| Houston Oilers at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1965 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Fenway Park Attendance: 14508 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 38 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 10 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 20 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Nance 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 19 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Safety, Tom Yewcic fumbled ball out of end zone | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 26 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 10 FG | 0 | 29 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 4 pass from George Blanda (Ode Burrell pass from George Blanda) | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Larry Onesti EZ blocked punt recovery (Bob Jackson run failed) | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 57 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 24 FG | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 31 FG | 14 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 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 |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Jim Colclough |
| 71 | LOT | Don Oakes |
| 76 | LOG | Charlie Long |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 73 | ROG | Billy Neighbors |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 12 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 40 | HB | Larry Garron |
| 20 | FL | Gino Cappelletti |
| 35 | FB | Jim Nance |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 60 | RDE | Len St. Jean |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 80 | RLB | Jack Rudolph |
| 42 | LCB | Don Webb |
| 25 | LS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 23 | RS | Ronnie Hall |
| 21 | RCB | Jay Cunningham |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Don Trull | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 19 | 63 | 3.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 3 | 90 | 4.3 | 36 | 1 | 31.9 | ||
| Don Trull | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 14 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 | 47.9 | ||
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 0 | 291 | 9.7 | 57t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117.5 |
| Eddie Wilson | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 50 | 7.1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 5 | 151 | 30.2 | 57t | 2 |
| Art Graham | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 24 | 1 |
| Tony Romeo | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jay Cunningham | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hall | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| White Graves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 7 | 295 | 42.1 | 50 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 51 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Jay Cunningham | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| J.D. Garrett | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| W.K. Hicks | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dick Compton | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| J.D. Garrett | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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