| Dallas Texans at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1960 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 19026 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 76 F Humidty: 85% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Smith 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 9 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 19 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Jack Spikes 14 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 18 run (Jack Spikes kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 23 FG | 10 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 70 | LOT | Jack Stone |
| 63 | LOG | Marv Terrell |
| 50 | C | Jim Barton |
| 64 | ROG | Billy Krisher |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 80 | TE | Max Boydston |
| 19 | QB | Cotton Davidson |
| 26 | HB | Abner Haynes |
| 33 | FL | Curley Johnson |
| 30 | FB | Jack Spikes |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Dick Frey |
| 76 | LDT | Walt Napier |
| 71 | RDT | Ray Collins |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 56 | LLB | Walt Corey |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 35 | RLB | Smokey Stover |
| 18 | LCB | Don Flynn |
| 22 | LS | Johnny Bookman |
| 21 | RS | Dave Webster |
| 46 | RCB | Carroll Zaruba |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Bill Groman |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 57 | C | George Belotti |
| 64 | ROG | Fred Wallner |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 82 | TE | Johnny Carson |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 37 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 32 | FB | Dave Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Dalva Allen |
| 79 | LDT | Orville Trask |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Helluin |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 88 | LLB | Al Witcher |
| 50 | MLB | Dennit Morris |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 24 | LS | Julian Spence |
| 47 | RS | Bobby Gordon |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| Jack Spikes | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Cotton Davidson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Hall | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | |
| George Blanda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 5 | 230 | 6.8 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 29.9 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 2 | 233 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Chris Burford | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Bernet | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Max Boydston | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Groman | 10 | 140 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Al Witcher | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Johnny Bookman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clem Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Julian Spence | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Dukes | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dennit Morris | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Milstead | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Clem Daniels | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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