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Preseason Week 1: Houston Oilers at Arizona Rattlers

August 05, 1978
87°
Tuscon Colliseum (Tucson, AZ) Attendance: 43,820 (65%)
Oilers 3 3 0 0 - 6
Rattlers 7 3 10 0 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Rattlers: 1-1-HOU 0 (8:45) 30-Lawrence Nelson ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Thomas. ARI 7 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Oilers: 4-8-ARI 8 (0:49) 11-Timothy Anderson 26 yard field goal is GOOD. ARI 7 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Rattlers: 4-15-HOU 18 (9:41) 9-David Thomas 35 yard field goal is GOOD. ARI 10 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Oilers: 4-2-ARI 27 (0:05) 11-Timothy Anderson 44 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 50-Rick Ridgway was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ARI 10 HOU 6
(Qtr 3) Rattlers: 2-7-HOU 8 (9:41) 7-Pedro Smith pass complete to 88-John Brown for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-David Thomas. HOU 99-Robert Allen was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ARI 17 HOU 6
(Qtr 3) Rattlers: 4-2-HOU 2 (6:43) 9-David Thomas 20 yard field goal is GOOD. ARI 20 HOU 6

Team Statistics

Rattlers Oilers
First Downs 8 15
- Rushing 4 4
- Passing 4 10
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 171 210
- Offensive Plays 54 70
- Yards Per Play 3.17 3.00
Net Rushing Yards 95 71
- Rushing Attempts 39 22
- Yards Per Rush 2.44 3.23
Net Passing Yards 76 139
- Att/Comp/Int 15 / 10 / 0 43 / 27 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 76 167
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 5 / 28
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.07 2.90
- Yards Per Completion 7.60 6.19
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 5 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.3 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 3
Penalties/Yards 6 / 38 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 41
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 14 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 45 OWN 25
Time of Possession 33:10 26:51

Drive Charts

Arizona Rattlers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:41 2:51 OWN 31 4 20 Punt
1 10:45 2:02 OPP 11 4 11 Touchdown
1 0:46 6:09 OWN 25 12 57 Field Goal
2 5:32 2:15 OWN 10 3 5 Punt
2 1:50 0:50 OWN 9 3 -6 Punt
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 2 Half
3 15:00 1:59 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 12:19 2:43 OPP 32 5 32 Touchdown
3 8:09 1:29 OPP 10 3 7 Field Goal
3 4:35 4:21 OPP 28 7 -29 Missed FG
3 0:14 1:41 OPP 50 3 8 Punt
4 11:54 0:54 OWN 32 3 0 Punt
4 8:01 3:49 OWN 20 5 20 Punt
4 3:09 1:22 OWN 48 3 -11 Punt
4 0:44 0:44 OPP 21 2 0 Game

Houston Oilers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:19 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 10:50 0:05 OWN 9 1 0 Fumble
1 8:43 7:57 OWN 25 14 67 Field Goal
2 9:37 4:06 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
2 3:17 1:27 OWN 43 3 2 Punt
2 0:59 0:58 OPP 49 4 22 Field Goal
3 13:01 0:42 OWN 23 2 9 Interception
3 9:37 1:28 OWN 25 3 9 Fumble
3 6:40 2:05 OWN 25 4 14 Interception
4 13:33 1:39 OWN 7 3 -7 Punt
4 11:00 3:00 OWN 30 7 24 Punt
4 4:11 1:02 OWN 20 7 32 Downs
4 1:47 1:03 OWN 21 6 0 Downs

Rushing Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dale Laird 21 63 3.00 14 3 0
Lawrence Nelson 11 25 2.27 6 0 1
Brady Bath 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
Pedro Smith 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Thomas Juan 4 -2 -0.50 1 0 0

Houston Oilers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Orlando Ousley 12 33 2.75 9 0 0
Ronald Jones 9 29 3.22 11 1 0
Samuel Weaver 1 9 9.00 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Sean McNeil 7 5 45 0 / 0 0 16 0 88.39
Pedro Smith 8 5 31 0 / 0 1 14 0 109.90

Houston Oilers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Boyd Banuelos 25 14 97 4 / 24 0 12 2 31.58
Cecil Satterfield 18 13 70 1 / 4 0 14 0 78.47

Receiving Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Irving McIntyre 2 30 15.00 16 0
Robert Cruz 2 14 7.00 10 0
Leon Cooper 1 14 14.00 14 0
John Brown 1 8 8.00 8 1
Peter Regan 1 7 7.00 7 0
Dale Laird 1 2 2.00 2 0
Richard Lander 1 1 1.00 1 0
Thomas Juan 1 0 0.00 0 0

Houston Oilers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Frampton 7 39 5.57 9 0
Eric Hunter 4 36 9.00 14 0
Nathan Goldberg 2 22 11.00 11 0
Travis Dearborn 4 21 5.25 8 0
Roy Harrison 3 19 6.33 11 0
Bobby Walla 3 12 4.00 8 0
Michael Bradley 2 12 6.00 6 0
Ronald Jones 1 3 3.00 3 0
Orlando Ousley 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nick Anderson 10 15 0 1
Leon Cooper 0 3 0 0
Dale Laird 1 0 0 0
Robert Cruz 0 3 0 0
Nelson Cole 0 12 0 1
Peter Regan 0 7 0 0
George Whitton 6 27 0 2
Gerald Dexter 8 26 0 3
Jack Acres 0 1 0 0
Michal Fang 0 2 0 0
Willie Felton 0 2 0 0
Marvin Billington 0 3 0 0
Bryan Tiller 0 2 0 0
Daniel Dyer 2 0 0 0
Stephen Jacoby 1 0 0 0
Billy Gonzales 0 2 0 0
Edward Pickett 0 1 0 0
Jawon Baker 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Winder 21 19 0 1
Douglas Wright 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Nelson 2 1 0 0
Lonnie Byrd 4 15 0 0
John Elwell 10 14 0 0
Arnold Connor 7 13 0 1
Richard Lander 17 26 0 4
James Walker 7 16 0 0
Robert Lemus 5 13 0 0
John Brown 3 30 0 4
Thomas Juan 14 20 0 1
Irving McIntyre 0 4 0 0
Laurence Howard 0 2 0 0
Robert Gronk 5 10 0 0
John Miller 1 0 0 0
Raymond Robicheaux 20 27 0 3
Howard Blackmon 18 25 0 2
Donald Nelson 12 6 0 0
Wilfred Miles 0 1 0 0
Frank Slone 5 2 0 0
Kevin Hickey 0 1 0 0
Brady Bath 1 2 0 1

Houston Oilers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Wayne Robinson 16 8 2 2
James Johnson 40 24 1 1
Travis Dearborn 3 13 1 2
William Navarro 37 13 1 2
Stanley Workman 24 17 0 0
Samuel Weaver 6 8 0 1
Antoine Ritchey 1 1 0 0
Robert Allen 0 1 0 0
William Woodworth 3 1 0 0
David Stewart 1 4 0 0
Michael Newton 21 10 0 1
Ray Richter 3 2 0 0
Ty Morales 0 3 0 0
James Herring 0 5 0 3
Robert Patterson 2 1 0 0
Orlando Ousley 14 1 0 0
Arthur Frampton 0 16 0 0
Roy Harrison 0 5 0 0
Nathan Goldberg 4 13 0 0
Rick Ridgway 24 17 0 0
Eric Hunter 0 10 0 0
Bobby Walla 0 12 0 0
Max Xiong 37 16 0 1
Bryan Croft 5 1 0 0
Michael Villanueva 2 0 0 0
Craig Dobson 42 24 0 1
Derek Akers 19 15 0 0
Ronald Jones 6 2 0 0
Kenneth Henson 22 15 0 1
Michael Bradley 28 17 0 1
Reyes Moore 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jamaal Breedlove 2 14 7.00 0

Houston Oilers

Fumble Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jamaal Breedlove 1 0 0 0
Thomas Juan 1 0 0 0
Marcus Hutcheson 0 1 0 0
Willie Felton 0 0 1 0
Michal Fang 0 1 1 0
Pedro Smith 0 1 0 0

Houston Oilers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ronald Jones 1 0 0 0
Boyd Banuelos 1 1 0 0
Eric Hunter 0 0 1 0

Punting

Arizona Rattlers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Daniel Pugh 8 370 46.25 41.63 55 2

Houston Oilers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jay Cutright 5 256 51.20 45.60 68 2

Kicking

Arizona Rattlers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
David Thomas 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 2 / 2

Houston Oilers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Timothy Anderson 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 44 0 / 0

Punt Return

Arizona Rattlers

Houston Oilers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Frampton 5 41 8.2 10 0

Kick Return

Arizona Rattlers

Houston Oilers

Defensive Stats

Arizona Rattlers

Name Tackles Sacks
Michal Fang 7 4
Bryan Tiller 6 0
Billy Gonzales 5 0
Paul Bridgeforth 4 0
Willie Felton 4 0
Jawon Baker 3 0
Jack Acres 3 0
Jamaal Breedlove 3 0
Chris Dillard 3 0
Douglas Wright 3 0
Frank Slone 2 0
Lonnie Redd 2 0
Lonnie Byrd 2 0
Wilfred Miles 2 0
Earl Williams 2 0
Daniel Dyer 2 0
John Miller 1 0
Nicholas Thomas 1 0
Laurence Howard 1 0
Thomas Juan 1 0
Edward Pickett 1 1

Houston Oilers

Name Tackles Sacks
Bryan Croft 7 0
Ray Richter 6 0
Antoine Ritchey 5 0
Kelly Brown 4 0
Francisco Harris 3 0
James Nelson 3 0
David Ray 2 0
Robert Patterson 2 0
Alfonso Rodarte 2 0
Michael Villanueva 2 0
Reyes Moore 2 0
James Herring 2 0
Scott Maxon 1 0
Micheal McGriff 1 0
Brian Slaton 1 0
Boyd Banuelos 1 0
Orlando Ousley 1 0
Craig Dobson 1 0
Richard Mosley 1 0
Ty Morales 1 0