Week 7, 1987

played in Birmingham, AL

55 degrees, rain, 14 mph wind

Houston Titans	0	13	3	3	-	19
Birmingham Texans	3	0	3	3	-	9

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:15 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 21 field goal
2Q: 08:04 HOU - Norm Johnson 38 field goal
2Q: 03:41 HOU - KD Dunn 2 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
2Q: 00:12 HOU - Norm Johnson 45 field goal
3Q: 08:49 HOU - Norm Johnson 26 field goal
3Q: 03:28 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 18 field goal
4Q: 13:40 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 33 field goal
4Q: 09:51 HOU - Norm Johnson 18 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:15 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 21 field goal
2Q: 08:04 HOU - Norm Johnson 38 field goal
2Q: 03:41 HOU - KD Dunn 2 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
2Q: 00:12 HOU - Norm Johnson 45 field goal
3Q: 08:49 HOU - Norm Johnson 26 field goal
3Q: 03:28 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 18 field goal
4Q: 13:40 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 33 field goal
4Q: 09:51 HOU - Norm Johnson 18 field goal

Team Statistics HOU BIR
Record 3-3 0-6
First Downs 21 13
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 10 7
- by Penalty 5 1
Total Net Yards 325 259
- Offensive Plays 61 63
- Yards per Play 5.33 4.11
Net Rushing Yards 138 77
- Rushing Attempts 33 34
- Yards per Rush 4.18 2.26
Net Passing Yards 187 182
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 14 - 1 26 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 193 201
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 6.68 6.28
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.8 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/62 6/68
Punt Returns/Yards 2/18 2/18
Kick Returns/Yards 1/15 3/77
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 0/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time of Possession 30:21 29:39

Team Statistics	HOU	BIR
Record	3-3	0-6
First Downs	21	13
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	10	7
- by Penalty	5	1
Total Net Yards	325	259
- Offensive Plays	61	63
- Yards per Play	5.33	4.11
Net Rushing Yards	138	77
- Rushing Attempts	33	34
- Yards per Rush	4.18	2.26
Net Passing Yards	187	182
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 14 - 1	26 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	193	201
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	6.68	6.28
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.8	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/62	6/68
Punt Returns/Yards	2/18	2/18
Kick Returns/Yards	1/15	3/77
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	0/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 30
Time of Possession	30:21	29:39

Drive Charts

Houston Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:38	OWN 26	7	68	Interception
1	8:52	1:05	OWN 21	3	4	Punt
1	4:08	2:01	OWN 10	3	6	Punt
1	0:27	3:19	OWN 11	7	37	Punt
2	11:06	3:09	50	8	29	Field Goal
2	6:24	2:51	OWN 32	8	68	Touchdown
2	1:51	1:44	OWN 32	6	40	Field Goal
3	11:49	3:08	OPP 24	4	15	Field Goal
3	3:21	1:23	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	13:33	3:48	OWN 20	9	79	Field Goal
4	4:27	1:53	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
4	1:04	1:04	OWN 2	3	1	Game

Birmingham Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:22	1:30	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
1	7:47	3:39	OWN 45	7	51	Field Goal
1	2:07	1:40	OWN 43	3	4	Punt
2	12:08	1:02	OWN 16	3	2	Punt
2	7:57	1:33	OWN 29	3	7	Punt
2	3:33	1:42	OWN 29	3	-7	Punt
2	0:07	0:07	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:11	OWN 20	6	4	Fumble
3	8:41	5:20	OWN 48	11	51	Field Goal
3	1:58	3:25	OWN 33	9	51	Field Goal
4	9:45	5:18	OWN 20	8	35	Punt
4	2:34	1:30	OWN 37	8	61	Downs

Game MVP: Herschel Walker, Houston Titans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Herschel Walker	27	118	4.37	24	5
Marc Logan	4	22	5.50	13	1
Neil Lomax	2	-2	-1.00	-1	0

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Bo Jackson	29	66	2.28	13	1
Paul Palmer	4	13	3.25	6	0
Bernie Kosar	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Lomax	27	14	193	1/6	1	38	1	72.0

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernie Kosar	26	14	201	3/19	0	35	0	79.2

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Haywood Jeffires	4	4	42	10.50	17	20	0
TE Pat Beach	2	5	30	15.00	5	16	0
WR Henry Ellard	2	6	20	10.00	0	10	0
WR Louis Lipps	2	3	28	14.00	11	16	0
TE KD Dunn	2	3	13	6.50	0	11	1
WR Brian Brennan	1	2	38	38.00	30	38	0
RB Herschel Walker	1	3	22	22.00	12	22	0
RB Marc Logan	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Bo Jackson	3	5	11	3.67	0	7
WR Rickey Young	2	3	33	16.50	10	28
WR Gerald Carter	2	4	26	13.00	7	20
WR Doug Donley	2	4	66	33.00	45	35
TE Len Bias	2	2	38	19.00	12	20
WR Cris Carter	2	5	27	13.50	3	21
TE Tom Mullady	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Tim Wilson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
C Harper LeBel	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Tim Gordon	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Recov	Force
Simon Fletcher	1	0
Jim Jeffcoat	0	1
Darryl Sims	0	1

Birmingham	Fumb	Recov
Bernie Kosar	1	0
Bo Jackson	1	0
Cris Carter	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Hansen	5	214	42.8	39.2	48	1

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jim Arnold	6	265	44.2	37.8	57	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Norm Johnson	4/4	1/1	0/0	45	1/1

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ali Haji-Sheikh	3/3	0/0	0/0	33	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Friede	2	18	9.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rick Upchurch	2	18	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gregg Garrity	1	15	15.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rick Upchurch	3	77	25.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Martin Bayless	10	3	0.0	23	24
S Lloyd Burrus	7	4	0.0	28	23
OLB Simon Fletcher	5	3	0.0	30	26
ILB Riki Ellison	5	1	0.0	16	14
DE Jim Jeffcoat	4	0	0.5	27	20
DE Dexter Manley	3	3	1.0	24	24
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	3	0	0.0	9	7
DE Darryl Sims	2	2	1.0	17	15
DT Bill Acker	2	2	0.0	25	17
CB Mike Richardson	2	2	0.0	28	20
CB Mickey Sutton	2	1	0.0	21	19
CB Donnie Elder	1	1	0.0	9	11
ILB Pepper Johnson	1	1	0.0	21	14
QB Neil Lomax	1	0	---	---	---
S Kirk Springs	1	0	0.0	4	2
S David Greenwood	1	0	0.0	32	24
DT Mike Golic	0	2	0.5	9	15
ILB Randy McClanahan	0	2	0.0	13	17
OLB Scott Studwell	0	1	0.0	8	1

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jack Del Rio	8	0	0.0	30	25
S Todd Bell	7	2	0.0	26	21
ILB Otis Wilson	6	2	0.0	24	19
ILB Dan Bunz	5	0	0.0	25	23
CB Tom Morris	5	0	0.0	27	23
CB J.C. Pearson	4	0	0.0	28	23
DT Gerald Williams	3	1	0.5	18	16
DE Fletcher Jenkins	2	2	0.0	22	14
DE John Goodman	2	0	0.0	15	12
CB Dennis Thurman	1	1	0.0	12	13
S Mike Burns	1	0	0.0	8	7
DE Larry Roberts	1	0	0.0	16	19
DE Skip McClendon	0	2	0.5	21	22
S Tim Gordon	0	2	0.0	5	12
CB Brian Davis	0	1	0.0	21	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Dexter Manley	1.0	3	1	24
DE Darryl Sims	1.0	0	0	15
DE Jim Jeffcoat	0.5	0	1	20
DT Mike Golic	0.5	0	0	15
OLB Simon Fletcher	0.0	1	2	26
DT Bill Acker	0.0	1	0	17

Birmingham	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Gerald Williams	0.5	0	1	0	16
DE Skip McClendon	0.5	0	1	0	22
ILB Dan Bunz	0.0	2	0	0	23
DE Fletcher Jenkins	0.0	1	2	0	14
ILB Mike Hunt	0.0	0	1	0	10
DE Larry Roberts	0.0	0	0	1	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Martin Bayless	3	1	24
OLB Simon Fletcher	3	0	26
S Lloyd Burrus	2	0	23
CB Mike Richardson	2	0	20
CB Donnie Elder	2	0	11
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	1	0	7
CB Mickey Sutton	1	0	19
ILB Randy McClanahan	0	1	17
S David Greenwood	0	1	24
ILB Pepper Johnson	0	1	14

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Otis Wilson	3	1	0	19
CB Tom Morris	3	0	0	23
CB J.C. Pearson	3	0	0	23
S Todd Bell	2	1	0	21
ILB Dan Bunz	1	0	0	23
CB Dennis Thurman	1	0	0	13
OLB Jack Del Rio	1	0	0	25
S Mike Burns	0	1	0	7
S Tim Gordon	0	0	1	12

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeff Bostic	2	7	29	0	22
John Alt	2	7	29	0	22
Dennis McKnight	2	6	28	0	27
Ralph Williams	1	8	15	0	9
George Lilja	0	1	23	0	21
Pat Beach	0	1	21	0	19
Ken Kaplan	0	1	5	0	9
Dave Studdard	0	0	26	1	22

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Steve Wilson	3	5	30	0	25
Jim Dombrowski	2	11	29	1	26
Doug Dumler	2	6	27	1	29
Paul Oswald	1	8	32	1	22
Todd Peat	1	2	29	0	23
Tom Mullady	1	1	13	0	1

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Kirk Springs	2	11
Marc Logan	1	24
KD Dunn	1	18
Jeff Bostic	1	9

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
Tom Mullady	1	19
Brian Davis	1	13
Bo Jackson	1	7

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Neil Lomax	33	28	---	---	---	61
Jeff Bostic	29	22	---	---	9	60
Simon Fletcher	---	---	30	26	3	59
David Greenwood	---	---	32	24	2	58
Dave Studdard	26	22	---	---	9	57
Mike Richardson	---	---	28	20	9	57
Lloyd Burrus	---	---	28	23	4	55
Dennis McKnight	28	27	---	---	---	55
Henry Ellard	30	22	---	---	---	52
John Alt	29	22	---	---	---	51
Tory Nixon	---	---	25	22	4	51
Dexter Manley	---	---	24	24	2	50
Herschel Walker	28	20	---	---	1	49
Mickey Sutton	---	---	21	19	9	49
Randy McClanahan	---	---	13	17	18	48
George Lilja	23	21	---	---	4	48
Jim Jeffcoat	---	---	27	20	1	48
Martin Bayless	---	---	23	24	1	48
Bill Acker	---	---	25	17	2	44
Jewerl Thomas	14	11	---	---	19	44
Pat Beach	21	19	---	---	4	44
KD Dunn	14	10	---	---	18	42
Brian Brennan	17	14	---	---	10	41
Darryl Sims	---	---	17	15	9	41
Pepper Johnson	---	---	21	14	5	40
Marc Logan	5	8	---	---	24	37
Riki Ellison	---	---	16	14	4	34
Haywood Jeffires	14	14	---	---	4	32
Ralph Williams	15	9	---	---	6	30
Louis Lipps	16	13	---	---	---	29
Donnie Elder	---	---	9	11	9	29
Frank Manumaleuga	---	---	9	7	12	28
Rob Taylor	10	8	---	---	9	27
Mike Golic	---	---	9	15	2	26
Bobby Kemp	---	---	5	3	14	22
Ken Kaplan	5	9	---	---	8	22
Mike Friede	0	0	---	---	19	19
Kirk Springs	---	---	4	2	11	17
Scott Studwell	---	---	8	1	7	16
Ken Lacy	5	8	---	---	3	16
Gregg Garrity	1	1	---	---	11	13
Norm Johnson	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brian Hansen	0	0	---	---	9	9
Joel Williams	---	---	0	1	3	4
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Dumler	27	29	---	---	9	65
Bernie Kosar	34	29	---	---	---	63
Bo Jackson	30	23	---	---	7	60
Jack Del Rio	---	---	30	25	4	59
Paul Oswald	32	22	---	---	3	57
Jim Dombrowski	29	26	---	---	1	56
Steve Wilson	30	25	---	---	---	55
J.C. Pearson	---	---	28	23	4	55
Tom Morris	---	---	27	23	2	52
Todd Peat	29	23	---	---	---	52
Dan Bunz	---	---	25	23	2	50
Otis Wilson	---	---	24	19	7	50
Cris Carter	26	24	---	---	---	50
Brian Davis	---	---	21	15	13	49
Skip McClendon	---	---	21	22	6	49
Todd Bell	---	---	26	21	1	48
Darryl Holmes	---	---	28	17	3	48
Fletcher Jenkins	---	---	22	14	9	45
Len Bias	19	21	---	---	5	45
Tim Wilson	17	15	---	---	10	42
Dennis Thurman	---	---	12	13	17	42
Harper LeBel	18	8	---	---	14	40
Gerald Carter	13	15	---	---	11	39
Rickey Young	13	14	---	---	10	37
Larry Roberts	---	---	16	19	2	37
Gerald Williams	---	---	18	16	3	37
Linden King	---	---	5	7	22	34
Tom Mullady	13	1	---	---	19	33
John Gesek	13	10	---	---	9	32
Paul Palmer	4	5	---	---	23	32
John Goodman	---	---	15	12	4	31
Doug Donley	14	17	---	---	---	31
Mike Burns	---	---	8	7	13	28
Mike Hunt	---	---	10	10	4	24
Rick Upchurch	3	2	---	---	18	23
Steve Haworth	---	---	8	3	11	22
Jeff Sevy	9	10	---	---	---	19
Kevin Murphy	---	---	7	6	6	19
Tim Gordon	---	---	5	12	2	19
Eric Moran	1	0	---	---	9	10
Jim Arnold	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dennis Fisher	0	0	---	---	9	9
Pat Ogrin	---	---	7	1	---	8
Ali Haji-Sheikh	0	0	---	---	7	7
Glenn Carano	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	37	4.6
Middle	6	35	5.8
Right	17	68	4.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	38	4.2
Middle	17	27	1.6
Right	7	14	2.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Lomax	27	14	3	0	1	3	5	1	1

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernie Kosar	26	14	6	2	1	4	5	4	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	9	130	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	63	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	8	76	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	4	86	17.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	39	6.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Henry Ellard	6	2	0	20	0	22
TE Pat Beach	5	2	0	30	0	19
WR Haywood Jeffires	4	4	0	42	1	14
WR Louis Lipps	3	2	0	28	0	13
TE KD Dunn	3	2	0	13	0	10
RB Herschel Walker	3	1	0	22	1	20
WR Brian Brennan	2	1	0	38	1	14
RB Marc Logan	1	0	1	0	0	8

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Bo Jackson	5	3	0	11	0	23
WR Cris Carter	5	2	0	27	1	24
WR Gerald Carter	4	2	0	26	1	15
WR Doug Donley	4	2	0	66	2	17
WR Rickey Young	3	2	0	33	1	14
TE Len Bias	2	2	0	38	1	21
FB Tim Wilson	1	0	1	0	0	15
TE Tom Mullady	1	1	0	0	0	1
C Harper LeBel	1	0	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Herschel Walker	3	7	2.33	4.37
Marc Logan	1	4	4.00	5.50

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bo Jackson	7	21	3.00	2.28

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Neil Lomax	7	5	33	4.71	7.15

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernie Kosar	8	3	6	0.75	7.73

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE KD Dunn	2	2	13	6.50	4.33
WR Haywood Jeffires	2	2	10	5.00	10.50
TE Pat Beach	1	0	0	0.00	6.00
WR Henry Ellard	1	1	10	10.00	3.33
RB Herschel Walker	1	0	0	0.00	7.33

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Bo Jackson	3	1	1	0.33	2.20
WR Rickey Young	2	1	5	2.50	11.00
FB Tim Wilson	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
TE Tom Mullady	1	1	0	0.00	0.00
WR Cris Carter	1	0	0	0.00	5.40

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Herschel Walker	7	1
Neil Lomax	1	0

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Jackson	2	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Lomax	4	2	1

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernie Kosar	10	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Haywood Jeffires	2	2	1
TE KD Dunn	1	0	0
RB Herschel Walker	1	0	0

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Bo Jackson	2	1	0
TE Len Bias	2	2	2
WR Cris Carter	2	1	0
WR Rickey Young	1	0	0
FB Tim Wilson	1	0	0
WR Gerald Carter	1	0	0
WR Doug Donley	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 41,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,600 (21,400)
End Zone 9,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	41,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,600 (21,400)
End Zone	9,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,300)