| San Diego Chargers at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1961 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Boston University Field Attendance: 17748 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 59 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Luther Hayes 12 pass from Jack Kemp (George Blair kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Billy Lott 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bob Zeman 35 blocked punt recovery (George Blair kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | George Blair 10 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Tom Stephens 17 opponents fumble recovery (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dave Kocourek 75 pass from Jack Kemp (George Blair kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Don Norton 30 pass from Jack Kemp (George Blair kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 30 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jack Kemp 4 run (George Blair kick) | 38 | 21 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 47 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick failed) | 38 | 27 |
| 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 |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 64 | ROG | Tony Sardisco |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 45 | TE | Tom Stephens |
| 11 | QB | Butch Songin |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 32 | FB | Billy Lott |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 73 | LDT | Harry Jagielski |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 83 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 60 | RLB | Rommie Loudd |
| 31 | LCB | Clyde Washington |
| 25 | LS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 33 | RS | Fred Bruney |
| 41 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Bo Roberson | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Billy Lott | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 38 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 315 | 13.1 | 75t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.7 |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 1 | 46 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 19.5 |
| Babe Parilli | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 1 | 128 | 8.5 | 47t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Don Norton | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Dave Kocourek | 3 | 160 | 53.3 | 75t | 1 |
| Luther Hayes | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 39 | 1 |
| Paul Lowe | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 47t | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Billy Lott | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Clyde Washington | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Addison | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 7 | 273 | 39.0 | 64 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Garron | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | ||
| Ron Burton | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Walter Beach | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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