| Dallas Texans at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1962 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 31750 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 79 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 1 run (Tommy Brooker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Chris Burford 49 pass from Len Dawson (Tommy Brooker kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Chris Burford 2 pass from Len Dawson (Tommy Brooker kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Tolar 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Fred Arbanas 5 pass from Len Dawson (Tommy Brooker kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Tommy Brooker 27 FG | 31 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 63 | LOG | Marv Terrell |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 60 | ROG | Al Reynolds |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 84 | TE | Fred Arbanas |
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson |
| 28 | HB | Abner Haynes |
| 82 | FL | Bill Miller |
| 32 | FB | Curtis McClinton |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Dick Davis |
| 82 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 75 | RDT | Jerry Mays |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 55 | LLB | E.J. Holub |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 56 | RLB | Walt Corey |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 20 | LS | Bobby Hunt |
| 42 | RS | Johnny Robinson |
| 45 | RCB | Dave Grayson |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Bill Groman |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 53 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 15 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 78 | LDT | Ed Culpepper |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 33 | MLB | Gene Babb |
| 35 | RLB | Tom Goode |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 23 | LS | Bobby Jancik |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Curtis McClinton | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Eddie Wilson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Billy Cannon | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 16 | 12 | 75.0 | 1 | 177 | 11.1 | 49t | 3 | 124.2 | ||
| Eddie Wilson | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 | 86.5 | ||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 6 | 104 | 5.8 | 30 | 0 | 23.6 | ||
| Jacky Lee | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 0 | 134 | 8.4 | 25 | 0 | 83.9 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Chris Burford | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 49t | 2 |
| Bill Miller | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jimmy Saxton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Curtis McClinton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willard Dewveall | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Bobby Hunt | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Eddie Wilson | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 4 | 100 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Jancik | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 36 | 0 | |
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