47
Steve Foley	---	---	19	18	10	47
Randy McClanahan	---	---	24	16	5	45
Mike St. Clair	---	---	20	19	5	44
Jeff Lloyd	---	---	25	16	2	43
Mike Thomas	18	13	---	---	9	40
Dick Leftridge	---	---	22	11	5	38
Billy Campfield	24	13	---	---	---	37
Butch Stark	13	13	---	---	9	35
Sherman Smith	18	16	---	---	1	35
Vern Roberson	---	---	12	10	13	35
Wayne Wilson	13	9	---	---	13	35
Isaac Curtis	7	11	---	---	16	34
Mike Bell	---	---	13	14	4	31
Nelson Munsey	---	---	16	11	2	29
Robert Braziel	---	---	20	5	2	27
Dale Mitchell	---	---	4	2	21	27
Melvin Jackson	9	4	---	---	10	23
Mike Calhoun	---	---	15	6	2	23
Mike Stensrud	---	---	10	9	4	23
Frank Manumaleuga	---	---	11	9	3	23
Jim Yarbrough	6	2	---	---	10	18
Perry Brooks	---	---	12	6	---	18
Dave Lafary	3	3	---	---	10	16
Robin Cole	---	---	5	2	8	15
Elvis Keyworth	4	5	---	---	---	9
John Smith	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mike Michel	0	0	---	---	7	7
Thom Dornbrook	4	2	---	---	---	6
Dan Pastorini	0	0	---	---	3	3
Carlos Brown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Steve King	---	---	42	29	3	74
C.J. Garrett	---	---	31	19	24	74
Tom Hannon	---	---	33	21	16	70
Terry Beeson	---	---	40	26	3	69
Glen Edwards	---	---	34	28	3	65
Will Cureton	35	25	---	---	4	64
Curtis Brown	29	16	---	---	16	61
Jeff Williams	34	19	---	---	7	60
Billy Howard	---	---	34	22	3	59
Bob Kuziel	28	23	---	---	8	59
Quinn Hoffman	30	21	---	---	8	59
Marvin Cobb	---	---	33	22	2	57
Dwayne Woodruff	---	---	31	23	2	56
Wes Hamilton	30	23	---	---	1	54
Blake Gaylor	---	---	25	16	10	51
Lionel Antoine	28	21	---	---	---	49
Burt Kobeski	18	13	---	---	17	48
Dennis Johnson	---	---	15	16	15	46
Gary Weaver	---	---	25	18	3	46
Bubba Bean	13	15	---	---	16	44
David Hill	25	12	---	---	7	44
George Martin	---	---	28	13	1	42
Drew Pearson	23	18	---	---	---	41
Jim Wolf	---	---	26	13	2	41
Dominic Winstead	---	---	16	17	6	39
Dan Nugent	18	13	---	---	8	39
Vic Washington	12	7	---	---	16	35
Joe Washington	20	10	---	---	---	30
Dave Preston	8	11	---	---	11	30
Eric Williams	---	---	11	5	12	28
Steve Rivera	6	8	---	---	13	27
Honor Jackson	---	---	14	12	---	26
Jerry Blanton	---	---	7	6	13	26
Jeremy Wolf	10	7	---	---	8	25
Noah Jackson	7	5	---	---	8	20
Bob Pifferini	---	---	9	6	5	20
Ted Newton	9	8	---	---	---	17
Tony Cline	---	---	7	7	1	15
Don Cockroft	0	0	---	---	9	9
Derrel Luce	---	---	0	0	9	9
Luke Prestridge	0	0	---	---	4	4
Floyd Tongue	---	---	1	0	2	3
Allen Carter	2	0	---	---	1	3
Quentin Vaughn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bill Kenney	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rick Moser	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	8	8.0
Middle	22	76	3.5
Right	19	55	2.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	30	2.1
Middle	10	18	1.8
Right	11	41	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dale Zorn	27	19	0	0	1	2	4	6	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Will Cureton	23	16	5	2	1	0	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	35	8.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	56	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	65	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	13	13.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	6	38	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	9	170	14.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	31	31.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
FB Jon Keyworth	4	3	0	3	22
WR Butch Stark	4	2	0	21	13
WR Billy Campfield	4	2	0	23	13
WR Isaac Curtis	3	2	0	24	11
TE Terry Nelson	3	2	1	7	19
WR Mike Thomas	3	3	0	34	13
RB Wilbur Jackson	2	2	0	25	14
TE Tom Gallimore	2	2	0	22	15
RB Sherman Smith	1	0	0	0	16
FB Wayne Wilson	1	1	0	10	9

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Drew Pearson	7	4	0	63	2	18
WR Steve Rivera	4	3	0	40	0	8
WR Ted Newton	2	2	0	21	0	8
TE Burt Kobeski	2	2	0	19	0	13
TE David Hill	2	1	0	8	0	12
WR Dave Preston	2	2	0	41	2	11
TE Jeremy Wolf	1	0	1	0	0	7
RB Bubba Bean	1	0	0	0	0	15
RB Joe Washington	1	1	0	41	1	10
FB Curtis Brown	1	1	0	6	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sherman Smith	6	18	3.00	3.00
Wilbur Jackson	3	5	1.67	3.70

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Joe Washington	3	1	0.33	2.06
Bubba Bean	2	6	3.00	3.15

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dale Zorn	1	1	1	1.00	6.26

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Will Cureton	1	0	0	0.00	10.39

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Terry Nelson	1	1	1	1.00	2.33

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Bubba Bean	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Wilbur Jackson	6	4
Sherman Smith	3	0
Mike Thomas	1	0
Wayne Wilson	1	1

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Bubba Bean	2	1
Joe Washington	2	0
Allen Carter	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dale Zorn	7	4	3

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Will Cureton	9	8	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Jon Keyworth	2	1	0
WR Billy Campfield	2	1	1
WR Isaac Curtis	1	1	1
TE Terry Nelson	1	0	0
WR Mike Thomas	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Drew Pearson	2	1	1
WR Dave Preston	2	2	2
WR Ted Newton	1	1	0
TE Burt Kobeski	1	1	0
WR Steve Rivera	1	1	1
RB Joe Washington	1	1	1
FB Curtis Brown	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 62,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (21,400)
End Zone 13,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	62,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (21,400)
End Zone	13,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)