Dallas Texans 20 at Houston Oilers 17

Sunday, December 23,1962

	1	2	3	4	OT	OT2	Final
Dallas Texans (11-3-0)	3	14	0	0	0	3	20
Houston Oilers (11-3-0)	0	0	7	10	0	0	17

Game Info
Stadium	Jeppesen Stadium
Roof	outdoors
Surface	grass
Weather	51 degrees relative humidity 80%, wind 6 mph

Scoring

			DTX	HOU
1st	Texans	Tommy Brooker 16 yard field goal	3	0
2nd	Texans	Abner Haynes 28 yard pass from Len Dawson (Tommy Brooker kick)	10	0
	Texans	Abner Haynes 2 yard rush (Tommy Brooker kick)	17	0
3rd	Oilers	Willard Dewveall 15 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)	17	7
4th	Oilers	George Blanda 31 yard field goal	17	10
	Oilers	Charley Tolar 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick)	17	17
OT2	Texans	Tommy Brooker 25 yard field goal	20	17

Team Stats

	DTX	HOU
First downs	19	21
Rush-yards-TDs	54-199-1	30-98-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	9-14-88-1-0	23-46-261-1-5
Sacked-yards	6-50	0-0
Net pass yards	38	261
Total yards	237	359
Fumbles-lost	2-1	0-0
Turnovers	1	5
Penalties-yards	6-42	6-50

Passing, Rushing, & Receiving

		Passing						Rushing				Receiving				Fumbles
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Fmb	FL
Jack Spikes	DTX							11	77	0	33	2	24	0	14
Curtis McClinton	DTX							24	70	0	8	1	4	0	4
Abner Haynes	DTX							14	26	1	14	3	45	1	28	1
Len Dawson	DTX	9	14	88	1	0	28	5	26	0	11
Fred Arbanas	DTX											2	21	0	12
Sonny Bishop	DTX											1	-6	0	-6
		Passing						Rushing				Receiving				Fumbles
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Fmb	FL
George Blanda	HOU	23	46	261	1	5	24
Willard Dewveall	HOU											6	95	1	24
Billy Cannon	HOU							11	37	0	7	6	54	0	21
Bob McLeod	HOU											5	70	0	21
Charley Tolar	HOU							17	58	1	12	1	8	0	8
Charley Hennigan	HOU											3	37	0	19
Dave Smith	HOU							2	3	0	4	1	6	0	6
Al Jamison	HOU											1	-9	0	-9

Defense

		Def Interceptions				Sacks & Tackles			Fumbles
	Tm	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Sk	Tkl	Ast	FR	Yds	TD
Dave Grayson	DTX	1	20	0	20		0	0
E.J. Holub	DTX	1	43	0	43		0	0
Bill Hull	DTX	1	23	0	23		0	0
Johnny Robinson	DTX	2	50	0	37		0	0
		Def Interceptions				Sacks & Tackles			Fumbles
	Tm	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Sk	Tkl	Ast	FR	Yds	TD
Doug Cline	HOU	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
Mike Dukes	HOU	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
Ed Husmann	HOU	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
Bucky Wegener	HOU	0	0	0		1.0

Kick/Punt Returns

		Kick Returns					Punt Returns
	Tm	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Lng	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng
Dave Grayson	DTX	3	64	21.3	0	0
Abner Haynes	DTX	1	22	22.0	0	22
Frank Jackson	DTX						1	0	0.0	0	0
		Kick Returns					Punt Returns
	Tm	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Lng	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng
Bobby Jancik	HOU	5	139	27.8	0	48	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking & Punting

		Scoring				Punting
	Tm	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng
Tommy Brooker	DTX	2	2	2	3	0	0		0
Jimmy Saxton	DTX					2	58	29.0	36
Eddie Wilson	DTX					6	192	32.0	39
		Scoring				Punting
	Tm	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng
George Blanda	HOU	2	2	1	3	0	0		0
Jim Norton	HOU					3	118	39.3	43

Starting Lineups

Dallas Texans
	Pos
Len Dawson	QB
Abner Haynes	HB
Curtis McClinton	FB
Frank Jackson	FL
Tommy Brooker	SE
Fred Arbanas	TE
Jim Tyrer	LT
Marvin Terrell	LG
Jon Gilliam	C
Al Reynolds	RG
Jerry Cornelison	RT
Curt Merz	LDE
Paul Rochester	LDT
Jerry Mays	RDT
Mel Branch	RDE
E.J. Holub	LLB
Sherrill Headrick	MLB
Walt Corey	RLB
Duane Wood	LCB
Dave Grayson	RCB
Bobby Hunt	SS
Bobby Ply	FS

Houston Oilers
	Pos
George Blanda	QB
Billy Cannon	HB
Charley Tolar	FB
Charley Hennigan	FL
Bob McLeod	SE
Willard Dewveall	TE
Al Jamison	LT
Bob Talamini	LG
Bob Schmidt	C
Hogan Wharton	RG
Rich Michael	RT
Gary Cutsinger	LDE
Ed Culpepper	LDT
Ed Husmann	RDT
Don Floyd	RDE
Doug Cline	LLB
Gene Babb	MLB
Mike Dukes	RLB
Tony Banfield	LCB
Bobby Jancik	RCB
Jim Norton	SS
Fred Glick	FS