| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1964 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 22651 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 66 F Humidty: 28% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 14 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Willard Dewveall 10 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Tolar 23 run (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 43 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 24 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jacky Lee 1 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Dobie Craig 3 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Johnny Baker 17 interception return (George Blanda kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Charlie Mitchell 24 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Sid Blanks 3 run (George Blanda kick) | 38 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Dobie Craig |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 68 | C | Tom Goode |
| 67 | ROG | John Wittenborn |
| 66 | ROT | Sonny Bishop |
| 88 | TE | Willard Dewveall |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 42 | HB | Sid Blanks |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Scott Appleton |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 45 | MLB | Larry Onesti |
| 84 | RLB | Johnny Baker |
| 47 | LCB | Pete Jaquess |
| 22 | LS | Benny Nelson |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 71 | LOT | Jim Perkins |
| 68 | LOG | Tom Nomina |
| 72 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 67 | ROG | Bob McCullough |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 88 | TE | Al Denson |
| 15 | QB | Jacky Lee |
| 30 | HB | Hewritt Dixon |
| 42 | FL | Odell Barry |
| 3 | FB | Billy Joe |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Ray Jacobs |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Guesman |
| 70 | RDT | Charlie Janerette |
| 80 | RDE | Ed Cooke |
| 53 | LLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Hopkins |
| 51 | RLB | Jim Fraser |
| 24 | LCB | Willie Brown |
| 57 | LS | John McGeever |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 20 | RCB | Willie West |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Sid Blanks | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 40 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 23t | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | -1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Joe | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Jacky Lee | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Odell Barry | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 0 | 285 | 8.1 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 100.3 |
| Don Trull | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 45 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 104.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Jacky Lee | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 2 | 239 | 7.5 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 51.4 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 49 | 8.2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 52.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 11 | 188 | 17.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Dobie Craig | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Willard Dewveall | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 8 | 149 | 18.6 | 57 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Odell Barry | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Johnny Baker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 62 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 3 | 160 | 53.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 40 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Odell Barry | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Odell Barry | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Harold Olson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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