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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Los Angeles Chargers at Houston Oilers - January 1st, 1961
Los Angeles Chargers 16 at Houston Oilers 24
Sunday, January 1, 1961
Los Angeles Chargers 16, Houston Oilers 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Chargers (10-5-0) | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Houston Oilers (11-4-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
| LAC | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | LAC | Ben Agajanian 38 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| LAC | Ben Agajanian 22 yard field goal | 6 | 0 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Dave Smith 17 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 6 | 7 |
| HOU | George Blanda 18 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| LAC | Ben Agajanian 27 yard field goal | 9 | 10 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Bill Groman 7 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 9 | 17 |
| LAC | Paul Lowe 2 yard rush (Ben Agajanian kick) | 16 | 17 | |
| 4th | HOU | Billy Cannon 88 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 16 | 24 |
Team Stats
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-190-1 | 40-100-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-41-171-0-2 | 16-32-301-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-28 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 143 | 301 |
| Total yards | 333 | 401 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-15 | 4-54 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Paul Lowe | LAC | 21 | 165 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jack Kemp | LAC | 21 | 41 | 171 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Dave Kocourek | LAC | 3 | 57 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Don Norton | LAC | 6 | 55 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Howie Ferguson | LAC | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Royce Womble | LAC | 6 | 29 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Flowers | LAC | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Fred Ford | LAC | 2 | -5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 128 | 1 | 88 |
| George Blanda | HOU | 16 | 31 | 301 | 3 | 0 | 88 | ||||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 19 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 4 | 71 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Bill Groman | HOU | 3 | 37 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| John Carson | HOU | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Ken Hall | HOU | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Howie Ferguson | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Ford | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||
| Dick Harris | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Bob Laraba | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Lowe | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Sears | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Dalva Allen | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Mike Dukes | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Gordon | HOU | 1.0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Hall | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Orville Trask | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Los Angeles Chargers Starting Lineup
| Jack Kemp | QB |
| Paul Lowe | HB |
| Howie Ferguson | FB |
| Royce Womble | FL |
| Don Norton | SE |
| Dave Kocourek | TE |
| Ernie Wright | LT |
| Orlando Ferrante | LG |
| Don Rogers | C |
| Fred Cole | RG |
| Ron Mix | RT |
| Maury Schleicher | LDE |
| Volney Peters | LDT |
| Gary Finneran | RDT |
| Ron Nery | RDE |
| Ron Botchan | LLB |
| Emil Karas | MLB |
| Rommie Loudd | RLB |
| Charlie McNeil | LCB |
| Dick Harris | RCB |
| Bob Zeman | SS |
| Jimmy Sears | SS |
Houston Oilers Starting Lineup
| George Blanda | QB |
| Billy Cannon | HB |
| Dave Smith | FB |
| Charley Hennigan | FL |
| Bill Groman | SE |
| John Carson | TE |
| Al Jamison | LT |
| Bob Talamini | LG |
| George Belotti | C |
| Hogan Wharton | RG |
| John Simerson | RT |
| Dalva Allen | LDE |
| Orville Trask | LDT |
| George Shirkey | RDT |
| Dan Lanphear | RDE |
| Al Witcher | LLB |
| Dennit Morris | MLB |
| Mike Dukes | RLB |
| Jim Norton | LCB |
| Mark Johnston | RCB |
| Bobby Gordon | SS |
| Julian Spence | FS |