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Sunday October 11, 1970
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NFL game summary for 10/11/1970:



The second of two touchdown passes thrown by Johnny Unitas to Roy Jefferson with 46 seconds remaining enabled the Colts to overcome the Oilers. The pass to Jefferson was into the end zone and it culminated an eighty-yard drive.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Baltimore ColtsOFFENSE93.3  (20)189.3  (7)282.7  (12)11
DEFENSE98.7  (6)175.7  (18)274.3  (13)6
Houston OilersOFFENSE123.7  (10)160.0  (12)283.7  (11)7
DEFENSE99.7  (7)149.0  (13)248.7  (7)4

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Baltimore Colts (3-1-0)7100724
Houston Oilers (2-2-0)077620

( 7- 0) BAL Jack Maitland 2 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick)
(14- 0) BAL Roy Jefferson 17 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick)
(14- 7) HOU Jerry LeVias 7 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick)
(17- 7) BAL Jim O'Brien 43 yard field goal
(17-14) HOU Roy Hopkins 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
(17-17) HOU Roy Gerela 27 yard field goal
(17-20) HOU Roy Gerela 9 yard field goal
(24-20) BAL Roy Jefferson 31 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick)
                     BAL             HOU
First Downs:         18              24
Rushes-yards:        27-74           33-94
Yards/rush:          2.7             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-30-227-1     20-34-294-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             2-23
Net pass yards:      227             271
Net yards/pass:      7.6             7.5
Total net yards:     301             365
Total plays:         57 (47% run)    69 (47% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             5.3
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             1-1
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     5-35            9-83

Attendance: 48,050
Passing:
BAL: Johnny Unitas, 15 of 30 for 227 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
HOU: Charley Johnson, 14 of 24 for 165 yards and 1 TD; Jerry Rhome, 6 of 10 for 129 yards

Rushing:
BAL: Jack Maitland, 16 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Norm Bulaich, 9 for 24 yards; Sam Havrilak, 1 for 5 yards; Johnny Unitas, 1 for -3 yards
HOU: Roy Hopkins, 16 for 67 yards and 1 TD; Woody Campbell, 9 for 16 yards; Hoyle Granger, 6 for 10 yards; Charley Johnson, 1 for 9 yards; Jerry LeVias, 1 for -8 yards

Receiving:
BAL: Eddie Hinton, 7 for 96 yards; Roy Jefferson, 5 for 99 yards and 2 TDs; John Mackey, 2 for 21 yards; Jack Maitland, 1 for 11 yards
HOU: Jim Beirne, 6 for 85 yards; Alvin Reed, 4 for 79 yards; Jerry LeVias, 3 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Hoyle Granger, 2 for 21 yards; Woody Campbell, 2 for 7 yards; Mike Richardson, 1 for 67 yards; Mac Haik, 1 for 10 yards; Roy Hopkins, 1 for 1 yard

Kick returns:
BAL: Ron Gardin, 2 for 55 yards
HOU: Jerry LeVias, 3 for 63 yards; Donnie Davis, 1 for 0 yards; Alvin Reed, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
BAL: Ron Gardin, 3 for 35 yards
HOU: Jerry LeVias, 1 for 9 yards; Ken Houston, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
HOU: Zeke Moore, 1 for 23 yards

Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 5 for 246 yards
HOU: Spike Jones, 4 for 166 yards

Field Goals:
BAL: Jim O'Brien, 1/3
HOU: Roy Gerela, 2/5




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