• The Raiders came back from a 10-point deficit in the third quarter to stage a late rally and beat the Titans, 28-27, on a gloomy Friday night in the Polo Grounds
• The winning score came on Larry Barnes’ extra point following Jetstream Smith’s 9-yard touchdown run with less than four minutes to play
• Prior to the game the Tribune reported that quarterback Tom Flores had been suffering with “chills” for the previous two days and that both Barnes and defensive end Charley Powell had the “sniffles”
• Despite a leg injury, new halfback Billy Reynolds made his Raiders debut
Los Angeles 45, Boston 16
Oakland 28, New York 27
Oakland Raiders (3-4-0) at New York Titans (4-3-0) | ||||||||||||||
Oakland | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | - | 28 | ||||||||
New York | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 27 | ||||||||
1 | NY | Don Maynard 47 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | ||||||||||||
1 | OAK | Billy Lott 25 pass from Tom Flores (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
1 | NY | Leon Burton 99 kickoff return (Bill Shockley kick) | ||||||||||||
2 | OAK | Al Hoisington 61 pass from Tom Flores (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
2 | NY | Art Powell 76 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | ||||||||||||
3 | NY | Bill Shockley 18 FG | ||||||||||||
4 | OAK | Jetstream Smith 3 run (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
4 | NY | Bill Shockley 24 FG | ||||||||||||
4 | OAK | Jetstream Smith 9 run (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
Stadium | Polo Grounds | |||||||||||||
City | New York, New York | |||||||||||||
Att | 10,000 | |||||||||||||
Coaches | Eddie Erdelatz (OAK), Sammy Baugh (NY) | |||||||||||||
Starting QBs | Tom Flores (OAK), Al Dorow (NY) |
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 | |
Al Hoisington | WR | 6'3“ | 200 | Pasadena JC | 11/18/1933 | |
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 | |
Billy Reynolds | HB | 5'11” | 200 | Pittsburgh | 7/20/1931 | |
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 |