In defeat, Steve Grogan passed for 374 yards and three second-half TDs, two of them in the fourth quarter. The six-touchdown second half that followed, however, proved nearly as nuts as what we saw in last Monday night's Rams-Chief game. With Earl Campbell - yeah, him again - rushing for 130 yards, Stabler went 15-for-18 with three touchdown passes, including a 79-yarder to Mike Barber as the Oilers built an impressive 24-6 halftime lead. It was definitely the Hall of Fame quarterback's finest moment in two so-so seasons as an Oiler. Kenny Stabler enjoyed his share of memorable Monday nights, but this one might have been his best. But Bob Griese, five seasons removed from his most recent Super Bowl triumph - the Dolphins, of course, had beaten Minnesota 24-7 at Rice Stadium- had Miami on the march late and wouldn't be defeated until linebacker Steve Kiner intercepted a pass deflected by safety Mike Reinfeldt with just over three minutes left. The rookie Earl Campbell scored four touchdowns, the last of them covering 81 yards down the right sideline that gave the Oilers a 35-23 lead in route to their eighth victory against three losses. The rubber match - Pittsburgh won 27-13 at Three Rivers Stadium - remains the last AFC Championship Game for a Houston team.ĭespite the magnitude of the aforementioned, this one is generally recognized as the most memorable prime-time football game in the city's history.
He suspected he'd see them again in the playoffs and he was right. They probably could have tacked on an additional late meaningless touchdown after Jesse Baker forced a Terry Bradshaw fumble inside the Pittsburgh 10, but Bum Phillips saw no point in needlessly raising the Steelers' ire. He also threw the key block on Rob Carpenter's 4-yard touchdown run that gave the Oilers a late 20-10 lead. In a typically brutal game between these AFC Central Division rivals, Earl Campbell did the heavy lifting for the offense, hammering the Steel Curtain 33 times for 109 hard-earned yards. But they rose to the occasion before the largest crowd to see them play at home up to then - 55,293 - scoring first on a 25-yard Dan Pastorini to Ken Burrough touchdown pass in the second quarter and never surrendering the lead. Bum Phillips' team, however, had recovered sufficiently to get to 10-3 before suffering a dreadful 14-7 loss in Cleveland the previous week.
The defending Super Bowl champion Steelers came in 11-3 and had destroyed the Oilers 38-7 in Pittsburgh the second week of the season.
Luv ya Blue was officially born this night with fans receiving Columbia Blue flash cards with "Luv ya Blue" in white as they entered the Dome.
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