| Boston Patriots at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1963 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 23462 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 57 F Humidty: 17% Wind: 22 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 10 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 46 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 29 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Harry Crump 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 33 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Willard Dewveall 11 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 5 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Nick Buoniconti 7 opponents fumble recovery (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Art Graham 40 pass from Tom Yewcic (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 32 FG | 34 | 14 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Bob Suci 52 interception return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 41 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Smith 1 run (Bill Tobin kick) | 41 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 12 pass from Jacky Lee (Bill Tobin kick) | 41 | 28 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Safety, Jacky Lee tackled in end zone by Jack Rudolph | 43 | 28 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 44 FG | 46 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 71 | LOT | Don Oakes |
| 76 | LOG | Charlie Long |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 73 | ROG | Billy Neighbors |
| 70 | ROT | Milt Graham |
| 86 | TE | Tony Romeo |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 30 | HB | Jim Crawford |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 40 | FB | Larry Garron |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 75 | LDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 89 | RDE | Bob Dee |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 80 | RLB | Jack Rudolph |
| 24 | LCB | Dick Felt |
| 23 | LS | Ronnie Hall |
| 25 | RS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 21 | RCB | Bob Suci |
| 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 |
| 47 | HB | Bill Tobin |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 74 | LDT | Dudley Meredith |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 86 | RDE | Bill Wegener |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 45 | MLB | Larry Onesti |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 23 | RCB | Bobby Jancik |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 17 | 107 | 6.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Neumann | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Harry Crump | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Billy Lott | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Tobin | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 1 | 108 | 5.7 | 28 | 1 | 52.1 | ||
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 40t | 1 | 135.4 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 2 | 178 | 8.9 | 29 | 2 | 91.2 | ||
| Jacky Lee | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 1 | 136 | 7.2 | 38 | 1 | 71.4 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Art Graham | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Neumann | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 29 | 2 |
| Bob McLeod | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Willard Dewveall | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Tobin | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Bob Suci | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 52t | 1 |
| Dick Felt | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 68 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Bob Suci | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Garron | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Bob Suci | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 8 | 221 | 27.6 | 47 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
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