| 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 Broncos | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Pete Beathard 10 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Mac Haik 19 pass from Pete Beathard (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Wayne Walker 18 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Bobby Howfield 12 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Floyd Little 67 punt return (Bobby Howfield kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Pete Beathard 2 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Al Denson 17 pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Mac Haik 50 pass from Pete Beathard (Wayne Walker kick) | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Larry Carwell 40 interception return (Wayne Walker kick) | 17 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Brendan McCarthy | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| DEN | Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Fran Lynch | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| DEN | Floyd Little | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Tensi | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| HOU | Hoyle Granger | 15 | 79 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| HOU | Woody Campbell | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| HOU | Pete Beathard | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 2 | |
| HOU | Sid Blanks | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Roy Hopkins | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Marlin Briscoe | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 119 | 6.3 | 1 | 63.3 | |||
| DEN | Steve Tensi | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 40 | 5.0 | 40 | 0 | 8.3 | ||
| DEN | Mike Haffner | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| HOU | Pete Beathard | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 0 | 234 | 8.1 | 2 | 107.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Al Denson | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 1 | |
| DEN | Floyd Little | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Eric Crabtree | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| DEN | Chip Myrtle | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Tom Beer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| HOU | Alvin Reed | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 0 | |
| HOU | Woody Campbell | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| HOU | Jim Beirne | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| HOU | Mac Haik | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 2 | |
| HOU | Charlie Frazier | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| HOU | Roy Hopkins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Larry Carwell | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| HOU | George Webster | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Billy Van Heusen | 8 | 357 | 44.6 | 0 | |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Larry Carwell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| HOU | Sid Blanks | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Terry Erwin | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Gus Hollomon | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| HOU | Zeke Moore | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Larry Carwell | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
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