| 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 Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Dallas Texans | 6 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Billy Cannon 70 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Texans | Jack Spikes 31 run (Jack Spikes kick blocked) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Dallas Texans | Jack Spikes 2 run (Jack Spikes kick blocked) | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Dallas Texans | Abner Haynes 24 run (Bo Dickinson pass from Randy Duncan) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Dallas Texans | Jack Spikes 73 run (Randy Duncan run failed) | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Bill Groman 6 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Charley Hennigan 63 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 26 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| George Blanda | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Jack Spikes | 15 | 146 | 9.7 | 3 | |
| Abner Haynes | 19 | 117 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Cotton Davidson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 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 | 3 | 73.3 | |||
| Dave Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 0 | 130 | 6.2 | 0 | 59.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Groman | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 1 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 1 | |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 1 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Frank Jackson | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Chris Burford | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 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 | 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 | 0 | ||
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
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