| Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1960 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 25247 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 56 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 14 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 39 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Doug Cline 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mack Yoho 48 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Dan Chamberlain 22 pass from Johnny Green (Billy Atkins kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 6 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 53 FG | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Smith 21 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Dan Chamberlain 33 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Billy Atkins kick) | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Hergert 29 interception return (Tommy O'Connell run failed) | 23 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Monte Crockett |
| 74 | LOT | Harold Olson |
| 60 | LOG | Phil Blazer |
| 52 | C | Dan McGrew |
| 70 | ROG | Ed Muelhaupt |
| 77 | ROT | Don Chelf |
| 81 | TE | Tom Rychlec |
| 14 | QB | Tommy O'Connell |
| 23 | HB | Willmer Fowler |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 30 | FB | Wray Carlton |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck McMurtry |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Sorey |
| 87 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 54 | LLB | Joe Hergert |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 67 | RLB | Joe Schaffer |
| 45 | LCB | Richie McCabe |
| 42 | LS | Jack Johnson |
| 20 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 24 | RCB | Billy Kinard |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Bill Groman |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 57 | C | George Belotti |
| 63 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 51 | ROT | John Simerson |
| 82 | TE | Johnny Carson |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 37 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 32 | FB | Dave Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Dalva Allen |
| 79 | LDT | Orville Trask |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Helluin |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 88 | LLB | Al Witcher |
| 50 | MLB | Dennit Morris |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 43 | LCB | Jim Norton |
| 24 | LS | Julian Spence |
| 47 | RS | Bobby Gordon |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Willmer Fowler | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Richie Lucas | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Green | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 19 | 57 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Doug Cline | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| George Blanda | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Richie Lucas | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 1 | 82 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.9 | |
| Johnny Green | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 55 | 4.6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 76.7 | |
| Tommy O'Connell | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 2 | 47 | 5.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.6 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 3 | 175 | 8.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Dan Chamberlain | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 2 | |
| Tom Rychlec | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Willmer Fowler | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Monte Crockett | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Groman | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 1 | |
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 1 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Johnny Carson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Hergert | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie McCabe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bobby Gordon | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Dalva Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Milstead | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Monte Crockett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Willmer Fowler | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hall | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
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