| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 26, 1969 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 45348 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mike Haffner 13 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Hopkins 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Jerry LeVias 43 pass from Pete Beathard (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tommie Smiley 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 3 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Hopkins 43 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 22 FG | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 84 | WR | Mike Haffner |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| 39 | RB | Tommie Smiley |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 62 | LDT | Jerry Inman |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 58 | RLB | Frank Richter |
| 40 | LCB | Grady Cavness |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 27 | RS | Tom Oberg |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| 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 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | / | / | 4 | 45 | 1 | 0 | |
| HOU | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | / | / | 13 | 140 | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 29 | 1 |
| Tommie Smiley | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 96 | 4.4 | 29 | 2 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Roy Hopkins | 14 | 107 | 7.6 | 43t | 2 |
| Hoyle Granger | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 219 | 5.1 | 43t | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 0 | 243 | 7.6 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 80.6 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 0 | 243 | 7.4 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 78.2 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 2 | 168 | 10.5 | 53 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 68.7 |
| Don Trull | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 109 | 9.1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.6 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 2 | 277 | 9.9 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 67.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Haffner | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Tom Beer | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Quayle | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Embree | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 243 | 17.4 | 46 | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jerry LeVias | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 57 | 1 |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 277 | 19.8 | 57 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Grady Cavness | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gus Hollomon | 8 | 274 | 34.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 274 | 34.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Roy Gerela | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 1 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wandy Williams | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| George Burrell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |