• The Raiders beat the Oilers, 14-13, in Houston, for the franchise’s first-ever regular season win
• The Raiders came back from a 13-7 deficit on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Tom Flores to Gene Prebola in the fourth quarter, then held on as Oilers placekicker George Blanda missed a 28-yard field goal attempt with less than a minute to play
• Babe Parilli started the game at quarterback but was spelled by Flores in the second half after completing 7 of 15 passes for 57 yards
• Flores completed 7 of 10 passes for an identical 57 yards and a touchdown
• The game was picketed by Black activists who were protesting the segregated seating policy in place at Jeppesen Stadium
• The team dedicated the win to offensive line coach Ernie Jorge, who had suffered a heart attack on the 23rd and was back in a Bay Area hospital recuperating
Dallas 17, Los Angeles 0
Oakland 14, Houston 13
Oakland Raiders (0-2-0) at Houston Oilers (2-0-0) | ||||||||||||||
Oakland | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | - | 14 | ||||||||
Houston | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | - | 13 | ||||||||
1 | OAK | Jetstream Smith 3 run (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
2 | HTN | John Carson 8 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | ||||||||||||
2 | HTN | George Blanda 36 FG | ||||||||||||
3 | HTN | George Blanda 10 FG | ||||||||||||
4 | OAK | Gene Prebola 14 pass from Tom Flores (Larry Barnes kick) | ||||||||||||
Stadium | Jeppesen Stadium | |||||||||||||
City | Houston, Texas | |||||||||||||
Att | 16421 | |||||||||||||
Coaches | Eddie Erdelatz (OAK), Lou Rymkus (HTN) | |||||||||||||
Starting QBs | Babe Parilli (OAK), George Blanda (HTN) |
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 | |
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 | |
Bob Keyes | HB | 5'10“ | 180 | San Diego | 4/13/1936 | |
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 | |
Bill Striegel | DT | 6'2” | 235 | Pacific | 5/28/1936 | |
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 |