Regular Season Week 4: Oilers at Rockets
September 28, 1997 70° Texas Sun Bowl
Attendance: 66,329 (88%)
Oilers 0 0 0 7 - 7
Rockets 10 6 0 8 - 24
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Rockets: 4-6-OKC 36 (11:05) 18-Zachary Duty 54 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 OKC 0
(Qtr 1) Rockets: 3-6-OKC 32 (0:47) 7-Howard Stiner pass complete to 30-Robert Sweet for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Zachary Duty. HOU 10 OKC 0
(Qtr 2) Rockets: 4-12-OKC 23 (6:03) 18-Zachary Duty 41 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 13 OKC 0
(Qtr 2) Rockets: 4-7-OKC 30 (0:29) 18-Zachary Duty 48 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 16 OKC 0
(Qtr 4) Oilers: 1-6-HOU 6 (1:46) 9-James Mendoza pass complete to 86-Paul Morris for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Richard Bryant. HOU 16 OKC 7
(Qtr 4) Rockets: 2-2-OKC 43 (1:37) 30-Robert Sweet ran to OKC 0 for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 26-Benjamin Ward ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! HOU 71-David Abell was injured on the play. HOU 24 OKC 7
Team Statistics
Rockets Oilers
First Downs 12 11
- Rushing 5 5
- Passing 5 6
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 290 222
- Offensive Plays 62 63
- Yards Per Play 4.68 3.52
Net Rushing Yards 117 67
- Rushing Attempts 30 22
- Yards Per Rush 3.90 3.05
Net Passing Yards 173 155
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 24 / 1 39 / 24 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 173 175
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.41 3.78
- Yards Per Completion 7.21 7.29
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 5.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 4 / 34
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 21 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 78
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 3 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 27
Time of Possession 31:23 28:38
Drive Charts
Rockets
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:59 OWN 25 7 39 Field Goal
1 6:50 6:10 OWN 6 10 94 Touchdown
2 13:34 2:05 OWN 23 3 8 Punt
2 8:50 2:50 OPP 32 4 9 Field Goal
2 2:03 1:39 OWN 26 7 44 Field Goal
3 12:56 2:21 OWN 32 5 22 Punt
3 8:32 0:44 50 2 3 Interception
3 4:57 1:33 OWN 7 3 9 Punt
3 1:55 1:34 OWN 12 3 -1 Punt
4 13:31 1:29 OWN 22 3 4 Punt
4 10:36 2:00 OWN 28 3 3 Punt
4 7:21 2:11 OPP 29 4 12 Fumble
4 4:19 1:53 OPP 28 3 -7 Missed FG
4 1:43 0:14 OWN 48 2 52 Touchdown
4 0:41 0:41 OPP 36 2 0 Game
Oilers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:01 4:11 OWN 22 7 31 Punt
1 0:40 2:06 OWN 24 3 7 Punt
2 11:28 2:38 OWN 20 5 9 Interception
2 6:00 3:57 OWN 28 8 41 Interception
2 0:25 0:25 OWN 25 1 3 Half
3 15:00 2:04 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
3 10:35 2:03 OWN 4 3 10 Punt
3 7:48 2:51 OWN 36 5 16 Punt
3 3:24 1:29 OWN 37 3 1 Punt
3 0:22 1:50 OWN 42 3 6 Punt
4 12:03 1:27 OWN 32 3 3 Punt
4 8:36 1:15 OWN 22 7 7 Downs
4 5:10 0:51 OWN 19 4 13 Downs
4 2:26 0:43 OWN 42 5 58 Touchdown
4 1:29 0:48 OWN 25 4 13 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Rockets
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Benjamin Ward 22 68 3.09 12 2 0
#30 Robert Sweet 6 49 8.17 43 1 1
#7 Howard Stiner 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Oilers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#34 Donald Parshall 15 50 3.33 9 0 0
#22 Mark Waters 6 11 1.83 3 0 0
#44 Joe Ibarra 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Passing Stats
Rockets
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#7 Howard Stiner 32 24 173 0 / 0 1 32 1 84.51
Oilers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 James Mendoza 39 24 175 2 / 20 1 26 3 48.56
Receiving Stats
Rockets
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#30 Robert Sweet 3 50 16.67 32 1
#26 Benjamin Ward 7 47 6.71 16 0
#86 Bryan Herrera 6 45 7.50 12 0
#85 Paul Pick 4 24 6.00 16 0
#85 Troy Whitley 2 4 2.00 3 0
#80 Larry Hubbard 1 2 2.00 2 0
#16 Bobby Jones 1 1 1.00 1 0
Oilers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Arthur Wilcox 6 54 9.00 24 0
#82 Charles Evans 6 51 8.50 16 0
#86 Paul Morris 6 45 7.50 26 1
#34 Donald Parshall 3 10 3.33 7 0
#87 Rodney Adrian 1 10 10.00 10 0
#26 Alan Farrar 2 5 2.50 3 0
Blocking Stats
Rockets
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#60 Terry Dyer 42 31 0 1
#63 Gregory Menard 39 39 0 2
#74 Nicholas Turner 32 42 0 0
#26 Benjamin Ward 10 3 0 0
#63 Ronald Thrasher 32 36 0 6
#1 Daniel Contreras 28 24 0 3
#16 Bobby Jones 0 22 0 0
#85 Troy Whitley 0 30 0 0
#49 Justin Zachary 15 27 0 0
#86 Bryan Herrera 3 36 0 0
#85 Paul Pick 0 15 0 1
#77 Benjamin Loy 11 0 0 0
#30 Robert Sweet 6 1 0 0
#29 Cory Santos 11 0 0 0
#58 Jose Gordon 11 1 0 0
#53 James Green 14 7 0 0
#64 Pancake Tuesday 5 0 0 0
#80 Larry Hubbard 0 5 0 0
#5 Dale Gordon 0 1 0 0
#89 Eric Hintz 1 2 0 0
#44 Gary Williams 5 6 0 0
#41 Jack Robinson 0 1 0 1
#99 Will Lofton 0 3 0 0
#3 David Frazier 0 4 0 0
#78 Ricky Pal 0 3 0 0
#43 William Muir 0 2 0 0
#91 Albert Shelton 0 2 0 0
#75 Stanley Ullery 0 2 0 0
#38 Michael Foley 0 2 0 0
#68 Marvin Jaramillo 0 2 0 0
#92 Ronald McCloud 0 1 0 0
#50 Russell McNeill 0 1 0 1
#45 William Hashimoto 0 1 0 0
#23 Lucas Roberts 0 1 0 1
#71 David Abell 0 1 0 0
Oilers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Philip Bull 49 31 1 5
#95 Jerry Brown 0 4 0 0
#98 Paul Johnson 4 4 0 0
#41 Sergio Bryan 0 4 0 0
#66 Allen Morgan 0 3 0 0
#56 Frederick Ledezma 0 5 0 1
#57 George Ashcraft 0 4 0 0
#94 Scott Robinson 0 3 0 0
#99 Kenneth Garrett 0 6 0 3
#77 John Lee 51 34 0 1
#65 Gregg Guard 46 35 0 0
#22 Mark Waters 16 10 0 0
#59 John Fierros 50 28 0 0
#69 Rogelio Yepez 42 35 0 2
#44 Joe Ibarra 8 2 0 0
#84 Jerome Bryant 0 8 0 0
#26 Alan Farrar 12 15 0 1
#82 Arthur Wilcox 7 15 0 1
#82 Charles Evans 0 14 0 0
#86 Paul Morris 0 11 0 2
#87 Rodney Adrian 0 10 0 1
#76 Randall Harney 10 3 0 1
#69 Ricardo Gartman 9 1 0 0
#60 Charles Holmes 3 0 0 0
#28 Robert Edwards 0 2 0 0
#21 Walter Harvey 0 2 0 0
#34 Donald Parshall 15 4 0 0
#91 Javier Blair 0 2 0 0
#37 David Oquendo 0 1 0 0
#30 Irvin Butler 0 1 0 0
#73 Douglas Almaguer 0 2 0 0
#31 David Landreth 0 1 0 0
#45 Billy Ordonez 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Rockets
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#43 William Muir 1 2 2.00 0
#78 Ricky Pal 1 1 1.00 0
#23 Lucas Roberts 1 0 0.00 0
Oilers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#57 George Ashcraft 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Rockets
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#26 Benjamin Ward 1 0 0 0
#43 William Muir 0 1 0 0
Oilers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#9 James Mendoza 1 0 0 0
#65 Gregg Guard 0 1 0 0
#98 Paul Johnson 0 1 1 0
Punting
Rockets
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Mark Juan 6 277 46.17 45.67 50 1
Oilers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Enrique Gilchrist 8 315 39.38 40.88 49 3
Kicking
Rockets
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Zachary Duty 3 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 2 54 1 / 1
Oilers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 Richard Bryant 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Rockets
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#16 Bobby Jones 1 11 11.0 11 0
#30 Robert Sweet 1 10 10.0 10 0
Oilers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#34 Donald Parshall 1 3 3.0 3 0
Kick Return
Rockets
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Oilers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#34 Donald Parshall 3 78 26.0 0
Defensive Stats
Rockets
Name Tackles Sacks
#44 Gary Williams 9 0
#43 William Muir 8 0
#41 Jack Robinson 6 1
#92 Ronald McCloud 5 0
#57 Jacob Mendoza 4 0
#78 Ricky Pal 4 1
#23 Lucas Roberts 3 0
#75 Stanley Ullery 2 0
#38 Michael Foley 2 0
#40 Frank Brack 2 0
#68 Marvin Jaramillo 2 0
#91 Albert Shelton 2 0
#99 Will Lofton 1 0
#86 Bryan Herrera 1 0
#30 Robert Sweet 1 0
#50 Russell McNeill 1 0
#7 Howard Stiner 1 0
Oilers
Name Tackles Sacks
#45 Billy Ordonez 9 0
#41 Sergio Bryan 7 0
#95 Jerry Brown 6 0
#99 Kenneth Garrett 6 0
#56 Frederick Ledezma 6 0
#37 David Oquendo 3 0
#31 David Landreth 3 0
#98 Paul Johnson 3 0
#57 George Ashcraft 2 0
#91 Javier Blair 2 0
#82 Arthur Wilcox 2 0
#30 Irvin Butler 2 0
#86 Paul Morris 1 0
#65 Gregg Guard 1 0
#72 Philip Bull 1 0