You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Boston Patriots at Houston Oilers - December 18th, 1960

Boston Patriots 21 at Houston Oilers 37

Sunday, December 18, 1960

Boston Patriots 21, Houston Oilers 37

1234Final
Boston Patriots (5-9-0)0021021
Houston Oilers (10-4-0)37101737

Scoring

BOSHOU
1stHOUGeorge Blanda 32 yard field goal03
2ndHOUAl Witcher 3 yard pass from Bill Groman (George Blanda kick)010
3rdHOUGeorge Blanda 36 yard field goal013
BOSOscar Lofton 37 yard pass from Butch Songin (kick failed)613
HOUBilly Cannon 88 yard kickoff return (George Blanda kick)620
BOSOscar Lofton 39 yard pass from Butch Songin ( run)1420
BOSJim Colclough 28 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)2120
4thHOUGeorge Blanda 10 yard field goal2123
HOUDave Smith 40 yard pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick)2130
HOUCharley Tolar 10 yard rush (George Blanda kick)2137

Team Stats

BOSHOU
First downs1418
Rush-yards-TDs26-54-032-121-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-44-327-3-014-33-297-2-4
Sacked-yards4-441-8
Net pass yards283289
Total yards337410
Fumbles-lost3-34-2
Turnovers36
Penalties-yards2-204-45

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Butch Songin BOS 18 43 327 3 0 0 2 20 0 0
Oscar Lofton BOS 3 86 2 0
Ron Burton BOS 13 41 0 0 5 43 0 0
Jim Colclough BOS 3 69 1 0
Alan Miller BOS 2 4 0 0 3 41 0 0
Gino Cappelletti BOS 1 28 0 0
Dick Christy BOS 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 -17 0 0 2 44 0 0
Thomas Stephens BOS 1 16 0 0
Jim Crawford BOS 4 6 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bill Groman HOU 1 1 3 1 0 0 7 150 0 0
Dave Smith HOU 1 2 31 0 0 0 6 18 0 0 2 52 1 0
Jacky Lee HOU 4 8 136 1 1 0
George Blanda HOU 8 21 127 0 3 0
Ken Hall HOU 10 55 0 0
John Carson HOU 2 54 0 0
Charley Hennigan HOU 2 38 0 0
Billy Cannon HOU 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 38 0 0
Charley Tolar HOU 4 10 1 0
Al Witcher HOU 1 3 1 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Fred Bruney BOS 1 0 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0
Ron Burton BOS 0 0 0 0 3 102 34.0 0 0
Gino Cappelletti BOS 0 0 0 0 2 69 34.5 0 0
Dick Christy BOS 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.0 0 0
Harry Jacobs BOS 2 14 0 0
Jack Rudolph BOS 1 0 0 0
Billy Wells BOS 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.0 0 0 3 34 11.3 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Billy Cannon HOU 0 0 0 0 1 88 88.0 1 0 1 38 38.0 0 0
Doug Cline HOU 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0
Ken Hall HOU 0 0 0 0 2 97 48.5 0 0 2 27 13.5 0 0