| Boston Patriots at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1961 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 35649 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Bill Groman 17 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 25 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 19 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Doug Cline 12 opponents fumble recovery (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 3 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick blocked) | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 33 FG | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Babe Parilli 1 run (Butchy Songin run failed) | 15 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Willard Dewveall 6 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 15 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Dalva Allen |
| 74 | LDT | George Shirkey |
| 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 |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Babe Parilli | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Jim Crawford | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 18 | 79 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Claude King | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 1 | 136 | 5.2 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 59.1 |
| Babe Parilli | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 1 | 107 | 5.9 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 45.4 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 2 | 134 | 5.4 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 34.4 |
| Jacky Lee | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 54 | 10.8 | 1 | 151.2 | |||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ger Schwedes | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Groman | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 52 | 1 |
| Willard Dewveall | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Don Webb | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Clyde Washington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Freddy Glick | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
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