1961 Houston Oilers 14-0 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Houston 213 168 125 113 0 619 Opponent 24 89 52 39 0 204 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 619 204 1-0 59 Oakland 3 First Downs 353 262 2-0 46 @San Diego 24 Rush 112 122 3-0 38 @Dallas 7 Pass 220 120 4-0 47 Buffalo 20 Pen 21 20 5-0 15 @Boston 13 Penalties 96 105 6-0 63 Dallas 7 Yards 879 903 7-0 41 @Buffalo 24 8-0 42 @Denver 17 Rushing Att 516 440 9-0 45 Boston 28 Yards 2268 2341 10-0 57 New York 13 Ave 4.4 5.3 11-0 45 Denver 0 TD 24 11 12-0 31 San Diego 14 13-0 41 @New York 20 Passing Att 460 518 14-0 49 @Oakland 14 Comp 259 201 % 56.3 38.8 Int 13 35 % 2.8 6.8 TD 55 9 % 12.0 1.7 Yards 4927 2461 Sacked 17 49 Punt Return 73 36 Yards 796 370 Ave 10.9 10.3 Kick Return 47 78 Yards 895 1656 Ave 19.0 21.2 Punts 61 88 Yards 2491 3497 Ave 40.8 39.7 FG Att 23 30 Made 19 14 % 82.6 46.7 Third Downs 179 225 Made 70 74 % 39.1 32.9 Fourth Downs 15 15 Made 8 7 % 53.3 46.7 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 33 39 Lost 15 20 Turnovers 28 55 Net Offense 7101 4437 Per Play 7.2 4.4 1961 Houston Oilers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Cannon 209 1070 5.1 28 51 41 16 Hennigan 81 3 1940 24.0 31 74 92 21 Tolar 165 839 5.1 30 36 28 2 Groman 52 5 1016 19.5 8 45 77 13 Smith,D 72 287 4.0 5 20 21 6 Cannon 48 0 914 19.0 10 39 78 12 King 18 55 3.1 0 2 9 0 Tolar 27 3 372 13.8 2 20 41 3 Blanda 19 34 1.8 0 1 8 0 White 17 2 258 15.2 1 15 34 2 Hall 8 17 2.1 0 0 4 0 McLeod 16 4 204 12.8 0 13 21 3 Groman 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Smith,D 9 0 125 13.9 0 7 23 1 Lee 23 -13 -0.6 0 1 6 0 Dewveall 5 0 56 11.2 0 4 15 0 Norton 1 -15-15.0 0 0 0 0 King 3 0 28 9.3 0 2 11 0 516 2268 4.4 63 112 41 24 Spence 1 1 14 14.0 0 1 14 0 259 18 4927 19.0 52220 92 55 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Blanda 360 196 54.4 4006 20.4 92 40 46 10 2.8 16 44 12.2 121.8 Smith,D 1 1 100.0 34 34.0 34 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 118.8 Lee 99 62 62.6 887 14.3 44 11 5 3 3.0 1 11 11.1 116.0 460 259 56.3 4927 19.0 92 51 52 13 2.8 17 55 12.0 121.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Blanda 78 78 100.0 23 19 82.6 100.0 0.0 40 135 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Norton 61 2491 55 14 0 14 36 370 30.2 40.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD King 2 88 44.0 65 0 King 4 0 29 7.3 13 0 Hall 1 20 20.0 20 0 Cannon 69 0 767 11.1 22 0 Cannon 42 745 17.7 31 0 73 0 796 10.9 22 0 Dukes 3 42 14.0 20 0 47 895 19.0 65 0 Fumbles Cannon 8 Milstead 4 Smith,D 3 Johnston 1 King 1 Hennigan 1 Tolar 7 Blanda 4 Norton 2 Lee 1 Hall 1 Taylor 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Husmann 12 Husmann 16 Floyd 9 Glick 22 Floyd 6 Allen 4 Allen 10 Allen 15 Cline 8 Banfield 20 Morris 6 Banfield 3 Cline 8 Floyd 5 Husmann 7 Norton 18 Cline 5 Floyd 3 Floyd 7 Trask 5 Trask 5 Johnston 17 Husmann 4 Johnston 3 Trask 6 Morris 4 Morris 5 Floyd 9 Trask 4 Norton 3 Morris 5 Allen 4 Morris 8 Allen 3 Husmann 3 Dukes 1 Dukes 3 Cline 6 Wisener 2 Groman 2 Botchan 1 Dukes 5 Dukes 2 Michael 2 Husmann 3 Guzik 1 Cline 2 Allen 3 Spence 1 Hennigan 1 Milstead 3 Botchan 1 Jamison 1 Trask 2 Beams 1 Dukes 1 Banfield 1 Lee 1 Norton 1 Wharton 1 Schmidt 1 Tolar 1 Morris 1 Talamini 1 White 1 Blanda 1 Glick 1 Trask 1 Tackles Morris 88 Floyd 58 Trask 49 Laraway 29 Milstead 6 Hennigan 1 Norton 87 Husmann 57 Johnston 47 Guzik 26 Jones 4 Dukes 78 Spence 56 Allen 43 Beams 7 Botchan 4 Cline 78 Banfield 52 Glick 30 Wisener 7 Shirkey 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Norton 9 201 22.3 38 0 Banfield 8 146 18.3 47 0 Glick 5 37 7.4 11 0 Johnston 4 36 9.0 18 0 Dukes 3 2 0.7 1 0 Cline 3 4 1.3 4 0 Morris 2 34 17.0 32 0 Milstead 1 0 0.0 0 0 35 460 13.1 47 0 1961 Houston Oilers Coach:Wally Lemm Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Blanda,George 5 I 3 1 K QB Lee,Jacky 5 O 1 2 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Cannon,Billy 2 0 5 B 4 4 RET RB King,Claude 1 0 4 O 1 1 RET RB Hall,Ken 0 0 2 B 3 4 ALL RB Tolar,Charley 1 0 5 O 1 1 KR RB Smith,Dave 0 0 5 I 4 2 RET WR Groman,Bill 0 0 5 O 1 5 WR Hennigan,Charley 0 0 5 O 1 4 WR Spence,Julian 0 0 4 O 1 1 TE White,John 1 0 5 O 1 1 TE-WR McLeod,Bob 2 0 5 O 1 2 KR TE-WR Dewveall,Willard 1 0 2 O 1 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Reed,Leo 3 3 2 G Talamini,Bob 6 6 5 G Wharton,Hogan 5 5 5 KR G Guy,Buzz 3 3 2 G Frey,Dick 3 3 2 G Perkins,Willis 3 3 2 T Jamison,Al 8 8 5 T Michael,Rich 6 6 5 T Kelly,Bob 5 5 5 C Schmidt,Bob 8 8 5 C Belotti,George 4 4 2 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Trask,Orville 6 5 0 1 5 DT Shirkey,George 6 5 0 1 2 DT Beams,Byron 5 4 0 1 2 DT Husmann,Ed 7 5 0 2 5 DE Allen,Dalva 5 3 0 2 5 DE Floyd,Don 7 6 0 1 5 DE Frey,Dick 3 2 0 1 2 ILB Morris,Dennit 7 2 4 1 5 LB Laraway,Jack 3 1 2 0 4 LB Jones,Gene 3 1 2 0 2 LB Guzik,John 2 1 1 0 2 LB Botchan,Ron 4 1 3 0 5 LB Cline,Doug 6 1 3 2 5 KR OLB Dukes,Mike 6 2 4 0 5 KR CB Banfield,Tony 8 0 8 0 5 CB Johnston,Mark 7 0 7 0 5 DB Milstead,Charley 3 0 3 0 3 K DB Wisener,Gary 3 0 3 0 2 DB Spence,Julian 3 0 3 0 4 S Norton,Jim 7 0 7 0 5 P S Glick,Freddy 6 0 6 0 5 Special Teams