NFL game summary for 11/29/1970:

Charley Johnson, heavily padded to prevent further injury to a broken collarbone, threw three touchdown passes for the first Houston victory in eight games. He connected twice to Jerry LeVias and once to Mike Richardson, who scored the Oilers other TD on a one-yard run. Denver rookie QB Al Pastrana led the Broncos to three fourth period TDs, including his own nine-yard run.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Denver Broncos	OFFENSE	135.2  (8)	153.8  (15)	289.0  (12)	23
	DEFENSE	88.1  (1)	175.6  (20)	263.7  (7)	25
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	121.9  (13)	178.4  (7)	300.3  (8)	25
	DEFENSE	111.4  (9)	180.6  (23)	292.0  (17)	13

Line: Broncos by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Denver Broncos (5-6-0)	0	0	0	21	21
Houston Oilers (3-7-1)	14	10	7	0	31

( 0- 7) HOU Jerry LeVias 63 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick)
( 0-14) HOU Jerry LeVias 5 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick)
( 0-17) HOU Roy Gerela 33 yard field goal
( 0-24) HOU Mike Richardson 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
( 0-31) HOU Mike Richardson 17 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick)
( 7-31) DEN Bobby Anderson 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick)
(14-31) DEN Billy Van Heusen 58 yard pass from Chuck Pastrana (Bobby Howfield kick)
(21-31) DEN Chuck Pastrana 9 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick)

                     DEN             HOU
First Downs:         14              12
Rushes-yards:        20-83           35-98
Yards/rush:          4.2             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-32-196-3     15-25-250-1
Sacked-yards:        5-32            2-16
Net pass yards:      164             234
Net yards/pass:      4.4             8.7
Total net yards:     247             332
Total plays:         57 (35% run)    62 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             5.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             3-2
Turnovers:           5               3
Penalties-yards:     4-50            8-102

Attendance: 35,733

Passing:
DEN: Pete Liske, 5 of 16 for 73 yards (2 int); Chuck Pastrana, 4 of 15 for 98 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Bobby Anderson, 1 of 1 for 25 yards
HOU: Charley Johnson, 14 of 23 for 240 yards and 3 TDs (1 int); Jerry Rhome, 1 of 2 for 10 yards

Rushing:
DEN: Floyd Little, 10 for 32 yards; Chuck Pastrana, 4 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Anderson, 4 for 9 yards and 1 TD; Willis Crenshaw, 1 for 7 yards; Clem Turner, 1 for 1 yard
HOU: Joe Dawkins, 21 for 71 yards; Mike Richardson, 13 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Charley Johnson, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 2 for 83 yards and 1 TD; Al Denson, 2 for 58 yards; Willis Crenshaw, 2 for -1 yards; Bobby Anderson, 1 for 18 yards; Jim Whalen, 1 for 16 yards; Floyd Little, 1 for 11 yards; Billy Masters, 1 for 11 yards
HOU: Mac Haik, 6 for 94 yards; Jerry LeVias, 3 for 101 yards and 2 TDs; Charlie Joiner, 3 for 20 yards; Alvin Reed, 2 for 18 yards; Mike Richardson, 1 for 17 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
DEN: Bobby Anderson, 2 for 60 yards; Jerry Hendren, 2 for 53 yards
HOU: Jerry LeVias, 2 for 35 yards; Donnie Davis, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Charlie Greer, 4 for 68 yards; Pete Jaquess, 1 for 3 yards
HOU: Jerry LeVias, 5 for 21 yards; Jim Beirne, 1 for 1 yard

Interceptions:
DEN: Charlie Greer, 1 for 4 yards
HOU: Zeke Moore, 2 for 8 yards; Ron Pritchard, 1 for 11 yards

Punting:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 9 for 389 yards
HOU: Spike Jones, 8 for 343 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Bobby Howfield, 0/1
HOU: Roy Gerela, 1/2

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