Sunday, September 10, 1961
San Diego Chargers 26, Dallas Texans 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (1-0-0) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| Dallas Texans (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| SDG | DTX | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Paul Lowe 87 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2nd | SDG | George Blair 18 yard field goal | 9 | 0 |
| SDG | George Blair 17 yard field goal | 12 | 0 | |
| 4th | DTX | Jack Spikes 27 yard field goal | 12 | 3 |
| SDG | Bob Laraba 1 yard rush (George Blair kick) | 19 | 3 | |
| SDG | Bo Roberson 59 yard rush (George Blair kick) | 26 | 3 | |
| DTX | Jack Spikes 74 yard rush (Jack Spikes kick) | 26 | 10 |
| SDG | DTX | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-198-3 | 32-209-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-34-196-0-0 | 10-24-97-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 2-14 |
| Net pass yards | 167 | 83 |
| Total yards | 365 | 292 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-25 | 5-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Paul Lowe | SDG | 1 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | SDG | 15 | 32 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Kocourek | SDG | 6 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Norton | SDG | 4 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bo Roberson | SDG | 4 | 56 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Howard Clark | SDG | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Luther Hayes | SDG | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Flowers | SDG | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Keith Lincoln | SDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Laraba | SDG | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jack Spikes | DTX | 7 | 109 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Robinson | DTX | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Jackson | DTX | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cotton Davidson | DTX | 7 | 16 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Max Boydston | DTX | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bo Dickinson | DTX | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Romeo | DTX | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Duncan | DTX | 3 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Burford | DTX | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jon Gilliam | DTX | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Chuck Allen | SDG | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Blair | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Earl Faison | SDG | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Orlando Ferrante | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Claude Gibson | SDG | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Lowe | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie McNeil | SDG | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Paul Hynes | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Frank Jackson | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||