| Houston Oilers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1965 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 52888 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 51 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 4 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 18 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | George Sauer 20 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 31 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Curley Johnson 6 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 34 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Don Trull 3 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Jack Spikes 13 run (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Kern Carson 4 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 41 |
| 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 |
| 50 | LLB | Bobby Maples |
| 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 |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 65 | LOG | Sam DeLuca |
| 52 | C | Mike Hudock |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 89 | TE | Dee Mackey |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 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 |
| 42 | RCB | Clyde Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Don Trull | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13t | 1 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 18 | 132 | 7.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 15 | 129 | 8.6 | 79 | 0 |
| Kern Carson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 3 | 137 | 4.3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 |
| Don Trull | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 1 | 76 | 5.1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 1 | 221 | 8.5 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 115.5 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 17 | 2.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Don Maynard | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 34t | 2 |
| George Sauer | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 20t | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Dee Mackey | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Jimmy Evans | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Willie West | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dainard Paulson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 5 | 221 | 44.2 | 50 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Billy Baird | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Pete Jaquess | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Keith Kinderman | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bake Turner | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jim Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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