Sunday, October 1, 1972
| NYJ | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jets | Jerome Barkum 25 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Jets | Bobby Howfield 8 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | Oilers | Willie Rodgers 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 7 |
| Oilers | Ken Burrough 52 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| Jets | Bobby Howfield 32 yard field goal | 13 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Oilers | Skip Butler 12 yard field goal | 13 | 17 |
| Oilers | Skip Butler 20 yard field goal | 13 | 20 | |
| Oilers | Skip Butler 20 yard field goal | 13 | 23 | |
| 4th | Jets | Rich Caster 4 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 20 | 23 |
| Oilers | Skip Butler 12 yard field goal | 20 | 26 |
| NYJ | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-97-0 | 42-150-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-38-301-2-2 | 14-28-278-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 301 | 262 |
| Total yards | 398 | 412 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-50 | 8-68 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 18 | 38 | 301 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 6 | 102 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Riggins | NYJ | 12 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 4 | 85 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Harkey | NYJ | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 14 | 26 | 278 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 19 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rhett Dawson | HOU | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Johnson | HOU | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kent Nix | HOU | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| W.K. Hicks | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Atkins | HOU | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Benny Johnson | HOU | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bobby Howfield | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neal | NYJ | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | ||||
| Skip Butler | HOU | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 0 | ||||