PRO FOOTBALL : Falcons Have Half-Dozen Reasons for 33-17 Loss : Interconference: Hebert throws six interceptions for Atlanta, helping Houston to its seventh victory in a row.

Surrounded by security guards and hounded by fans, Jerry Glanville returned to the Astrodome on Sunday. He left with another loss.

Glanville, in his first visit to Houston since being forced out as the Oilers’ coach in 1989, saw Bobby Hebert throw six interceptions during the Atlanta Falcons’ 33-17 loss to the Houston Oilers.

Ray Childress helped the Oilers (8-4) gain their seventh consecutive victory--their longest since 1962--by recovering a fumble in the end zone to put Houston ahead, 20-14, with 25 seconds left in the third quarter.

Glanville entered the Astrodome wearing his trademark black denim jeans and sunglasses, reminding fans of his tenure in Houston when he left tickets for Elvis and regularly feuded with the media.

“Him (Glanville) coming back here for the first time and with 18-20 players still here who played for him, we didn’t want him coming in here controlling our house,” Oiler Coach Jack Pardee said. “This is one more step along the way for us. We’ve been playing some good teams and the Falcons are one of them.”

There were several player feuds during a first half in which Atlanta took a 7-6 lead. The Falcons (5-7), who entered the game with five victories in their last six games, extended the lead to 14-6 on Hebert’s six-yard touchdown pass play to Andre Rison with 7:10 remaining in the third quarter.

But the Oilers took over from there. First, Moon completed a 25-yard touchdown pass play to Webster Slaughter to pull the Oilers to within 14-13 and then Childress produced his game-turning play.

After defensive end William Fuller sacked Hebert and forced a fumble, Childress pounced on it in the end zone to put the Oilers ahead to stay.

The Oilers stayed on top thanks to interceptions, including two by cornerback Steve Jackson, who spent the past month in defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan’s doghouse. His second interception came in the fourth quarter and set up a 21-yard field goal by Al Del Greco.

“He got out of the doghouse today,” Ryan said of Jackson. “We’ll have to find some one else to put in there. We helped him out a lot but Steve played real well.”

Hebert’s fourth interception, by Cris Dishman, was returned 20 yards to the Falcons’ 22. It set up Gary Brown’s one-yard touchdown run with 9:09 remaining and put the Oilers in front, 30-14.

“Our defense came up with the turnovers once again,” Pardee said. “You get a lot of people making plays like that and a lot of good things happen. I was concerned about us getting down but then we started making plays.”