1962 Dallas Texans - Pro Football Archives

1962 Dallas Texans (AFL)

1st place Western Division 11-3-0 .786

Head Coach: Hank Stram

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/4/1962	N	Oakland Raiders	13-3	W	Atlanta, GA	American Field	8000
Sat	8/11/1962	N	San Diego Chargers	0-17	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	28555
Sat	8/18/1962	H	Oakland Raiders	22-6	W	Midland, TX	Memorial Stadium	10000
Fri	8/24/1962	H	Denver Broncos	24-27	L	Fort Worth, TX	Farrington Field	18000
Fri	8/31/1962	N	Houston Oilers	31-34	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	27530
Sat	9/8/1962	H	Boston Patriots	42-28	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	32000
Sun	9/23/1962	A	Oakland Raiders	26-16	W	Oakland, CA	Frank Youell Field	12500
Sun	9/30/1962	H	Buffalo Bills	41-21	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	25500
Sun	10/7/1962	A	San Diego Chargers	28-32	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	23092
Fri	10/12/1962	A	Boston Patriots	27-7	W	Boston, MA	Boston University Field	23874
Sun	10/21/1962	H	New York Titans	20-17	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	17814
Sun	10/28/1962	A	Houston Oilers	31-7	W	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	31750
Sun	11/4/1962	H	Houston Oilers	6-14	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	29017
Sun	11/11/1962	A	New York Titans	52-31	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	13725
Sun	11/18/1962	A	Denver Broncos	24-3	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	23523
Sun	11/25/1962	H	Oakland Raiders	35-7	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	13557
Sun	12/2/1962	A	Buffalo Bills	14-23	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	35261
Sun	12/9/1962	H	Denver Broncos	17-10	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	19137
Sun	12/16/1962	H	San Diego Chargers	26-17	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	18384
Sun	12/23/1962	A	Houston Oilers	20-17	W	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	37981	League Championship

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
84	Fred Arbanas	TE	6-3	240	23	Michigan State	14
66	Sonny Bishop	OG	6-2	243	23	Riverside CC; Fresno State	14
87	Mel Branch	RDE	6-2	231	25	Louisiana State	14
81	Tommy Brooker	SE-TE-K	6-2	230	23	Alabama	14
88	Chris Burford	SE	6-3	211	24	Stanford	11
56	Walt Corey	RLB	6-0	229	24	Miami (Florida)	14
74	Jerry Cornelison	ROT	6-3	250	26	Southern Methodist	14
19	Cotton Davidson	QB	6-0	182	31	Baylor	1
86	Dick Davis	LDE-RDE-LDT	6-2	230	24	Vanderbilt; Kansas	12
16	Len Dawson	QB	6-0	190	27	Purdue	14	14
79	Charlie Diamond	LOT-ROT	6-2	249	26	Miami (Florida)	14
65	Jon Gilliam	C	6-2	238	24	Texas A&M-Commerce	14	14
45	Dave Grayson	RCB	5-10	184	23	San Diego CC; Oregon	14
54	Ted Greene	MLB	6-1	230	30	Tampa	4
28	Abner Haynes	HB	6-0	188	25	North Texas	14
69	Sherrill Headrick	MLB	6-2	223	25	Texas Christian	14
55	E.J. Holub	LLB	6-4	231	24	Texas Tech	14
85	Bill Hull	LDE	6-6	245	22	Wake Forest	14
20	Bobby Hunt	LS	6-1	188	22	Auburn	14
26	Frank Jackson	HB	6-1	187	23	Southern Methodist	14
44	Ed Kelley	LCB	6-2	195	29	Texas	1
67	Carl Larpenter	OG-OT	6-4	240	26	Texas	2
75	Jerry Mays	RDT	6-4	250	23	Southern Methodist	14
32	Curtis McClinton	FB	6-3	230	23	Kansas	14
64	Curt Merz	LDE-LOG-LDT	6-4	257	24	Iowa	14
82	Bill Miller	FL-SE	6-0	192	22	Miami (Florida)	14
1	Tom Pennington	K	6-2	210	23	Georgia	3
14	Bobby Ply	RS-LCB	6-1	190	22	Baylor	14
60	Al Reynolds	ROG-LOG	6-3	238	24	Tarkio	14
42	Johnny Robinson	RS	6-0	200	24	Louisiana State	14
82	Paul Rochester	LDT	6-2	254	24	Michigan State	13
10	Jimmy Saxton	FL	5-11	170	22	Texas	13
30	Jack Spikes	FB	6-2	221	24	Texas Christian	10
35	Smokey Stover	RLB	6-0	229	24	Louisiana-Monroe	14
63	Marv Terrell	LOG-ROG	6-1	236	24	Mississippi	12
77	Jim Tyrer	LOT	6-6	283	23	Ohio State	14
12	Eddie Wilson	P-QB	6-0	190	22	Arizona	14	0
48	Duane Wood	LCB	6-1	196	25	Oklahoma State	14

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	3	Ronnie Bull	HB	Baylor
2	11	Bill Miller	E	Miami (Florida)
3	19	Eddie Wilson	QB	Arizona
4	27	Chuck Hinton	T	North Carolina Central
4	28	Irv Goode	C	Kentucky
5	35	Bobby Plummer	T	Texas Christian
6	43	Al Hinton	E	Iowa
8	59	Larry Bowie	T	Purdue
9	67	Marshall Shirk	T	UCLA
10	75	Jimmy Saxton	HB	Texas
11	81	Bobby Hunt	QB	Auburn
11	83	Guy Reese	T	Southern Methodist
12	91	Bobby Thompson	HB	Arizona
14	107	Bookie Bolin	G	Mississippi
15	115	Dave Graham	T	Virginia
16	123	Pettis Norman	E	Johnson C. Smith
17	131	Tommy Brooker	E	Alabama
18	139	Joe Carollo	T	Notre Dame
19	147	Lee Welch	HB	Mississippi State
20	155	Mike Semcheski	G	Lehigh
21	163	Kent Martin	T	Wake Forest
22	171	Jim Bernhardt	T	Linfield
23	179	Russ Foret	T	Georgia Tech
24	187	Pat Trammell	QB	Alabama
25	195	Johnny Burrell	E	Rice
26	203	Walt Rappold	QB	Duke
27	211	Scott Tyler	HB	Miami (Ohio)
28	219	Jim Thrush	T	Xavier (Ohio)
29	227	Ed Ryan	HB	Michigan State
30	235	Don Goodman	HB	Florida
31	243	Everisto Nino	T	Texas A&M-Commerce
32	251	Joel Arrington	B	Duke
33	259	Jack Wilson	HB	Duke
34	267	Roger Shoals	C	Maryland

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	103	96	61	129
Opponents Totals	45	72	56	60

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		259	119	125	15	/ %	/ %	66	644
Opponents Totals		239	76	143	20	/ %	/ %	64	660

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Abner Haynes	19	0	0		0	0	0	0		114
Tommy Brooker	3	33	33	100.0	0	0	12	22	54.5	87
Chris Burford	12	0	0		0	0	0	0		72
Fred Arbanas	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		36
Frank Jackson	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Tom Pennington	0	13	15	86.7	0	0	2	5	40.0	19
Len Dawson	3	0	0		0	1	0	0		18
Curtis McClinton	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Jack Spikes	1	1	1	100.0	0	0	0	0		7
Team Totals	50	47	49	95.9	0	1	14	27	51.9	389
Opponents Totals	29	24	27	88.9	1	2	11	28	39.3	233

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tommy Brooker	12	22	54.5	3/3	2/5	5/7	2/6	0/1
Tom Pennington	2	5	40.0	1/2	1/1	0/2	0/0	0/0
Team Totals	14	27	51.9	4/5	3/6	5/9	2/6	0/1
Opponents Totals	11	28	39.3	4/	1/	5/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Abner Haynes	221	1049	4.7	71t	13
Curtis McClinton	111	604	5.4	69t	2
Len Dawson	38	252	6.6	22	3
Frank Jackson	47	251	5.3	35	3
Jack Spikes	57	232	4.1	17	0
Chris Burford	1	13	13.0	13	0
Eddie Wilson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jimmy Saxton	3	1	0.3	9	0
Team Totals	479	2407	5.0	71	21
Opponents Totals	351	1250	3.6	49	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Len Dawson	310	189	61.0	104	2759	8.9	14.6	92t	29	9.4	17	5.5				98.3
Eddie Wilson	11	6	54.5	5	65	5.9	10.8	22	0	0.0	0	0.0				72.2
Abner Haynes	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	322	195	60.6	110	2824	8.8	14.5	92t	29	9.0	17	5.3	41	369	2455	97.1
Opponents Totals	467	239	51.2	196	2953	6.3	12.4	62	13	2.8	32	6.9	28	252	2701	51.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chris Burford	45	645	14.3	49	12
Abner Haynes	39	573	14.7	78t	6
Fred Arbanas	29	469	16.2	47t	6
Curtis McClinton	29	333	11.5	28	0
Bill Miller	23	277	12.0	39	0
Frank Jackson	10	177	17.7	62	1
Jack Spikes	10	132	13.2	35	1
Jimmy Saxton	5	64	12.8	33	0
Tommy Brooker	4	138	34.5	92t	3
Johnny Robinson	1	16	16.0	16	0
Team Totals	195	2824	14.5	92t	29
Opponents Totals	239	2953	12.4	62	13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Hunt	8	101	12.6	17
Bobby Ply	7	144	20.6	41
Duane Wood	4	81	20.3	33
Johnny Robinson	4	25	6.3	20
Dave Grayson	4	6	1.5	6
Sherrill Headrick	3	30	10.0	11
E.J. Holub	2	8	4.0	8
Team Totals	32	395	12.3	41
Opponents Totals	17	113	6.6

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Eddie Wilson	47	1681	35.8	51	1
Jimmy Saxton	3	139	46.3	51	0
Cotton Davidson	3	117	39.0		0
Team Totals	54	1937	35.9	51	1	219	31.7
Opponents Totals	63	2595	41.2		0	236

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Jackson	11	117	10.6	39	0
Abner Haynes	15	119	7.9	30	0
Dave Grayson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	27	236	8.7	39	0
Opponents Totals	26	219	8.4		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dave Grayson	18	535	29.7	59
Frank Jackson	10	254	25.4	41
Jimmy Saxton	4	77	19.3	32
Curtis McClinton	2	32	16.0	18
Jack Spikes	2	30	15.0	17
Abner Haynes	1	27	27.0	27
Team Totals	37	955	25.8	59
Opponents Totals	72	1559	21.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Fred Arbanas	2					0
Len Dawson	11					0
Dave Grayson	1					0
Abner Haynes	4					0
Frank Jackson	2					0
Curtis McClinton	5					0
Jack Spikes	1					0
Team Totals	26	14	12	16	28	0
Opponents Totals	29	16	13	14	27	1