| New York Jets at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1966 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Rice Stadium Attendance: 30823 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 72 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | John Henry Johnson 33 run (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 8 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Sid Blanks 42 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Charley Hennigan 4 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Matt Snell | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Bill Mathis | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Mark Smolinski | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NYJ | Emerson Boozer | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| HOU | John Henry Johnson | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 28 | 1 |
| HOU | Sid Blanks | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| HOU | Ode Burrell | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| HOU | Charlie Tolar | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | George Blanda | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NYJ | Joe Namath | 37 | 16 | 43.2 | 4 | 143 | 3.9 | 0 | 14.6 | |||
| NYJ | Mike Taliaferro | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 74.1 | |||
| HOU | George Blanda | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 1 | 198 | 8.3 | 2 | 92.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Matt Snell | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Pete Lammons | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| NYJ | George Sauer | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Don Maynard | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Mark Smolinski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NYJ | Sammy Weir | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bill Rademacher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bill Mathis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| HOU | Sid Blanks | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| HOU | Ode Burrell | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| HOU | Charlie Frazier | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| HOU | Charlie Tolar | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| HOU | John Henry Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Ray Abruzzese | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| HOU | W.K. Hicks | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| HOU | Johnny Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NYJ | Curley Johnson | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 0 | |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Billy Baird | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | ||
| HOU | Bobby Jancik | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Emerson Boozer | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Sammy Weir | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Bobby Jancik | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
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