| Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 5, 1965 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Rice Stadium Attendance: 23087 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 31% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 13 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 12 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Jack Spikes 4 run (George Blanda kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bo Roberson 74 pass from Daryle Lamonica (Pete Gogolak kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 12 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 41 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 47 FG | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 80 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 34 FG | 26 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Dick Compton 95 pass from George Blanda (Ode Burrell pass from George Blanda) | 26 | 18 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 19 FG | 29 | 18 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Charley Ferguson |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 60 | C | Dave Behrman |
| 50 | ROG | Al Bemiller |
| 79 | ROT | Dick Hudson |
| 82 | TE | Paul Costa |
| 12 | QB | Daryle Lamonica |
| 20 | HB | Bobby Smith |
| 46 | FL | Bo Roberson |
| 30 | FB | Wray Carlton |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 70 | RDT | Tom Sestak |
| 88 | RDE | Tom Day |
| 51 | LLB | John Tracey |
| 64 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 24 | LCB | Booker Edgerson |
| 45 | LS | Hagood Clarke |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 56 | C | Wayne Frazier |
| 66 | ROG | Sonny Bishop |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 83 | TE | Willie Frazier |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 25 | HB | Ode Burrell |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 46 | FB | Bobby Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 50 | LLB | Bobby Maples |
| 31 | MLB | Doug Cline |
| 85 | RLB | Danny Brabham |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | / | / | 2 | 21 | 3 | 2 | |
| HOU | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | / | / | 5 | 54 | 4 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 11 | 148 | 13.5 | 80t | 1 |
| Bobby Smith | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 202 | 6.3 | 80t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 |
| Don Trull | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 86 | 3.1 | 29 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 1 | 83 | 5.9 | 74t | 1 | 45.8 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 25 | 2.5 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 5 | 20.8 | 2 | 108 | 4.5 | 74t | 1 | 3 | 26 | 25.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 1 | 209 | 8.7 | 95t | 1 | 69.6 | ||
| Don Trull | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 43 | 4.3 | 36 | 0 | 5.4 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 12 | 35.3 | 2 | 252 | 7.4 | 95t | 1 | 4 | 38 | 47.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bo Roberson | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 74t | 1 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 74t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Frazier | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 95 | 95.0 | 95t | 1 |
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 252 | 21.0 | 95t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Hagood Clarke | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 4 | 199 | 49.8 | 58 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 199 | 49.8 | 58 | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 209 | 52.3 | 59 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 209 | 52.3 | 59 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Butch Byrd | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Charley Warner | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Charley Warner | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Floyd Hudlow | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| W.K. Hicks | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| B.W. Cheeks | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 139 | 23.2 | 38 | 0 | |