Conference Semifinals, 1990

played in Houston, TX

56 degrees, rain, 3 mph wind

Birmingham Texans	14	6	7	6	-	33
Houston Titans	0	0	3	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:02 BIR - Mark Clayton 16 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr extra point)
1Q: 01:07 BIR - Bo Jackson 1 run (Matt Bahr extra point)
2Q: 06:04 BIR - Matt Bahr 36 field goal
2Q: 00:23 BIR - Matt Bahr 35 field goal
3Q: 07:24 HOU - Norm Johnson 32 field goal
3Q: 07:17 BIR - Paul Palmer 92 kickoff return (Matt Bahr extra point)
4Q: 08:30 BIR - Matt Bahr 31 field goal
4Q: 03:07 BIR - Matt Bahr 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:02 BIR - Mark Clayton 16 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr extra point)
1Q: 01:07 BIR - Bo Jackson 1 run (Matt Bahr extra point)
2Q: 06:04 BIR - Matt Bahr 36 field goal
2Q: 00:23 BIR - Matt Bahr 35 field goal
3Q: 07:24 HOU - Norm Johnson 32 field goal
3Q: 07:17 BIR - Paul Palmer 92 kickoff return (Matt Bahr extra point)
4Q: 08:30 BIR - Matt Bahr 31 field goal
4Q: 03:07 BIR - Matt Bahr 28 field goal

Team Statistics BIR HOU
Record 11-6-1 10-7
First Downs 19 15
- by Rushing 4 3
- by Passing 13 10
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 355 287
- Offensive Plays 65 60
- Yards per Play 5.46 4.78
Net Rushing Yards 72 47
- Rushing Attempts 29 19
- Yards per Rush 2.48 2.47
Net Passing Yards 283 240
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 20 - 0 37 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 289 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 4/23
- Yards per Pass Play 7.86 5.85
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 10.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/35 10/90
Punt Returns/Yards 5/44 2/14
Kick Returns/Yards 2/113 5/113
Interception Ret./Yards 2/18 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/4 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 25
Time of Possession 30:26 29:34

Team Statistics	BIR	HOU
Record	11-6-1	10-7
First Downs	19	15
- by Rushing	4	3
- by Passing	13	10
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	355	287
- Offensive Plays	65	60
- Yards per Play	5.46	4.78
Net Rushing Yards	72	47
- Rushing Attempts	29	19
- Yards per Rush	2.48	2.47
Net Passing Yards	283	240
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 20 - 0	37 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	289	263
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	4/23
- Yards per Pass Play	7.86	5.85
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	10.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/35	10/90
Punt Returns/Yards	5/44	2/14
Kick Returns/Yards	2/113	5/113
Interception Ret./Yards	2/18	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/4	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 25
Time of Possession	30:26	29:34

Drive Charts

Birmingham Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:13	1:25	OWN 7	3	9	Punt
1	8:29	1:33	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
1	5:28	4:29	OWN 46	9	54	Touchdown
2	13:11	0:58	OWN 22	3	-3	Punt
2	9:44	3:45	OWN 35	9	46	Field Goal
2	3:33	0:28	OWN 38	3	0	Punt
2	2:05	1:49	OWN 29	6	53	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:26	OWN 27	7	38	Punt
3	2:27	1:23	OWN 7	3	0	Punt
3	1:04	0:55	OPP 45	3	1	Punt
4	12:06	3:42	OWN 32	9	54	Field Goal
4	7:05	4:04	OPP 30	5	19	Field Goal
4	1:06	1:06	OWN 15	4	14	Game

Houston Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:47	OWN 20	5	34	Punt
1	10:48	2:19	OWN 48	5	10	Punt
1	6:56	1:28	OWN 29	3	-13	Punt
1	0:59	2:48	OWN 20	5	24	Punt
2	12:13	2:29	OWN 24	5	17	Punt
2	5:59	2:26	OWN 28	5	11	Punt
2	3:05	1:00	OWN 30	4	46	Interception
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	11:34	4:17	OWN 20	8	65	Field Goal
3	7:03	4:36	OWN 29	7	25	Punt
3	0:09	3:03	OWN 1	6	25	Punt
4	8:24	1:19	OWN 25	3	3	Interception
4	3:01	1:55	OWN 34	3	7	Punt

Game MVP: Bernie Kosar, Birmingham Texans

Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bo Jackson	28	73	2.61	11	1	1
Bernie Kosar	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Herschel Walker	14	21	1.50	15	1
Bartholomew Simpson	4	28	7.00	11	1
Neil Lomax	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernie Kosar	35	20	289	1/6	1	37	0	93.6

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Lomax	37	21	263	4/23	0	42	2	56.5

Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cris Carter	9	13	172	19.11	89	37	0
RB Bo Jackson	4	9	42	10.50	17	12	0
WR Tim Brown	3	4	41	13.67	9	27	0
WR Phil Epps	2	2	12	6.00	0	6	0
WR Mark Clayton	1	3	16	16.00	0	16	1
TE Len Bias	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Greg Baty	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Henry Ellard	7	11	106	15.14	26	42
WR Haywood Jeffires	6	9	95	15.83	34	29
WR Jamie Holland	4	6	30	7.50	4	12
WR Louis Lipps	2	4	9	4.50	0	6
TE Keith McKeller	1	1	8	8.00	0	8
C Greg Werner	1	1	15	15.00	0	15
TE KD Dunn	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
RB Herschel Walker	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Everson Walls	1	5	5.00	0
CB Brian Davis	1	13	13.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Birmingham	Fumb	Recov	Force
Phil Epps	1	0	0
Charles Alexander	0	1	0
Skip McClendon	0	1	0
Paul Palmer	0	0	1
Le Roy Butler	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bartholomew Simpson	2	0	0
Frank Bruno	0	1	0
Lee Rouson	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Feagles	6	250	41.7	36.0	51	1

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Hansen	9	369	41.0	33.9	51	4

Kicking Statistics

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Bahr	4/4	0/0	0/0	36	3/3

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Norm Johnson	1/1	0/0	0/0	32	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil Epps	5	44	8.8	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bartholomew Simpson	2	14	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Paul Palmer	2	113	56.5	1

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bartholomew Simpson	3	66	22.0	0
Louis Lipps	2	47	23.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kenny Easley	7	2	0.0	16	40
OLB Jack Del Rio	4	0	2.0	16	33
ILB E.J. Junior	4	2	0.0	19	35
OLB Templeton Peck	4	1	0.0	13	29
DT Rush Brown	3	0	1.0	12	19
DT Gerald Williams	3	1	0.0	7	22
CB Brian Davis	3	1	0.0	15	38
CB Donnell Woolford	3	0	0.0	12	27
S Le Roy Butler	3	0	0.0	13	26
DE Skip McClendon	2	2	1.0	14	26
CB Everson Walls	2	2	0.0	13	29
S Bennie Thompson	2	2	0.0	10	16
CB J.C. Pearson	1	0	0.0	15	20
CB Martin Mayhew	1	0	0.0	3	9
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	1	0	0.0	1	9
DE Larry Roberts	0	1	0.0	4	10
CB Mitchell Price	0	1	0.0	1	0

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Lloyd Burrus	6	4	0.0	25	30
ILB Pepper Johnson	6	2	0.0	23	30
S David Greenwood	5	0	0.0	26	31
CB Mike Richardson	4	1	0.0	27	33
OLB Simon Fletcher	3	2	1.0	23	31
OLB Ed Reynolds	3	1	0.0	18	23
DE Dexter Manley	3	0	0.0	18	21
DE Martin Harrison	3	0	0.0	19	23
S Martin Bayless	2	2	0.0	6	15
CB Tim McKyer	2	1	0.0	11	27
CB James Hasty	2	1	0.0	24	22
S Mark Carrier	2	1	0.0	6	17
ILB Brian Ingram	2	0	0.0	5	5
DT Phil Wyrick	2	0	0.0	14	22
ILB Riki Ellison	1	1	0.0	18	12
WR Henry Ellard	1	0	---	---	---
DE Jim Jeffcoat	1	0	0.0	17	23
TE KD Dunn	1	0	---	---	---
DT Frank Bruno	0	1	0.0	15	14
DE David Bailey	0	1	0.0	4	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Birmingham	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Jack Del Rio	2.0	3	0	33
DT Rush Brown	1.0	0	0	19
DE Skip McClendon	1.0	0	0	26
DE Greg Brown	0.0	1	1	14
DE Warren Powers	0.0	1	0	32
OLB Templeton Peck	0.0	0	1	29

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Simon Fletcher	1.0	0	0	31
DT Frank Bruno	0.0	1	0	14
DE Dexter Manley	0.0	0	1	21
ILB Brian Ingram	0.0	0	1	5

Pass Defense Statistics

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Kenny Easley	5	2	0	40
OLB Templeton Peck	4	0	0	29
ILB E.J. Junior	3	1	0	35
S Bennie Thompson	2	1	0	16
CB Donnell Woolford	2	0	0	27
CB Everson Walls	1	0	1	29
CB Brian Davis	1	0	1	38
OLB Jack Del Rio	1	0	0	33
CB Martin Mayhew	1	0	0	9
S Le Roy Butler	1	0	0	26
DT Rush Brown	0	1	0	19

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Mike Richardson	4	1	33
ILB Pepper Johnson	3	1	30
S David Greenwood	3	0	31
S Mark Carrier	2	0	17
CB Tim McKyer	1	3	27
CB James Hasty	1	2	22
OLB Ed Reynolds	1	1	23
S Lloyd Burrus	1	0	30
DE Dexter Manley	1	0	21
ILB Brian Ingram	1	0	5
S Martin Bayless	1	0	15
DT Phil Wyrick	1	0	22
ILB Riki Ellison	0	1	12

Blocking Statistics

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jim Sweeney	3	9	27	0	36
Todd Peat	2	3	25	0	31
Vlade Divac	1	4	24	1	31
Jim Dombrowski	1	4	27	0	30
Charles Alexander	1	1	15	0	10
Tom Crockett	0	4	25	0	32
Karl Nelson	0	2	11	0	13
Brian Johnston	0	1	6	0	7

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dennis McKnight	2	6	14	2	36
Jeff Davidson	1	2	15	2	24
John Alt	1	1	10	0	33
Rob Taylor	0	6	15	0	30
Jeff Bostic	0	2	14	0	34
Keith McKeller	0	1	8	0	23

Special Teams Tackles

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
Le Roy Butler	2	20
Kenny Easley	2	15
Greg Baty	2	10
Paul Palmer	1	28

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Jamie Holland	2	18
Lee Rouson	1	26
Bartholomew Simpson	1	22
Haywood Jeffires	1	16
Dan Remsberg	1	10
Jessie Clark	1	9

Participation

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jim Sweeney	27	36	---	---	10	73
Kenny Easley	---	---	16	40	15	71
E.J. Junior	---	---	19	35	11	65
Bernie Kosar	29	36	---	---	---	65
Bo Jackson	29	36	---	---	---	65
Todd Peat	25	31	---	---	9	65
Brian Davis	---	---	15	38	11	64
Cris Carter	28	35	---	---	---	63
Le Roy Butler	---	---	13	26	20	59
Jim Dombrowski	27	30	---	---	1	58
Tom Crockett	25	32	---	---	---	57
Vlade Divac	24	31	---	---	---	55
Tim Brown	25	28	---	---	---	53
Warren Powers	---	---	11	32	10	53
Jack Del Rio	---	---	16	33	1	50
J.C. Pearson	---	---	15	20	10	45
Templeton Peck	---	---	13	29	3	45
Skip McClendon	---	---	14	26	5	45
Everson Walls	---	---	13	29	1	43
Phil Epps	8	17	---	---	18	43
Charles Alexander	15	10	---	---	17	42
Donnell Woolford	---	---	12	27	2	41
Paul Palmer	5	7	---	---	28	40
Bennie Thompson	---	---	10	16	10	36
Mark Clayton	8	18	---	---	9	35
Len Bias	21	13	---	---	1	35
Karl Nelson	11	13	---	---	10	34
Rush Brown	---	---	12	19	2	33
Gerald Williams	---	---	7	22	---	29
Bruce Scholtz	---	---	2	6	20	28
Greg Brown	---	---	9	14	4	27
Greg Baty	5	12	---	---	10	27
Brian Johnston	6	7	---	---	10	23
Dick Simpson	1	1	---	---	20	22
Kenny Tippins	---	---	3	11	6	20
Daryl Turner	0	3	---	---	14	17
Larry Roberts	---	---	4	10	---	14
Ken Norton Jr.	---	---	1	9	3	13
Matt Bahr	0	0	---	---	12	12
Martin Mayhew	---	---	3	9	---	12
Jeff Feagles	0	0	---	---	10	10
Carlton Haselrig	0	0	---	---	10	10
Spencer Tillman	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mitchell Price	---	---	1	0	---	1
Pete Mitchell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt LoVetere	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mike Richardson	---	---	27	33	5	65
Lloyd Burrus	---	---	25	30	5	60
Neil Lomax	19	41	---	---	---	60
David Greenwood	---	---	26	31	3	60
Pepper Johnson	---	---	23	30	6	59
Simon Fletcher	---	---	23	31	4	58
George Lilja	13	33	---	---	10	56
Louis Lipps	17	29	---	---	8	54
Martin Harrison	---	---	19	23	11	53
Jeff Bostic	14	34	---	---	3	51
Dennis McKnight	14	36	---	---	---	50
James Hasty	---	---	24	22	4	50
Haywood Jeffires	11	22	---	---	16	49
Jeff Davidson	15	24	---	---	10	49
Henry Ellard	16	31	---	---	---	47
Herschel Walker	15	31	---	---	---	46
Tim McKyer	---	---	11	27	8	46
Rob Taylor	15	30	---	---	---	45
Jamie Holland	8	19	---	---	18	45
Jim Jeffcoat	---	---	17	23	4	44
Dexter Manley	---	---	18	21	4	43
Ed Reynolds	---	---	18	23	2	43
John Alt	10	33	---	---	---	43
Keith McKeller	8	23	---	---	9	40
KD Dunn	5	14	---	---	20	39
Phil Wyrick	---	---	14	22	2	38
Riki Ellison	---	---	18	12	6	36
Bartholomew Simpson	4	10	---	---	22	36
Martin Bayless	---	---	6	15	13	34
Mark Carrier	---	---	6	17	11	34
Frank Bruno	---	---	15	14	4	33
Jessie Clark	5	17	---	---	9	31
Lee Rouson	1	3	---	---	26	30
Greg Werner	5	6	---	---	19	30
Dan Remsberg	9	7	---	---	10	26
Chris Singleton	---	---	8	4	12	24
Chad Lane	5	8	---	---	10	23
Rich Dixon	---	---	7	6	9	22
Brian Ingram	---	---	5	5	10	20
Brian Hansen	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jamie Kimmel	---	---	5	2	3	10
David Bailey	---	---	4	5	---	9
Norm Johnson	0	0	---	---	3	3
D.J. Johnson	---	---	0	0	1	1
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	25	3.1
Middle	16	48	3.0
Right	4	0	0.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	37	4.6
Middle	4	11	2.8
Right	6	1	0.2
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernie Kosar	35	20	5	2	1	9	2	0	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Lomax	37	21	4	2	2	5	5	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	19	6.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	12	151	6.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	58	14.5
Long (19+ Yds)	6	3	61	10.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	11	107	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	8	105	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	51	17.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cris Carter	13	9	0	172	4	35
RB Bo Jackson	9	4	1	42	0	36
WR Tim Brown	4	3	0	41	1	28
WR Mark Clayton	3	1	0	16	0	18
WR Phil Epps	2	2	0	12	0	17
TE Greg Baty	2	0	0	0	0	12
TE Len Bias	2	1	0	6	0	13

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Henry Ellard	11	7	0	106	2	31
WR Haywood Jeffires	9	6	1	95	2	22
WR Jamie Holland	6	4	0	30	0	19
WR Louis Lipps	4	2	0	9	0	29
RB Herschel Walker	3	0	0	0	0	31
TE KD Dunn	2	0	1	0	0	14
TE Keith McKeller	1	1	0	8	0	23
C Greg Werner	1	1	0	15	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bo Jackson	5	10	2.00	2.61

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernie Kosar	4	2	21	5.25	8.26

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Neil Lomax	2	0	0	0.00	7.11

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mark Clayton	2	1	16	8.00	5.33
RB Bo Jackson	1	0	0	0.00	4.67
WR Tim Brown	1	1	5	5.00	10.25

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Herschel Walker	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Jamie Holland	1	0	0	0.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Jackson	4	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Bartholomew Simpson	3	1
Herschel Walker	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernie Kosar	8	3	2

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Lomax	8	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cris Carter	3	2	2
WR Mark Clayton	2	0	0
RB Bo Jackson	2	0	0
WR Tim Brown	1	1	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Henry Ellard	2	1	0
WR Haywood Jeffires	2	1	1
TE KD Dunn	1	0	0
RB Herschel Walker	1	0	0
WR Jamie Holland	1	1	0
C Greg Werner	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,500 (21,400)
End Zone 14,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 700 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,500 (21,400)
End Zone	14,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	700 (3,300)