Sunday, September 26, 2010

1975 Houston Oilers at New England Patriots

Game 1 at New England

Ok, just played my first game of DICE Football, and wouldn't you know it, the game goes into overtime.


The Oilers had some opportunities to win it in regulation, but they blew it. In the first half Dan Pastorini threw a costly pass that was intercepted at the Patriot 7 yard line. Skip Butler missed a 37 yard FG in the fourth quarter, but did find the uprights late in the quarter to tie the game.

The Patriots won the coin toss for overtime, but did nothing with the ball and had to punt from their own 19. The Oilers took possession with great field position at their own 49.  On 3rd and 4, Pastorini hit Burrough for a 32 yard gain down to the Patriot 17. The Oiler's worked the ball down to the 10 before sending out Butler to try an end the game. Butler's kick went through the uprights and the Oilers win 26-23!

This game featured 42 incompletions and 7 FGs.

Since it's usually a pain for me to try and format it here, I'll have posted the box score at Google docs.

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