On December 22, 1963 The Houston Oilers with George Blanda as quarterback traveled to Frank Youell Field in Oakland, California to met the Oakland Raiders and their quarterback Tom Flores. If fans wanted to see a low scoring game they were in the wrong place. Things did not look dood for the home team when they failed to record a first down in the first quarter, they only bright spot in the quarter was a 68 yard punt return for a touchdown by Claude Gibson.
The Raiders got things rolling much better in the second quarter, ending the half sharing a 35-35 tie with their visitors. Things calming down a bit in the third quarter with the Oilers scoring two of three toouchdowns to reclaim a 7 point lead with one quater left to play. Unfortunately for Blanda and his team nothing happened offensivly in the final quater as the raiders scored 10 unanswered points in the quarter to take a 52-49 win. Raider end Art Powell caught four touchdown passes and kicker Mike Mercer kicked a 39 yard field goal to win the game with 4:37 left to play. You certianly dont see to many games in outdoor football where a team scores 49 points and still loses.
Tomorrow we are looking at another Hockey day. That will be followed by two days of great football games.
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