| Miami Dolphins at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1966 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Rice Stadium Attendance: 23173 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Bo Roberson 80 pass from George Wilson (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 16 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Cookie Gilchrist 13 pass from Rick Norton (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 43 FG | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Gene Mingo 43 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ode Burrell 13 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Gene Mingo 42 FG | 20 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Karl Noonan |
| 78 | LOT | Maxie Williams |
| 61 | LOG | Ernie Park |
| 58 | C | Tom Goode |
| 63 | ROG | Billy Neighbors |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 83 | TE | Dave Kocourek |
| 10 | QB | George Wilson |
| 32 | HB | Joe Auer |
| 26 | FL | Frank Jackson |
| 33 | FB | Billy Joe |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Ed Cooke |
| 76 | LDT | Tom Nomina |
| 79 | RDT | Al Dotson |
| 88 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 53 | LLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 55 | RLB | Jack Rudolph |
| 49 | LCB | Jimmy Warren |
| 22 | LS | Willie West |
| 44 | RS | Pete Jaquess |
| 25 | RCB | Dick Westmoreland |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 66 | ROG | Sonny Bishop |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 42 | HB | Sid Blanks |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 79 | LDT | Pat Holmes |
| 70 | RDT | Scott Appleton |
| 62 | RDE | Jim Hayes |
| 84 | LLB | Johnny Baker |
| 31 | MLB | Doug Cline |
| 56 | RLB | Olen Underwood |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Billy Joe | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Sam Price | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Auer | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| George Chesser | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Norton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Wood | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 45 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Dick Wood | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 30 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 | 77.1 | ||
| George Wilson | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 | 80t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Rick Norton | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.2 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 4 | 201 | 5.9 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Howard Twilley | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Kocourek | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 80 | 80.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Auer | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Charlie Frazier | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 47 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Willie West | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Westmoreland | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Bobby Neff | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Joe Auer | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bobby Neff | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Sid Blanks | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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