Sunday October 3, 1971
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NFL game summary for 10/03/1971:



The Oilers and Saints exchanged last-minute FGs for a tie after the Oilers had overcome a deficit in the last four minutes with a 70-yard TD pass from Charley Johnson to Charley Joiner. Mark Moseley kicked the 44-yarder which sent Houston ahead with 59 seconds remaining. Charlie Durkee, a former Houston kicker, tied it with 37-yarder in the last nine seconds.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE106.0  (16)163.5  (16)269.5  (17)3
DEFENSE156.0  (19)134.5  (6)290.5  (14)3
OFFENSE30.5  (26)190.0  (9)220.5  (25)9
DEFENSE93.5  (9)238.0  (23)331.5  (20)4

Line: Oilers by 10

Team1234F
New Orleans Saints (1-1-1)700613
Houston Oilers (0-2-1)3001013

( 7- 0) NO Danny Abramowicz 63 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) ( 7- 3) HOU Mark Moseley 22 yard field goal (10- 3) NO Charlie Durkee 14 yard field goal (10-10) HOU Charlie Joiner 70 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Mark Moseley kick) (10-13) HOU Mark Moseley 44 yard field goal (13-13) NO Charlie Durkee 37 yard field goal
                     NO              HOU
First Downs:         16              13
Rushes-yards:        36-184          26-107
Yards/rush:          5.1             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-20-112-2      9-25-167-3
Sacked-yards:        5-33            1-11
Net pass yards:      79              156
Net yards/pass:      3.2             6.0
Total net yards:     263             263
Total plays:         61 (59% run)    52 (50% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             0-0
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     5-70            4-35

Attendance: 47,966

Passing:
NO: Archie Manning, 8 of 20 for 112 yards and 1 TD (2 int) HOU: Lynn Dickey, 6 of 20 for 82 yards (3 int); Charley Johnson, 3 of 5 for 85 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
NO: James Ford, 16 for 62 yards; Tony Baker, 10 for 76 yards; Archie Manning, 4 for 17 yards; Virgil Robinson, 3 for 12 yards; Al Dodd, 1 for 7 yards; Hoyle Granger, 1 for 7 yards; Jim Strong, 1 for 3 yards HOU: Woody Campbell, 18 for 51 yards; Joe Dawkins, 7 for 52 yards; Lynn Dickey, 1 for 4 yards
Receiving:
NO: Danny Abramowicz, 3 for 89 yards and 1 TD; James Ford, 2 for 13 yards; Tony Baker, 2 for -5 yards; Al Dodd, 1 for 15 yards HOU: Willie Frazier, 2 for 46 yards; Joe Dawkins, 2 for 16 yards; Charlie Joiner, 1 for 70 yards and 1 TD; Jim Beirne, 1 for 14 yards; Alvin Reed, 1 for 9 yards; Woody Campbell, 1 for 6 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
NO: Virgil Robinson, 2 for 57 yards; Al Dodd, 2 for 47 yards HOU: Linzy Cole, 2 for 36 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for 25 yards; Floyd Rice, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
NO: Al Dodd, 5 for 28 yards HOU: Ken Houston, 2 for 8 yards
Interceptions:
NO: Jim Flanigan, 1 for 10 yards; Delles Howell, 1 for 2 yards; Doug Wyatt, 1 for 0 yards HOU: John Charles, 1 for 4 yards; Zeke Moore, 1 for 3 yards
Punting:
NO: Julian Fagan, 8 for 363 yards HOU: Dan Pastorini, 6 for 264 yards
Field Goals:
NO: Charlie Durkee, 2/2 HOU: Mark Moseley, 2/3


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