| New York Jets at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1964 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 16225 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 20 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 50 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Sid Blanks 91 run (George Blanda kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Bake Turner 66 pass from Mike Taliaferro (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Sid Blanks 1 run (George Blanda kick failed) | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Matt Snell 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 16 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 31 FG | 17 | 19 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Don Floyd 23 blocked punt recovery (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Sid Blanks 3 run (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | SE | Bake Turner |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 61 | LOG | Dan Ficca |
| 67 | C | Dave Herman |
| 65 | ROG | Sam DeLuca |
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 85 | TE | Gene Heeter |
| 17 | QB | Mike Taliaferro |
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Bob Watters |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 87 | RDE | LaVerne Torczon |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Ed Cummings |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 46 | LCB | Billy Baird |
| 40 | LS | Dainard Paulson |
| 83 | RS | Bill Rademacher |
| 23 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Willard Dewveall |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 68 | C | Tom Goode |
| 67 | ROG | John Wittenborn |
| 66 | ROT | Sonny Bishop |
| 83 | TE | Willie Frazier |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 42 | HB | Sid Blanks |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Scott Appleton |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 52 | MLB | Sammy Odom |
| 30 | RLB | Charley Rieves |
| 47 | LCB | Pete Jaquess |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 23 | RCB | Bobby Jancik |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 22 | 51 | 2.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Bill Mathis | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Sid Blanks | 21 | 179 | 8.5 | 91t | 3 |
| Charlie Tolar | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 145 | 9.7 | 66t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.9 |
| Dick Wood | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 45 | 6.4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 36.9 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 1 | 157 | 5.1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 50.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bake Turner | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 66t | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Heeter | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Willard Dewveall | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bill Rademacher | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charley Rieves | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Dainard Paulson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bill Rademacher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Curley Johnson | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Matt Snell | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Benny Nelson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 | |
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