| Boston Patriots at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1961 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 20500 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 80 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Don Webb 49 opponents fumble recovery (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Ben Agajanian 25 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Max Boydston 10 pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Chris Burford 24 pass from Cotton Davidson (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Joe Johnson 4 pass from Butch Songin (Babe Parilli run) | 15 | 17 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 24 FG | 18 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 24 | TE | Joe Johnson |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 32 | FB | Billy Lott |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 62 | LDT | Dick Klein |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 51 | MLB | Frank Robotti |
| 60 | RLB | Rommie Loudd |
| 41 | LCB | Walter Beach |
| 23 | LS | Ronnie Hall |
| 33 | RS | Fred Bruney |
| 34 | RCB | Chuck Shonta |
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 60 | LOG | Al Reynolds |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 64 | ROG | Billy Krisher |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 81 | TE | Max Boydston |
| 15 | QB | Randy Duncan |
| 28 | HB | Abner Haynes |
| 42 | FL | Johnny Robinson |
| 32 | FB | Bo Dickinson |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 71 | RDT | Ray Collins |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 55 | LLB | E.J. Holub |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 35 | RLB | Smokey Stover |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 21 | LS | Dave Webster |
| 45 | RS | Dave Grayson |
| 44 | RCB | Ed Kelley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Butch Songin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Johnny Robinson | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 15 | 19 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Randy Duncan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 0 | 81 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.6 |
| Butch Songin | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 0 | 93 | 7.8 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 117.7 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 148 | 9.3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 132.3 | |
| Randy Duncan | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 56 | 8.0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 83.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Billy Lott | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Max Boydston | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Dave Webster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 6 | 205 | 34.2 | 54 | 1 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 4 | 208 | 52.0 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Garron | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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