| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots (3-8-1) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Houston Oilers (6-3-1) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Rice Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 73 degrees, relative humidity 75%, wind 9 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| BOS | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Oilers | Hoyle Granger 1 yard rush (John Wittenborn kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3rd | Oilers | John Wittenborn 47 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 30 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| 4th | Oilers | John Wittenborn 23 yard field goal | 6 | 13 |
| Oilers | Glenn Bass 2 yard pass from Pete Beathard (John Wittenborn kick) | 6 | 20 | |
| Oilers | Miller Farr 62 yard interception return (John Wittenborn kick) | 6 | 27 |
| BOS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-110-0 | 34-178-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-36-160-0-2 | 9-23-87-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-37 | 1-15 |
| Net pass yards | 123 | 72 |
| Total yards | 233 | 250 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-43 | 7-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Nance | BOS | 18 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Trull | BOS | 9 | 28 | 122 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Whalen | BOS | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Graham | BOS | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | BOS | 4 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Cappadona | BOS | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Garron | BOS | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 22 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Beathard | HOU | 9 | 23 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sid Blanks | HOU | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Frazier | HOU | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Woody Campbell | HOU | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lionel Taylor | HOU | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ode Burrell | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Glenn Bass | HOU | 1 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Joe Bellino | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Buoniconti | BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jay Cunningham | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.D. Garrett | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 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 | |||
| Miller Farr | HOU | 2 | 62 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Jancik | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Swanson | BOS | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 4 | 191 | 47.8 | 0 | ||||
| John Wittenborn | HOU | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |