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San Diego Chargers 37 at Houston Oilers 26

Sunday, December 12, 1965

San Diego Chargers 37, Houston Oilers 26

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San Diego Chargers (8-2-3)7732037
Houston Oilers (4-9-0)2107726

Scoring

SDGHOU
1stSDGSpeedy Duncan 63 yard punt return (Herb Travenio kick)70
HOUSafety, Hadl tackled in end zone72
2ndSDGLance Alworth 5 yard pass from John Hadl (Herb Travenio kick)142
HOUGeorge Blanda 40 yard field goal145
HOUCharley Hennigan 10 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)1412
3rdHOUDick Compton 30 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)1419
SDGHerb Travenio 32 yard field goal1719
4thSDGHerb Travenio 12 yard field goal2019
HOUCharley Hennigan 9 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)2026
SDGJohn Hadl 1 yard rush (Herb Travenio kick)2726
SDGHerb Travenio 32 yard field goal3026
SDGPaul Lowe 15 yard rush (Herb Travenio kick)3726

Team Stats

SDGHOU
First downs1813
Rush-yards-TDs42-225-214-19-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT11-25-146-1-114-45-221-3-2
Sacked-yards1-102-19
Net pass yards136202
Total yards361221
Fumbles-lost1-10-0
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards5-612-10

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Keith Lincoln SDG 11 62 0 0 5 87 0 0
John Hadl SDG 11 25 146 1 1 0 6 48 1 0
Paul Lowe SDG 19 99 1 0 1 6 0 0
Don Norton SDG 3 39 0 0
Gene Foster SDG 4 21 0 0
Lance Alworth SDG 2 14 1 0
Jim Allison SDG 2 -5 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
George Blanda HOU 13 40 212 3 2 0
Bob McLeod HOU 4 59 0 0
Ode Burrell HOU 10 13 0 0 4 42 0 0
Dick Compton HOU 2 45 1 0
Charley Hennigan HOU 3 44 2 0
Bobby Jackson HOU 1 3 0 0 1 31 0 0
Don Trull HOU 1 5 9 0 0 0 1 4 0 0
Jack Spikes HOU 2 -1 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Speedy Duncan SDG 1 26 0 0 3 66 22.0 0 0 3 73 24.3 1 0
Miller Farr SDG 0 0 0 0 2 37 18.5 0 0
Kenny Graham SDG 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 0
Jimmy Warren SDG 1 11 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Ode Burrell HOU 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 0
Dick Compton HOU 0 0 0 0 1 30 30.0 0 0
W.K. Hicks HOU 1 14 0 0
Bobby Jancik HOU 0 0 0 0 3 72 24.0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0
Pete Jaquess HOU 0 0 0 0 3 84 28.0 0 0
Keith Kinderman HOU 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0