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Oilers Conquer Saints, 24-23, With 17 Point Last
Period
HOUSTON, Aug. 18 (AP)- There was a
snag in the New Orleans Saints defensive blanket. Houston quarterback
Pete Beathard found it and unraveled the cover with his feet.
With Houston trailing 23-17 and only 56 seconds remaining in the
game at the Astrodome, Beathard went back to pass. But, his receivers
were given blanket coverage.
So, Beathard forgot about his arm and concentrated on his
footwork to ramble through a hole for six yards and the tying touchdown.
Sid Blanks then ran around right end for the extra point, giving the
Oilers of the American Football League a 24-23 victory over the National
Football League Saints.
Houston Oilers scored 17 points in the final period to overcome
New Orleans. Until the late Oiler uprising the Saints had throttled the
Houston offense and built up a 23-7 lead on Bill Kilmer's two touchdown
passes, Don McCall's touchdown run and Charlie Durkee's field goal.
Kilmer's attempted pass for a conversion after his second touchdown toss
failed.
Ken Houston of the American Football League team started the
comeback with a 39-yard touchdown run after intercepting a pass thrown
by Kilmer. The Oilers then tallied on a 47-yard field goal by John
Wittenborn.
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Scoring Summary
Second Quarter
NO- Stickles 5 yard pass from Kilmer (McCall
run)
HOU- Beathard 3 run (Campbell pass from
Beathard)
NO- Abramowicz 5 pass from Kilmer (pass
failed)
Third Quarter
NO- FG Durkee 25
NO- McCall 2 run (Stickles pass from Kilmer)
Fourth Quarter
HOU- Houston 39 yard interception return (Haik
pass from Beathard)
HOU- FG Wittenborn 47
HOU- Beathard 6 run (Blanks run) |
