Houston Oilers at Dallas Texans - October 1st, 1961
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | |
| Dallas Texans | 6 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Tm | Detail | HOU | DTX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oilers | Billy Cannon 70 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Texans | Jack Spikes 31 yard rush | 7 | 6 | |
| 2 | Texans | Jack Spikes 2 yard rush | 7 | 12 |
| Texans | Abner Haynes 24 yard rush (two point pass successful) | 7 | 20 | |
| 4 | Texans | Jack Spikes 73 yard rush (run failed) | 7 | 26 |
| Oilers | Bill Groman 6 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 26 | |
| Oilers | Charley Hennigan 63 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 26 |
Game Info
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Blanda | HOU | 15 | 36 | 275 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 70 | 73.3 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 77 | 1 | 70 |
| Dave Smith | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 6 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 32 | |||||||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 3 | 101 | 1 | 63 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Groman | HOU | 5 | 46 | 1 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cotton Davidson | DTX | 8 | 21 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 59.6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Jack Spikes | DTX | 15 | 146 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Abner Haynes | DTX | 19 | 117 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Frank Jackson | DTX | 9 | 91 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Robinson | DTX | 6 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Bo Dickinson | DTX | 5 | 16 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Burford | DTX | 2 | 57 | 0 | 31 | |||||||||||||
