| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1969 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 45002 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | John Embree 79 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 27 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 18 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 9 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Thompson 57 interception return (Bobby Howfield kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Tom Domres 38 opponents fumble recovery (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Jerry LeVias 86 pass from Pete Beathard (Roy Gerela kick) | 17 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 19 FG | 20 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 23 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 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 |
| 25 | RB | Ode Burrell |
| 36 | RB | Roy Hopkins |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 70 | LDT | Carel Stith |
| 71 | 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 |
| 44 | RS | Johnny Peacock |
| 21 | RCB | John Douglas |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 89 | WR | John Embree |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 82 | TE | Dave Pivec |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 22 | RB | Fran Lynch |
| 39 | RB | Tommie Smiley |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 62 | LDT | Jerry Inman |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 40 | LCB | Grady Cavness |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 41 | RS | George Burrell |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Roy Hopkins | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fran Lynch | 16 | 33 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Quayle | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 41 | 20 | 48.8 | 1 | 338 | 8.2 | 86t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.1 |
| Don Trull | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 34 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 1 | 134 | 6.4 | 79 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 52.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jerry LeVias | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 86t | 1 |
| Jim Beirne | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| John Embree | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 79t | 1 |
| Al Denson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Quayle | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Olen Underwood | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57t | 1 |
| George Burrell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ode Burrell | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gus Hollomon | 9 | 394 | 43.8 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 6 | 1 | 68 | 11.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| George Burrell | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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