| Houston Oilers at San Diego Chargers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 21, 1968 Location: San Diego, CA Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 46217 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 67 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 35 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 23 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Woody Campbell 9 run (John Wittenborn kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 48 FG | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Hoyle Granger 1 run (John Wittenborn kick) | 14 | 9 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Brad Hubbert 3 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 16 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 80 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Joe Beauchamp 24 interception return (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 60 | LOG | Tom Regner |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 66 | ROG | Sonny Bishop |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 11 | QB | Pete Beathard |
| 42 | HB | Sid Blanks |
| 86 | FL | Mac Haik |
| 32 | FB | Hoyle Granger |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 72 | RDT | George Rice |
| 80 | RDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 90 | LLB | George Webster |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 56 | RLB | Olen Underwood |
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 43 | RS | Jim Norton |
| 33 | RCB | W.K. Hicks |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Gary Garrison |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 72 | LOG | Gary Kirner |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 74 | ROT | Ron Mix |
| 38 | TE | Jacque MacKinnon |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 22 | HB | Dickie Post |
| 19 | FL | Lance Alworth |
| 26 | FB | Brad Hubbert |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Houston Ridge |
| 85 | LDT | Russ Washington |
| 70 | RDT | Scott Appleton |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 81 | LLB | Jeff Staggs |
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 58 | RLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham |
| 36 | RS | Dick Farley |
| 45 | RCB | Speedy Duncan |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 19 | / | / | 6 | 81 | 0 | |||||
| SD | 20 | / | / | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Sid Blanks | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 10 | 1 |
| Pete Beathard | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 9t | 1 |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 124 | 3.8 | 20 | 2 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Brad Hubbert | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Russ Smith | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 97 | 3.3 | 16 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 2 | 170 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 48.2 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 3 | 176 | 5.9 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 36.9 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 2 | 265 | 9.5 | 80t | 1 | 1 | 15 | 74.3 |
| Dickie Post | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 2 | 265 | 9.1 | 80t | 1 | 1 | 15 | 71.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mac Haik | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 176 | 9.8 | 19 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lance Alworth | 8 | 183 | 22.9 | 80t | 1 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Brad Hubbert | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 265 | 15.6 | 80t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Houston | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Garland Boyette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Jim Tolbert | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 24t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 2 | 107 | 53.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 107 | 54.0 | 55 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Dickie Post | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||