| Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1968 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 34110 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bruce Alford 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bruce Alford 36 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Woody Campbell 1 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Mac Haik 40 pass from Don Trull (Wayne Walker kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Miller Farr 52 interception return (Wayne Walker kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Alvin Reed 29 pass from Don Trull (Wayne Walker kick) | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Miller Farr 40 interception return (Wayne Walker kick) | 6 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | Bobby Crockett |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 73 | C | Howard Kindig |
| 50 | ROG | Al Bemiller |
| 62 | ROT | Dick Cunningham |
| 82 | TE | Paul Costa |
| 40 | QB | Ed Rutkowski |
| 32 | HB | Gary McDermott |
| 25 | FL | Haven Moses |
| 36 | FB | Bob Cappadona |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 70 | RDT | Tom Sestak |
| 89 | RDE | Tom Day |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 64 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 27 | LCB | Tommy Janik |
| 26 | LS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RS | Butch Byrd |
| 48 | RCB | John Pitts |
| 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 |
| 11 | QB | Pete Beathard |
| 35 | HB | Woody Campbell |
| 86 | FL | Mac Haik |
| 32 | FB | Hoyle Granger |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 59 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Max Anderson | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gary McDermott | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Darragh | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 5 | -20 | -4.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Hoyle Granger | 15 | 96 | 6.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Roy Hopkins | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Ed Rutkowski | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 0 | 24 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 47.0 |
| Dan Darragh | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 2 | 46 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 11.9 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 2 | 120 | 9.2 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 33.0 |
| Don Trull | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 117 | 10.6 | 40t | 2 | 2 | 17 | 131.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Cappadona | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Gary McDermott | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Richard Trapp | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Costa | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Max Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Crockett | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Monte Ledbetter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mac Haik | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 40t | 1 |
| Alvin Reed | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 29t | 1 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marty Schottenheimer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John Pitts | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Miller Farr | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 52t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 11 | 493 | 44.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Hagood Clarke | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Richard Trapp | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Larry Carwell | 3 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Charlie Brown | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Max Anderson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Larry Carwell | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
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