| Dallas Texans at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: November 3, 1961 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Boston University Field Attendance: 25063 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 14 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 7 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Chris Burford 42 pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 3 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Babe Parilli own fumble recovery in end zone (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Bo Dickinson 48 pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Ron Burton 91 kickoff return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 60 | LOG | Al Reynolds |
| 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 |
| 32 | FB | Bo Dickinson |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 71 | RDT | Ray Collins |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 55 | LLB | E.J. Holub |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 35 | RLB | Smokey Stover |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 21 | LS | Dave Webster |
| 45 | RS | Dave Grayson |
| 44 | RCB | Ed Kelley |
| 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 |
| 24 | TE | Joe Johnson |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 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 |
| 51 | MLB | Frank Robotti |
| 60 | RLB | Rommie Loudd |
| 31 | LCB | Clyde Washington |
| 23 | LS | Ronnie Hall |
| 33 | RS | Fred Bruney |
| 48 | RCB | Don Webb |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Bo Dickinson | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Butch Songin | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 2 | 313 | 9.5 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 82.0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 146 | 8.1 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 96.1 |
| Babe Parilli | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 30 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 56.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Chris Burford | 7 | 137 | 19.6 | 49 | 1 |
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 48t | 1 |
| Max Boydston | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Colclough | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 46 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Duane Wood | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Chuck Shonta | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Robotti | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 47 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 91t | 1 | |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
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