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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at New York Titans - December 10th, 1961
Houston Oilers 48 at New York Titans 21
Sunday, December 10, 1961
Houston Oilers 48, New York Titans 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (9-3-1) | 10 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 48 |
| New York Titans (7-6-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| HOU | NYT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Billy Cannon 67 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NYT | Mel West 21 yard rush (Dick Guesman kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| HOU | George Blanda 16 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Billy Cannon 15 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 7 |
| HOU | George Blanda 27 yard field goal | 20 | 7 | |
| 3rd | NYT | Don Maynard 45 yard pass from Al Dorow (Dick Guesman kick) | 20 | 14 |
| HOU | Billy Cannon 61 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 27 | 14 | |
| 4th | HOU | Charley Hennigan 32 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 34 | 14 |
| HOU | Billy Cannon 52 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 41 | 14 | |
| NYT | Art Powell 48 yard pass from Al Dorow (Dick Guesman kick) | 41 | 21 | |
| HOU | Billy Cannon 2 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 48 | 21 |
Team Stats
| HOU | NYT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-266-3 | 27-152-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-38-320-3-1 | 9-28-171-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-13 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 307 | 152 |
| Total yards | 573 | 304 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-66 | 2-15 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 216 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 114 | 2 | 0 |
| George Blanda | HOU | 18 | 33 | 287 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Groman | HOU | 5 | 101 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 6 | 82 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jacky Lee | HOU | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Art Powell | NYT | 7 | 122 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Dorow | NYT | 9 | 28 | 171 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Mathis | NYT | 12 | 68 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel West | NYT | 6 | 49 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Maynard | NYT | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Brooks | NYT | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Christy | NYT | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 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 | |||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark Johnston | HOU | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Laraway | HOU | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 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 | |||
| Dick Christy | NYT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roger Ellis | NYT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Curley Johnson | NYT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dainard Paulson | NYT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Renn | NYT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel West | NYT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||