Week 13, 1980

played in Houston, TX

59 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	7	7	10	-	24
Houston Oilers	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
2Q: 07:00 NED - Darryl Stingley 21 pass from Carlos Brown (Garo Yepremian extra point)
3Q: 14:39 NED - Sam Cunningham 57 pass from Carlos Brown (Garo Yepremian extra point)
4Q: 03:05 NED - Garo Yepremian 19 field goal
4Q: 02:06 NED - Sam Cunningham 5 run (Garo Yepremian extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 07:00 NED - Darryl Stingley 21 pass from Carlos Brown (Garo Yepremian extra point)
3Q: 14:39 NED - Sam Cunningham 57 pass from Carlos Brown (Garo Yepremian extra point)
4Q: 03:05 NED - Garo Yepremian 19 field goal
4Q: 02:06 NED - Sam Cunningham 5 run (Garo Yepremian extra point)

Team Statistics NED HOU
Record 7-5 6-6
First Downs 14 14
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 7 8
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 334 344
- Offensive Plays 57 65
- Yards per Play 5.86 5.29
Net Rushing Yards 148 118
- Rushing Attempts 31 17
- Yards per Rush 4.77 6.94
Net Passing Yards 186 226
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 13 - 1 47 - 29 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 192 233
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 7.15 4.71
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 3/25 7/41
Punt Returns/Yards 1/0 4/37
Kick Returns/Yards 1/44 3/48
Interception Ret./Yards 2/0 1/2
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 24
Time of Possession 29:38 30:22

Team Statistics	NED	HOU
Record	7-5	6-6
First Downs	14	14
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	7	8
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	334	344
- Offensive Plays	57	65
- Yards per Play	5.86	5.29
Net Rushing Yards	148	118
- Rushing Attempts	31	17
- Yards per Rush	4.77	6.94
Net Passing Yards	186	226
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 13 - 1	47 - 29 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	192	233
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	7.15	4.71
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	6.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	3/25	7/41
Punt Returns/Yards	1/0	4/37
Kick Returns/Yards	1/44	3/48
Interception Ret./Yards	2/0	1/2
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 24
Time of Possession	29:38	30:22

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:28	0:46	OWN 23	3	-9	Punt
1	7:37	2:02	OWN 24	4	39	Punt
1	2:45	1:44	OWN 35	3	9	Punt
2	13:35	2:20	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
2	9:26	2:39	OWN 14	6	86	Touchdown
2	4:00	2:37	OWN 20	6	31	Punt
3	15:00	0:40	OWN 43	1	57	Touchdown
3	10:50	3:12	OWN 20	6	19	Punt
3	4:42	1:15	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	2:05	1:06	OWN 12	3	4	Punt
4	14:22	0:08	OWN 27	1	0	Interception
4	13:46	1:21	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
4	11:29	8:30	OWN 22	13	76	Field Goal
4	2:17	0:17	OPP 12	2	12	Touchdown

Houston Oilers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:32	OWN 16	7	43	Interception
1	9:42	2:05	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
1	5:35	2:50	OWN 5	4	21	Punt
1	1:01	2:26	OWN 11	6	44	Punt
2	11:15	1:49	OWN 31	3	8	Punt
2	6:47	2:47	OWN 20	6	32	Punt
2	1:23	1:23	OWN 9	4	31	Half
3	14:20	3:30	OWN 16	6	39	Punt
3	7:38	2:56	OWN 28	6	29	Punt
3	3:27	1:22	OWN 36	3	1	Punt
3	0:59	1:37	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
4	14:14	0:28	OPP 33	3	-5	Punt
4	12:25	0:56	OPP 46	3	16	Interception
4	2:59	0:42	OWN 5	4	7	Downs
4	2:00	2:00	OWN 12	4	48	Game

Game MVP: Sam Cunningham, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Sam Cunningham	19	72	3.79	12	3	1
Jimmy Rogers	8	68	8.50	51	2	0
Rich Caster	2	4	2.00	4	0	0
John Brockington	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Carlos Brown	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Steve Rogers	14	110	7.86	25	5
Wilbur Jackson	2	6	3.00	4	0
Billy Campfield	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Carlos Brown	25	13	192	1/6	2	57	1	87.4

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mike Moroski	47	29	233	1/7	0	33	2	56.4

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Sam Cunningham	5	7	68	13.60	46	57	1
WR Lamont Marrow	3	5	77	25.67	42	35	0
FB John Brockington	2	3	10	5.00	2	7	0
WR Darryl Stingley	1	4	21	21.00	0	21	1
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Loaird McCreary	1	2	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Carlos Stevens	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Stanley Morgan	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Billy Campfield	7	9	61	8.71	5	15
WR Butch Stark	4	9	26	6.50	19	23
WR Mike Thomas	4	7	54	13.50	23	25
RB Wilbur Jackson	3	7	13	4.33	10	8
RB Steve Rogers	3	4	16	5.33	6	7
FB Jon Keyworth	2	2	5	2.50	2	4
TE Terry Nelson	2	3	9	4.50	0	7
WR Orlando Whiteman	2	3	38	19.00	21	33
FB Wayne Wilson	1	2	0	0.00	1	0
TE Bob Fisher	1	1	11	11.00	0	11

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Sandy Durko	2	0	0.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Ron Brandon	1	2	2.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Sam Cunningham	1	0	0
John Hannah	0	1	0
Steve Luke	0	0	1
Jimmy Rogers	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Steve Rogers	1	1	0
Orlando Whiteman	1	0	0
Dale Mitchell	0	1	0
Robert Braziel	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	9	424	47.1	43.0	67	5

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Michel	10	438	43.8	33.8	51	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Garo Yepremian	1/1	0/0	0/0	19	3/3

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stanley Morgan	1	0	0.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Orlando Whiteman	3	29	9.7	0
Isaac Curtis	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edddie Brown	1	44	44.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Isaac Curtis	2	30	15.0	0
Orlando Whiteman	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Sam Hunt	6	2	0.0	15	39
S Glenn Buchanan	6	1	0.0	13	37
ILB Shane Nelson	6	1	0.0	11	15
S Edddie Brown	4	0	0.0	14	31
DT R.J. Reese	3	1	0.0	16	39
S Steve Luke	3	1	0.0	6	37
CB Walt Farrell	3	0	0.0	16	33
ILB John Anderson	3	0	0.0	4	22
CB Dwayne O'Steen	3	0	0.0	4	23
DE Ken Johnson	2	2	1.0	16	43
S Sandy Durko	2	2	0.0	12	29
CB Luke Szorcsik	2	0	0.0	13	35
DT Jeff Lloyd	1	0	0.0	1	9
S Shafer Suggs	1	0	0.0	5	22
WR Stanley Morgan	1	0	---	---	---
DE Jim Young	1	0	0.0	11	30
DE Al Harris	1	0	0.0	7	23
ILB Jim Haslett	0	2	0.0	3	22
OLB Willie Harper	0	1	0.0	2	2

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ron Brandon	4	4	0.0	29	21
ILB Randy McClanahan	4	4	0.0	23	22
OLB Scott Studwell	4	1	0.0	26	24
S Charlie Phillips	4	0	0.0	20	21
DE Mike Calhoun	3	0	1.0	12	15
CB Jeris White	3	1	0.0	25	19
DT Perry Brooks	3	1	0.0	15	16
OLB Robert Braziel	2	2	0.0	16	6
OLB Robin Cole	2	2	0.0	7	4
DE Mike Stensrud	2	2	0.0	18	17
DE Dick Leftridge	2	0	0.0	16	15
OLB Dale Mitchell	2	0	0.0	5	2
DT Bill Acker	2	0	0.0	29	19
DE Mike St. Clair	1	2	0.0	19	11
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	1	1	0.0	8	4
CB Nelson Munsey	1	0	0.0	18	17
WR Butch Stark	1	0	---	---	---
WR Mike Thomas	1	0	---	---	---
S Vern Roberson	1	0	0.0	12	10
CB David Gray	1	0	0.0	14	14

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ken Johnson	1.0	0	2	1	43
DE Jim Young	0.0	1	1	0	30
DT R.J. Reese	0.0	0	2	0	39

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Mike Calhoun	1.0	0	1	15
DE Dick Leftridge	0.0	1	0	15
DE Mike Bell	0.0	1	0	11
DE Mike St. Clair	0.0	0	3	11
DT Perry Brooks	0.0	0	2	16

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Glenn Buchanan	5	2	0	37
ILB Shane Nelson	4	1	0	15
OLB Sam Hunt	3	1	0	39
CB Dwayne O'Steen	3	0	0	23
S Steve Luke	2	2	0	37
CB Luke Szorcsik	2	1	0	35
S Sandy Durko	2	0	2	29
CB Walt Farrell	2	0	0	33
ILB John Anderson	2	0	0	22
S Edddie Brown	1	0	0	31
DE Ken Johnson	1	0	0	43
S Shafer Suggs	1	0	0	22
DE Jim Young	1	0	0	30

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Nelson Munsey	2	0	0	17
S Charlie Phillips	2	0	0	21
DT Perry Brooks	2	0	0	16
CB Jeris White	1	1	0	19
S Ron Brandon	1	0	1	21
OLB Dale Mitchell	1	0	0	2
OLB Robin Cole	1	0	0	4
ILB Randy McClanahan	1	0	0	22
S Vern Roberson	1	0	0	10
OLB Scott Studwell	1	0	0	24

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Peter Bernstein	3	11	29	0	21
John Hannah	2	7	31	0	25
Wade Griffin	2	5	31	1	26
Joe Fields	1	3	24	0	25
Kyle Delaroche	1	2	27	0	25
Lindsey Mason	0	1	4	0	1
Steve Kenney	0	1	9	0	7

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Robert Jackson	2	3	15	0	43
Jon Keyworth	1	4	10	0	20
Jeff Bleamer	1	2	13	1	41
Ron Saul	1	2	17	0	47
Ted Petersen	1	1	9	0	37
Wayne Wilson	0	2	3	0	10
Ron Essink	0	2	4	0	7
Desmond Cribbs	0	1	15	0	45

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Jimmy Rogers	2	26
John Brockington	2	13
Bob Klein	1	16
Lynn Boden	1	10
Sam Cunningham	1	4

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Jewerl Thomas	1	20
Vern Roberson	1	14

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ken Johnson	---	---	16	43	10	69
Stanley Morgan	26	19	---	---	15	60
Joe Fields	24	25	---	---	10	59
Peter Bernstein	29	21	---	---	7	57
Carlos Brown	31	26	---	---	---	57
Wade Griffin	31	26	---	---	---	57
John Hannah	31	25	---	---	---	56
Sam Hunt	---	---	15	39	1	55
R.J. Reese	---	---	16	39	---	55
Ken Garcia	20	14	---	---	20	54
Kyle Delaroche	27	25	---	---	---	52
Glenn Buchanan	---	---	13	37	1	51
Edddie Brown	---	---	14	31	5	50
Walt Farrell	---	---	16	33	1	50
Luke Szorcsik	---	---	13	35	1	49
Steve Luke	---	---	6	37	5	48
Sam Cunningham	22	21	---	---	4	47
Darryl Stingley	21	17	---	---	8	46
Sandy Durko	---	---	12	29	1	42
Jim Young	---	---	11	30	---	41
John Brockington	14	12	---	---	13	39
Jimmy Rogers	9	3	---	---	26	38
Dwayne O'Steen	---	---	4	23	10	37
Gary Campbell	---	---	14	18	4	36
Shane Nelson	---	---	11	15	8	34
Willie Harper	---	---	2	2	29	33
John Anderson	---	---	4	22	5	31
Rich Caster	9	5	---	---	16	30
Al Harris	---	---	7	23	---	30
Jim Haslett	---	---	3	22	5	30
Shafer Suggs	---	---	5	22	---	27
Steve Kenney	9	7	---	---	10	26
Loaird McCreary	13	9	---	---	2	24
Carlos Stevens	9	13	---	---	---	22
Lamont Marrow	11	10	---	---	---	21
Bob Klein	1	3	---	---	16	20
Mark Mitchell	---	---	3	12	5	20
Tony Galloway	0	4	---	---	11	15
Lindsey Mason	4	1	---	---	10	15
Lynn Boden	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jeff Lloyd	---	---	1	9	---	10
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tom De Paso	---	---	1	7	1	9
Garo Yepremian	0	0	---	---	6	6
Larry Lawrence	0	0	---	---	1	1
Joe Ferguson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Saul	17	47	---	---	7	71
Mike Moroski	17	48	---	---	---	65
Desmond Cribbs	15	45	---	---	---	60
Robert Jackson	15	43	---	---	---	58
Jeff Bleamer	13	41	---	---	3	57
Mike Thomas	12	39	---	---	4	55
Ron Brandon	---	---	29	21	2	52
Scott Studwell	---	---	26	24	2	52
Bill Acker	---	---	29	19	2	50
Butch Stark	5	29	---	---	15	49
Jon Keyworth	10	20	---	---	17	47
Randy McClanahan	---	---	23	22	2	47
David Gray	---	---	14	14	19	47
Jeris White	---	---	25	19	2	46
Ted Petersen	9	37	---	---	---	46
Billy Campfield	13	31	---	---	---	44
Wilbur Jackson	2	25	---	---	16	43
Charlie Phillips	---	---	20	21	---	41
Steve Rogers	15	23	---	---	---	38
Nelson Munsey	---	---	18	17	1	36
Terry Nelson	13	23	---	---	---	36
Tommie Burns	---	---	13	18	5	36
Perry Brooks	---	---	15	16	5	36
Vern Roberson	---	---	12	10	14	36
Mike Bell	---	---	16	11	9	36
Mike Stensrud	---	---	18	17	1	36
Bob Fisher	4	15	---	---	16	35
Orlando Whiteman	4	17	---	---	13	34
Mike St. Clair	---	---	19	11	3	33
Dick Leftridge	---	---	16	15	1	32
Dale Mitchell	---	---	5	2	24	31
Dave Lafary	8	12	---	---	10	30
Mike Calhoun	---	---	12	15	1	28
Wayne Wilson	3	10	---	---	11	24
Robert Braziel	---	---	16	6	1	23
Ron Essink	4	7	---	---	10	21
Jewerl Thomas	0	0	---	---	20	20
Isaac Curtis	4	8	---	---	7	19
Frank Manumaleuga	---	---	8	4	7	19
Melvin Jackson	2	5	---	---	10	17
Robin Cole	---	---	7	4	5	16
Randy Clark	2	3	---	---	10	15
Mike Michel	0	0	---	---	10	10
John Smith	0	0	---	---	1	1
Dan Pastorini	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dale Zorn	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	46	5.8
Middle	15	45	3.0
Right	8	57	7.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	42	8.4
Middle	10	65	6.5
Right	2	11	5.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Carlos Brown	25	13	5	1	1	1	6	0	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mike Moroski	47	29	4	2	1	7	5	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	3	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	90	6.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	42	10.5
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	57	11.4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	27	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	16	90	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	116	10.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Sam Cunningham	7	5	0	68	1	21
WR Lamont Marrow	5	3	1	77	3	10
WR Darryl Stingley	4	1	0	21	1	17
FB John Brockington	3	2	0	10	0	12
TE Loaird McCreary	2	1	0	5	0	9
WR Stanley Morgan	2	0	0	0	0	19
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	0	11	0	14
WR Carlos Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	13

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Butch Stark	9	4	0	26	1	29
WR Billy Campfield	9	7	0	61	0	31
RB Wilbur Jackson	7	3	1	13	0	25
WR Mike Thomas	7	4	0	54	2	39
RB Steve Rogers	4	3	0	16	0	23
TE Terry Nelson	3	2	0	9	0	23
WR Orlando Whiteman	3	2	0	38	1	17
FB Jon Keyworth	2	2	0	5	0	20
FB Wayne Wilson	2	1	0	0	0	10
TE Bob Fisher	1	1	0	11	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sam Cunningham	5	32	6.40	3.79
Jimmy Rogers	2	2	1.00	8.50

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Carlos Brown	1	0	0	0.00	7.68

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Lamont Marrow	1	0	0	0.00	15.40

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Sam Cunningham	2	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Carlos Brown	11	4	3

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mike Moroski	15	12	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lamont Marrow	3	2	2
FB John Brockington	2	2	1
RB Sam Cunningham	2	0	0
WR Darryl Stingley	2	0	0
WR Carlos Stevens	1	0	0
WR Stanley Morgan	1	0	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Butch Stark	5	4	1
WR Billy Campfield	4	4	2
WR Orlando Whiteman	3	2	1
RB Wilbur Jackson	2	1	0
FB Wayne Wilson	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 52,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,500 (21,400)
End Zone 12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	52,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,500 (21,400)
End Zone	12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,100 (3,300)