Sunday October 28, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/28/1973:



Dick Butkus scored the first touchdown of his nine-year NFL career by recovering Dan Pastorini's fumble in the end zone. Butkus also intercepted a pass to start the Bears on the way to their final score, a one-yard pass from rookie Gary Huff to Earl Thomas in a 35-14 win. Ike Hill returned the second half kickoff 95 yards for another score. The victory ended a three-game Chicago losing streak and extended Houston's to 18 over two years.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE88.7  (26)102.7  (20)191.3  (26)21
DEFENSE204.5  (25)155.5  (17)360.0  (24)8
OFFENSE163.0  (10)95.2  (24)258.2  (20)20
DEFENSE160.3  (20)153.3  (16)313.7  (20)14

Line: Bears by 10

Team1234F
Houston Oilers (0-7-0)007714
Chicago Bears (2-5-0)7147735

( 0- 7) CHI Dick Butkus 0 yard fumble return (Mirro Roder kick) ( 0-14) CHI Carl Garrett 5 yard rush (Mirro Roder kick) ( 0-21) CHI George Farmer 5 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mirro Roder kick) ( 0-28) CHI Ike Hill 95 yard kickoff return (Mirro Roder kick) ( 7-28) HOU Paul Robinson 5 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) ( 7-35) CHI Earl Thomas 1 yard pass from Gary Huff (Mirro Roder kick) (14-35) HOU Ken Burrough 25 yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Skip Butler kick)
                     HOU             CHI
First Downs:         19              19
Rushes-yards:        37-157          35-115
Yards/rush:          4.2             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-31-109-2     13-26-168-0
Sacked-yards:        5-55            2-14
Net pass yards:      54              154
Net yards/pass:      1.5             5.5
Total net yards:     211             269
Total plays:         73 (50% run)    63 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          2.9             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             2-2
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     6-53            7-34

Attendance: 43,755

Passing:
HOU: Lynn Dickey, 10 of 18 for 99 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Dan Pastorini, 5 of 13 for 10 yards CHI: Bobby Douglass, 10 of 21 for 125 yards and 1 TD; Gary Huff, 3 of 5 for 43 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
HOU: Fred Willis, 18 for 77 yards; Paul Robinson, 8 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Bob Gresham, 7 for 30 yards; Dan Pastorini, 2 for -1 yards; Mack Alston, 1 for 13 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for -6 yards CHI: Carl Garrett, 18 for 78 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Douglass, 6 for 27 yards; Gary Kosins, 5 for 13 yards; Roger Lawson, 5 for 11 yards; Ike Hill, 1 for -14 yards
Receiving:
HOU: Fred Willis, 4 for 16 yards; Ken Burrough, 3 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Paul Robinson, 3 for 25 yards; Bob Gresham, 2 for 4 yards; George Amundson, 1 for 18 yards; Billy Parks, 1 for 5 yards; Clifton McNeil, 1 for 3 yards CHI: Earl Thomas, 5 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Carl Garrett, 4 for 67 yards; Gary Kosins, 2 for 6 yards; Tom Reynolds, 1 for 30 yards; George Farmer, 1 for 5 yards and 1 TD
Kick returns:
HOU: Alvin Haymond, 5 for 135 yards; Mike Fanucci, 1 for 13 yards CHI: Ike Hill, 2 for 95 yards and 1 TD
Punt returns:
HOU: Alvin Haymond, 1 for 5 yards CHI: Ike Hill, 3 for 13 yards
Interceptions:
CHI: Dick Butkus, 1 for 0 yards; Garry Lyle, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
HOU: Dave Green, 7 for 305 yards; Skip Butler, 1 for 21 yards CHI: Bob Parsons, 4 for 106 yards; Bobby Joe Green, 3 for 119 yards
Field Goals:
CHI: Mirro Roder, 0/2


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