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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Buffalo Bills at Houston Oilers - October 8th, 1961
Buffalo Bills 22 at Houston Oilers 12
Sunday, October 8, 1961
Buffalo Bills 22, Houston Oilers 12| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (2-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 22 |
| Houston Oilers (1-3-0) | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Scoring
| BUF | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | BUF | Fred Brown 4 yard rush (Billy Atkins kick) | 7 | 0 |
| HOU | Bill Groman 54 yard pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| HOU | George Blanda 14 yard field goal | 7 | 10 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Safety, punt blocked by Morris out of end zone | 7 | 12 |
| 4th | BUF | Perry Richards 15 yard pass from Warren Rabb ( run) | 15 | 12 |
| BUF | Wray Carlton 27 yard rush (Billy Atkins kick) | 22 | 12 |
Team Stats
| BUF | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 8 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-206-2 | 21-48-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-26-182-1-2 | 10-27-196-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-6 | 4-50 |
| Net pass yards | 176 | 146 |
| Total yards | 382 | 194 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-23 | 3-15 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Monte Crockett | BUF | 4 | 102 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wray Carlton | BUF | 10 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| M.C. Reynolds | BUF | 8 | 21 | 135 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Warren Rabb | BUF | 2 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fred Brown | BUF | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Glenn Bass | BUF | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Richie Lucas | BUF | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Perry Richards | BUF | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Baker | BUF | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 4 | 109 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jacky Lee | HOU | 10 | 26 | 196 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Groman | HOU | 3 | 79 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Billy Atkins | BUF | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Glenn Bass | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Archie Matsos | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tony Banfield | HOU | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Dukes | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Claude King | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||