| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1965 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 32492 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 56 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Jack Spikes 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Bob Jackson 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Bob Scarpitto 90 pass from John McCormick (Gary Kroner kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 37 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Cookie Gilchrist 1 run (Gary Kroner kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | John Griffin 10 blocked punt recovery (Gary Kroner kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | John Griffin 44 interception return (Gary Kroner kick) | 17 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Jack Spikes | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| HOU | Charlie Tolar | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| HOU | Bob Jackson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| HOU | Don Trull | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| HOU | Ode Burrell | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| DEN | Cookie Gilchrist | 21 | 67 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| DEN | Wendell Hayes | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| HOU | George Blanda | 54 | 19 | 35.2 | 5 | 287 | 5.3 | 0 | 15.0 | |||
| HOU | Don Trull | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| DEN | John McCormick | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 177 | 7.1 | 1 | 61.6 | |||
| DEN | Wendell Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan | 7 | 130 | 18.6 | 0 | |
| HOU | Charlie Frazier | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | |
| HOU | Willie Frazier | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Ode Burrell | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Charlie Tolar | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Jack Spikes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Lionel Taylor | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| DEN | Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 1 | |
| DEN | Cookie Gilchrist | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Al Denson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | W.K. Hicks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Austin Gonsoulin | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | John Griffin | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
| DEN | Ed Cooke | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| DEN | Charlie Janerette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 7 | 306 | 43.7 | 0 | |
| DEN | Bob Scarpitto | 5 | 186 | 37.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Bobby Jancik | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| HOU | Freddy Glick | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DEN | Odell Barry | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Bobby Jancik | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | |
| HOU | Ode Burrell | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| HOU | Sammy Weir | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DEN | Abner Haynes | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 0 | |
| DEN | Odell Barry | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
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