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New York Titans 24 at Dallas Texans 35

Sunday, December 17, 1961

New York Titans 24, Dallas Texans 35

1234Final
New York Titans (7-7-0)0213024
Dallas Texans (6-8-0)14147035

Scoring

NYTDTX
1stDTXDave Grayson 99 yard interception return (Cotton Davidson kick)07
DTXAbner Haynes 4 yard rush (Cotton Davidson kick)014
2ndDTXAbner Haynes 2 yard rush (Cotton Davidson kick)021
DTXSherrill Headrick 56 yard touchdown on a lateral (Cotton Davidson kick)028
NYTBob Scrabis 1 yard rush (Dick Guesman kick)728
NYTMel West 24 yard rush (Dick Guesman kick)1428
NYTMel West 7 yard rush (Dick Guesman kick)2128
3rdNYTDick Guesman 38 yard field goal2428
DTXJohnny Robinson 6 yard rush (Cotton Davidson kick)2435

Team Stats

NYTDTX
First downs1916
Rush-yards-TDs41-204-336-199-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT8-24-90-0-39-15-126-0-1
Sacked-yards5-390-0
Net pass yards51126
Total yards255325
Fumbles-lost2-13-3
Turnovers44
Penalties-yards7-847-65

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Al Dorow NYT 8 24 90 0 3 0 6 49 0 0
Mel West NYT 15 65 2 0 2 28 0 0
Bill Mathis NYT 16 71 0 0 1 -3 0 0
Don Maynard NYT 3 39 0 0
Bob Brooks NYT 3 18 0 0
Thurlow Cooper NYT 1 16 0 0
Art Powell NYT 1 10 0 0
Bob Scrabis NYT 1 1 1 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Johnny Robinson DTX 10 62 1 0 3 95 0 0
Abner Haynes DTX 19 107 2 0 4 6 0 0
Cotton Davidson DTX 9 15 126 0 1 0 2 3 0 0
Bo Dickinson DTX 4 17 0 0 1 4 0 0
Max Boydston DTX 1 21 0 0
Frank Jackson DTX 1 10 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dick Christy NYT 0 0 0 0 1 49 49.0 0 0
Paul Hynes NYT 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 0
Curley Johnson NYT 0 0 0 0 3 45 15.0 0 0
Don Maynard NYT 0 0 0 0 1 9 9.0 0 0
Bob Renn NYT 0 0 0 0 2 24 12.0 0 0
Lee Riley NYT 1 15 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dave Grayson DTX 1 99 1 0
Frank Jackson DTX 0 0 0 0 3 75 25.0 0 0
Jerry Mays DTX 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Doyle Nix DTX 2 33 0 0