Sunday, December 17, 1961
New York Titans 24, Dallas Texans 35| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans (7-7-0) | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Dallas Texans (6-8-0) | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| NYT | DTX | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DTX | Dave Grayson 99 yard interception return (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DTX | Abner Haynes 4 yard rush (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | DTX | Abner Haynes 2 yard rush (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 21 |
| DTX | Sherrill Headrick 56 yard touchdown on a lateral (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 28 | |
| NYT | Bob Scrabis 1 yard rush (Dick Guesman kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| NYT | Mel West 24 yard rush (Dick Guesman kick) | 14 | 28 | |
| NYT | Mel West 7 yard rush (Dick Guesman kick) | 21 | 28 | |
| 3rd | NYT | Dick Guesman 38 yard field goal | 24 | 28 |
| DTX | Johnny Robinson 6 yard rush (Cotton Davidson kick) | 24 | 35 |
| NYT | DTX | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-204-3 | 36-199-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-24-90-0-3 | 9-15-126-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-39 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 51 | 126 |
| Total yards | 255 | 325 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-84 | 7-65 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | ||||||||||||||