| New York Jets at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 12, 1965 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Rice Stadium Attendance: 52680 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 93 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Willie Frazier 57 pass from Don Trull (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bill Mathis 45 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Matt Snell 12 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Willie Frazier 8 pass from Don Trull (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 8 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Willie Frazier 4 pass from Don Trull (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 23 pass from Mike Taliaferro (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 39 FG | 21 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Jimmy Evans |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 65 | LOG | Sam DeLuca |
| 52 | C | Mike Hudock |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 89 | TE | Dee Mackey |
| 17 | QB | Mike Taliaferro |
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 78 | RDT | Jim Harris |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 22 | LCB | Willie West |
| 40 | LS | Dainard Paulson |
| 46 | RS | Billy Baird |
| 48 | RCB | Cornell Gordon |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 55 | C | John Frongillo |
| 66 | ROG | Sonny Bishop |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 83 | TE | Willie Frazier |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 25 | HB | Ode Burrell |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 84 | LLB | Johnny Baker |
| 31 | MLB | Doug Cline |
| 85 | RLB | Danny Brabham |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 16 | 102 | 6.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Bill Mathis | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 45t | 1 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 21 | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 58 | 2.8 | 23 | 1 | 35.6 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Don Trull | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 110 | 6.1 | 57t | 3 | 81.0 | ||
| George Blanda | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 18.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Don Maynard | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Frazier | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 57t | 3 |
| Ode Burrell | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Willie West | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 246 | 49.2 | 64 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 6 | 260 | 43.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Willie West | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Billy Baird | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Mark Smolinski | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Charlie Browning | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ray Abruzzese | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Sammy Weir | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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