| League Championship - Houston Oilers at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 24, 1961 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Balboa Stadium Attendance: 29556 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 60 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 46 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Billy Cannon 35 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | George Blair 12 FG | 10 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 22 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bo Roberson | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 17 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 40 | 18 | 45.0 | 5 | 160 | 4.0 | 35t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Bill Groman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 4 | 226 | 7.1 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 36.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 35t | 1 |
| Charley Hennigan | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Willard Dewveall | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dave Kocourek | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Don Norton | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Luther Hayes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Doug Cline | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Spence | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bud Whitehead | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Charlie McNeil | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Zeman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 53 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 6 | 200 | 33.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Claude King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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