| Dallas Texans at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: November 3, 1961 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Boston University Field Attendance: 25063 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Boston Patriots | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Patriots | Jim Colclough 14 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Boston Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 7 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Dallas Texans | Chris Burford 42 pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Texans | Abner Haynes 3 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Babe Parilli 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas Texans | Bo Dickinson 40 pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Ron Burton 91 kickoff return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 0 | |
| Butch Songin | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Ron Burton | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Billy Lott | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 2 | 313 | 9.5 | 49 | 2 | 82.0 | ||
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 146 | 8.1 | 1 | 96.1 | |||
| Babe Parilli | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 30 | 2.5 | 1 | 56.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Chris Burford | 7 | 137 | 19.6 | 1 | |
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 1 | |
| Max Boydston | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Colclough | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 1 | |
| Larry Garron | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 0 | |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Duane Wood | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Chuck Shonta | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Robotti | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 47 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Garron | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
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