| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1965 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 44267 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 53 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 30 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Billy Joe 4 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Ode Burrell 10 pass from George Blanda (Jack Spikes kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 2 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 31 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 30 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 13 FG | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 39 FG | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 7 FG | 19 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 56 | C | Wayne Frazier |
| 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 |
| 47 | LCB | Pete Jaquess |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Charley Ferguson |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 60 | C | Dave Behrman |
| 50 | ROG | Al Bemiller |
| 79 | ROT | Dick Hudson |
| 82 | TE | Paul Costa |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 30 | HB | Wray Carlton |
| 46 | FL | Bo Roberson |
| 33 | FB | Billy Joe |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 70 | RDT | Tom Sestak |
| 88 | RDE | Tom Day |
| 51 | LLB | John Tracey |
| 64 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 24 | LCB | Booker Edgerson |
| 45 | LS | Hagood Clarke |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Joe | 19 | 58 | 3.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Wray Carlton | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 35 | 13 | 37.1 | 1 | 158 | 4.5 | 27 | 1 | 49.5 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 2 | 148 | 6.7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 14 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bo Roberson | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Paul Costa | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Charley Ferguson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| W.K. Hicks | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Gary Cutsinger | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 72 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ed Rutkowski | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Sammy Weir | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Charley Warner | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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