Monday November 1, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/01/1976:



Lydell Mitchell rushed for 136 yards while Roosevelt Leaks and Don McCauley each picked up a pair of touchdowns in leading the Colts to a 38-14 victory and a two-game lead in the AFC East. Dan Pastorini and Ken Burrough combined on a 53-yard touchdown pass in the fourth period, breaking Baltimore's string of nine consecutive scoreless quarters. Rookie Ronnie Lee scored the final Baltimore touchdown on a 69-yard run with 2:31 left in the game.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE105.4  (26)183.6  (9)289.0  (18)12
DEFENSE117.7  (5)144.7  (7)262.4  (6)12
OFFENSE170.1  (6)214.6  (4)384.7  (2)13
DEFENSE114.1  (3)179.4  (22)293.6  (13)18

Line: Colts by 10

Team1234F
Houston Oilers (4-4-0)0001414
Baltimore Colts (7-1-0)71431438

( 0- 7) BAL Roosevelt Leaks 4 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) ( 0-14) BAL Don McCauley 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) ( 0-21) BAL Roosevelt Leaks 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) ( 0-24) BAL Toni Linhart 25 yard field goal ( 0-31) BAL Don McCauley 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) ( 7-31) HOU Ken Burrough 53 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) (14-31) HOU Joe Dawkins 2 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) (14-38) BAL Ron Lee 69 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
                     HOU             BAL
First Downs:         12              25
Rushes-yards:        14-83           53-268
Yards/rush:          5.9             5.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-31-170-1     19-30-197-0
Sacked-yards:        6-63            1-7
Net pass yards:      107             190
Net yards/pass:      2.9             6.1
Total net yards:     190             458
Total plays:         51 (27% run)    84 (63% run)  
Yards/play:          3.7             5.5
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             3-1
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     4-32            8-114

Attendance: 59,732

Passing:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 10 of 22 for 160 yards and 1 TD; John Hadl, 1 of 8 for 10 yards; Ronnie Coleman, 0 of 1 for 0 yards (1 int) BAL: Bert Jones, 19 of 28 for 197 yards; Bill Troup, 0 of 2 for 0 yards
Rushing:
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 7 for 68 yards; Don Hardeman, 5 for 11 yards; Joe Dawkins, 1 for 2 yards and 1 TD; Altie Taylor, 1 for 2 yards BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 28 for 136 yards; Ron Lee, 10 for 93 yards and 1 TD; Roosevelt Leaks, 6 for 18 yards and 2 TDs; Don McCauley, 5 for 15 yards and 2 TDs; Bert Jones, 3 for 6 yards; Bill Troup, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 3 for 5 yards; John Sawyer, 2 for 63 yards; Ken Burrough, 2 for 62 yards and 1 TD; Don Hardeman, 2 for 3 yards; Mack Alston, 1 for 27 yards; Greg Stemrick, 1 for 10 yards BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 7 for 46 yards; Glenn Doughty, 3 for 42 yards; Roger Carr, 3 for 38 yards; Don McCauley, 3 for 17 yards; Raymond Chester, 2 for 47 yards; Roosevelt Leaks, 1 for 7 yards
Kick returns:
HOU: Altie Taylor, 3 for 67 yards; Al Johnson, 2 for 36 yards; Don Hardeman, 1 for 18 yards; Jim Beirne, 1 for 12 yards BAL: Jimmie Kennedy, 1 for 15 yards; Bruce Laird, 1 for 15 yards; Howard Stevens, 1 for 12 yards
Punt returns:
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 3 for -1 yards BAL: Howard Stevens, 4 for 32 yards
Interceptions:
BAL: Derrel Luce, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 7 for 249 yards BAL: David Lee, 5 for 183 yards
Field Goals:
HOU: Skip Butler, 0/1 BAL: Toni Linhart, 1/2


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