| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (3-3-0) | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| Denver Broncos (2-3-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Bears Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 64 degrees, relative humidity 32%, wind 11 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| HOU | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Willard Dewveall 13 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Broncos | Gene Mingo 21 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| Oilers | George Blanda 38 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| Oilers | Bill Tobin 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Oilers | Safety, McCormick tackled in end zone | 19 | 3 |
| Broncos | Bud McFadin 6 yard fumble return (Gene Mingo kick) | 19 | 10 | |
| Oilers | Bill Tobin 33 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 26 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Oilers | Bob McLeod 7 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 33 | 10 |
| Broncos | Bob Scarpitto 1 yard pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gene Mingo kick) | 33 | 17 | |
| 4th | Broncos | Bob Scarpitto 55 yard pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gene Mingo kick) | 33 | 24 |
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-118-1 | 23-96-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-43-279-3-0 | 15-32-254-2-5 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 4-37 |
| Net pass yards | 274 | 217 |
| Total yards | 392 | 313 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-30 | 6-83 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Blanda | HOU | 21 | 43 | 279 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Tobin | HOU | 10 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 26 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 5 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willard Dewveall | HOU | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Kerbow | HOU | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Babb | HOU | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mickey Slaughter | DEN | 13 | 24 | 245 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 4 | 134 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe | DEN | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Groman | DEN | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Prebola | DEN | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gaiters | DEN | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John McCormick | DEN | 2 | 8 | 9 | 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 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Danny Brabham | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Glick | HOU | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Jancik | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 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 | |||
| Charley Mitchell | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| George Blanda | HOU | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Norton | HOU | 7 | 265 | 37.9 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Jim Fraser | DEN | 5 | 254 | 50.8 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |