| Houston Oilers at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1962 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 29017 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 68 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 1 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 34 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Chris Burford 15 pass from Len Dawson (Len Dawson pass failed) | 14 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 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 |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| 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 |
| 10 | FL | Jimmy Saxton |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 24 | 110 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 16 | 21 | 1.3 | 14 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Curtis McClinton | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 194 | 10.2 | 34t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114.8 |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 2 | 208 | 6.7 | 33 | 1 | 65.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 34t | 2 |
| Charley Hennigan | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Willard Dewveall | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Chris Burford | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Curtis McClinton | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Miller | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Saxton | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Don Floyd | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| E.J. Holub | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 54 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Eddie Wilson | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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