| Boston Patriots at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: September 8, 1962 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 32000 |
| Weather: Temp: 83 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 2 run (Tom Pennington kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Tony Romeo 11 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Chris Burford 5 pass from Len Dawson (Tom Pennington kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 25 run (Tom Pennington kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Babe Parilli 2 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 30 run (Tom Pennington kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 9 pass from Len Dawson (Tom Pennington kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Larry Garron 15 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Frank Jackson 8 run (Tom Pennington kick) | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Ron Burton 3 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 28 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 40 | FB | Larry Garron |
| 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 |
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 63 | LOG | Marv Terrell |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 60 | ROG | Al Reynolds |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 84 | TE | Fred Arbanas |
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson |
| 28 | HB | Abner Haynes |
| 82 | FL | Bill Miller |
| 30 | FB | Jack Spikes |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Bill Hull |
| 64 | LDT | Curt Merz |
| 75 | RDT | Jerry Mays |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 55 | LLB | E.J. Holub |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 35 | RLB | Smokey Stover |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 20 | LS | Bobby Hunt |
| 42 | RS | Johnny Robinson |
| 45 | RCB | Dave Grayson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Jim Crawford | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Babe Parilli | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 19 | 122 | 6.4 | 30t | 3 |
| Frank Jackson | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 1 | 214 | 6.9 | 32 | 1 | 71.2 | ||
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 0 | 202 | 8.8 | 32 | 2 | 125.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tony Romeo | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 32 | 1 |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Bill Miller | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Garron | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Claude King | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Ron Burton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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