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 September 11, 1960\\
 Houston Oilers (0-0-0) at Oakland Raiders (0-0-0)\\
-:30pm, Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California
+:30pm, Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California\\
+Attendance 12,703
+First-ever meeting between the teams
+Game Officials\\
+Referee - John Morrow\\
+Umpire - George Parker\\
+Head linesman - Joe Kraus\\
+Back judge - Amby Schindler\\
+Field judge - Price Truitt
+====Annotated Play-by-play====
+Oakland won the toss and elected to receive\\
+Houston chose to defend the west goal
+**FIRST QUARTER**
+**Oakland drive, no score**
+:00 u40 George Blanda kickoff 60, touchback.\\
+<fs small>Throughout the gamebook, the kicker's name was obscured on kickoffs, so I have assumed the kickers were Blanda and Barnes.
+</fs>
+(14:40) 1-10 u20 Jack Larscheid left end run 2, ob, tackled by Mark Johnston.
+(14:20) 2-8 u22	Tom Flores to Billy Lott right flat pass incomplete, dropped.
+(14:00) 3-8 u22	Tom Flores to Tony Teresa right flat pass 5, ob, tackled by Charlie Kendall.
+(13:40) 4-3 u27	Penalty, Oakland, offside at u27 for 5.\\
+<fs small>Penalty nullified Crow's 31 yard punt.
+</fs>
+(13:20) 4-8 u22	Wayne Crow punt 40, downed at d38.
+**Houston drive, no score**
+(13:00) 1-10 u38 Billy Cannon right tackle run 7.
+(12:40) 2-3 u45	George Blanda aborted play 0, fumbled by Blanda at u45, recovered by Blanda at u45.\\
+<fs small>Gamebook: "Blanda fumbled handoff then fell on ball."
+</fs>
+(12:20) 3-3 u45	George Blanda to John Carson middle pass incomplete.
+(12:00) 4-3 u45	Charlie Milstead punt 45, fair catch by Jack Larscheid at u10.
+**Oakland drive, no score**
+(11:40) 1-10 u10 Penalty, Oakland, illegal procedure at u10 for 5.\\
+<fs small>Penalty nullified Larscheid 3 yard run.
+</fs>
+(11:20) 1-15 u5	Billy Lott left end run 5, tackled by Dennit Morris.
+(11:00) 2-10 u10 Penalty, Oakland, false start at u10 for 2.\\
+<fs small>Gamebook noted that the markoff seemed to be in error.
+</fs>
+(10:40) 2-12 u8	Penalty, Oakland, false start at u8 for 4.\\
+<fs small>Gamebook noted that the refs got it right this time.
+</fs>
+(10:20) 2-16 u4	Billy Lott right tackle run 2.
+(10:00) 3-14 u6	Tom Flores to Tony Teresa middle pass 29, first down, tackled by Joe Majors.
+(9:40) 1-10 u35	Tom Flores to Charlie Hardy pass incomplete, wide.\\
+<fs small>Hardy caught the ball but was out of bounds. Houston declined Teresa illegal motion penalty.
+</fs>
+(9:20) 2-10 u35	Tom Flores sacked by Dalva Allen for -10.
+(9:00) 3-20 u25	Tom Flores to Billy Lott screen pass incomplete, dropped.
+(8:40) 4-20 u25	Wayne Crow punt 34, downed at d41.
+**Houston drive, no score**
+(8:20) 1-10 u41	Billy Cannon right guard run 4, tackled by Joe Cannavino.
+(8:00) 2-6 u45	Billy Cannon right tackle run 3.\\
+<fs small>Gamebook: "Cannon fought out of Armstrong's grasp behind line."
+</fs>
+(7:40) 3-3 u48	Dave Smith center run 1, tackled by Ramon Armstrong.
+(7:20) 4-2 u49	Charlie Milstead punt 41, returned by Tony Teresa from u10 for 2, fumbled by Teresa at u10, recovered by Teresa at u10.
+**Oakland drive, no score**
+(7:00) 1-10 u12	Tom Flores left end sweep -4, tackled by Hugh Pitts.\\
+<fs small>Gamebook: "Flores was dragged down by Pitts." Hard to tell if it was an option-style play or whether it was actually called a quarterback sweep in the huddle. Or maybe it was a rollout pass.
+</fs>
+(6:40) 2-14 u8	Jetstream Smith left guard draw 0.
+(6:20) 3-14 u8	Tom Flores to Tony Teresa middle pass incomplete, overthrown.
+(6:00) 4-14 u8	Wayne Crow punt 31, downed at u39.
+**Houston drive, no score**
+(5:40) 1-10 d39	George Blanda sacked by Billy Ray Locklin for -12, fumbled by Blanda at d49, recovered by Charley Powell at u49.
+**Oakland drive no score**
+(5:20) 1-10 d49	Jack Larscheid right end sweep -11, tackled by Dalva Allen.
+(5:00) 2-21 u40	Penalty, Oakland, delay of game at u40 for 5.
+(4:40) 2-26 u35	Tom Flores to Tony Teresa left flat pass 12.
+(4:20) 3-14 u47	Tom Flores to Jack Larscheid screen pass 6, tackled by Dennit Morris.
+(4:00) 4-8 d47	Wayne Crow punt 32, downed at d15.
+**Houston drive, no score**
+(3:40) 1-10 u15	Billy Cannon left end run 3, tackled by LC Joyner.
+(3:20) 2-7 u18	George Blanda to Charley Hennigan right flat pass 19, first down, tackled by Eddie Macon.
+(3:00) 1-10 u37	George Blanda to Dave Smith short pass incomplete, dropped.
+(2:40) 2-10 u37	George Blanda to John Carson left flat pass 20, first down, tackled by LC Joyner.
+(2:20) 1-10 d43	George Blanda to Charley Hennigan right flat pass 43, first down, touchdown.\\
+<fs small>Gamebook: Hennigan got behind Macon in coverage, caught the ball at the 29, and took it in from there.
+</fs>
+:01  d2 George Blanda extra point, good.
+**Oakland drive, Houston ahead, 7-0**
+:01  u40 George Blanda kickoff 60, touchback.
+(1:37) 1-10 u20	Jack Larscheid left guard run 0, tackled by Dennit Morris.\\
+<fs small>Gamebook: "Larscheid was hit hard by Morris."
+</fs>
+(1:13) 2-10 u20	Tom Flores sacked by Al Witcher for -7.
+(0:49) 3-17 u13	Jack Larscheid left end run 3, tackled by Hugh Pitts.
+(0:25) 4-14 u16	Wayne Crow punt 44, returned by Charley Tolar from u40 for 11, fumbled by Tolar at d49, recovered by Ron Sabal at u49.

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