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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos - October 2nd, 1966
Houston Oilers 38 at Denver Broncos 40
Sunday, October 2, 1966
Houston Oilers 38, Denver Broncos 40| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (2-3-0) | 0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Denver Broncos (1-3-0) | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 40 |
Scoring
| HOU | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Gary Kroner 35 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DEN | Gary Kroner 31 yard field goal | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd | HOU | George Blanda 49 yard field goal | 3 | 6 |
| DEN | Abner Haynes 3 yard pass from John McCormick (Gary Kroner kick) | 3 | 13 | |
| HOU | Bob McLeod 9 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 13 | |
| DEN | Goldie Sellers 100 yard kickoff return (Gary Kroner kick) | 10 | 20 | |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan 18 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 20 | |
| DEN | Gary Kroner 46 yard field goal | 17 | 23 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Abner Haynes 1 yard rush (Gary Kroner kick) | 17 | 30 |
| HOU | Charley Frazier 79 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 24 | 30 | |
| HOU | Charley Frazier 29 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 31 | 30 | |
| DEN | Al Denson 65 yard pass from John McCormick (Gary Kroner kick) | 31 | 37 | |
| 4th | HOU | Charley Frazier 23 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 38 | 37 |
| DEN | Gary Kroner 46 yard field goal | 38 | 40 |
Team Stats
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-95-0 | 38-150-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-37-300-5-2 | 13-31-212-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 289 | 212 |
| Total yards | 384 | 362 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-29 | 5-65 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Charley Frazier | HOU | 5 | 154 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Blanda | HOU | 15 | 37 | 300 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sid Blanks | HOU | 9 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 4 | 76 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Henry Johnson | HOU | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ode Burrell | HOU | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Al Denson | DEN | 5 | 158 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John McCormick | DEN | 13 | 31 | 212 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wendell Hayes | DEN | 15 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | DEN | 16 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Darrell Lester | DEN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Mitchell | DEN | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Jancik | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 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 | |||
| John Bramlett | DEN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Brown | DEN | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Abner Haynes | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lew Scott | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goldie Sellers | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nemiah Wilson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||