| San Diego Chargers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1965 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Rice Stadium Attendance: 24120 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 77 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 37 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Speedy Duncan 63 punt return (Herb Travenio kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Safety, John Hadl sacked in end zone by Gary Cutsinger, Scott Appleton and Don Floyd | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 5 pass from John Hadl (Herb Travenio kick) | 14 | 2 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 40 FG | 14 | 5 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 10 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 12 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Dick Compton 30 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Herb Travenio 32 FG | 17 | 19 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Herb Travenio 12 FG | 20 | 19 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 9 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 20 | 26 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Hadl 1 run (Herb Travenio kick) | 27 | 26 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Herb Travenio 32 FG | 30 | 26 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Paul Lowe 15 run (Herb Travenio kick) | 37 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Don Norton |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 61 | LOG | Ernie Park |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 74 | ROT | Ron Mix |
| 88 | TE | Dave Kocourek |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 23 | HB | Paul Lowe |
| 19 | FL | Lance Alworth |
| 22 | FB | Keith Lincoln |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Earl Faison |
| 79 | LDT | George Gross |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 85 | RDE | Bob Petrich |
| 51 | LLB | Dick Degen |
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 55 | RLB | Frank Buncom |
| 49 | LCB | Jimmy Warren |
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham |
| 47 | RS | Bud Whitehead |
| 45 | RCB | Speedy Duncan |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Dick Compton |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 56 | C | Wayne Frazier |
| 66 | ROG | Sonny Bishop |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 10 | QB | Don Trull |
| 25 | HB | Ode Burrell |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 46 | FB | Bob Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 70 | LDT | Scott Appleton |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 50 | LLB | Bobby Maples |
| 31 | MLB | Doug Cline |
| 30 | RLB | Charley Rieves |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 23 | RS | Bobby Jancik |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Keith Lincoln | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Allison | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 1 | 146 | 5.8 | 41 | 1 | 59.7 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 37 | 13 | 35.1 | 2 | 212 | 5.7 | 31 | 3 | 59.7 | ||
| Don Trull | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 9 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Keith Lincoln | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Don Norton | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob McLeod | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 25 | 2 |
| Dick Compton | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 30t | 1 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jimmy Warren | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| John Hadl | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 63t | 1 | |
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Miller Farr | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Pete Jaquess | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 69 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Compton | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Keith Kinderman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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