| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1963 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 32340 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 50 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mack Yoho 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Carl Charon 23 opponents fumble recovery (Mack Yoho kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Tolar 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Cookie Gilchrist 1 run (Mack Yoho kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 15 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mack Yoho 34 FG | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 14 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 6 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 28 | 20 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 28 FG | 31 | 20 |
| 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 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Bill Miller |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 60 | ROG | Tom Day |
| 51 | ROT | Dave Behrman |
| 84 | TE | Ernie Warlick |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 45 | HB | Roger Kochman |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 34 | FB | Cookie Gilchrist |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Ken Rice |
| 76 | LDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 70 | RDT | Tom Sestak |
| 82 | RDE | Mack Yoho |
| 85 | LLB | John Tracey |
| 56 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 47 | LCB | Willie West |
| 46 | LS | Ray Abruzzese |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 24 | RCB | Booker Edgerson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Roger Kochman | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Jack Kemp | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 25 | 18 | 72.0 | 1 | 242 | 9.7 | 32 | 3 | 125.3 | ||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 2 | 49 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 119 | 11.9 | 68 | 0 | 101.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 32 | 3 |
| Willard Dewveall | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bill Miller | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ernie Warlick | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Roger Kochman | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Willie West | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 47 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| George Saimes | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ray Abruzzese | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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