| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1961 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 21237 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 64 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Charley Hennigan 56 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Joe Hergert 38 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Bill Groman 32 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Billy Atkins 56 run (Billy Atkins kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Charley Hennigan 80 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | M.C. Reynolds 1 run (Warren Rabb run failed) | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Bill Groman 68 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 28 | 16 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Charlie Tolar | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | Dave Smith | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Billy Cannon | 13 | 5 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| HOU | Claude King | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| HOU | George Blanda | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Billy Atkins | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56t | 1 |
| BUF | Art Baker | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| BUF | Wray Carlton | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| BUF | M.C. Reynolds | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| BUF | Dewey Bohling | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Warren Rabb | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| HOU | George Blanda | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 4 | 464 | 14.5 | 4 | 101.0 | |||
| BUF | M.C. Reynolds | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 3 | 160 | 6.2 | 0 | 23.4 | |||
| BUF | Warren Rabb | 25 | 8 | 32.0 | 1 | 114 | 4.6 | 0 | 31.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan | 9 | 232 | 25.8 | 2 | |
| HOU | Charlie Tolar | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| HOU | Bill Groman | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 2 | |
| HOU | Billy Cannon | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | John White | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| HOU | Dave Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Glenn Bass | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 0 | |
| BUF | Perry Richards | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| BUF | Monte Crockett | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| BUF | Art Baker | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Orville Trask | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| HOU | Freddy Glick | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| HOU | Tony Banfield | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Richie Lucas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Joe Hergert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | Jim Wagstaff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Billy Atkins | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Claude King | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| HOU | Billy Cannon | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| BUF | Glenn Bass | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Billy Cannon | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Claude King | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| BUF | Dewey Bohling | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
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