| Houston Oilers at New York Jets Game Statistics | 
| Date: November 10, 1968 Location: New York, NY | 
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 60242 | 
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 23 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 
| New York JetsNYJ | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NYJ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Bill Mathis 2 run (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 14 FG | 0 | 10 | 
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 32 FG | 0 | 13 | 
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Hoyle Granger 47 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 7 | 13 | 
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 28 FG | 7 | 16 | 
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bill Mathis 1 run (Bake Turner kick) | 7 | 23 | 
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 21 FG | 7 | 26 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Jim Beirne | 
| 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 | 
| 10 | QB | Don Trull | 
| 35 | HB | Woody Campbell | 
| 86 | FL | Mac Haik | 
| 32 | FB | Hoyle Granger | 
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes | 
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker | 
| 72 | RDT | George Rice | 
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea | 
| 90 | LLB | George Webster | 
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette | 
| 56 | RLB | Olen Underwood | 
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr | 
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston | 
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks | 
| 41 | RCB | Larry Carwell | 
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer | 
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill | 
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen | 
| 52 | C | John Schmitt | 
| 61 | ROG | Bob Talamini | 
| 71 | ROT | Sam Walton | 
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons | 
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath | 
| 32 | HB | Emerson Boozer | 
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard | 
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell | 
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin | 
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester | 
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott | 
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs | 
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker | 
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson | 
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham | 
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample | 
| 22 | LS | Jim Hudson | 
| 46 | RS | Billy Baird | 
| 48 | RCB | Cornell Gordon | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Hoyle Granger | 13 | 84 | 6.5 | 47t | 1 | 
| Woody Campbell | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 15 | 0 | 
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Don Trull | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 14 | 70 | 5.0 | 38 | 0 | 
| Billy Joe | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Bill Mathis | 15 | 28 | 1.9 | 7 | 2 | 
| Emerson Boozer | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Joe Namath | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Curley Johnson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 2 | 84 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 13.3 | 
| Don Trull | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 0 | 185 | 9.3 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 69.8 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Beirne | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 | 
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 43 | 0 | 
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 
| Don Maynard | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Billy Baird | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 8 | 311 | 38.9 | 64 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 49 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Billy Baird | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Larry Carwell | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Matt Snell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 0 | 13 | 13L | 0 | ||
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