| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1964 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 15839 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 53 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Sid Blanks 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 26 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Bobby Jancik 82 punt return (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 25 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bob Scarpitto 15 pass from Mickey Slaughter (Billy Joe pass from Mickey Slaughter) | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Dalton Hoffman 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Charlie Mitchell 1 run (Dick Guesman kick) | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 18 FG | 15 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 76 | LOT | Harold Olson |
| 62 | LOG | Ernie Barnes |
| 72 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 67 | ROG | Bob McCullough |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 30 | TE | Hewritt Dixon |
| 7 | QB | Mickey Slaughter |
| 27 | HB | Charlie Mitchell |
| 88 | FL | Al Denson |
| 3 | FB | Billy Joe |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Ed Cooke |
| 83 | LDT | Ray Jacobs |
| 70 | RDT | Charlie Janerette |
| 78 | RDE | LeRoy Moore |
| 50 | LLB | Jerry Hopkins |
| 55 | MLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 51 | RLB | Jim Fraser |
| 24 | LCB | Willie Brown |
| 57 | LS | John McGeever |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 46 | RCB | John Griffin |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 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 |
| 52 | MLB | Sammy Odom |
| 30 | RLB | Charley Rieves |
| 47 | LCB | Pete Jaquess |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 23 | RCB | Bobby Jancik |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 8 | 1 |
| Billy Joe | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Odell Barry | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Sid Blanks | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 35 | 1 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dalton Hoffman | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Mickey Slaughter | 53 | 34 | 64.2 | 3 | 283 | 5.3 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 60.5 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 2 | 204 | 7.6 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 64.4 |
| Don Trull | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 26 | 3.3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 17 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 4 | -16 | -4.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 25t | 1 |
| Sid Blanks | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jerry Hopkins | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Willie Brown | 0 | 6 | 6L | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 0 |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Floyd | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 82 | 82.0 | 82t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Odell Barry | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Hewritt Dixon | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dalton Hoffman | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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