AFL-NFL World Championship : Houston Oilers vs. Iowa Hunters

January 20, 1974
70°
Fire House (Baton Rouge, LA) Attendance: 69,876 (100%)
Oilers 0 13 3 11 - 27
Hunters 3 7 3 0 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Hunters: 4-9-HOU 35 (5:37) 13-Robert Beedle 52 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 3 HOU 0
(Qtr 2) Oilers: 4-7-Iow 8 (14:57) 11-Timothy Anderson 26 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 3 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Hunters: 3-8-Iow 39 (13:27) 14-Richard Huff pass complete to 10-Joshua Castro for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Robert Beedle. Iow 10 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Oilers: 2-10-Iow 10 (6:57) 87-Daniel Mabry ran to Iow 0 for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Timothy Anderson. Iow 10 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Oilers: 4-1-Iow 18 (1:05) 11-Timothy Anderson 36 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 10 HOU 13
(Qtr 3) Hunters: 4-10-HOU 20 (10:03) 13-Robert Beedle 37 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 13 HOU 13
(Qtr 3) Oilers: 4-4-Iow 33 (0:18) 11-Timothy Anderson 51 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 13 HOU 16
(Qtr 4) Oilers: 2-2-Iow 11 (7:37) 3-Leonard Zehner ran for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 44-Fidel Nix ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Iow 13 HOU 24
(Qtr 4) Oilers: 4-8-Iow 31 (1:04) 11-Timothy Anderson 49 yard field goal is GOOD. Iow 13 HOU 27

Team Statistics

Hunters Oilers
First Downs 4 20
- Rushing 1 7
- Passing 3 11
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 139 348
- Offensive Plays 47 83
- Yards Per Play 2.96 4.19
Net Rushing Yards 42 208
- Rushing Attempts 22 43
- Yards Per Rush 1.91 4.84
Net Passing Yards 97 140
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 12 / 3 37 / 20 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 107 165
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 3 / 25
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.88 3.50
- Yards Per Completion 8.92 8.25
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 11 6 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 6.5
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 2 / 3
Penalties/Yards 2 / 30 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / -1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 3 / 2
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 1 7
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 39
Time of Possession 22:30 37:31

Drive Charts

Iowa Hunters

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:41 3:28 OWN 27 6 11 Punt
1 6:48 1:15 OPP 35 3 0 Field Goal
1 1:25 0:42 OWN 3 2 3 Fumble
2 14:54 1:36 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 11:46 0:49 OWN 33 2 0 Interception
2 6:52 1:28 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 1:01 1:01 OWN 25 2 10 Half
3 15:00 1:31 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 13:26 3:26 OPP 33 7 13 Field Goal
3 8:30 2:21 OWN 29 3 8 Punt
3 0:14 0:17 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 14:05 2:03 OWN 1 3 2 Punt
4 7:29 2:08 OWN 25 4 17 Punt
4 1:00 0:25 OWN 25 2 -11 Interception

Houston Oilers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:19 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 10:13 3:25 OWN 19 8 16 Downs
1 5:33 4:09 OWN 25 10 65 Fumble
1 0:43 0:49 OPP 11 3 3 Field Goal
2 13:18 1:32 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
2 10:58 4:05 OPP 44 9 44 Touchdown
2 5:25 4:23 OWN 31 9 51 Field Goal
3 13:29 0:04 OWN 23 1 0 Interception
3 9:59 1:29 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 6:09 5:55 OWN 19 10 49 Field Goal
4 14:57 0:52 OPP 35 5 30 Interception
4 12:02 4:33 OWN 47 8 53 Touchdown
4 5:21 4:21 OWN 20 9 49 Field Goal
4 0:35 0:35 OPP 20 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Charles Bjorklund 10 30 3.00 9 0 0
Anthony Smith 9 13 1.44 6 0 0
Walter Beller 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Robert Dahl 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Houston Oilers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Daniel Mabry 16 69 4.31 11 2 1
Fidel Nix 15 65 4.33 17 2 0
George Gamble 8 46 5.75 13 1 0
Leonard Zehner 1 11 11.00 11 1 1
Lance King 2 9 4.50 9 0 0
Steve Unger 1 8 8.00 8 0 0

Passing Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Huff 24 12 107 1 / 10 1 61 3 36.63

Houston Oilers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Lance King 34 20 165 3 / 25 0 19 1 59.07
Leonard Zehner 3 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 1 0.00

Receiving Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joshua Castro 1 61 61.00 61 1
Charles Bjorklund 6 28 4.67 17 0
Alexander Devitt 2 14 7.00 12 0
Anthony Smith 1 4 4.00 4 0
Robert Dahl 2 0 0.00 0 0

Houston Oilers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carl Edwards 2 33 16.50 19 0
Travis Dearborn 3 28 9.33 16 0
Steve Unger 3 25 8.33 17 0
Robert Martin 3 20 6.67 9 0
Fidel Nix 3 18 6.00 16 0
Shawn Scanlon 2 16 8.00 11 0
Daniel Mabry 1 14 14.00 14 0
Bobby Walla 2 11 5.50 6 0
George Gamble 1 0 0.00 0 0

Blocking Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Raymond Diebold 17 18 1 1
Patrick Bobo 33 26 0 1
Geoffrey Paulsen 9 0 0 0
Randall Martinez 0 1 0 1
Walter Beller 1 2 0 0
Humberto Cheatham 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Swindle 0 1 0 0
Michael Duncan 0 1 0 0
Ralph Pierce 0 2 0 0
Anthony Smith 3 7 0 1
Charles Bjorklund 1 5 0 0
Henry Reyes 9 0 0 0
Gene Cook 5 1 0 0
Ronald Billups 9 0 0 0
Robert Dahl 10 12 0 1
Melvin Golden 9 0 0 0
Joshua Castro 0 2 0 0
Daniel Stoltzfus 0 8 0 1
Charles Rogers 5 4 0 0
Albert Findlay 0 10 0 0
Alexander Devitt 0 12 0 0
Brian Garrett 22 27 0 0
Charles Turner 28 23 0 0
Forrest Myers 23 20 0 0
Guy Chang 34 30 0 1
Dwight Caba 0 1 0 1

Houston Oilers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Rowley 47 43 1 1
Craig Heller 35 46 1 1
Alexander Bunker 18 14 1 2
Merlin Myers 0 1 0 0
Leonard Lee 0 1 0 0
Adam Mobley 0 1 0 0
Harold Fielder 0 3 0 2
Peter Morgan 0 2 0 0
Matthew Perkins 0 3 0 0
Colin Martin 1 2 0 1
Brian Walker 0 1 0 0
Roger Knorr 1 2 0 1
Byron Brunson 0 2 0 0
Lee Taveras 0 4 0 0
Charles Young 0 1 0 0
Israel Jones 0 1 0 0
Shane Shepherd 0 2 0 0
Cesar Loveland 0 3 0 0
John Haney 46 44 0 1
Carl Edwards 0 9 0 0
George Gamble 7 1 0 0
Kevin Zayas 17 13 0 0
James Fletcher 44 43 0 0
Arturo Jackson 8 20 0 0
Robert Martin 2 26 0 1
Travis Dearborn 7 26 0 3
Allen Hanna 41 35 0 2
Steve Unger 21 29 0 1
James Moore 1 3 0 1
Bobby Walla 0 15 0 1
Robert Smith 9 9 0 2
Bobby Nye 10 11 0 0
Shawn Scanlon 0 13 0 0
Fidel Nix 10 5 0 0
Daniel Mabry 0 4 0 0
Oscar Reyes 0 2 0 0
Denny Bixler 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Westbury 1 1 1.00 0
John Day 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Oilers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Oscar Reyes 1 2 2.00 0
Norman Dunaway 1 0 0.00 0
Edward Scott 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Iowa Hunters

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Charles Bjorklund 1 0 0 0
Sean Huckaby 0 1 1 0

Houston Oilers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
George Gamble 1 0 0 0
Leonard Zehner 1 1 0 0
Douglas Foster 0 1 1 0

Punting

Iowa Hunters

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dennis Neal 6 286 47.67 44.33 60 1

Houston Oilers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jay Cutright 3 132 44.00 44.00 45 0

Kicking

Iowa Hunters

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Beedle 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Houston Oilers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Timothy Anderson 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 51 1 / 1

Punt Return

Iowa Hunters

Houston Oilers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Leonard Zehner 2 -1 -0.5 0 0

Kick Return

Iowa Hunters

Houston Oilers

Defensive Stats