Oilers 31-14 Saints (10 Nov, 1996) Box Score

Houston Oilers

6-4, 4-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU					31
NO					14

New Orleans Saints

2-8, 2-4 home

Houston Passing


Chris Chandler
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
13/21	173	8.2	3	1	1-12	107.7
13/21	161	8.2	3	1	1-12	107.7

New Orleans Passing


Jim Everett
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/33	169	5.1	1	0	1-15	73.9
16/33	154	5.1	1	0	1-15	73.9

Houston Rushing


Eddie George
Ronnie Harmon
Chris Chandler
Rodney Thomas
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25	91	3.6	1	12
5	47	9.4	0	25
4	9	2.3	0	5
3	1	0.3	0	2
37	148	4.0	1	25

New Orleans Rushing


Ray Zellars
Lorenzo Neal
Earnest Hunter III
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
17	60	3.5	14
3	14	4.7	7
1	-1	-1.0	-1
21	73	3.5	14

Houston Receiving


Ronnie Harmon
Chris Sanders
Frank Wycheck
Eddie George
Willie Davis
Erik Norgard
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	108	15.4	1	22
1	42	42.0	1	42
1	16	16.0	0	16
1	3	3.0	0	3
2	3	1.5	0	5
1	1	1.0	1	1
13	173	13.3	3	42

New Orleans Receiving


Michael Haynes
Earnest Hunter III
Lee DeRamus
Tony Johnson
Henry Lusk
Lorenzo Neal
Torrance Small
Ray Zellars
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	48	24.0	1	34
5	39	7.8	0	17
2	24	12.0	0	16
1	15	15.0	0	15
2	13	6.5	0	9
1	12	12.0	0	12
2	11	5.5	0	7
1	7	7.0	0	7
16	169	10.6	1	34

Houston Fumbles


Chris Chandler
John Henry Mills
James Roberson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	0	2

New Orleans Fumbles


Jim Everett
Mercury Hayes
Greg Jackson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
3	2	0

Houston Defense



Blaine Bishop
Micheal Barrow
Darryll Lewis
Marcus Robertson
Barron Wortham
Joe Bowden
Gary Walker
Cris Dishman
Steve Jackson
Henry Ford
Lenoy Jones
Robert Young
Bryant Mix
Rafael Robinson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	9	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	37	1	0	4	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Winfred Tubbs
Mark Fields
Greg Jackson
Wayne Martin
Anthony Newman
Darren Mickell
Rufus Porter
Mark McMillan
Austin Robbins
Brian Jones
Tyrone Hughes
Je'Rod Cherry
Eric Allen
Joe Johnson
Brady Smith
Willie Broughton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	1	0	0
7	4	1	0	0	0	0
6	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	45	1	0	2	0	0

Houston Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Houston Interceptions

New Orleans Interceptions


Greg Jackson
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	10	0
1	10	0

Houston Kick Returns


Rodney Thomas
Frank Wycheck
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	57	19.0	35
1	0	0.0	0
4	57	14.3	35

New Orleans Kick Returns


Tyrone Hughes
Mercury Hayes
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	111	27.8	44
2	30	15.0	17
6	141	23.5	44

Houston Punt Returns


Malcolm Floyd
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	50	25.0	32	0
2	50	25.0	32	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Tyrone Hughes
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	21	10.5	16	0
2	21	10.5	16	0

Houston Kicking


Al Del Greco
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	25	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	25	4/4	7

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	49	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	49	0/0	6

Houston Punting


Reggie Roby
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	238	47.6	0	2	62
5	238	47.6	0	2	62

New Orleans Punting


Klaus Wilmsmeyer
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	300	42.9	1	0	58
7	300	42.9	1	0	58

5:00 AM, 10 November 1996

Attendance: 34,121

Referees:
Walt Coleman

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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