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Preseason Week 1: Houston Oilers at Kansas City Chiefs

August 04, 1979
71°
Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, MO) Attendance: 18,879 (55%)
Oilers 0 0 0 10 - 10
Chiefs 7 3 6 0 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Chiefs: 1-10-KCC 11 (12:04) 14-Shane Woodward pass complete to 82-David Burgess for 89 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Thomas Wilmoth. KCC 7 HOU 0
(Qtr 2) Chiefs: 4-3-HOU 22 (12:18) 6-Thomas Wilmoth 40 yard field goal is GOOD. KCC 10 HOU 0
(Qtr 3) Chiefs: 4-3-HOU 30 (10:49) 6-Thomas Wilmoth 47 yard field goal is GOOD. KCC 13 HOU 0
(Qtr 3) Chiefs: 4-9-HOU 36 (4:59) 6-Thomas Wilmoth 54 yard field goal is GOOD. KCC 16 HOU 0
(Qtr 4) Oilers: 4-5-KCC 8 (11:34) 11-Timothy Anderson 26 yard field goal is GOOD. KCC 16 HOU 3
(Qtr 4) Oilers: 4-6-KCC 6 (4:30) 4-Derrick Bradley pass complete to 14-William Traylor for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Timothy Anderson. KCC 16 HOU 10

Team Statistics

Chiefs Oilers
First Downs 8 16
- Rushing 3 5
- Passing 3 10
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 222 287
- Offensive Plays 58 81
- Yards Per Play 3.83 3.54
Net Rushing Yards 86 72
- Rushing Attempts 34 16
- Yards Per Rush 2.53 4.50
Net Passing Yards 136 215
- Att/Comp/Int 22 / 8 / 2 62 / 36 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 152 240
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 3 / 25
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.67 3.31
- Yards Per Completion 19.00 6.67
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 0 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 15 7 / 21
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 3
Penalties/Yards 5 / 35 5 / 48
Punt Returns/Yards 7 / 32 5 / 32
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 2 2 / 7
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 31
Time of Possession 25:40 34:19

Drive Charts

Kansas City Chiefs

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:04 0:14 OWN 11 1 89 Touchdown
1 10:09 1:51 OWN 23 3 4 Punt
1 3:32 3:31 OWN 19 6 34 Interception
2 14:58 2:43 OPP 41 4 18 Field Goal
2 10:44 1:31 OWN 23 3 0 Punt
2 7:36 2:03 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 2:41 0:57 OWN 9 4 25 Punt
2 0:24 0:24 OWN 11 1 -2 Half
3 15:00 4:15 OWN 25 9 45 Field Goal
3 9:48 0:55 OWN 44 3 -8 Punt
3 8:03 1:33 OWN 31 4 18 Punt
3 5:48 0:53 OPP 38 3 1 Field Goal
3 3:59 2:07 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 11:31 1:25 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
4 4:26 0:12 OWN 25 3 0 Interception
4 1:58 0:23 OWN 6 3 6 Punt
4 0:43 0:43 OWN 48 2 0 Game

Houston Oilers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:56 OWN 25 4 19 Punt
1 11:50 1:42 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 8:17 4:45 OWN 26 9 39 Fumble
1 0:01 0:03 OWN 46 2 -1 Interception
2 12:15 1:30 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 9:14 1:38 OWN 34 3 -1 Punt
2 5:33 2:52 OWN 23 6 23 Punt
2 1:43 1:20 OWN 24 4 19 Punt
3 10:45 0:57 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
3 8:53 0:50 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 6:30 0:42 OWN 20 2 6 Interception
3 4:55 0:56 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 1:51 5:20 OWN 21 15 71 Field Goal
4 10:06 5:40 OWN 39 14 61 Touchdown
4 4:14 2:16 OPP 30 4 14 Interception
4 1:35 0:52 OWN 45 4 8 Fumble

Rushing Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Thibodeaux 11 36 3.27 15 2 0
Britt Steele 15 33 2.20 11 1 0
Shane Woodward 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
Paul Burdine 4 5 1.25 6 0 0
Mark Shields 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Jon Pharr 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Houston Oilers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ronald Jones 7 42 6.00 13 1 0
Donald Angelo 3 22 7.33 17 1 0
Michael Bradley 4 9 2.25 5 0 0
William Kennedy 2 -1 -0.50 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Shane Woodward 6 4 119 0 / 0 1 89 1 109.72
Jon Pharr 16 4 33 2 / 16 0 18 1 13.54

Houston Oilers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Derrick Bradley 39 21 149 3 / 25 1 22 2 50.05
Cecil Satterfield 23 15 91 0 / 0 0 15 1 54.80

Receiving Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Burgess 3 118 39.33 89 1
Larry Crawford 1 18 18.00 18 0
Mark Shields 2 8 4.00 5 0
Alfredo Spataro 1 7 7.00 7 0
Britt Steele 1 1 1.00 1 0

Houston Oilers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nathan Goldberg 6 44 7.33 15 0
David Stewart 4 43 10.75 22 0
Travis Dearborn 4 35 8.75 11 0
Kevin Edwards 4 30 7.50 12 0
Arthur Frampton 5 19 3.80 8 0
Michael Bradley 3 16 5.33 9 0
Kevin Gardner 4 16 4.00 5 0
Willis Deming 1 15 15.00 15 0
Donald Angelo 3 13 4.33 9 0
William Traylor 1 6 6.00 6 1
Ronald Jones 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Andrew Smith 2 1 1 1
Marshall Weber 13 13 1 2
Shannon Goodrum 4 17 0 1
Christopher Gipson 5 7 0 0
David Burgess 0 12 0 0
Danny Durham 0 7 0 0
George Figueroa 0 1 0 0
Eddie Smith 0 1 0 0
Jonathan Hutson 0 5 0 1
Joshua Torres 0 3 0 0
Gene Hunter 3 4 0 0
Lawrence Livingston 3 14 0 0
Robert Thibodeaux 6 4 0 0
Darrell Pollard 2 2 0 0
Salvatore Cota 0 2 0 0
William Miller 0 3 0 0
Wendell Layden 0 2 0 0
Alfredo Spataro 9 22 0 2
Paul Burdine 2 5 0 0
Robert Seward 1 4 0 0
Carlos Monroe 22 26 0 2
Allen Taylor 13 18 0 2
Britt Steele 2 2 0 0
Joseph Trent 12 19 0 2
Derrick Brown 11 17 0 0
Dustin House 12 16 0 1
Mark Shields 18 19 0 1
Ben Ortiz 1 1 0 0
Larry Crawford 4 14 0 1
Christopher Edwards 4 5 0 0
Walker Johnson 3 3 0 0
James Deskins 11 14 0 1
Peter Sullivan 33 18 0 0
Jamie Frame 27 17 0 0
Steve Nelson 26 15 0 0
Gary Outland 0 1 0 0
Ricky Collins 0 2 0 0

Houston Oilers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Stanley Workman 67 30 1 1
Joseph Whitney 51 11 1 2
James Johnson 58 22 1 1
David Stewart 14 10 0 0
Max Xiong 58 17 0 0
James Herring 3 5 0 0
Reyes Moore 2 2 0 0
Manuel Gonzalez 2 1 0 0
William Traylor 8 5 0 0
Michael Villanueva 5 2 0 0
Michael Carter 5 1 0 0
Willis Deming 9 4 0 1
Joseph Campanelli 2 1 0 0
Ronald Morgan 0 3 0 1
Robert Allen 0 1 0 0
Scott Maxon 0 1 0 0
Anthony Branton 0 2 0 1
Donald Angelo 21 7 0 0
Arthur Frampton 0 2 0 1
Rick Ridgway 29 17 0 1
William Kennedy 2 3 0 0
Robert Patterson 5 4 0 0
Roy Harrison 6 9 0 0
Kevin Edwards 3 8 0 0
Travis Dearborn 2 11 0 0
Michael Bradley 32 9 0 1
Kevin Gardner 2 9 0 1
Ray Harper 22 12 0 0
Craig Dobson 29 18 0 2
Ronald Jones 8 5 0 0
Kenneth Henson 17 8 0 0
Nathan Goldberg 4 12 0 3
Joseph Emmert 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
George Figueroa 1 2 2.00 0
Joshua Torres 1 0 0.00 0
Shannon Goodrum 1 0 0.00 0

Houston Oilers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
John Shepherd 1 7 7.00 0
Ronald Morgan 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Thibodeaux 2 0 0 0
Paul Burdine 1 0 0 0
Terrence Oglesby 0 1 0 0
Walker Johnson 0 0 1 0
Shannon Goodrum 0 1 0 0
Mark Shields 0 1 0 0
Ricky Collins 0 0 1 0
Wendell Layden 0 1 0 0
Christopher Edwards 0 1 0 0

Houston Oilers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Derrick Bradley 2 0 0 0
Willis Deming 1 0 0 0
Joseph Campanelli 0 0 2 0
Ronald Morgan 0 0 1 0

Punting

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Henry Grantham 9 435 48.33 42.44 55 0

Houston Oilers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jay Cutright 9 422 46.89 44.00 49 3

Kicking

Kansas City Chiefs

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Wilmoth 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 54 1 / 1

Houston Oilers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Timothy Anderson 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 26 1 / 1

Punt Return

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Thibodeaux 7 32 4.6 11 0

Houston Oilers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Frampton 1 12 12.0 12 0
Reyes Moore 2 12 6.0 11 0
Willis Deming 2 8 4.0 7 0

Kick Return

Kansas City Chiefs

Houston Oilers

Defensive Stats

Kansas City Chiefs

Name Tackles Sacks
William Miller 7 0
Salvatore Cota 7 0
Darrell Pollard 6 0
Joshua Torres 4 0
Gary Outland 4 0
Gene Hunter 4 0
Eddie Smith 4 0
Wendell Layden 3 0
Walker Johnson 2 0
Jonathan Hutson 2 1
Arnold Lynch 2 0
Robert Seward 2 0
Edward McDill 2 0
Christopher Gipson 1 0
Jamie Frame 1 0
Christopher Edwards 1 0
Danny Durham 1 0
Ricky Collins 1 2
Ben Ortiz 1 0
Terrence Oglesby 1 0
Bryce Northcutt 1 0
George Figueroa 1 0
Alfredo Spataro 1 0

Houston Oilers

Name Tackles Sacks
Michael Carter 7 0
Joseph Campanelli 6 0
James Herring 6 0
Ronald Morgan 4 0
Francisco Harris 4 0
Richard Mosley 3 0
Reyes Moore 3 0
David Hamby 2 0
Kevin Edwards 2 0
Robert Patterson 2 0
Michel Nixon 2 0
Alfonso Rodarte 2 0
Anthony Branton 2 0
Michael Villanueva 2 2
Max Xiong 2 0
Michael Bradley 1 0
Ray Harper 1 0
Kelly Brown 1 0
Nathan Goldberg 1 0
Joseph Emmert 1 0