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George Blanda threw a pair of touchdown passes in the second half to lead the Houston Oilers to a 17-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills.
The day began with four teams tied for first in the American Football League’s East Division.
Houston and New York remain deadlocked for the top spot at 6-2 as the Jets beat Boston 41-21. The Bills and Patriots fall together into a tie for third place at 5-3.
Trailing 7-3 at halftime, Blanda led an 11-play, 64-yard drive in the third period that put the Oilers in front 10-7 with 2:59 to go.
Blanda capped the drive with a 10-yard pass to Bill Groman and then he booted the extra point.
In the final stanza, Blanda hooked up with John Carson on a 57-yard scoring strike to make it 17-7 with 8:47 left to play.
Buffalo responded the next time the Bills had the ball to close their deficit to seven points with a 35-yard field goal by Pete Gogolak at 6:11.
However from that point, the Oilers were able to hold off the Bills on their next two possessions for the win.
60 Houston 17, 64 Buffalo 10
Scoring Summary
1 0:01 64 Buffalo TD Kemp 24 pass to Dubenion (Gogolak) (13-80-8:21) 0-7
2 5:38 60 Houston FG Blanda 22 (11-39-4:52) 3-7
3 2:59 60 Houston TD Blanda 10 pass to Groman (Blanda) (11-64-5:48) 10-7
4 8:47 60 Houston TD Blanda 57 pass to Carson (Blanda) (3-73-1:19) 17-7
4 6:11 64 Buffalo FG Gogolak 35 (9-53-2:19) 17-10
Passing
Hou: Blanda 28/11 193 Yds 2 TDs
Buf: Kemp 25/13 242 Yds TD
Rushing
Hou: Cannon 14/66, Smith 13/56, Tolar 2/6
Buf: Gilchrist 17/49, Auer 13/23, Kemp 6/21
Receiving
Hou: Groman 5/69 TD, Hennigan 3/42, Carson 2/75 TD, Cannon 1/7
Buf: Dubenion 5/116 TD, Bass 4/70, Warlick 2/27, Auer 1/8, Gilchrist 1/21
Defense
Hou: Morris Sk FF 8-Tk, Dukes Sk 6-Tk, Allen 8-Tk
Buf: McDole Sk 2-FF 6-Tk, Day Sk 6-Tk, Jacobs FF 5-Tk
Here’s a look at the rest of the week eight box scores
63 San Diego 45, 69 Cincinnati 16
Scoring Summary
1 11:15 63 San Diego TD Lowe 7 run (Blair) (5-48-2:34) 7-0
1 2:22 69 Cincinnati FG Muhlmann 32 (13-56-8:37) 7-3
2 11:09 63 San Diego TD Rote 24 pass to Alworth (Blair) (3-34-1:45) 14-3
2 0:14 63 San Diego FG Blair 21 (5-21-1:16) 17-3
3 8:14 63 San Diego TD Rote 11 pass to Alworth (Blair) (10-64-6:33) 24-3
3 5:44 63 San Diego TD McDougall 9 run (Blair) (3-27-1:09) 31-3
3 1:54 69 Cincinnati TD Cook 14 pass to Crabtree (Muhlmann) (7-80-3:50) 31-10
4 6:41 63 San Diego TD Lowe 1 run (Blair) (7-39-3:41) 38-10
4 3:55 63 San Diego TD McDougall 1 run (Blair) (1-0-0:08) 45-10
4 2:26 69 Cincinnati TD Wyche 17 pass to Thomas (no good) (8-68-1:17) 45-16
Passing
SD: Rote 21/14 240 Yds 2 TDs
Cin: Cook 22/8 116 Yds TD 2 Int, Wyche 7/3 35 Yds TD
Rushing
SD: Lincoln 13/57, Lowe 13/28 2 TDs, McDougall 7/22 2 TDs, Rote 3/13, Hadl 1/2
Cin: Turner 8/43, Robinson 12/26, Phillips 3/11, Cook 1/7
Receiving
SD: Lincoln 5/84, Alworth 4/80 2 TDs, MacKinnon 2/34, Kocourek 1/10, Norton 1/17
Cin: Crabtree 4/66 TD, Thomas 3/44 TD, Trumpy 3/35, Turner 1/6
Defense
SD: Karas Sk FF 5-Tk, Petrich Sk FF 3-Tk, Ladd Sk 4-Tk, Schmidt Sk 4-Tk, Whitehead Int
Cin: Chomyszak FF 5-Tk, Peterson 8-Tk
69 Kansas City 17, 62 Denver 0
Scoring Summary
1 2:55 69 Kansas City FG Stenerud 24 (15-63-10:05) 3-0
3 10:39 69 Kansas City TD Garrett 3 run (Stenerud) (6-68-4:09) 10-0
3 6:04 69 Kansas City TD Dawson 45 pass to Taylor (Stenerud) (4-55-2:20) 17-0
Passing
KC: Dawson 19/15 289 Yds TD
Den: Tripucka 22/13 133 Yds
Rushing
KC: Garrett 16/66 TD, Holmes 18/55, Hayes 2/2, McVea 2/1
Den: Dickinson 9/20, Stone 3/4, Mingo 4/1
Receiving
KC: Taylor 6/133 TD, Pitts 6/95, Holmes 2/50, McVea 1/11
Den: Taylor 5/40, Dickinson 4/25, Prebola 2/37, Mingo 1/8, Scarpitto 1/23
Defense
KC: Brown 2-Sks 4-Tk, Bell Sk 5-Tk
Den: McGeever FF 13-Tk, Roehnelt 8-Tk
67 Oakland 47, 68 Miami 7
Scoring Summary
1 7:24 67 Oakland FG Blanda 20 (11-64-7:17) 0-3
1 1:56 67 Oakland TD Lamonica 22 pass to Biletnikoff (Blanda) (5-47-3:24) 0-10
1 0:02 67 Oakland Safety Keating 0-12
2 13:02 67 Oakland TD Dixon 6 run (Blanda) (6-42-1:58) 0-19
2 2:41 67 Oakland TD Dixon 13 run (Blanda) (11-80-5:53) 0-26
3 11:24 67 Oakland TD Lamonica 54 pass to Dixon (Blanda) (4-98-2:08) 0-33
3 8:34 68 Miami TD Csonka 8 run (Keyes) (4-60-2:50) 7-33
3 5:48 67 Oakland TD Lamonica 21 pass to Biletnikoff (Blanda) (6-69-2:36) 7-40
4 6:34 67 Oakland TD Hagberg 9 run (Blanda) (12-96-7:16) 7-47
Passing
Mia: Griese 26/15 210 Yds
Oak: Lamonica 22/18 328 Yds 3 TDs, Blanda 3/1 11 Yds
Rushing
Mia: Csonka 5/24 TD, Kiick 4/12, Griese 1/3
Oak: Dixon 11/54 2 TDs, Daniels 12/52, Hagberg 6/28 TD, Lamonica 1/2, Banks 2/2
Receiving
Mia: Kiick 5/68, Twilley 4/77, Noonan 3/30, Csonka 2/20, Moreau 1/15
Oak: Biletnikoff 6/123 2 TDs, Dixon 5/123 TD, Daniels 3/28, Miller 2/30, Cannon 2/24
Defense
Mia: Edmunds 8-Tk
Oak: Keating 3-Sks 3-Tk, Conners 2-Sks 5-Tk, Birdwell 2-Sks 4-Tk, Laskey Sk 4-Tk
68 New York 41, 64 Boston 21
Scoring Summary
1 12:06 68 New York TD Namath 40 pass to Sauer (Turner,J) (5-59-2:39) 7-0
1 10:11 64 Boston TD Parilli 38 pass to Cappelletti (Cappellett) (3-52-1:41 7-7
1 5:40 68 New York FG Turner 41 (8-47-4:02) 10-7
1 4:22 68 New York TD McAdams blk punt ret -9 (Turner,J) 17-7
2 0:57 68 New York TD Namath 12 pass to Snell (Turner,J) (9-67-3:45) 24-7
3 13:00 68 New York FG Turner 50 (4-8-0:57) 27-7
3 10:01 68 New York TD Namath 20 pass to Lammons (Turner,J) (3-23-1:04) 34-7
3 9:26 64 Boston TD Parilli 80 pass to Garron (Cappellett) (1-80-0:24) 34-14
4 10:08 64 Boston TD Parilli 13 pass to Colclough (Cappellett) (7-67-3:35) 34-21
4 3:56 68 New York TD Boozer 2 run (Turner,J) (9-74-6:06) 41-21
Passing
NYA: Namath 30/14 236 Yds 3 TDs Int
Bos: Parilli 47/23 403 Yds 3 TDs 5 Int
Rushing
NYA: Snell 17/67, Boozer 10/13 TD
Bos: Garron 7/19, Burton 4/7, Parilli 2/3
Receiving
NYA: Sauer 8/146 TD, Lammons 3/55 TD, Snell 2/26 TD, Boozer 1/9
Bos: Romeo 7/97, Cappelletti 6/126 TD, Garron 6/140 TD, Graham 2/16, Burton 1/11
Defense
NYA: Baird Int FF 9-Tk, Atkinson Int Sk 4-Tk, Sample Int 5-Tk, Beverly Int 3-Tk
Bos: Webb FF 9-Tk, Buoniconti Int 6-Tk
Legends of the AFL Standings
East Division
1960 Houston Oilers (6-2)
1968 New York Jets (6-2)
1964 Boston Patriots (5-3)
1964 Buffalo Bills (5-3)
1968 Miami Dolphins (1-7)
West Division
1963 San Diego Chargers (8-0)
1969 Kansas City Chiefs (5-3)
1967 Oakland Raiders (3-5)
1962 Denver Broncos (1-7)
1969 Cincinnati Bengals (0-8)
Week Nine Schedule
60 Houston @ 63 San Diego
69 Cincinnati @ 68 New York
67 Oakland @ 64 Buffalo
62 Denver @ 68 Miami
64 Boston @ 69 Kansas City
Week Eight Results
63 San Diego 45, 69 Cincinnati 16
69 Kansas City 17, 62 Denver 0
67 Oakland 47, 68 Miami 7
60 Houston 17, 64 Buffalo 10
68 New York 41, 64 Boston 21