| Houston Oilers at New York Titans Game Statistics |
| Date: December 15, 1962 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 8167 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 23 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 14 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 44 |
| New York TitansNY | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York TitansNY | Wayne Fontes 83 interception return (Bill Shockley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Tolar 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Smith 5 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New York TitansNY | Bill Shockley 29 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 30 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 33 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Willard Dewveall 41 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 64 run (George Blanda kick) | 38 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Bob McLeod 4 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick failed) | 44 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Willard Dewveall |
| 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 |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 78 | LDT | Ed Culpepper |
| 72 | RDT | Bobby Kelly |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 33 | MLB | Gene Babb |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 23 | RCB | Bobby Jancik |
| New York Titans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Art Powell |
| 55 | LOT | Alex Kroll |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Mischak |
| 52 | C | Mike Hudock |
| 62 | ROG | Sid Fournet |
| 70 | ROT | Gene Cockrell |
| 88 | TE | Thurlow Cooper |
| 12 | QB | Johnny Green |
| 45 | HB | Dick Christy |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| FB | Bobby Fowler | |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Nick Mumley |
| 73 | LDT | George Strugar |
| 78 | RDT | LaVerne Torczon |
| 76 | RDE | Bob Watters |
| 82 | LLB | Ed Cooke |
| 57 | MLB | Hubert Bobo |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 40 | LCB | Dainard Paulson |
| 35 | LS | Ed Kovac |
| 22 | RS | Lee Riley |
| 25 | RCB | Wayne Fontes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 29 | 107 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Billy Cannon | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 64t | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 41 | 0 |
| Dick Christy | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Fowler | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 3 | 225 | 7.0 | 41 | 3 | 62.6 | ||
| Jacky Lee | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 27 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 | 87.0 | ||
| New York Titans | |||||||||||
| Lee Grosscup | 20 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 31 | 1.6 | 0 | 18.7 | |||
| Johnny Green | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 2 | 46 | 5.8 | 41 | 0 | 11.5 | ||
| Dick Christy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Bob Scrabis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willard Dewveall | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 41t | 1 |
| Bob McLeod | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 39 | 1 |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 33t | 1 |
| Charley Hennigan | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Dick Christy | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 41 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Freddy Glick | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Don Floyd | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Doug Cline | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Wayne Fontes | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 83t | 1 |
| Lee Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 31 | 0 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 6 | 219 | 36.5 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Dick Christy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Dick Christy | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tiller | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Shockley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Sid Fournet | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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