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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > San Diego Chargers at Houston Oilers - December 3rd, 1961
San Diego Chargers 13 at Houston Oilers 33
Sunday, December 3, 1961
San Diego Chargers 13, Houston Oilers 33| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (11-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Houston Oilers (8-3-1) | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
Scoring
| SDG | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Don Norton 10 yard pass from Jack Kemp (George Blair kick) | 7 | 0 |
| HOU | Bob McLeod 17 yard pass from George Blanda (kick failed) | 7 | 6 | |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan 31 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 13 | |
| 2nd | HOU | George Blanda 55 yard field goal | 7 | 16 |
| HOU | George Blanda 23 yard field goal | 7 | 19 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Charley Hennigan 14 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 26 |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan 32 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 33 | |
| 4th | SDG | Don Norton 4 yard pass from Jack Kemp (run failed) | 13 | 33 |
Team Stats
| SDG | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-35-0 | 30-122-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-42-305-2-3 | 20-34-351-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-34 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 271 | 351 |
| Total yards | 306 | 473 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-30 | 2-25 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jack Kemp | SDG | 22 | 39 | 242 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Norton | SDG | 6 | 110 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Kocourek | SDG | 8 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Scarpitto | SDG | 4 | 62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jacque MacKinnon | SDG | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hunter Enis | SDG | 2 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie Flowers | SDG | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Lowe | SDG | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 10 | 214 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Blanda | HOU | 20 | 33 | 351 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 11 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John White | HOU | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Claude Gibson | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Laraba | SDG | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Scarpitto | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 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 | |||
| Tony Banfield | HOU | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Claude King | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||