| San Diego Chargers at Dallas Texans |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 10, 1961 Location: Dallas, TX Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 24500 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 94 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Paul Lowe 87 run (George Blair kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | George Blair 18 FG | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | George Blair 17 FG | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Jack Spikes 27 FG | 12 | 3 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bob Laraba 1 run (George Blair kick) | 19 | 3 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bo Roberson 59 run (George Blair kick) | 26 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Jack Spikes 74 run (Jack Spikes kick) | 26 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Don Norton |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 68 | LOG | Orlando Ferrante |
| 52 | C | Don Rogers |
| 60 | ROG | Sam DeLuca |
| 74 | ROT | Ron Mix |
| 87 | TE | Howard Clark |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 23 | HB | Paul Lowe |
| 83 | FL | Dave Kocourek |
| 22 | FB | Keith Lincoln |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Earl Faison |
| 79 | LDT | Billy Hudson |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 80 | RDE | Ron Nery |
| 81 | LLB | Maury Schleicher |
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 84 | RLB | Paul Maguire |
| 25 | LCB | Claude Gibson |
| 34 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 27 | RS | Charlie McNeil |
| 36 | RCB | Dick Harris |
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 60 | LOG | Al Reynolds |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 64 | ROG | Billy Krisher |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 80 | TE | Tony Romeo |
| 19 | QB | Cotton Davidson |
| 26 | HB | Frank Jackson |
| 42 | FL | Johnny Robinson |
| 30 | FB | Jack Spikes |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jerry Mays |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 71 | RDT | Ray Collins |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 54 | LLB | Ted Greene |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 35 | RLB | Smokey Stover |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 18 | LS | Don Flynn |
| 21 | RS | Dave Webster |
| 44 | RCB | Ed Kelley |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 17 | / | / | 5 | 25 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| DAL | 16 | / | / | 5 | 55 | 4 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 13 | 100 | 7.7 | 87t | 1 |
| Bo Roberson | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Jack Kemp | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Laraba | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 198 | 6.8 | 87t | 3 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Jack Spikes | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 74t | 1 |
| Frank Jackson | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Randy Duncan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jon Gilliam | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 209 | 6.5 | 74t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 0 | 162 | 5.1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 62.2 |
| Paul Lowe | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 0 | 196 | 5.8 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 65.3 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 3 | 78 | 4.9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 19.3 | |
| Randy Duncan | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6.2 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 4 | 97 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dave Kocourek | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Norton | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Howard Clark | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Luther Hayes | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 196 | 12.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Max Boydston | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 3 | 17 | 5/7 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | `13 | 0 |
| Tony Romeo | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Charlie McNeil | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Earl Faison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Allen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 51 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| George Blair | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Orlando Ferrante | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Frank Jackson | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Paul Hynes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 0 | ||