| Houston Oilers at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1961 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Boston University Field Attendance: 15070 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 57 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Boston Patriots | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Patriots | Babe Parilli 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Bill Groman 44 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Charley Hennigan 48 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Boston Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 17 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Larry Garron 89 kickoff return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Charlie Tolar 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Ron Burton 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Billy Cannon 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 28 | 24 |
| 4 | Boston Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 3 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 28 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 25 FG | 31 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Billy Cannon | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| HOU | Charlie Tolar | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| HOU | Dave Smith | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| HOU | Jacky Lee | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| BOS | Ron Burton | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| BOS | Billy Lott | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| BOS | Larry Garron | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| BOS | Babe Parilli | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| HOU | Jacky Lee | 41 | 27 | 65.9 | 2 | 457 | 11.1 | 2 | 99.3 | |||
| BOS | Butch Songin | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 152 | 10.1 | 1 | 88.8 | |||
| BOS | Babe Parilli | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 122 | 13.6 | 53 | 0 | 60.9 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan | 13 | 272 | 20.9 | 1 | |
| HOU | Bill Groman | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 1 | |
| HOU | John White | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| HOU | Charlie Tolar | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Billy Cannon | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | Dave Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| BOS | Gino Cappelletti | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 1 | |
| BOS | Ron Burton | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| BOS | Billy Lott | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | |
| BOS | Jim Colclough | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| BOS | Larry Garron | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Mark Johnston | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BOS | Frank Robotti | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| BOS | Ronnie Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| HOU | Jim Norton | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| BOS | Tom Yewcic | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Claude King | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Doug Cline | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| BOS | Larry Garron | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 1 | |
| BOS | Ron Burton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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