Sunday, September 22, 1963
Houston Oilers 17, New York Jets 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| New York Jets (1-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| HOU | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Bill Mathis 33 yard pass from Dick Wood (Dick Guesman kick) | 0 | 7 |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan 13 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NYJ | Marshall Starks 97 yard field goal return (Dick Guesman kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3rd | HOU | Dave Smith 3 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 14 |
| HOU | George Blanda 37 yard field goal | 17 | 14 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Dick Guesman 30 yard field goal | 17 | 17 |
| NYJ | Mark Smolinski 4 yard rush (Dick Guesman kick) | 17 | 24 |
| HOU | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-85-1 | 21-60-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-38-308-1-2 | 15-34-198-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 308 | 191 |
| Total yards | 393 | 251 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-91 | 3-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 9 | 186 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Blanda | HOU | 25 | 37 | 308 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 21 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Willard Dewveall | HOU | 8 | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dick Wood | NYJ | 15 | 33 | 198 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 4 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Mathis | NYJ | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bake Turner | NYJ | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mark Smolinski | NYJ | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Heeter | NYJ | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Galen Hall | NYJ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Fred Glick | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 1 | 8 | 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 | |||
| Dick Christy | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Grantham | NYJ | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Curley Johnson | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Price | NYJ | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall Starks | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||