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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills - October 29th, 1961
Houston Oilers 28 at Buffalo Bills 16
Sunday, October 29, 1961
Houston Oilers 28, Buffalo Bills 16| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (3-3-1) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Buffalo Bills (3-5-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
Scoring
| HOU | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Charley Hennigan 56 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | BUF | Joe Hergert 38 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| HOU | Bill Groman 32 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Billy Atkins 56 yard rush (Billy Atkins kick) | 14 | 10 |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan 80 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 4th | BUF | M.C. Reynolds 1 yard rush (run failed) | 21 | 16 |
| HOU | Bill Groman 68 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 28 | 16 |
Team Stats
| HOU | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-46-0 | 21-99-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-32-464-4-4 | 19-51-274-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 5-22 |
| Net pass yards | 464 | 252 |
| Total yards | 510 | 351 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-70 | 4-30 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Blanda | HOU | 18 | 32 | 464 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 9 | 232 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Groman | HOU | 2 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John White | HOU | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Claude King | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Glenn Bass | BUF | 8 | 123 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| M.C. Reynolds | BUF | 11 | 26 | 160 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Perry Richards | BUF | 5 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Baker | BUF | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warren Rabb | BUF | 8 | 25 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Atkins | BUF | 1 | 56 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Monte Crockett | BUF | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wray Carlton | BUF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dewey Bohling | BUF | 2 | 3 | 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 | |||
| Tony Banfield | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Glick | HOU | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Claude King | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Orville Trask | HOU | 1 | 17 | 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 | |||
| Glenn Bass | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dewey Bohling | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Hergert | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richie Lucas | BUF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Wagstaff | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||