Monday, September 9, 1968
Kansas City Chiefs 26, Houston Oilers 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (1-0-0) | 3 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| Houston Oilers (0-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| KAN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Hoyle Granger 5 yard rush (John Wittenborn kick) | 0 | 7 |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 27 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | KAN | Wendell Hayes 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 10 | 7 |
| KAN | Otis Taylor 6 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| 3rd | KAN | Jan Stenerud 33 yard field goal | 20 | 7 |
| 4th | KAN | Jan Stenerud 26 yard field goal | 23 | 7 |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 32 yard field goal | 26 | 7 | |
| HOU | Mac Haik 5 yard pass from Pete Beathard (John Wittenborn kick) | 26 | 14 | |
| HOU | Mac Haik 59 yard pass from Pete Beathard (John Wittenborn kick) | 26 | 21 |
| KAN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 49-204-2 | 16-55-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-18-77-0-0 | 23-48-413-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-16 | 2-28 |
| Net pass yards | 61 | 385 |
| Total yards | 265 | 440 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-42 | 6-53 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wendell Hayes | KAN | 22 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Garrett | KAN | 8 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Curtis McClinton | KAN | 10 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Otis Taylor | KAN | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Len Dawson | KAN | 10 | 18 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bert Coan | KAN | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gloster Richardson | KAN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Arbanas | KAN | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Pete Beathard | HOU | 23 | 48 | 413 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sid Blanks | HOU | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 99 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 4 | 107 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 9 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mac Haik | HOU | 3 | 68 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ode Burrell | HOU | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Frazier | HOU | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lionel Taylor | HOU | 1 | 6 | 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 | |||
| Bert Coan | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| George Daney | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Kearney | KAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernie Ladd | KAN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Noland Smith | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Emmitt Thomas | KAN | 1 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Sid Blanks | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ode Burrell | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zeke Moore | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Robertson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||