| San Diego Chargers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1961 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 20742 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 71 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dick Harris 56 interception return (George Blair kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Paul Lowe 30 run (George Blair kick failed) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Hergert 16 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Elbert Dubenion 29 pass from M.C. Reynolds (Richie Lucas run) | 13 | 11 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | George Blair 38 FG | 16 | 11 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | George Blair 11 FG | 19 | 11 |
| 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 |
| 41 | FB | Charlie Flowers |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Earl Faison |
| 79 | LDT | Billy Hudson |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 80 | RDE | Ron Nery |
| 56 | LLB | Emil Karas |
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 84 | RLB | Paul Maguire |
| 25 | LCB | Claude Gibson |
| 34 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 27 | RS | Charlie McNeil |
| 36 | RCB | Dick Harris |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Glenn Bass |
| 75 | LOT | Ken Rice |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 70 | ROG | Ed Muelhaupt |
| 74 | ROT | Harold Olson |
| 80 | TE | Monte Crockett |
| 14 | QB | M.C. Reynolds |
| 46 | HB | Fred Brown |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 30 | FB | Wray Carlton |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck McMurtry |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Sorey |
| 87 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 57 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 54 | RLB | Joe Hergert |
| 45 | LCB | Richie McCabe |
| 22 | LS | Jim Wagstaff |
| 20 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 25 | RCB | Vern Valdez |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 22 | 128 | 5.8 | 30t | 1 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Charlie Flowers | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bo Roberson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| M.C. Reynolds | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Fred Brown | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Art Baker | 7 | -3 | -0.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 146 | 5.6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 54.3 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| M.C. Reynolds | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 177 | 6.3 | 29t | 1 | 5 | 40 | 70.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Luther Hayes | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Norton | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Kocourek | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tom Rychlec | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Glenn Bass | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dick Harris | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56t | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Richie McCabe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Fred Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Bo Roberson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Art Baker | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 36 | 0 | |
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