| 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 OilersHOU | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Babe Parilli 2 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 44 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 48 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 17 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Larry Garron 89 kickoff return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Tolar 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Ron Burton 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 28 | 24 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 3 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 28 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 25 FG | 31 | 31 |
| 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 |
| 15 | QB | Jacky Lee |
| 44 | HB | Charlie Tolar |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 32 | FB | Dave Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Bobby Kelly |
| 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 |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 64 | ROG | Tony Sardisco |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 30 | TE | Jim Crawford |
| 11 | QB | Butch Songin |
| 32 | HB | Billy Lott |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 40 | FB | Larry Garron |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 62 | LDT | Dick Klein |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 83 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 60 | RLB | Rommie Loudd |
| 31 | LCB | Clyde Washington |
| 25 | LS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 33 | RS | Fred Bruney |
| 41 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Billy Lott | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Jacky Lee | 41 | 27 | 65.9 | 2 | 457 | 11.1 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 99.3 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 152 | 10.1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 88.8 |
| Babe Parilli | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 122 | 13.6 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 60.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 13 | 272 | 20.9 | 51 | 1 |
| Bill Groman | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 44t | 1 |
| John White | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 53 | 1 |
| Ron Burton | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Frank Robotti | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Claude King | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Doug Cline | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Garron | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 89t | 1 | |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
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