| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 25, 1966 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 42526 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Booth Lusteg 47 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 8 run (Booth Lusteg kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 47 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Booth Lusteg 32 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bobby Burnett 15 pass from Jack Kemp (Booth Lusteg kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 35 FG | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Ode Burrell 11 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Frazier 62 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Hagood Clarke 66 interception return (Booth Lusteg kick) | 20 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 55 | C | John Frongillo |
| 66 | ROG | Sonny Bishop |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 25 | HB | Ode Burrell |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 79 | LDT | Pat Holmes |
| 99 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 62 | RDE | Jim Hayes |
| 84 | LLB | Johnny Baker |
| 31 | MLB | Doug Cline |
| 54 | RLB | John Meyer |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | Bobby Crockett |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 67 | ROG | Joe O'Donnell |
| 79 | ROT | Dick Hudson |
| 73 | TE | Paul Costa |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 21 | HB | Bobby Burnett |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 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 |
| 27 | LCB | Tommy Janik |
| 45 | LS | Hagood Clarke |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Sid Blanks | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bobby Burnett | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Allen Smith | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 54 | 23 | 42.6 | 5 | 303 | 5.6 | 62t | 2 | 34.7 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 2 | 172 | 6.6 | 50 | 1 | 45.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 6 | 128 | 21.3 | 62t | 1 |
| Ode Burrell | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Bob McLeod | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bobby Crockett | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Costa | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Burnett | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Doug Cline | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Hagood Clarke | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 66t | 1 |
| Tommy Janik | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 6 | 212 | 35.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ed Rutkowski | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Butch Byrd | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Garland Boyette | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Charley Warner | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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