Sunday, October 29, 1961
Boston Patriots 18, Dallas Texans 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots (4-3-1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| Dallas Texans (3-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| BOS | DTX | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | BOS | Don Webb 40 yard fumble return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DTX | Ben Agajanian 25 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 3rd | DTX | Max Boydston 10 yard pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4th | DTX | Chris Burford 24 yard pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 17 |
| BOS | Joe Johnson 4 yard pass from Butch Songin ( run) | 15 | 17 | |
| BOS | Gino Cappelletti 24 yard field goal | 18 | 17 |
| BOS | DTX | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-144-0 | 28-67-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-28-174-1-1 | 14-23-204-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-6 | 4-35 |
| Net pass yards | 168 | 169 |
| Total yards | 312 | 236 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-20 | 5-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ron Burton | BOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | BOS | 9 | 15 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Crawford | BOS | 12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Butch Songin | BOS | 8 | 12 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Johnson | BOS | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Lott | BOS | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Garron | BOS | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Abner Haynes | DTX | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cotton Davidson | DTX | 10 | 16 | 148 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Robinson | DTX | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Duncan | DTX | 4 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bo Dickinson | DTX | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chris Burford | DTX | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Max Boydston | DTX | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Jackson | DTX | 1 | 3 | 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 | |||
| Fred Bruney | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Burton | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Garron | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 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 | |||
| Abner Haynes | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Webster | DTX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||