| San Diego Chargers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1961 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 37845 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Don Norton 10 pass from Jack Kemp (George Blair kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Bob McLeod 17 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick blocked) | 7 | 6 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 31 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 55 FG | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 23 FG | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 14 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 32 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Don Norton 4 pass from Jack Kemp (run failed) | 13 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Don Norton |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 74 | LOG | Ron Mix |
| 52 | C | Don Rogers |
| 60 | ROG | Sam DeLuca |
| 70 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 83 | TE | Dave Kocourek |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 23 | HB | Paul Lowe |
| 46 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 41 | FB | Charlie Flowers |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Earl Faison |
| 79 | LDT | Billy Hudson |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 80 | RDE | Ron Nery |
| 81 | LLB | Maury Schleicher |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Laraba |
| 84 | RLB | Paul Maguire |
| 25 | LCB | Claude Gibson |
| 34 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 27 | RS | Charlie McNeil |
| 36 | RCB | Dick Harris |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 12 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 39 | 22 | 56.4 | 2 | 242 | 6.2 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 70.7 |
| Hunter Enis | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 63 | 21.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 1 | 351 | 10.6 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123.9 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dave Kocourek | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Don Norton | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 50 | 2 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 10 | 214 | 21.4 | 47 | 3 |
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 17t | 1 |
| John White | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bob Laraba | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tony Banfield | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Claude King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Claude King | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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