| Houston Oilers at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1961 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 28000 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 76 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 6 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 70 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Jack Spikes 31 run (Jack Spikes kick blocked) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Jack Spikes 2 run (Jack Spikes kick blocked) | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 24 run (Bo Dickinson pass from Randy Duncan) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Jack Spikes 73 run (Randy Duncan run failed) | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 6 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 63 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Bill Groman |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 63 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 86 | TE | John White |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Dalva Allen |
| 79 | LDT | Orville Trask |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 50 | MLB | Dennit Morris |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 12 | RS | Charley Milstead |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 63 | LOG | Marv Terrell |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 64 | ROG | Billy Krisher |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 81 | TE | Max Boydston |
| 19 | QB | Cotton Davidson |
| 28 | HB | Abner Haynes |
| 42 | FL | Johnny Robinson |
| 30 | FB | Jack Spikes |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 71 | RDT | Ray Collins |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 54 | LLB | Ted Greene |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 55 | RLB | E.J. Holub |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 18 | LS | Don Flynn |
| 21 | RS | Dave Webster |
| 44 | RCB | Ed Kelley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Jack Spikes | 15 | 146 | 9.7 | 73t | 3 |
| Abner Haynes | 19 | 117 | 6.2 | 35 | 1 |
| Frank Jackson | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Cotton Davidson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 2 | 275 | 7.6 | 70t | 3 | 2 | 26 | 73.3 |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 0 | 130 | 6.2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Groman | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 63 | 1 |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 70t | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Don Flynn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 63 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 7 | 286 | 40.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hall | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Dukes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
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