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Houston Oilers 21 at Dallas Texans 26

Sunday, October 1, 1961

Houston Oilers 21, Dallas Texans 26

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Houston Oilers (1-2-0)7001421
Dallas Texans (2-1-0)6140626

Scoring

HOUDTX
1stHOUBilly Cannon 70 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)70
DTXJack Spikes 31 yard rush (kick failed)76
2ndDTXJack Spikes 2 yard rush (kick failed)712
DTXAbner Haynes 24 yard rush ( pass from )720
4thDTXJack Spikes 73 yard rush (run failed)726
HOUBill Groman 6 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)1426
HOUCharley Hennigan 63 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)2126

Team Stats

HOUDTX
First downs1527
Rush-yards-TDs20-104-056-398-4
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-38-275-3-38-21-130-0-0
Sacked-yards2-260-0
Net pass yards249130
Total yards353528
Fumbles-lost2-21-0
Turnovers50
Penalties-yards2-228-97

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
George Blanda HOU 15 36 275 3 2 0 3 -4 0 0
Billy Cannon HOU 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 56 0 0 2 77 1 0
Charley Hennigan HOU 3 101 1 0
Charley Tolar HOU 6 29 0 0 4 49 0 0
Bill Groman HOU 5 46 1 0
Dave Smith HOU 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 23 0 0 1 2 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jack Spikes DTX 15 146 3 0
Abner Haynes DTX 19 117 1 0 3 25 0 0
Frank Jackson DTX 9 91 0 0
Cotton Davidson DTX 8 21 130 0 0 0 2 11 0 0
Johnny Robinson DTX 6 17 0 0 3 46 0 0
Chris Burford DTX 2 57 0 0
Bo Dickinson DTX 5 16 0 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
Billy Cannon HOU 0 0 0 0 2 65 32.5 0 0
Mike Dukes HOU 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 0 0
Ken Hall HOU 0 0 0 0 2 50 25.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 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
Don Flynn DTX 1 0 0 0
Dave Grayson DTX 1 0 0 0 2 59 29.5 0 0
Abner Haynes DTX 0 0 0 0 2 47 23.5 0 0
Frank Jackson DTX 0 0 0 0 1 30 30.0 0 0
Duane Wood DTX 1 0 0 0