| New York Titans at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1961 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 12500 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Dallas Texans | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Texans | Dave Grayson 99 interception return (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas Texans | Abner Haynes 4 run (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Texans | Abner Haynes 2 run (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Dallas Texans | Sherrill Headrick 56 interception return (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | New York Titans | Bob Scrabis 1 run (Dick Guesman kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | New York Titans | Mel West 24 run (Dick Guesman kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | New York Titans | Mel West 7 run (Dick Guesman kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | New York Titans | Dick Guesman 38 FG | 24 | 28 |
| 3 | Dallas Texans | Johnny Robinson 6 run (Cotton Davidson kick) | 24 | 35 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 16 | 71 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Mel West | 15 | 65 | 4.3 | 2 | |
| Al Dorow | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Brooks | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Scrabis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 19 | 107 | 5.6 | 2 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Cotton Davidson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 3 | 90 | 3.8 | 28 | 0 | 5.9 | ||
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 126 | 8.4 | 71 | 0 | 59.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||
| Don Maynard | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Mel West | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Thurlow Cooper | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 0 | |
| Max Boydston | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||
| Lee Riley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Doyle Nix | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 99 | 99.0 | 99t | 1 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 0 | 56 | 56Lt | 1 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Dick Christy | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Curley Johnson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Renn | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Hynes | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Frank Jackson | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Mays | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
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