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Charley Frazier’s hat-trick downs Jets
Houston registered a fine win to overcome an error strewn Jets side and keep the Divisional Title race alive for at least another week. The game played in front of a record 60,000+ crowd couldn’t have started worse for New York who gave up 4 turnovers in the first quarter. Jet’s QB Joe Namath threw 2 interceptions and the offense also gave up 2 fumbles (one from a kick off) all of which were ruthlessly punished by Houston. The Oilers racked up 24 unanswered points in q1 that cost New York dear. In the 2nd quarter, the Jets finally began to settle down and opened their account with a Maynard TD, but their hard work was undone late in the quarter when pushing for a 2nd td, Namath was picked in the Oilers end zone by W.K. Hicks to spoil what should have been a TD. Worse followed as a series of impressive plays allowed the Oilers to cancel out the Jets score with a TD pass to Charley Frazier for his second of the game.
Following a stern half time talking to by the Jets coach, Namath came out all guns blazing yet Houston’s defense held firm restricting them to a single failed FG attempt. Namath added to the Jet’s woes by throwing 2 more interceptions to take his tally to 5 in the game but luckily for him, the Oilers were not able to capitalise on his errors as they were in poor field position for the entire quarter. To New York’s credit, they plugged away and were marginally the better side for 3 of the 4 quarters but the turnovers they surrendered throughout the match killed off their chances. In the 4th quarter honours were even as New York failed to convert their yardage advantage into points. For Houston it was a strong performance in both Offensive and Defensive disciplines. For the former, Charley Frazier’s 3TD haul for once demonstrated the player’s ability as he has so often been overshadowed by his more established team mates. Ode Burrell also had a red letter day with 130 rushing yards, his first ever 100+ yardage tally. For the Defense, the Backs all earnt praise, none more so than W.K. (Wilmer Kenzie) Hicks who had 3 interceptions to his name.
Houston now commence their toughest run of the season, first with a trip to Kansas City, followed by daunting home games against the Bills and Chargers respectively.
21 Nov 1965 – At Shea Stadium, New York, NY. Att. 60,290 – Weather – fair | q1 | q2 | q3 | q4 | Score |
Houston Oilers | 24 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
New York Jets | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
q1 10:40 – Hou – Bob McLeod TE3(2) – 6 pass (George Blanda kick)
q1 07:20 – Hou – Ode Burrell HB2 – 16 run (George Blanda kick)
q1 06:10 – Hou – Charley Frazier SE2 – 28 pass (Jack Spikes kick)
q1 03:15 – Hou – George Blanda QBA4/PK – 19 kick
q2 13:30 – New – Don Maynard FL0 – 4 pass (Jim Turner kick)
q2 01:15 – Hou – Charley Frazier SE2 – 9 pass (George Blanda kick)
q4 14:10 – Hou – Charley Frazier SE2 – 6 pass (Jack Spikes kick)
q4 13:40 – New – Matt Snell FB2 – 10 run (Jim Turner kick)
Player PASSING | Att. | Comp. | Yds. | Pct. | TD | Int. | Sck | Rating |
George Blanda QBA4/K | 41 | 22 | 242 | 53.7% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95.78 |
Don Trull QBB4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131.25 |
Player RECEIVING | No. | Yds | Ave | Lg | TD |
Charley Frazier SE2 | 8 | 99 | 11.0 | 28td | 3 |
Bob McLeod TE3(2) | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 36 | 1 |
Charley Hennigan FL2 | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 15 | 0 |
Bobby Jackson RB4 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
Sammy Weir WR4 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Player RUSHING | No. | Yds | Ave | Lg | TD |
Ode Burrell HB2 | 22 | 130 | 5.9 | 30 | 1 |
Charley Tolar FB3 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
Dalton Hoffman RB4 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
Don Trull QBB4 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Jack Spikes FB4/K | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 12 | 0 |
Eastern Division | W | L | T | Pct. |
BUFFALO BILLS | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 |
HOUSTON OILERS | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 |
x–NEW YORK JETS | 3 | 6 | 1 | .333 |
x–BOSTON PATRIOTS | 1 | 8 | 2 | .111 |
Western Division | W | L | T | Pct. |
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS | 6 | 2 | 2 | .750 |
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS | 5 | 3 | 3 | .625 |
OAKLAND RAIDERS | 4 | 6 | 1 | .400 |
x-DENVER BRONCOS | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 |