1962 Dallas Texans (AFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| Tom Catlin | Assistant Coach |
| Bob Ghilotti | Assistant Coach |
| Ed Hughes | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/23/1962 | A | Houston Oilers | 20-17 | W | OT2 | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 37981 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Fred Arbanas | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Sonny Bishop | 66 | OG | 6-2 | 243 | 23 | Riverside CC; Fresno State | 14 | 3 |
| Mel Branch | 87 | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Brooker | 81 | SE-TE-K | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Alabama | 14 | 5 |
| Chris Burford | 88 | SE | 6-3 | 211 | 24 | Stanford | 11 | 11 |
| Walt Corey | 56 | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 229 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 4 |
| Jerry Cornelison | 74 | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Cotton Davidson | 19 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 31 | Baylor | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Davis | 86 | LDE-RDE-LDT | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Vanderbilt; Kansas | 12 | 4 |
| Len Dawson | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Diamond | 79 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 1 |
| Jon Gilliam | 65 | C | 6-2 | 238 | 24 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 13 |
| Dave Grayson | 45 | RCB | 5-10 | 184 | 23 | San Diego CC; Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Ted Greene | 54 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 30 | Tampa | 4 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 28 | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 69 | MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 25 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| E.J. Holub | 55 | LLB-C-MLB | 6-4 | 231 | 24 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Hull | 85 | LDE | 6-6 | 245 | 22 | Wake Forest | 14 | 6 |
| Bobby Hunt | 20 | LS | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Jackson | 26 | HB | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Kelley | 44 | LCB | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Larpenter | 67 | OG-OT | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Texas | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Mays | 75 | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Curtis McClinton | 32 | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 9 |
| Curt Merz | 64 | LDE-LOG-LDT | 6-4 | 257 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 8 |
| Bill Miller | 82 | FL-SE | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 8 |
| Tom Pennington | 1 | K | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Georgia | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Ply | 14 | RS-LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Baylor | 14 | 0 |
| Al Reynolds | 60 | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Tarkio | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Robinson | 42 | RS | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| Paul Rochester | 82 | LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 24 | Michigan State | 13 | 13 |
| Jimmy Saxton | 10 | FL | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Texas | 13 | 3 |
| Jack Spikes | 30 | FB | 6-2 | 221 | 24 | Texas Christian | 10 | 5 |
| Smokey Stover | 35 | RLB | 6-0 | 229 | 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 10 |
| Marv Terrell | 63 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 236 | 24 | Mississippi | 12 | 9 |
| Jim Tyrer | 77 | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 13 |
| Eddie Wilson | 12 | P-QB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Arizona | 14 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 48 | LCB | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 103 | 96 | 61 | 129 | 389 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 72 | 56 | 60 | 233 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | ||
| Tommy Brooker | 3 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 0 | 87 |
| Chris Burford | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Fred Arbanas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Frank Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tom Pennington | 0 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Len Dawson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Curtis McClinton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 47 | 49 | 95.9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 0 | 389 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 39.3 | 0 | 233 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Brooker | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 2 | 44 | 3/3 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 2/6 | 0/2 |
| Tom Pennington | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 1 | 24 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 3 | 44 | 4/5 | 4/7 | 4/8 | 2/6 | 0/2 |
| 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 | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hunt | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Bobby Ply | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Grayson | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| E.J. Holub | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 395 | 12.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 113 | 6.6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Wilson | 47 | 1681 | 35.8 | 51 | 1 | |||||
| Jimmy Saxton | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 1937 | 35.9 | 51 | 1 | 219 | 31.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2595 | 41.2 | 0 | 236 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | 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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Grayson | 18 | 535 | 29.7 | 59 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | 10 | 254 | 25.4 | 41 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Saxton | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Curtis McClinton | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 955 | 25.8 | 59 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 1559 | 21.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Arbanas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Branch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Davis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Len Dawson | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Sherrill Headrick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| E.J. Holub | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Frank Jackson | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Curtis McClinton | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Curt Merz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Ply | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Rochester | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Smokey Stover | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Duane Wood | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 26 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 1 |
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