| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1969 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 40146 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 67 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bruce Alford 14 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Alvin Reed 12 pass from Pete Beathard (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 21 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Hoyle Granger 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 17 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 86 | WR | Mac Haik |
| 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 |
| 32 | RB | Hoyle Granger |
| 36 | RB | Roy Hopkins |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 70 | LDT | Carel Stith |
| 71 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 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 |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 34 | WR | Bubba Thornton |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 67 | ROG | Joe O'Donnell |
| 79 | ROT | Paul Costa |
| 87 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 30 | RB | Wayne Patrick |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Tatarek |
| 76 | RDE | Mike McBath |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 64 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 24 | LCB | Booker Edgerson |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Roy Hopkins | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 6 | 1 |
| Ode Burrell | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Rich Johnson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 19 | 58 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Enyart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 140 | 7.0 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 89.6 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 3 | 99 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 29.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Beirne | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Masters | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Bubba Thornton | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Houston | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Miller Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Roy Gerela | 8 | 353 | 44.1 | 49 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 7 | 386 | 55.1 | 78 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 3 | 0 | 60 | 20.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Max Anderson | 5 | 0 | 42 | 8.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Bubba Thornton | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Max Anderson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
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