• Al Dorow's 17-yard touchdown pass to Dewey Bohling with a little over four minutes left in the game was the deciding score in the Titans' 31-28 win over the Raiders at Candlestick Park
• Lineback Bob Dougherty, who had pass coverage responsibilities on the play, slipped on the wet turf, allowing Bohling to come free for the score
• Dorow was the hero of the game, completing 29 of 48 passes for 375 yards and three touchdowns, while adding another score on the ground
• Charley Powell's younger brother Art caught 9 passes for 162 yards and a pair of scores for the Titans
• Tom Flores went essentially all the way at quarterback for the Raiders, completing 15 of 26 passes for 170 yards and three touchdowns, but also gave up two interceptions
• Several Raiders players blamed poor officiating for the loss, particularly three pass interference calls that aided the Titans cause
• Defensive end Charley Powell suffered a minor knee injury in the game but was expected to be ready to go for the season finale against the Broncos on the 17th
Dallas 34, Boston 0
Houston 31, Buffalo 23
New York 31, Oakland 28
New York Titans (6-6-0) at Oakland Raiders (5-7-0) | ||||||||||||||
New York | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | - | 31 | ||||||||
Oakland | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | - | 28 | ||||||||
1 | NY | Art Powell 72 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | ||||||||||||
2 | OAK | Nyle McFarlane 14 pass from Tom Flores (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
2 | NY | Al Dorow 12 run (Bill Shockley kick) | ||||||||||||
3 | OAK | Charlie Hardy 19 pass from Tom Flores (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
3 | NY | Art Powell 5 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | ||||||||||||
3 | NY | Bill Shockley 27 FG | ||||||||||||
3 | OAK | Tony Teresa 1 run (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
4 | OAK | Tony Teresa 3 pass from Tom Flores (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
4 | NY | Dewey Bohling 17 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | ||||||||||||
Stadium | Candlestick Park | |||||||||||||
City | San Francisco, California | |||||||||||||
Attendance | 9,037 | |||||||||||||
Coaches | Sammy Baugh (NY), Eddie Erdelatz (OAK) | |||||||||||||
Starting QBs | Al Dorow (NY), Tom Flores (OAK) |
Eddie Erdelatz | Head coach | |
Ed Cody | Defensive backfield | |
Marty Feldman | Defensive line | |
Ernie Jorge | Offensive line | |
Tommy Kalmanir | Offensive backfield |
Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | School | Birthdate | |
Ramon Armstrong | G | 6'1“ | 225 | Texas Christian | 10/6/1937 | |
Doug Asad | TE | 6'3” | 200 | Northwestern | 8/27/1938 | |
Larry Barnes | LB | 6'2“ | 230 | Colorado State | 10/6/1931 | |
Alex Bravo | DB | 6'1” | 190 | Cal Poly-SLO | 7/27/1930 | |
Joe Cannavino | CB | 5'11“ | 185 | Ohio State | 1/20/1935 | |
Carmen Cavalli | DE | 6'4” | 245 | Richmond | 6/11/1937 | |
Wayne Crow | DB | 6'0“ | 205 | California | 5/5/1938 | |
Don Deskins | DT | 6'2” | 240 | Michigan | 5/10/1932 | |
John Dittrich | G | 6'1“ | 240 | Wisconsin | 5/7/1933 | |
Bob Dougherty | LB | 6'1” | 235 | Kentucky | 4/20/1932 | |
George Fields | DE | 6'3“ | 245 | Bakersfield College | 1935(?) | |
Tom Flores | QB | 6'1” | 190 | Pacific | 3/21/1937 | |
Alan Goldstein | WR | 6'0“ | 200 | North Carolina | 1/8/1936 | |
Charlie Hardy | WR | 6'0” | 180 | San Jose State | 11/7/1933 | |
John Harris | DB | 6'1“ | 195 | Santa Monica CC | 5/7/1933 | |
Wayne Hawkins | G | 5'11” | 235 | Pacific | 6/17/1938 | |
Jack Larscheid | HB | 5'6“ | 160 | Pacific | 5/10/1933 | |
Billy Lott | FB | 6'0” | 200 | Mississippi | 11/8/1934 | |
Tom Louderback | LB | 6'2“ | 235 | San Jose State | 3/5/1933 | |
Eddie Macon | DB | 6'0” | 180 | Pacific | 3/7/1927 | |
Don Manoukian | G | 5'9“ | 240 | Stanford | 6/9/1934 | |
Nyle McFarlane | HB | 6'2” | 205 | Brigham Young | 11/25/1935 | |
Riley Morris | LB | 6'2“ | 220 | Florida A&M | 3/22/1934 | |
Paul Oglesby | T | 6'4” | 235 | UCLA | 1/9/1939 | |
Jim Otto | C | 6'2“ | 225 | Miami (FL) | 1/5/1938 | |
Babe Parilli | QB | 6'1” | 195 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | |
Charley Powell | DE | 6'2“ | 225 | San Diego HS | 4/4/1932 | |
Gene Prebola | TE | 6'3” | 215 | Boston University | 6/30/1938 | |
Ron Sabal | T | 6'3“ | 200 | Purdue | 7/23/1936 | |
Jetstream Smith | FB | 6'1” | 220 | Compton JC | 10/18/1936 | |
Tony Teresa | HB | 5'10“ | 185 | San Jose State | 12/8/1933 | |
Dalton Truax | T | 6'2” | 235 | Tulane | 1/7/1935 | |
Ron Warzeka | DT | 6'4“ | 260 | Montana State | 12/24/1935 |