1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total | |
| 1961 San Diego | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 1961 Houston | 14 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 55 |
| Scoring Plays | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Clock | Team | Scoring Description(Extra Point) | Score | ||
| 1 | 10:23 | 1961 San Diego | G.Blair 24 yd. field goal | 3-0 SDA | ||
| 1 | 3:08 | 1961 Houston | C.Tolar 1 yd. run (G.Blanda kick) | 7-3 HOA | ||
| 1 | 0:26 | 1961 Houston | D.Smith 1 yd. run (G.Blanda kick) | 14-3 HOA | ||
| 2 | 10:40 | 1961 Houston | J.White 14 yd. pass from G.Blanda (G.Blanda kick) | 21-3 HOA | ||
| 2 | 4:43 | 1961 San Diego | K.Lincoln 74 yd. return (G.Blair kick) | 21-10 HOA | ||
| 2 | 2:55 | 1961 Houston | J.White 44 yd. pass from G.Blanda (G.Blanda kick) | 28-10 HOA | ||
| 2 | 0:37 | 1961 Houston | G.Blanda 37 yd. field goal | 31-10 HOA | ||
| 3 | 8:51 | 1961 Houston | B.Cannon 7 yd. run (G.Blanda kick) | 38-10 HOA | ||
| 3 | 4:15 | 1961 Houston | G.Blanda 26 yd. field goal | 41-10 HOA | ||
| 3 | 3:41 | 1961 Houston | T.Banfield 38 yd. intercept (G.Blanda kick) | 48-10 HOA | ||
| 4 | 8:53 | 1961 San Diego | P.Lowe 4 yd. run (G.Blair kick) | 48-17 HOA | ||
| 4 | 3:57 | 1961 Houston | J.Lee 2 yd. run (G.Blanda kick) | 55-17 HOA | ||
| 4 | 0:15 | 1961 San Diego | P.Lowe 2 yd. run (G.Blair kick) | 55-24 HOA | ||
| Other Highlights | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Clock | Team | Event | Player | Yards | |
| 1 | 14:45 | 1961 Houston | Return | Claude King | 41 | |
| 1 | 13:39 | 1961 San Diego | Intercept | Bob Zeman | 30 | |
| 1 | 10:38 | 1961 San Diego | QBSack | Don Floyd | -7 | |
| 1 | 4:11 | 1961 Houston | Pass | Charley Hennigan | 53 | |
| 1 | 2:13 | 1961 San Diego | QBSack | Don Floyd | -4 | |
| 1 | 1:58 | 1961 San Diego | Fumble | Luther Hayes | ||
| 2 | 13:31 | 1961 Houston | Intercept | Mark Johnston | 18 | |
| 2 | 9:09 | 1961 San Diego | QBSack | Don Floyd | -9 | |
| 2 | 8:35 | 1961 San Diego | Intercept | Charlie McNeil | 18 | |
| 2 | 4:28 | 1961 Houston | Return | Billy Cannon | 32 | |
| 2 | 1:52 | 1961 San Diego | Fumble | Paul Lowe | ||
| 2 | 0:08 | 1961 San Diego | Missed Field Goal | George Blair | 48 | |
| 3 | 11:38 | 1961 San Diego | QBSack | Orville Trask | -7 | |
| 3 | 11:23 | 1961 Houston | Intercept | Mark Johnston | 15 | |
| 3 | 8:13 | 1961 San Diego | Pass | Don Norton | 52 | |
| 3 | 7:58 | 1961 San Diego | Fumble | Keith Lincoln | ||
| 4 | 1:52 | 1961 San Diego | Run | Paul Lowe | 40 | |
Team Statistics | ||
| 1961 San Diego | 1961 Houston | |
| First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total | 6-13-0-19 | 13-13-0-26 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 6-14-43% | 4-8-50% |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 2-2-100% | 0-0-0% |
| Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) | 17-21-81% | 38-42-90% |
| Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play | 350-67-5.2 | 447-63-7.1 |
| Total Net Yards Rushing | 152 | 180 |
| Total Rushes | 37 | 39 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| Passes Completed/Attempted | 17/26 (65.4%) | 18/24 (75.0%) |
| Net Yards Passing | 198 | 267 |
| Avg Yards Per Pass | 8.7 | 11.1 |
| Sacked/Yards Lost | 4/27 | 0/0 |
| Punts/Average | 3/38.7 | 2/39.0 |
| Punts Received/Return Yardage | 2/88 | 1/6 |
| Kickoffs/Returns | 8/104 | 3/87 |
| Interceptions/Returns | 2/48 | 3/71 |
| Penalties/Yards | 6/50 | 2/20 |
| Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost | 7/3 | 0/0 |
| Time of Possession | 31 mins 25 secs | 28 mins 35 secs |
| Average Drive Start | SDA 30 | HOA 38 |
Passing Stats | ||||||||||||
| Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sack | Rating | |
| Jack Kemp | 26 | 17 | 225 | 65.4 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11.5 | 52 | 4/27 | 53.0 |
| George Blanda | 20 | 15 | 233 | 75.0 | 11.6 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 53 | 0/0 | 106.9 |
| Jacky Lee | 4 | 3 | 34 | 75.0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0/0 | 100.0 |
Rushing Stats | |||||||||||
| No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | 2 Pt Conv | Fumbles/Lost | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 22 | 99 | 4.5 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3/1 | ||||
| Keith Lincoln | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | ||||
| Bo Roberson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Jack Kemp | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | ||||
| Billy Cannon | 18 | 97 | 5.4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Charley Tolar | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Jacky Lee | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Dave W. Smith | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
| George Blanda | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ||||
Receiving Stats | |||||||||||
| No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | 2 Pt Conv | ||||||
| Keith Lincoln | 9 | 97 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Kocourek | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Luther Hayes | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Don Norton | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Groman | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John White | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 44 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Tolar | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Field Goals | |||||||||||
| 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Totals | % Made | |||||
| George Blair | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 50.0 | ||||
| George Blanda | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 100 | ||||
Punting | |||||||||||
| No | Avg | Net | Tb | Inside 20 | Long | Blocked | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 3 | 38.7 | 36.7 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| Jim C. Norton | 2 | 39.0 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||||
Kickoff Returns | |||||||||||
| No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | |||||||
| Paul Lowe | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Norton | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| Claude King | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 41 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | ||||||
Punt Returns | |||||||||||
| Ret | FC | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | ||||||
| Keith Lincoln | 2 | 0 | 88 | 44.0 | 74 | 1 | |||||
| Claude King | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Individual Defense | |||||||||||
| Tackles | Sacks | Fum Rec | |||||||||
| Dick Harris | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Claude Gibson | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chuck Allen | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Hudson | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Zeman | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Paul Maguire | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Emil Karas | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie McNeil | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Nery | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Earl Faison | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ernie Ladd | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Orlando Ferrante | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Paul Lowe | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Doug Cline | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mike Dukes | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dennit Morris | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Tony Banfield | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ed Husmann | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Don Floyd | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dalva Allen | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Freddy Glick | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Johnston | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie Milstead | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Orville Trask | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
Interceptions | |||||||||||
| No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | |||||||
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie McNeil | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Mark Johnston | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 1 | ||||||
Game Story | |||||
| George Blanda enjoyed a big day as Houston smoked San Diego by the score of 55 to 24. Blanda threw the ball 20 times for 233 yards and 2 touchdowns. The fans were thrilled by a pass to Charley Hennigan that gained 53 yards with 4:11 left in the 1st quarter. Houston got ahead early outscoring San Diego 14 to 3 in the first quarter. They took the lead into the locker room at the half 31 to 10. Paul Lowe ran the ball 22 times gaining 99 yards and scoring 2 times for San Diego . | |||||