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Preseason Week 4: Rock Island Independents at Houston Oilers

August 25, 1979
85°
Untold Stadium (Houston, TX) Attendance: 42,280 (63%)
Independents 3 3 7 0 - 13
Oilers 6 0 3 12 - 21

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Oilers: 4-2-RII 28 (9:55) 11-Timothy Anderson 46 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 RII 0
(Qtr 1) Independents: 4-8-HOU 39 (6:52) 5-Javier Carter 56 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 RII 3
(Qtr 1) Oilers: 4-1-RII 27 (0:56) 11-Timothy Anderson 44 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 6 RII 3
(Qtr 2) Independents: 4-2-HOU 34 (12:53) 5-Javier Carter 51 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 6 RII 6
(Qtr 3) Independents: 1-10-RII 13 (5:46) 19-Richard Silva pass complete to 15-Ward Kay for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Javier Carter. HOU 6 RII 13
(Qtr 3) Oilers: 4-14-RII 35 (1:24) 11-Timothy Anderson 52 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 9 RII 13
(Qtr 4) Oilers: 4-2-RII 5 (6:55) 11-Timothy Anderson 22 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 12 RII 13
(Qtr 4) Oilers: 3-15-RII 23 (5:22) 19-Richard Silva pass INTERCEPTED by 92-Michael Carter at RII 26. 92-Michael Carter to RII 0 for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Oilers: 4-2-RII 38 (1:08) 11-Timothy Anderson 56 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 21 RII 13

Team Statistics

Oilers Independents
First Downs 17 8
- Rushing 11 3
- Passing 6 3
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 301 248
- Offensive Plays 62 44
- Yards Per Play 4.85 5.64
Net Rushing Yards 184 46
- Rushing Attempts 43 22
- Yards Per Rush 4.28 2.09
Net Passing Yards 117 202
- Att/Comp/Int 17 / 13 / 0 20 / 14 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 125 216
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 8 2 / 14
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.16 9.18
- Yards Per Completion 9.62 15.43
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 15 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 21 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 19 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 38 3 / 114
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 26 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 23
Time of Possession 37:51 22:10

Drive Charts

Houston Oilers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:09 OWN 25 8 47 Field Goal
1 6:48 5:55 OWN 25 9 48 Field Goal
2 12:49 5:40 OWN 28 8 26 Punt
2 3:00 0:58 OWN 29 3 8 Punt
3 11:38 1:24 OWN 15 3 2 Punt
3 8:05 2:20 OWN 19 4 19 Punt
3 5:34 4:14 OWN 25 6 40 Field Goal
4 14:54 8:02 OWN 23 12 72 Field Goal
4 5:13 1:02 OPP 31 4 -3 Punt
4 4:10 3:07 OWN 24 8 38 Field Goal

Rock Island Independents

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:51 3:04 OWN 25 4 37 Field Goal
1 0:52 3:04 OWN 25 6 41 Field Goal
2 7:08 4:08 OWN 6 6 21 Punt
2 2:02 2:02 OWN 20 5 12 Half
3 15:00 3:22 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 10:14 2:08 OWN 38 3 4 Punt
3 5:46 0:12 OWN 13 1 87 Touchdown
3 1:20 1:26 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 6:52 1:40 OWN 28 3 -5 Interception
4 1:04 1:04 OWN 25 5 29 Game

Rushing Stats

Houston Oilers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Kennedy 19 75 3.95 13 3 0
Ronald Jones 16 71 4.44 14 3 0
Donald Angelo 8 38 4.75 15 1 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Ramirez 12 26 2.17 9 0 0
Joe Jones 3 10 3.33 6 0 0
Billy Dammann 7 10 1.43 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Oilers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Derrick Bradley 9 7 70 2 / 8 0 27 0 99.07
Cecil Satterfield 8 6 55 0 / 0 0 13 0 93.23

Rock Island Independents

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Silva 12 7 124 1 / 6 1 87 1 86.81
Travis Miller 8 7 92 1 / 8 0 35 0 114.58

Receiving Stats

Houston Oilers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donald Angelo 4 49 12.25 27 0
William Kennedy 2 21 10.50 11 0
Nathan Goldberg 3 21 7.00 11 0
Travis Dearborn 2 13 6.50 8 0
Kevin Gardner 1 13 13.00 13 0
Roy Harrison 1 8 8.00 8 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ward Kay 2 95 47.50 87 1
Christopher Ramirez 2 42 21.00 35 0
Gary Bollman 1 26 26.00 26 0
Anthony Baptista 3 18 6.00 7 0
William Anaya 2 14 7.00 8 0
Charles Shade 2 13 6.50 7 0
Hassan Draves 1 7 7.00 7 0
Joseph Balling 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Oilers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Donald Angelo 4 25 2 2
Stanley Workman 23 44 0 4
Christopher Hernandez 0 1 0 0
Michael Villanueva 2 2 0 0
Michel Nixon 0 1 0 0
Joseph Campanelli 3 2 0 0
Anthony Branton 0 1 0 0
Francisco Harris 0 1 0 1
Reyes Moore 0 2 0 0
Ronald Morgan 1 3 0 0
David Stewart 10 25 0 2
Herbert Wade 5 3 0 0
William Traylor 1 1 0 0
Willis Deming 2 7 0 1
Kevin Edwards 0 3 0 0
Kelly Brown 0 1 0 0
James Herring 1 3 0 0
Joseph Whitney 18 23 0 1
Travis Dearborn 1 23 0 1
James Johnson 21 25 0 1
Max Xiong 20 24 0 1
Michael Carter 7 2 0 0
Robert Patterson 4 1 0 0
Roy Harrison 2 18 0 1
Kevin Gardner 0 22 0 1
Arthur Frampton 0 7 0 0
William Kennedy 6 12 0 1
Nathan Goldberg 5 26 0 1
Ronald Jones 4 1 0 0
Rick Ridgway 12 19 0 1
Ray Harper 8 19 0 1
Craig Dobson 12 21 0 1
Kenneth Henson 12 20 0 0
Joseph Emmert 0 1 0 0

Rock Island Independents

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Reuben Bryden 9 12 1 1
Michael Witt 13 10 1 1
Stephen Delaney 5 2 0 0
Charles Shade 0 5 0 0
Charles Kuhn 21 13 0 0
Joe Jones 3 7 0 0
David Gore 3 0 0 0
Carlos Loveday 21 15 0 3
Billy Dammann 2 0 0 0
Christopher Ramirez 4 0 0 0
Edwin Johnson 0 3 0 0
Patrick Williams 13 13 0 0
Paul Pineda 2 8 0 0
William Anaya 0 1 0 0
Joseph Dones 0 2 0 0
Michael Peters 0 2 0 0
Joseph Stephens 0 2 0 0
Ward Kay 0 9 0 0
Hassan Draves 7 14 0 0
Douglas Foster 0 1 0 0
Tony Johnson 1 3 0 0
Denny Bixler 0 1 0 0
David Dollard 8 3 0 1
Daniel Boulton 0 1 0 0
Matthew Schroeder 0 1 0 0
Thomas Eastep 3 3 0 0
Charles Goff 0 1 0 0
James Carrasco 0 3 0 0
Anthony Baptista 1 9 0 1
Joseph Balling 13 18 0 3
Donald Serrano 11 13 0 0
Gary Bollman 0 7 0 0
James Shanks 12 12 0 1
Anton Fisher 30 21 0 0
Chester Ezell 11 17 0 1
John Payne 0 2 0 1

Interception Stats

Houston Oilers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Carter 1 26 26.00 1

Rock Island Independents

Fumble Stats

Houston Oilers

Rock Island Independents

Punting

Houston Oilers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jay Cutright 4 198 49.50 44.00 64 2

Rock Island Independents

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Ramirez 5 230 46.00 42.40 52 2

Kicking

Houston Oilers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Timothy Anderson 5 / 5 4 / 4 2 / 2 56 0 / 0

Rock Island Independents

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Javier Carter 2 / 2 2 / 2 2 / 2 56 1 / 1

Punt Return

Houston Oilers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Reyes Moore 2 17 8.5 10 0
Arthur Frampton 1 2 2.0 2 0

Rock Island Independents

Kick Return

Houston Oilers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Kennedy 1 38 38.0 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Anaya 2 79 39.5 0
Billy Dammann 1 35 35.0 0

Defensive Stats

Houston Oilers

Name Tackles Sacks
Ronald Morgan 3 0
Michael Carter 3 0
Reyes Moore 3 0
John Shepherd 3 0
Robert Allen 3 1
James Herring 3 0
Joseph Emmert 2 0
Christopher Hernandez 2 0
Kelly Brown 2 0
Joseph Campanelli 2 0
Michael Villanueva 2 0
Anthony Branton 2 0
Richard Mosley 2 1
Alfonso Rodarte 2 0
Francisco Harris 1 0
Brian Slaton 1 0
Robert Patterson 1 0
Michel Nixon 1 0
Timothy Anderson 1 0
William Kennedy 1 0

Rock Island Independents

Name Tackles Sacks
Douglas Foster 7 0
Matthew Gray 7 0
William Goree 5 0
Daniel Boulton 4 0
Thomas Eastep 4 0
Angelo Kirk 4 0
James Carrasco 4 0
Charles Goff 4 0
Joseph Dones 3 1
Denny Bixler 3 0
Michael Peters 3 0
Warren Franks 2 0
David Dollard 2 0
Kenneth Badillo 2 0
Matthew Schroeder 1 0
David Gore 1 0
Robert Miller 1 0
Douglas Lewis 1 0
Hassan Draves 1 0
Tony Johnson 1 1
Dean Flowers 1 0
Stephen Delaney 1 0