| Houston Oilers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1963 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 9336 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 64 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Bill Mathis 33 pass from Dick Wood (Dick Guesman kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 13 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Marshall Starks 97 missed field goal return (Dick Guesman kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Smith 3 run (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 37 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Dick Guesman 30 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Mark Smolinski 4 run (Dick Guesman kick) | 17 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Willard Dewveall |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 63 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 32 | HB | Dave Smith |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 74 | LDT | Dudley Meredith |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 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 Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | SE | Bake Turner |
| 78 | LOT | Jack Klotz |
| 61 | LOG | Dan Ficca |
| 52 | C | Mike Hudock |
| 62 | ROG | Sid Fournet |
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 85 | TE | Gene Heeter |
| 19 | QB | Dick Wood |
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 30 | FB | Mark Smolinski |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Bob Watters |
| 73 | LDT | George Strugar |
| 72 | RDT | Charlie Janerette |
| 87 | RDE | LaVerne Torczon |
| 67 | LLB | Jim Price |
| 57 | MLB | Dave Yohn |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 26 | LCB | Tony Stricker |
| 40 | LS | Dainard Paulson |
| 46 | RS | Billy Baird |
| 42 | RCB | Clyde Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Dick Wood | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 2 | 308 | 8.3 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.6 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Dick Wood | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 1 | 198 | 6.0 | 40 | 1 | 62.4 | ||
| Galen Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 9 | 186 | 20.7 | 63 | 1 |
| Willard Dewveall | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Don Maynard | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Heeter | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Price | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 52 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 237 | 47.4 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Marshall Starks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Christy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Dick Christy | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | ||
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Marshall Starks | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
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