| Buffalo Bills at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1961 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Balboa Stadium Attendance: 24486 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 59 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bill Shockley 20 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Don McDonald 24 opponents fumble recovery (Billy Atkins kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Keith Lincoln 57 punt return (George Blair kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Billy Hudson 5 interception return (George Blair kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Paul Lowe 4 run (George Blair kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dave Kocourek 76 pass from Jack Kemp (George Blair kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Glenn Bass |
| 75 | LOT | Ken Rice |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 60 | ROG | John Dittrich |
| 74 | ROT | Harold Olson |
| 80 | TE | Monte Crockett |
| 18 | QB | Johnny Green |
| 26 | HB | Dewey Bohling |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 33 | FB | Art Baker |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck McMurtry |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Sorey |
| 87 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 57 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 64 | RLB | Stew Barber |
| 46 | LCB | Jim Crotty |
| 42 | LS | Don McDonald |
| 20 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 25 | RCB | Vern Valdez |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Don Norton |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 68 | LOG | Orlando Ferrante |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Art Baker | 31 | 117 | 3.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dewey Bohling | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Green | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | -18 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 22 | 1 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Hunter Enis | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Johnny Green | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 0 | 152 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 64.1 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 3 | 61 | 6.8 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15.7 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 2 | 213 | 10.1 | 76t | 1 | 64.3 | ||
| Hunter Enis | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Tom Rychlec | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dewey Bohling | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Glenn Bass | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Monte Crockett | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dave Kocourek | 3 | 175 | 58.3 | 76t | 1 |
| Don Norton | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Stew Barber | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Hudson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Bud Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 6 | 281 | 46.8 | 52 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 6 | 287 | 47.8 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 57t | 1 | |
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Art Baker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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