September 22, 1963 Oakland Raiders vs Boston Patriots AFL Football Game Program

Offered is an EX + (some wear to cover) program for the September 22, 1963 Oakland Raiders vs Boston Patriots football game played at Frank Youell Field (Oakland) in front of 17,131 fans.  The Patriots won 20-14.

All pages are intact, no writing, tight binding.  Tons of articles and photos.

From the UPI writeup of the game –

SEPTEMBER 23, 1963

Patriots Halt Raiders, Jets Surprise Oilers

United Press International

The Boston Patriots brought the Oakland Raiders down to earth yesterday with a 20–14 American Football League setback and the New York Jets made an impressive home debut by upsetting the Houston Oilers 24–17.

In the only other game, the Buffalo Bills and the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs battled to a 27–27 tie. San Diego and Denver were idle.

Babe Parilli passed 55 yards to Billy Lott for a first-period Boston touchdown that sent the Raiders down to their first defeat in three games this season. Gino Cappelletti’s field goals of 43 and 47 yards and a three-yard touchdown run by Larry Garron gave the Patriots a 20–0 lead after three periods.

The Raiders scored twice in the final period on Tom Flores’ touchdown tosses of 33 yards to Art Powell and 53 yards to Bob Roberson.

The reorganized Jets capitalized on a pass-interference penalty in the final period to set up Mark Smolinski’s winning four-yard touchdown run. It was the first time New York ever beat Houston in seven A.F.L. meetings.

George Blanda’s passes gained 308 yards and he kicked a 37-yard third-period field goal that put Houston ahead 17–14, but the Jets tied the score on Dick Guesman’s 30-yard field goal. New York won after Tony Banfield was called for pass interference on the Oiler’s four-yard line.

Marshall Starks of the Jets picked up a missed field goal try by Blanda in the second period and ran 97 yards for a touchdown that gave New York a 14–7 halftime lead.

Len Dawson’s 19-yard toss to Chris Burford with 40 seconds left to play enabled Kansas City to tie Buffalo. The actual tying points, though, came when Dawson completed a pass to Burford for a two-point conversion.

The Chiefs, trailing by 17 points in the third period, began their comeback when tackle Jerry Mays tackled Buffalo’s Willie Wood in the end zone for a safety. A 55-yard march, capped by Dawson’s two-yard scoring pass to Burford in the third period, narrowed the Bills’ lead to 27–19.

Jack Kemp’s 20-yard touchdown pass to Bill Miller and Kemp’s two scoring runs of two and nine yards had helped build up Buffalo’s early lead.