| Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1961 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 22761 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 86 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 22 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Fred Brown 4 run (Billy Atkins kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 54 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 14 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Safety, Billy Atkins punt blocked out of end zone by Dennit Morris | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Perry Richards 15 pass from Warren Rabb (Richie Lucas run) | 15 | 12 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 27 run (Billy Atkins kick) | 22 | 12 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Glenn Bass |
| 75 | LOT | Ken Rice |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 70 | ROG | Ed Muelhaupt |
| 74 | ROT | Harold Olson |
| 80 | TE | Monte Crockett |
| 14 | QB | M.C. Reynolds |
| 46 | HB | Fred Brown |
| 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 |
| 57 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 54 | RLB | Joe Hergert |
| 45 | LCB | Richie McCabe |
| 22 | LS | Jim Wagstaff |
| 20 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 25 | RCB | Vern Valdez |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Bill Groman |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 63 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 86 | TE | John White |
| 15 | QB | Jacky Lee |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Dalva Allen |
| 79 | LDT | Orville Trask |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 50 | MLB | Dennit Morris |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 12 | RS | Charley Milstead |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 27 | 1 |
| Fred Brown | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Warren Rabb | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Art Baker | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| M.C. Reynolds | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 2 | 135 | 6.4 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21.0 |
| Warren Rabb | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 47 | 9.4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114.2 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Jacky Lee | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 2 | 196 | 7.5 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 46.3 |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Monte Crockett | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Richie Lucas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Perry Richards | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Art Baker | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 54r | 1 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Archie Matsos | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 7 | 237 | 33.9 | 46 | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 7 | 325 | 46.4 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Billy Atkins | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Glenn Bass | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Mike Dukes | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
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