| Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1969 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 46485 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Hopkins 3 pass from Pete Beathard (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Pete Beathard 3 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Houston 51 interception return (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Max Anderson 6 run (Bruce Alford kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Hoyle Granger 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Marlin Briscoe 26 pass from Jack Kemp (Bruce Alford kick) | 14 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 41 | RB | Bill Enyart |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 13 | 27 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Max Anderson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Wayne Patrick | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Hoyle Granger | 22 | 62 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Roy Hopkins | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 46 | 20 | 43.5 | 4 | 223 | 4.8 | 26t | 1 | 1 | 5 | 29.5 |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 28 | 10 | 35.7 | 3 | 139 | 5.0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26t | 1 |
| Max Anderson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bubba Thornton | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Robert James | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Enyart | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Alvin Reed | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 31 | 1 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Butch Byrd | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| W.K. Hicks | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51t | 1 |
| George Webster | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 6 | 289 | 48.2 | 56 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Roy Gerela | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Max Anderson | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 5 | 0 | 64 | 12.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Bubba Thornton | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 48 | 0 | |
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