| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1962 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 31236 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 67 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Tolar 19 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Cookie Gilchrist 40 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 9 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 40 pass from Billy Cannon (George Blanda kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Art Baker 100 kickoff return (Mack Yoho kick failed) | 28 | 9 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Elbert Dubenion 4 pass from Warren Rabb (Mack Yoho kick) | 28 | 16 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Warren Rabb 1 run (Mack Yoho kick) | 28 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 53 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 15 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 72 | LDT | Bobby Kelly |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 45 | MLB | Larry Onesti |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Glenn Bass |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 60 | ROG | Tom Day |
| 74 | ROT | Harold Olson |
| 84 | TE | Ernie Warlick |
| 12 | QB | Al Dorow |
| 30 | HB | Wray Carlton |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 34 | FB | Cookie Gilchrist |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Sorey |
| 75 | RDT | Tom Saidock |
| 87 | RDE | LaVerne Torczon |
| 55 | LLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 57 | RLB | Ralph Felton |
| 25 | LCB | Jim Crotty |
| 23 | LS | Carl Taseff |
| 27 | RS | Joe Cannavino |
| 24 | RCB | Booker Edgerson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 17 | 109 | 6.4 | 19t | 1 |
| Billy Cannon | 20 | 80 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Warren Rabb | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 |
| Al Dorow | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Wayne Crow | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 6 | 188 | 6.3 | 22 | 1 | 41.4 | ||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 3 | 44 | 2.6 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Warren Rabb | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 85 | 10.6 | 38 | 1 | 148.4 | ||
| Wayne Crow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 10 | 145 | 14.5 | 40t | 2 |
| Charlie Frazier | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Glenn Bass | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Ernie Warlick | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wayne Crow | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Art Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Matuszak | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Cannavino | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wayne Crow | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Art Baker | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 100t | 1 | |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jerry DeLucca | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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