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1961 AFL Championship GameHouston Oilers 10, San Diego Chargers 3Sunday, Dec. 24, 1961 - Balboa Stadium (San Diego, CA)1960 AFL Championship GameHouston Oilers 24, Los Angeles Chargers 16Sunday, Jan. 1, 1961 - Jeppesen Stadium (Houston, TX)The 1961 American Football League Championship game in SanDiego’s Balboa Stadium was carbon copy of previous season’stitle game in that Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3.On Jan. 1, 1961, Oilers edged Chargers, 24-16, in Houston’sJeppesen Stadium. live audience of 29,556 fans and nationwidetelevision audience estimated in vicinity of 40 million viewerswithnessed monument to defensive football at its best. crowd atstadium was limited because game was played on Christmas Eveand game was telecast into Los Angeles area and many San Diegansreceived LA’s ABC affiliate, Channel 7. Oilers scored on 46-yard field goal byGeorge Blanda midway through second quarter and added clincher, 35-yard touchdownpass by Blanda to Billy Cannon, late in third quarter. Chargers only scoringcame on 12-yard field goal early in final period. Indication of eveness of ballgame isthat both clubs had total net offense of 256 yards.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalHouston Oilers 0 3 7 0 10San Diego Chargers 0 0 0 3 3Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) HOU SDHOU 2 8:06 Blanda 46-yard field goal (4-0) 3 0HOU 3 11:39 Cannon 35 yd pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) (10-45) 10 0SD 4 :39 Blair 12 yd field goal (7-33) 10 3Attendance — 29,556Team Statistics HOU SDTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 18 15Rushing 6 6Passing 8 8Penalty 4 1NET YARDS RUSHING 96 79Attempts 33 20Yards Gained 113 100Yards Lost 17 21NET YARDS PASSING 160 177Attempts 41 32Completions 18 17Interceptions 6 4TOTAL OFFENSE 256 256Total Plays 74 58HOUSTONRushing No Yds Avg Lg TDCannon 15 48 3.2 22 0Tolar 16 52 3.3 20 0Blanda 2 -4 0.2 1 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtBlanda 40 18 160 0-0 1 35 5 25.0Groman 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0.0Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDCannon 5 53 10.6 35 1Hennigan 5 43 8.6 14 0Groman 3 32 16.0 19 0Dewveall 2 10 5.0 11 0McLeod 1 20 20.0 20 0Tolar 2 2 1.0 8 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDCline 1 7 7.0 7 0Glick 1 0 0.0 0 0Johnston 1 0 0.0 0 0Spence 1 0 0.0 0 0Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgNorton 4 166 41.5 0 2 53Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDNoneKO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDNoneHOU SDINTERCEPTION RET. YARDS 60 7Interceptions 4 6PUNTING AVERAGE 41.5 33.3Punts 4 6Blocked 0 0PUNT RETURN YARDS 0 16Returns 0 1KICKOFF RETURN YARDS 0 50Returns 0 2PENALTY YARDS 68 106Penalties 5 10FUMBLES/LOST 5/1 2/2SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDRoberson 8 37 4.6 23 0Lowe 5 30 6.0 12 0Kemp 4 5 1.3 17 0Lincoln 3 7 2.3 4 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtKemp 32 17 226 6-48 0 40 4 36.2Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDKocourek 7 123 17.6 40 0Norton 3 48 16.0 28 0Flowers 2 17 8.5 9 0Roberson 1 11 11.0 11 0Lowe 1 10 10.0 10 0Scarpitto 1 9 9.0 9 0Hayes 1 5 5.0 5 0Lincoln 1 3 3.0 3 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDWhitehead 2 45 22.5 41 0McNeil 2 15 7.5 15 0Zeman 2 0 0.0 0 0Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgMaguire 6 199 33.2 1 1 52Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDLincoln 1 16 16.0 0 16 0Team 0 0 0.0 1 0 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDLowe 1 27 27.0 27 0Roberson 1 23 23.0 23 0The American Football League’s first championship game tookplace Jan. 1, 1961 between Eastern Divison champion HoustonOilers and Western Division champion Los Angeles Chargers inJeppesen Stadium, home of Eastern titlists. outcome: Houston24, Los Angeles 16. In 50 degree weather with 70 percenthumidity due to week-long rains, Chargers took on Oilers beforelive crowd of 32,183 and television audience of approximately 45million viewers. Ben Agajanian kicked field goals of 38 and 22yards to give Chargers 6-0 first quarter lead. In second quarter,Houston’s George Blanda hit Dave Smith on 17-yard touchdown pass, added conversionand kicked 18-yard field goal. Agajanian kicked 27-yard field goal with fiveseconds left in half to make score Houston 10, Los Angeles 9 at half. In third quarter,Blanda completed seven-yard touchdown pass to Bill Groman and kicked conversion.Chargers responded when Paul Lowe slanted over from two-yard line and with Agajanian’sconversion score was Houston 17, Los Angeles 16, at end of three quarters.In fourth quarter, Blanda and Billy Cannon teamed up on 88-yard pass-run touchdownplay to conclude scoring. Player of game honors went to Cannon, with Blandaand Lowe deadlocked vote behind. Lowe’s total yardage on day was 271 yards comparedto Cannon’s 259. inability of Chargers to take ball in for touchdowns early ingame, settling for three first-half field goals on each occasion, and several bad breakslate in game proved to be difference.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalSan Diego Chargers 6 3 7 0 16Houston Oilers 0 10 7 7 24Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) SD HOUSD 1 10:58 Agajanian 38 yd field goal [9-46] 3 0SD 1 6:44 Agajanian 22 yd field goal [5-33] 6 0HOU 2 11:09 Smith 17 yd pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) [11-83] 6 7HOU 2 5:15 Blanda 18 yd field goal [12-40] 6 10SD 2 :05 Agajanian 27 yd field goal [4-11] 9 10HOU 3 N/A Groman 7 yd pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) [10-55] 9 17SD 3 N/A Lowe 2 yd run (Agajanian kick) [8-63] 16 17HOU 4 N/A Cannon 88 yd pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) [3-89] 16 24Attendance — 32,183Team Statistics SD HOUTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 21 17Rushing 11 4Passing 9 13Penalty 1 0NET YARDS RUSHING 162 100Attempts 33 40Yards Gained 208 107Yards Lost 46 7NET YARDS PASSING 171 301Attempts 41 32Completions 21 16Interceptions 2 0TOTAL OFFENSE 333 401Total Plays 74 72SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDLowe 21 165 7.9 30 1Ferguson 4 11 2.8 7 0Ford 2 -5 -2.5 1 0Kemp 6 -9 -1.5 14 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtKemp 41 21 171 3-28 0 33 2 41.8Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDNorton 6 55 9.2 18 0Womble 6 29 4.8 8 0Kocourek 3 57 19.0 33 0Lowe 3 5 1.7 6 0Ferguson 2 19 9.5 13 0Flowers 1 6 6.0 6 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDNonePunting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgLaraba 4 164 41.0 0 3 49SD HOUINTERCEPTION RET. YARDS 0 35Interceptions 0 2PUNTING AVERAGE 41.0 34.0Punts 4 5Blocked 0 0PUNT RETURN YARDS 42 0Returns 2 0KICKOFF RETURN YARDS 123 128Returns 5 5PENALTY YARDS 15 54Penalties 3 4FUMBLES/LOST 2/0 0/0HOUSTONRushing No Yds Avg Lg TDCannon 18 50 2.8 6 0Smith 19 45 2.4 14 0Hall 3 5 1.7 3 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtBlanda 31 16 301 0-0 3 88t 0 117.8Cannon 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 39.6Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDSmith 5 52 10.4 17t 1Hennigan 4 71 17.8 38 0Cannon 3 128 42.7 88t 1Groman 3 37 12.3 17 1Carson 1 13 13.0 13 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDGordon 1 27 27.0 27 0Dukes 1 8 8.0 8 0Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgMilstead 5 169 33.8 0 2 43HISTORYPunt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDHarris 1 27 27.0 0 27 0Sears 1 15 15.0 1 15 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDLowe 4 101 25.3 34 0Ford 1 22 22.0 22 0Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDCannon 0 0 0.0 1 0 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDCannon 3 81 27.0 42 0Hall 2 47 23.5 24 0MEDIA GUIDE | 243