| Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 7, 1962 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 26350 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 91 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 16 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Carl Charon 40 lateral from Marv Matuszak 4 interception return (Mack Yoho kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Cookie Gilchrist 1 run (Mack Yoho kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Frazier 73 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 3 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Glenn Bass |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 60 | ROG | Tom Day |
| 74 | ROT | Harold Olson |
| 84 | TE | Ernie Warlick |
| 17 | QB | Warren Rabb |
| 30 | HB | Wray Carlton |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 34 | FB | Cookie Gilchrist |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 76 | LDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 70 | RDT | Tom Sestak |
| 75 | RDE | Nate Borden |
| 55 | LLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 47 | LCB | Willie West |
| 23 | LS | Carl Taseff |
| 43 | RS | Carl Charon |
| 24 | RCB | Booker Edgerson |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Bill Groman |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 53 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 15 | QB | George Blanda |
| 32 | HB | Dave Smith |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 78 | LDT | Ed Culpepper |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 45 | MLB | Larry Onesti |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | / | / | 5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| HOU | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | / | / | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Wray Carlton | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Warren Rabb | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Wayne Crow | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 77 | 2.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 71 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Warren Rabb | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 3 | 150 | 5.2 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 15.7 |
| Wayne Crow | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 12 | 38.7 | 3 | 156 | 5.0 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 15.7 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 27 | 8 | 29.6 | 3 | 182 | 6.7 | 73t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 |
| Jacky Lee | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 69 | 6.9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.9 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 13 | 35.1 | 5 | 251 | 6.8 | 73t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Glenn Bass | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Monte Crockett | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Crow | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 156 | 13.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dave Smith | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Charlie Frazier | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 73t | 1 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 251 | 19.3 | 73t | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Matuszak | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Carl Charon | 0 | 40 | 40Lt | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 44t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Cutsinger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wayne Crow | 7 | 293 | 41.9 | 52 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 293 | 41.9 | 52 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 58 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Willie West | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Willie Jones | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 33 | 0 | |