| Houston Oilers at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1962 Location: Cambridge, MA |
| Venue: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 32276 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 71 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 7 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 78 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Larry Garron 63 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 49 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Ron Burton 59 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 5 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Bob McLeod 40 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 45 FG | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 20 FG | 21 | 27 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Babe Parilli 32 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Charlie Frazier |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 53 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 15 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 72 | LDT | Bobby Kelly |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 45 | MLB | Larry Onesti |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 73 | ROG | Billy Neighbors |
| 70 | ROT | Milt Graham |
| 86 | TE | Tony Romeo |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 30 | FB | Jim Crawford |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 62 | LDT | Dick Klein |
| 75 | RDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 80 | RLB | Jack Rudolph |
| 24 | LCB | Dick Felt |
| 33 | LS | Fred Bruney |
| 25 | RS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 34 | RCB | Chuck Shonta |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 13 | 37 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 17 | 118 | 6.9 | 59t | 1 |
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 4 | 386 | 10.7 | 78t | 3 | 0 | 81.2 | |
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 34 | 15 | 44.1 | 0 | 207 | 6.1 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 83.8 | |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 8 | 202 | 25.3 | 78t | 2 |
| Billy Cannon | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Willard Dewveall | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Colclough | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 63t | 1 |
| Tony Romeo | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Dick Felt | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ross O'Hanley | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 7 | 284 | 40.6 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Garron | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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