| League Championship - Dallas Texans at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1962 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 37981 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 62 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT1 | OT2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Tommy Brooker 16 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 28 pass from Len Dawson (Tommy Brooker kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 2 run (Tommy Brooker kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Willard Dewveall 15 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 31 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Tolar 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 6 | Dallas TexansDAL | Tommy Brooker 25 FG | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Tommy Brooker |
| 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 |
| 26 | FL | Frank Jackson |
| 32 | FB | Curtis McClinton |
| Defense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Curt Merz |
| 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 |
| 14 | RS | Bobby Ply |
| 45 | RCB | Dave Grayson |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Bob McLeod |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 53 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 88 | TE | Willard Dewveall |
| 15 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charley 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 |
| 23 | RCB | Bobby Jancik |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Jack Spikes | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Curtis McClinton | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Billy Cannon | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 0 | 88 | 6.3 | 28t | 1 | 6 | 50 | 105.7 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 46 | 23 | 50.0 | 5 | 261 | 5.7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Curtis McClinton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sonny Bishop | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willard Dewveall | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 24 | 1 |
| Billy Cannon | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Al Jamison | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Johnny Robinson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 37 | 0 |
| E.J. Holub | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Bill Hull | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Eddie Wilson | 6 | 192 | 32.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Jimmy Saxton | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 48 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Ed Husmann | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| Doug Cline | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Bill Wegener | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Mike Dukes | 1.0 | 9.0 |
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