| Dallas Texans at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: October 12, 1962 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Boston University Field Attendance: 23874 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 74 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 26 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Tommy Brooker 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 2 run (Tommy Brooker kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Larry Garron 44 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 63 pass from Len Dawson (Tommy Brooker kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Tommy Brooker 34 FG | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Chris Burford 31 pass from Len Dawson (Tommy Brooker kick) | 27 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 66 | LOG | Sonny Bishop |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 60 | ROG | Al Reynolds |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 84 | TE | Fred Arbanas |
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson |
| 28 | HB | Abner Haynes |
| 10 | FL | Jimmy Saxton |
| 30 | FB | Jack Spikes |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Bill Hull |
| 82 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 75 | RDT | Jerry Mays |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 55 | LLB | E.J. Holub |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 35 | RLB | Smokey Stover |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 20 | LS | Bobby Hunt |
| 42 | RS | Johnny Robinson |
| 45 | RCB | Dave Grayson |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 73 | ROG | Billy Neighbors |
| 70 | ROT | Milt Graham |
| 86 | TE | Tony Romeo |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 30 | FB | Jim Crawford |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 62 | LDT | Dick Klein |
| 75 | RDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 80 | RLB | Jack Rudolph |
| 24 | LCB | Dick Felt |
| 33 | LS | Fred Bruney |
| 25 | RS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 34 | RCB | Chuck Shonta |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Curtis McClinton | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Claude King | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 2 | 306 | 9.9 | 63t | 2 | 1 | 4 | 83.5 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 2 | 253 | 8.2 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.7 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Chris Burford | 10 | 171 | 17.1 | 31 | 1 |
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 63t | 1 |
| Fred Arbanas | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 47 | 1 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Tony Romeo | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Claude King | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Bobby Hunt | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Nick Buoniconti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Eddie Wilson | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Garron | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 38 | 0 | |
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