| Boston Patriots at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1960 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 22352 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Al Witcher 3 pass from Bill Groman (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 36 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Oscar Lofton 37 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick blocked) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Billy Cannon 88 kickoff return (George Blanda kick) | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Oscar Lofton 39 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti run) | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Jim Colclough 28 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 10 FG | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Dave Smith 40 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 30 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Charlie Tolar 10 run (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 37 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Butch Songin | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Crawford | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Alan Miller | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Christy | 5 | -17 | -3.4 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Hall | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 43 | 18 | 41.9 | 0 | 327 | 7.6 | 3 | 91.9 | |||
| Dick Christy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 3 | 127 | 6.0 | 0 | 19.4 | |||
| Jacky Lee | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 136 | 17.0 | 1 | 95.8 | |||
| Dave Smith | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| Bill Groman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 | 118.8 | ||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | |
| Oscar Lofton | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 2 | |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| Alan Miller | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Dick Christy | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Groman | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 0 | |
| Johnny Carson | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 1 | |
| Charley Hennigan | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Al Witcher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Harry Jacobs | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Greene | 10 | 373 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Milstead | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Billy Wells | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | ||
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Hall | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 0 | ||
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | ||
| Billy Wells | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Dick Christy | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Hall | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 0 | ||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 88 | 88.0 | 88t | 1 | |
| Doug Cline | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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