Sunday, September 9, 1962
Houston Oilers 28, Buffalo Bills 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-0-0) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| HOU | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Charley Tolar 19 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Cookie Gilchrist 40 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Charley Hennigan 9 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 3 |
| HOU | Billy Cannon 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 3 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Charley Hennigan 40 yard pass from Billy Cannon (George Blanda kick) | 28 | 3 |
| BUF | Art Baker 100 yard kickoff return (kick failed) | 28 | 9 | |
| 4th | BUF | Elbert Dubenion 4 yard pass from Warren Rabb (Mack Yoho kick) | 28 | 16 |
| BUF | Warren Rabb 1 yard rush (Mack Yoho kick) | 28 | 23 |
| HOU | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-204-2 | 26-134-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-31-228-2-6 | 10-26-129-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 3-43 |
| Net pass yards | 216 | 86 |
| Total yards | 420 | 220 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-68 | 3-16 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 10 | 145 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 17 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| George Blanda | HOU | 15 | 30 | 188 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charley Frazier | HOU | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Glenn Bass | BUF | 4 | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wray Carlton | BUF | 6 | 84 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Warren Rabb | BUF | 6 | 8 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Dorow | BUF | 4 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | BUF | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ernie Warlick | BUF | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Crow | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Baker | BUF | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Glick | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Jancik | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | |||
| Art Baker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Cannavino | BUF | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry DeLucca | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Booker Edgerson | BUF | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Marv Matuszak | BUF | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Taseff | BUF | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||