| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (0-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Houston Oilers (1-0-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 45 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Rice Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 81 degrees, relative humidity 80%, wind 7 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| DEN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Bob McLeod 25 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Broncos | Goldie Sellers 88 yard kickoff return (Gary Kroner kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Oilers | George Blanda 38 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| Oilers | Charley Frazier 35 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Oilers | John Henry Johnson 18 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4th | Oilers | Charley Frazier 21 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 31 |
| Oilers | Charley Frazier 8 yard pass from Don Trull (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 38 | |
| Oilers | Don Trull 12 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 45 |
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 0 | 28 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 16-33-0 | 47-213-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 2-20--1-0-0 | 17-31-277-4-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-6 | 2-18 |
| Net pass yards | -7 | 259 |
| Total yards | 26 | 472 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-91 | 1-5 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wendell Hayes | DEN | 8 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Abner Haynes | DEN | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mickey Slaughter | DEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John McCormick | DEN | 2 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charley Mitchell | DEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Blanda | HOU | 13 | 25 | 210 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ode Burrell | HOU | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Frazier | HOU | 6 | 100 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sid Blanks | HOU | 11 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Henry Johnson | HOU | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 3 | 47 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Trull | HOU | 3 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Donnie Stone | HOU | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Elkins | HOU | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 4 | 7 | 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 | |||
| Abner Haynes | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charley Mitchell | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lew Scott | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goldie Sellers | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 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 | |||
| Sid Blanks | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ode Burrell | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Jancik | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Allen Trammel | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 10 | 417 | 41.7 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| George Blanda | HOU | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Norton | HOU | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 0 | ||||