Sunday, October 17, 1976
| HOU | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Skip Butler 31 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Chargers | Dwight McDonald 13 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Ray Wersching kick) | 3 | 7 |
| Oilers | Skip Butler 36 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Chargers | Ray Wersching 30 yard field goal | 6 | 10 |
| Chargers | Bo Matthews 42 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 6 | 17 | |
| Oilers | Ken Burrough 54 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 13 | 17 | |
| 4th | Chargers | Charlie Joiner 81 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Ray Wersching kick) | 13 | 24 |
| Oilers | Ken Burrough 67 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 20 | 24 | |
| Oilers | Billy Johnson 32 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 27 | 24 | |
| Chargers | Bo Matthews 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 27 | 30 |
| HOU | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-51-0 | 41-223-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-39-329-3-1 | 19-24-279-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 8-34 |
| Net pass yards | 329 | 245 |
| Total yards | 380 | 468 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-80 | 6-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 25 | 39 | 329 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 5 | 136 | 2 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 6 | 94 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 11 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Melvin Baker | HOU | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 10 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||
| John Sawyer | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mack Alston | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Don Hardeman | HOU | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 19 | 24 | 279 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rickey Young | SDG | 15 | 73 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 2 | 106 | 1 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Sam Scarber | SDG | 17 | 78 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Bo Matthews | SDG | 6 | 59 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Pat Curran | SDG | 4 | 49 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Larry Dorsey | SDG | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Dwight McDonald | SDG | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mitch Hoopes | SDG | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | SDG | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 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 | ||
| Don Hardeman | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Altie Taylor | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Fuller | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Goode | SDG | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Artie Owens | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ray Preston | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike H. Williams | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Skip Butler | HOU | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 0 | ||||
| Mitch Hoopes | SDG | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Wersching | SDG | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |