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Monday December 8, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/08/1975:



Oakland's defense sacked Denver passers 10 times, a season AFC high, and intercepted four passes, three by rookie Charles Phillips, while winning their seventh straight. Pete Banaszak scored his twelfth touchdown and Harold Hart his second, both set up by passes from Ken Stabler to Fred Biletnikoff. Neal Colzie moved within eight yards of the NFL punt return record of 612 yards and George Blanda increased his career total to 1,996 points. Denver outgained Oakland 254 yards to 178 despite 74 yards subtracted from the Broncos' total by the 10 sacks.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Denver BroncosOFFENSE136.6  (15)186.9  (6)323.5  (11)43
DEFENSE149.7  (16)154.0  (8)303.7  (13)24
Oakland RaidersOFFENSE180.6  (4)175.9  (10)356.5  (6)38
DEFENSE130.5  (9)121.3  (2)251.7  (3)30

Line: Raiders by 11

Team1234F
Denver Broncos (5-7-0)300710
Oakland Raiders (10-2-0)077317

( 3- 0) DEN Jim Turner 18 yard field goal
( 3- 7) OAK Harold Hart 2 yard rush (George Blanda kick)
( 3-14) OAK Pete Banaszak 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick)
(10-14) DEN Fran Lynch 5 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(10-17) OAK George Blanda 18 yard field goal
                     DEN             OAK
First Downs:         18              16
Rushes-yards:        42-147          40-100
Yards/rush:          3.5             2.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-27-181-4     7-16-85-2
Sacked-yards:        10-74           1-7
Net pass yards:      107             78
Net yards/pass:      2.9             4.6
Total net yards:     254             178
Total plays:         79 (53% run)    57 (70% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             3.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-1
Turnovers:           4               3
Penalties-yards:     7-99            6-64

Attendance: 51,075
Passing:
DEN: John Hufnagel, 6 of 15 for 87 yards (3 int); Steve Ramsey, 5 of 12 for 94 yards (1 int)
OAK: Ken Stabler, 7 of 16 for 85 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
DEN: Jon Keyworth, 22 for 76 yards; Fran Lynch, 17 for 66 yards and 1 TD; John Hufnagel, 2 for 5 yards; Rick Upchurch, 1 for 0 yards
OAK: Harold Hart, 15 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Pete Banaszak, 12 for 22 yards and 1 TD; Mark van Eeghen, 7 for 6 yards; Jess Phillips, 4 for 28 yards; Cliff Branch, 1 for 3 yards; Ken Stabler, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Riley Odoms, 3 for 39 yards; Jon Keyworth, 3 for 36 yards; Haven Moses, 2 for 51 yards; Jack Dolbin, 1 for 41 yards; Billy Van Heusen, 1 for 12 yards; Fran Lynch, 1 for 2 yards
OAK: Fred Biletnikoff, 5 for 77 yards; Cliff Branch, 1 for 14 yards; Mark van Eeghen, 1 for -6 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 2 for 44 yards; Floyd Little, 2 for 34 yards
OAK: Jess Phillips, 2 for 67 yards; Harold Hart, 1 for 7 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 5 for 35 yards
OAK: Neal Colzie, 3 for 25 yards

Interceptions:
DEN: Tom Jackson, 1 for 0 yards; Calvin Jones, 1 for 0 yards
OAK: Charlie Phillips, 3 for 38 yards; Skip Thomas, 1 for 24 yards

Punting:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 6 for 217 yards
OAK: Ray Guy, 7 for 299 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 1/2
OAK: George Blanda, 1/1




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