| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1963 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 24087 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 13% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Willard Dewveall 13 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Gene Mingo 21 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 38 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Bill Tobin 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Safety, John McCormick tackled in end zone by Ed Culpepper | 19 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Bud McFadin 6 opponents fumble recovery (Gene Mingo kick) | 19 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Bill Tobin 33 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 26 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Bob McLeod 7 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 33 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Bob Scarpitto 1 pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gene Mingo kick) | 33 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Bob Scarpitto 55 pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gene Mingo kick) | 33 | 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 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 76 | LOT | Harold Olson |
| 67 | LOG | Bob McCullough |
| 72 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 62 | ROG | Ernie Barnes |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 88 | TE | Gene Prebola |
| 10 | QB | John McCormick |
| 34 | HB | Donnie Stone |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 3 | FB | Billy Joe |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Ray Jacobs |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 68 | LLB | John Nocera |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 55 | RLB | Jim Fraser |
| 47 | LCB | John McGeever |
| 46 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 27 | RCB | Charlie Mitchell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 26 | 66 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Tobin | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mickey Slaughter | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 43 | 21 | 48.8 | 0 | 279 | 6.5 | 33t | 3 | 93.1 | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Mickey Slaughter | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 5 | 245 | 10.2 | 55t | 2 | 78.0 | ||
| John McCormick | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob McLeod | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 26 | 1 |
| Willard Dewveall | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Randy Kerbow | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bill Tobin | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 33t | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 55t | 2 |
| Lionel Taylor | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tony Banfield | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Danny Brabham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 7 | 265 | 37.9 | 51 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 5 | 254 | 50.8 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 37 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | ||
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