Friday, November 3, 1961
Dallas Texans 21, Boston Patriots 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans (3-5-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Boston Patriots (5-3-1) | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| DTX | BOS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BOS | Jim Colclough 14 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| BOS | Gino Cappelletti 7 yard pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| DTX | Chris Burford 42 yard pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | DTX | Abner Haynes 3 yard rush (Ben Agajanian kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3rd | BOS | Babe Parilli 1 yard fumble return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 21 |
| DTX | Bo Dickinson 40 yard pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 21 | |
| BOS | Ron Burton 91 yard kickoff return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 28 |
| DTX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-64-1 | 26-84-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-33-313-2-2 | 16-30-176-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-13 | 4-31 |
| Net pass yards | 300 | 145 |
| Total yards | 364 | 229 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-94 | 3-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cotton Davidson | DTX | 18 | 33 | 313 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Burford | DTX | 7 | 137 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Abner Haynes | DTX | 15 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bo Dickinson | DTX | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Johnny Robinson | DTX | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Max Boydston | DTX | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Garron | BOS | 9 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Butch Songin | BOS | 9 | 18 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 6 | 64 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | BOS | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | BOS | 7 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Burton | BOS | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Lott | BOS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Crawford | BOS | 1 | -10 | 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 | |||
| Dave Grayson | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Abner Haynes | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sherrill Headrick | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Frank Jackson | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Duane Wood | DTX | 1 | 31 | 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 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Burton | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Garron | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Frank Robotti | BOS | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Shonta | BOS | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||