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Sunday November 15, 1970
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NFL game summary for 11/15/1970:



George Blanda moved in for a late save for the Raiders for the third straight game. Trailing with less than four minutes remaining, Blanda directed an attack climaxed by his TD pass to Fred Biletnikoff with 2:28 remaining. Daryle Lamonica earlier had thrown TD passes to Warren Wells and Hewritt Dixon to extend his streak to 25 games. Pete Liske passed to Jim Whalen for a Denver TD and carried one himself for another.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Oakland RaidersOFFENSE156.4  (3)209.6  (2)366.0  (1)12
DEFENSE141.0  (22)159.0  (14)300.0  (20)16
Denver BroncosOFFENSE135.8  (6)130.0  (22)265.8  (17)19
DEFENSE95.6  (2)160.5  (17)256.1  (3)20

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Oakland Raiders (5-2-2)737724
Denver Broncos (4-5-0)0331319

( 7- 0) OAK Warren Wells 36 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)
( 7- 3) DEN Bobby Howfield 47 yard field goal
(10- 3) OAK George Blanda 32 yard field goal
(10- 6) DEN Bobby Howfield 44 yard field goal
(17- 6) OAK Hewritt Dixon 46 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)
(17-12) DEN Jim Whalen 10 yard pass from Pete Liske (kick failed)
(17-19) DEN Pete Liske 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick)
(24-19) OAK Fred Biletnikoff 20 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)
                     OAK             DEN
First Downs:         16              20
Rushes-yards:        28-67           33-116
Yards/rush:          2.4             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-29-268-1     14-39-218-3
Sacked-yards:        1-10            3-22
Net pass yards:      258             196
Net yards/pass:      8.6             4.7
Total net yards:     325             312
Total plays:         58 (48% run)    75 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          5.6             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             1-0
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     6-43            5-84

Attendance: 50,959
Passing:
OAK: Daryle Lamonica, 11 of 23 for 188 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); George Blanda, 4 of 6 for 80 yards and 1 TD
DEN: Pete Liske, 10 of 25 for 152 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Steve Tensi, 4 of 13 for 66 yards (2 int); Billy Van Heusen, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
OAK: Hewritt Dixon, 19 for 61 yards; Charlie Smith, 7 for 6 yards; Larry Todd, 1 for 12 yards; Daryle Lamonica, 1 for 1 yard
DEN: Floyd Little, 12 for 43 yards; Bobby Anderson, 7 for 28 yards; Willis Crenshaw, 7 for 17 yards; Pete Liske, 3 for 20 yards and 1 TD; Clem Turner, 3 for 13 yards; Steve Tensi, 1 for -5 yards

Receiving:
OAK: Warren Wells, 4 for 95 yards and 1 TD; Rod Sherman, 3 for 55 yards; Fred Biletnikoff, 3 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Hewritt Dixon, 3 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Smith, 1 for 17 yards; Raymond Chester, 1 for 4 yards
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 4 for 84 yards; Willis Crenshaw, 3 for 16 yards; Floyd Little, 2 for 43 yards; Jim Whalen, 2 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Anderson, 2 for 21 yards; Mike Haffner, 1 for 19 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Bobby Anderson, 3 for 68 yards

Punt returns:
OAK: Alvin Wyatt, 3 for 16 yards; Rod Sherman, 1 for -1 yards
DEN: Charlie Greer, 4 for 23 yards; Floyd Little, 1 for 8 yards; Bill Thompson, 1 for 5 yards

Interceptions:
OAK: Jimmy Warren, 2 for 26 yards; Duane Benson, 1 for 14 yards
DEN: Paul Martha, 1 for 34 yards

Punting:
OAK: Mike Eischeid, 6 for 284 yards
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 6 for 265 yards

Field Goals:
OAK: George Blanda, 1/2
DEN: Bobby Howfield, 2/3




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