| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1965 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 32492 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 56 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Jack Spikes 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Bob Jackson 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bob Scarpitto 90 pass from John McCormick (Gary Kroner kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 37 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Cookie Gilchrist 1 run (Gary Kroner kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | John Griffin 10 blocked punt recovery (Gary Kroner kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | John Griffin 44 interception return (Gary Kroner kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 56 | C | Wayne Frazier |
| 66 | ROG | Sonny Bishop |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 83 | TE | Willie Frazier |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 25 | HB | Ode Burrell |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 84 | LLB | Johnny Baker |
| 31 | MLB | Doug Cline |
| 85 | RLB | Danny Brabham |
| 47 | LCB | Pete Jaquess |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Breitenstein |
| 72 | LOG | Jerry Sturm |
| 52 | C | Ray Kubala |
| 64 | ROG | Jon Hohman |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 30 | TE | Hewritt Dixon |
| 10 | QB | John McCormick |
| 29 | HB | Wendell Hayes |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 2 | FB | Cookie Gilchrist |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Ed Cooke |
| 83 | LDT | Ray Jacobs |
| 70 | RDT | Charlie Janerette |
| 78 | RDE | Leroy Moore |
| 53 | LLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Hopkins |
| 56 | RLB | John Bramlett |
| 24 | LCB | Willie Brown |
| 47 | LS | John McGeever |
| 45 | RS | Jim McMillin |
| 46 | RCB | John Griffin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jack Spikes | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 20 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Don Trull | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 21 | 67 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 |
| Wendell Hayes | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 54 | 19 | 35.2 | 5 | 287 | 5.3 | 53 | 0 | 15.0 | ||
| Don Trull | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John McCormick | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 177 | 7.1 | 90t | 1 | 61.6 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 7 | 130 | 18.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 90t | 1 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Griffin | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Ed Cooke | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Charlie Janerette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 7 | 306 | 43.7 | 57 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 5 | 186 | 37.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Odell Barry | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Sammy Weir | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 0 | ||
| Odell Barry | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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