Houston Oilers
Vs.
New Orleans Saints
August 18, 1968
Oilers Conquer Saints, 24-23, With 17 Point Last Period
HOUSTON, Aug. 18 (AP) Led by the quarterbacking of Pete Beathard, the Houston Oilers scored 17 points in the final period today to gain a 24-23 interleague exhibition football victory over the New Orleans Saints,
Until the late Oiler uprising the National Football League Saints had throttled the Houston offense and moved into the final period with a 23-7 lead built around two touchdown passes thrown by Bill Kilmer.
Ken Houston of the American Football League team started the comeback with a 39-yard touchdown run after intercepting a pass thrown by Kilmer. The Oilers then tallied on a 47-yard field goal by John Wittenborn.
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
|
|
Oilers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
24 |
|
Saints |
0 |
13 |
10 |
0 |
23 |
Scoring Summary
Second Quarter
NO- Stickles 5 yard pass from Kilmer (McCall run)
HOU- Beathard 3 run (Campbell pass from Beathard)
NO- Abramowicz 5 pass from Kilmer (pass failed)
Third Quarter
NO- FG Durkee 25
NO- McCall 2 run (Stickles pass from Kilmer)
Fourth Quarter
HOU- Houston 39 yard interception return (Haik pass from Beathard)
HOU- FG Wittenborn 47
HOU- Beathard 6 run (Blanks run)
