| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1961 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 21237 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 64 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 56 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Hergert 38 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 32 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Billy Atkins 56 run (Billy Atkins kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 80 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | M.C. Reynolds 1 run (Warren Rabb run failed) | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 68 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 28 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Dalva Allen |
| 79 | LDT | Orville Trask |
| 78 | RDT | Byron Beams |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 50 | MLB | Dennit Morris |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| 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 |
| 81 | TE | Tom Rychlec |
| 17 | QB | Warren Rabb |
| 30 | HB | Wray Carlton |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 33 | FB | Art Baker |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 13 | 5 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56t | 1 |
| Art Baker | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| M.C. Reynolds | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Dewey Bohling | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Rabb | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 4 | 464 | 14.5 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| M.C. Reynolds | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 3 | 160 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23.4 | |
| Warren Rabb | 25 | 8 | 32.0 | 1 | 114 | 4.6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 31.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 9 | 232 | 25.8 | 80 | 2 |
| Charlie Tolar | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Groman | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 68t | 2 |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| John White | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Glenn Bass | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 0 | |
| Perry Richards | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Monte Crockett | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Art Baker | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Orville Trask | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Richie Lucas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hergert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Wagstaff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 61 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Claude King | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Claude King | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Dewey Bohling | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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