NFL game summary for 11/02/1975:

The surging Oilers moved into a triple tie with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh for the AFC Central lead with the help of two touchdown passes by Dan Pastorini to the fleet Ken Burrough for 77 and 57 yards. Bob Atkins' interception of a Mike Livingston pass with 4:53 to go and Curley Culp's recovery of a fumbled snap with 1:17 remaining in the game saved the day for the Oilers, who won their fourth in a row. Burrough caught seven passes for 177 yards, top yardage in the first half of the AFC season. It was the Oilers' 12th win in 15 games since Curley Culp joined the club last season.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	151.5 (10)	122.5 (21)	274.0 (17)	14
DEFENSE	107.0 (2)	156.7 (13)	263.7 (10)	18
OFFENSE	154.0 (9)	161.3 (11)	315.3 (10)	10
DEFENSE	153.7 (19)	177.3 (21)	331.0 (20)	20

Line: Oilers by 2½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Houston Oilers (6-1-0)	7	0	7	3	17
Kansas City Chiefs (3-4-0)	3	10	0	0	13

( 0- 3) KC  Jan Stenerud 37 yard field goal
( 7- 3) HOU Ken Burrough 77 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick)
( 7- 6) KC  Jan Stenerud 37 yard field goal
( 7-13) KC  Jeff Kinney 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)
(14-13) HOU Ken Burrough 57 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick)
(17-13) HOU Skip Butler 44 yard field goal

                     HOU             KC
First Downs:         13              22
Rushes-yards:        40-144          36-137
Yards/rush:          3.6             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-19-198-1     17-36-220-3
Sacked-yards:        2-17            2-12
Net pass yards:      181             208
Net yards/pass:      8.6             5.5
Total net yards:     325             345
Total plays:         61 (65% run)    74 (48% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-1
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     12-99           9-66

Attendance: 62,989

Passing:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 11 of 19 for 198 yards and 2 TDs (1 int) KC: Mike Livingston, 17 of 36 for 220 yards (3 int)
Rushing:
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 13 for 53 yards; Don Hardeman, 12 for 62 yards; Fred Willis, 12 for 35 yards; Dan Pastorini, 3 for -6 yards KC: MacArthur Lane, 14 for 49 yards; Ed Podolak, 12 for 52 yards; Jeff Kinney, 8 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Mike Livingston, 1 for 0 yards; Walter White, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
HOU: Ken Burrough, 7 for 177 yards and 2 TDs; Fred Willis, 1 for 18 yards; Emmett Edwards, 1 for 4 yards; Mack Alston, 1 for 2 yards; Billy Johnson, 1 for -3 yards KC: Jeff Kinney, 5 for 35 yards; Barry Pearson, 4 for 73 yards; Billy Masters, 3 for 63 yards; Larry Brunson, 2 for 41 yards; Ed Podolak, 2 for 11 yards; MacArthur Lane, 1 for -3 yards
Kick returns:
HOU: Billy Johnson, 2 for 43 yards; Ronnie Coleman, 1 for 22 yards KC: Charlie Thomas, 3 for 40 yards
Punt returns:
HOU: Billy Johnson, 4 for 91 yards KC: Charlie Thomas, 3 for 38 yards; Kerry Reardon, 2 for 15 yards
Interceptions:
HOU: Bob Atkins, 1 for 70 yards; Willie Alexander, 1 for 9 yards; Zeke Moore, 1 for 0 yards KC: Mike Sensibaugh, 1 for 38 yards
Punting:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 7 for 316 yards KC: Jerrel Wilson, 8 for 355 yards
Field Goals:
HOU: Skip Butler, 1/3 KC: Jan Stenerud, 2/2