| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 17, 1968 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 36075 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Pete Beathard 10 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mac Haik 19 pass from Pete Beathard (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Wayne Walker 18 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 12 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 67 punt return (Bobby Howfield kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Pete Beathard 2 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Denson 17 pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Mac Haik 50 pass from Pete Beathard (Wayne Walker kick) | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Larry Carwell 40 interception return (Wayne Walker kick) | 17 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Al Denson |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 58 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 32 | RB | Garrett Ford |
| 40 | RB | Brendan McCarthy |
| 41 | FL | Eric Crabtree |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 75 | LDT | Rex Mirich |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 52 | RLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 20 | LCB | Charlie Greer |
| 43 | LS | Pete Jaquess |
| 27 | RS | Tom Oberg |
| 23 | RCB | Drake Garrett |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Jim Beirne |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 60 | LOG | Tom Regner |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 66 | ROG | Sonny Bishop |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 11 | QB | Pete Beathard |
| 35 | HB | Woody Campbell |
| 86 | FL | Mac Haik |
| 32 | FB | Hoyle Granger |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 72 | RDT | George Rice |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 90 | LLB | George Webster |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 56 | RLB | Olen Underwood |
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 41 | RCB | Larry Carwell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Brendan McCarthy | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Hoyle Granger | 15 | 79 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10t | 2 |
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 119 | 6.3 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 63.3 |
| Steve Tensi | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 40 | 5.0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.3 |
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 0 | 234 | 8.1 | 50t | 2 | 2 | 14 | 107.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Denson | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 40 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Alvin Reed | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 50t | 2 |
| Charlie Frazier | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| George Webster | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 8 | 357 | 44.6 | 61 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 4 | 0 | 90 | 22.5 | 67t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Larry Carwell | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 46 | 0 | |
| Terry Erwin | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
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