1961 AFL * Championship * 01-26-2005 Balboa Stadium Temp:65 Wind:Calm *Internet* MVP: Cannon 1961 Houston Oilers (1-0) 13 7 17 24 61 1961 San Diego Chargers (0-1) 6 28 3 0 37 1 Houston TD Blanda 13 pass to Groman (2 pt - failed) (4-49-1:29) 11:47 6-0 1 Houston TD Smith,D 1 run (Blanda) (6-57-2:43) 6:30 13-0 1 San Diego TD Lowe 56 run (no good) (3-80-1:32) 4:58 13-6 2 San Diego TD Roberson 7 run (Blair) (5-88-1:36) 11:15 13-13 2 San Diego TD Lowe 9 run (Blair) (9-55-3:23) 6:23 13-20 2 San Diego TD Lowe 1 run (Blair) (9-41-2:45) 1:53 13-27 2 San Diego TD Kemp 18 pass to Kocourek (Blair) (3-82-0:40) 0:18 13-34 2 Houston TD Blanda 71 pass to Groman (Blanda) (1-71-0:08) 0:00 20-34 3 Houston TD Blanda 20 pass to Hennigan (Blanda) (9-65-3:32) 11:16 27-34 3 Houston TD Cannon 3 run (Blanda) (3-80-1:32) 7:59 34-34 3 Houston FG Blanda 17 (4-31-1:54) 4:57 37-34 3 San Diego FG Blair 15 (10-75-4:27) 0:18 37-37 4 Houston FG Blanda 36 (7-47-1:28) 13:36 40-37 4 Houston TD Banfield 29 interception return (Blanda) (0-0-0:00) 13:12 47-37 4 TD Houston Glick 45 yd fumble recovery (Blanda) (0-0-0:00) 5:02 54-37 4 TD Houston Morris 32 yd fumble recovery (Blanda) (0-0-0:00) 4:38 61-37 Hou SD First Downs 20 28 Rushes 31-118 51-333 Passes 37-16-398 29-10-219 Sacked 1-3 2-15 Fumble 0 3 Penalties 6-60 4-46 Turnovers 1 4 Time 27:56 31:59 Third Down 4-16 1-14 Fourth Down 2-2 3-3 Net Offense 513 537 Injuries:C.Allen(SD- 0) 1961 Houston Oilers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Cannon 18 83 4.6 4 6 15 1 Groman 5 0 99 19.8 1 2 71 2 Tolar 9 26 2.9 0 0 7 0 Hennigan 5 1 177 35.4 3 5 71 1 Smith,D 2 8 4.0 0 2 7 1 Cannon 3 0 32 10.7 0 2 15 0 Blanda 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 White 2 0 63 31.5 1 1 54 0 Lee 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Tolar 1 2 27 27.0 1 1 27 0 31 118 3.8 4 9 15 2 16 3 398 24.9 6 11 71 3 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Blanda 37 16 43.2 398 24.9 71 5 6 1 2.7 1 3 8.1 98.7 37 16 43.2 398 24.9 71 5 6 1 2.7 1 3 8.1 98.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Blanda 7 7 100.0 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0 36 13 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Norton 7 255 44 0 0 3 4 63 27.4 36.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Cannon 7 202 28.9 37 0 Cannon 4 0 11 2.8 6 0 7 202 28.9 37 0 4 0 11 2.8 6 0 Fumbles Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Husmann 2 Cline 3 Banfield 3 Johnston 1 Morris 1 Allen 1 Floyd 1 Husmann 1 Glick 1 Johnston 1 Cline 1 Glick 1 Tackles Cline 11 Glick 6 Morris 4 Dukes 3 Laraway 3 Norton 9 Johnston 6 Husmann 4 Floyd 3 Trask 2 Spence 7 Banfield 5 Guzik 3 Allen 3 Botchan 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Banfield 1 29 29.0 29 1 Glick 1 9 9.0 9 0 2 38 19.0 29 1 1961 San Diego Chargers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Lowe 30 237 7.9 5 8 64 3 Norton 5 1 96 19.2 2 5 31 0 Kemp 9 33 3.7 0 0 7 0 Kocourek 3 1 98 32.7 1 3 66 1 Lincoln 7 26 3.7 1 3 10 0 Hayes 2 0 25 12.5 0 2 14 0 Roberson 3 21 7.0 0 1 8 1 10 3 219 21.9 3 10 66 1 Kocourek 1 11 11.0 1 1 11 0 Norton 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 51 333 6.5 7 13 64 4 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Kemp 29 10 34.5 219 21.9 66 2 3 2 6.9 2 1 3.4 45.0 29 10 34.5 219 21.9 66 2 3 2 6.9 2 1 3.4 45.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Blair 5 4 80.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 15 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Maguire 6 239 56 1 0 1 4 11 34.7 39.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Roberson 7 118 16.9 24 0 Gibson 4 0 63 15.8 24 0 7 118 16.9 24 0 4 0 63 15.8 24 0 Fumbles Kemp 2 Kocourek 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Nery 1 Faison 4 Nery 2 C.Allen 1 Norton 1 Nery 1 Karas 1 Gibson 1 Hudson 1 Hudson 1 McNeil 1 Zeman 1 Tackles Karas 10 Faison 5 C.Allen 4 McNeil 3 Schmidt 1 Blair 7 Whitehea 5 Nery 3 Laraba 2 Zeman 1 Gibson 6 Harris,D 4 Schleibe 3 Ladd 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Zeman 1 11 11.0 11 0 1 11 11.0 11 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 SD Roberson return of 20 KO-deep 1 10 own20 14:52 SD Pen-SD10 dive key-M/Bz1 1 20 own10 14:44 SD Lowe -4 pitchR pas-Z 2 24 own6 14:04 SD Kemp to Norton X M-seam goa-tM 3 24 own6 13:55 SD Kemp 3 B-fly pas-M/Bz2 4 21 own9 13:21 SD Punt Maguire 31,Cannon 4 Pt-deep 1 10 opp36 13:16 Hou Blanda to Hennigan 27 M-out run-Z 1 9 opp9 13:04 Hou Tolar -4 sweepL goa-tZ 2 13 opp13 12:25 Hou Blanda to Hennigan X Screen key-Z 3 13 opp13 11:54 Hou Blanda to Groman 13 TD M-slant pas-Z 6-0 KO 11:47 SD kick downed KO-deep 1 10 own20 11:47 SD Lowe -3 pitchR key-Z 2 13 own17 11:12 SD Kemp to Lowe X M-seam pas-M 3 13 own17 11:09 SD Kemp sacked by Husmann M-seam pas-Z 4 20 own10 10:31 SD Punt Maguire 37,Cannon 6 Pt-deep 1 10 opp41 10:27 Hou Cannon 0 offtackleL goa-tZ dlI 2 10 opp41 9:48 Hou Blanda to Cannon X S-out bas-M 3 10 opp41 9:43 Hou Blanda to Hennigan X S-out pas-M 4 10 opp41 9:38 Hou Punt Norton 31,Gibson 0 Pt-side 1 10 own10 9:32 SD Kemp to Norton X M-seam bas-M/Bz1 2 10 own10 9:29 SD Kemp to Kocourek X S-slant pas-Z dlI 3 10 own10 9:24 SD Kemp to Norton X M-seam pas-M/Bz3 4 10 own10 9:17 SD Punt Maguire 44,Cannon-3 Pt-deep 1 10 own43 9:13 Hou Cannon 11 sweepR pas-Z 1 10 opp46 8:33 Hou Tolar 7 sweepR bas-Z 2 3 opp39 7:56 Hou Blanda to Hennigan 36 L-slant bas-M/Bz1 1 3 opp3 7:13 Hou Blanda to Cannon X M-fade goa-tM 2 3 opp3 7:10 Hou Cannon 2 trapR goa-tM 3 1 opp1 6:39 Hou Smith,D 1 TD overtop goa-tM 13-0 KO 6:30 SD kick downed KO-deep 1 10 own20 6:30 SD Kemp to Hayes 11 S-cross bas-Z 1 10 own31 5:58 SD Kemp to Norton 13 S-hitch bas-M/Bz2 1 10 own44 5:20 SD Lowe 56 TD pitchR pas-Z 13-6 KO 4:58 Hou Cannon return of 26 KO-deep 1 10 own29 4:48 Hou Blanda to Cannon X S-hitch pas-Z 2 10 own29 4:43 Hou Cannon 2 pitchL run-Z 3 8 own31 4:34 Hou Blanda to Groman INT Zeman M-isolate pas-Z/Bz1 1 10 opp33 4:20 SD Lincoln 2 trapL key-Z 2 8 opp31 3:43 SD Lowe 3 offtackleR pas-Z 3 5 opp28 3:09 SD Lowe 3 pitchR dou-M dlI 4 2 opp25 2:30 SD FG Blair 32 no good FG 1 10 own20 2:26 Hou Blanda to Tolar X L-straight run-Z 2 10 own20 2:19 Hou Cannon 0 trapL key-Z 3 10 own20 1:47 Hou Blanda to Cannon 7 M-out pas-Z 4 3 own27 1:41 Penalty Pt-deep 1 10 own18 1:36 SD Kemp to Hayes 14 S-out key-Z 1 10 own32 1:24 SD Kemp to Norton X M-straight bas-M/Bz1 2 10 own32 1:17 SD Lowe 8 pitchR pas-Z dlI 3 2 own40 0:36 SD Lowe -4 pitchR run-Z 2nd Quarter 4 6 own36 15:00 SD Punt Maguire 43,Cannon 4 Pt-deep 1 10 own25 14:55 Hou Tolar 7 sweepR bas-Z 2 3 own32 14:22 Hou Blanda to Hennigan 23 M-seam run-Z 1 10 opp45 13:40 Hou Blanda to Groman X S-out bas-Z 2 10 opp45 13:35 Hou Cannon 6 pitchL key-Z 3 4 opp39 13:00 Hou Blanda to Tolar X S-hitch goa-tZ 4 4 opp39 12:56 Hou Punt Norton 27,Gibson 0 Pt-side 1 10 own12 12:51 SD Kemp to Kocourek 66 B-fly key-Z 1 10 opp22 12:33 SD Roberson 8 offtackleR pas-Z 2 2 opp14 11:59 SD Lincoln 2 draw goa-tZ 1 10 opp12 11:26 SD Pen-Hou5 M-fade bas-Z 1 7 opp7 11:22 SD Roberson 7 TD offtackleR goa-tZ 13-13 KO 11:15 Hou Cannon return of 29 KO-deep 1 10 own29 11:08 Hou Blanda to Cannon X M-slant pas-Z 2 10 own29 10:59 Hou Cannon 14 pitchL pas-Z 1 10 own43 10:19 Hou Blanda to Hennigan X B-post pas-M 2 10 own43 10:10 Hou Tolar -3 pitchL bas-tM agg 3 13 own40 10:01 Hou Blanda to Cannon X M-out pas-Z agg dl 4 13 own40 9:52 Hou Punt Norton 39,Gibson 24 Pt-deep 1 10 own45 9:46 SD Lowe 17 offtackleR pas-M/Bz1 1 10 opp38 9:03 SD Kemp 3 M-cross bas-M 1 10 opp20 8:56 SD Lincoln 5 dive bas-M 2 5 opp15 8:23 SD Lowe 0 offtackleR bas-M 3 5 opp15 7:47 SD Kemp 4 Screen pas-Z 4 1 opp11 7:11 SD Lincoln 2 dive run-Z dlI 1 9 opp9 6:36 SD Kemp to Kocourek X S-hitch bas-Z 2 9 opp9 6:31 SD Lowe 9 TD pitchR pas-tZ dlI 13-20 KO 6:23 Hou Cannon return of 31 KO-deep 1 10 own26 6:09 Hou Cannon 3 dive pas-Z 2 7 own29 5:35 Hou Blanda to Tolar X S-out pas-M 3 7 own29 5:31 Hou Cannon -8 delaydraw pas-dZ agg 4 15 own21 4:49 Hou Punt Norton 42,Gibson 22 Pt-deep 1 10 opp41 4:43 SD Kemp to Norton X B-fly pas-Z 2 10 opp41 4:36 SD Lowe 13 pitchR pas-Z 1 10 opp28 4:22 SD Kemp to Kocourek 14 Fmb M-seam bas-Z 1 10 opp14 3:45 SD Kemp to Norton X M-seam key-M 2 10 opp14 3:37 SD Lowe 2 dive bas-M 3 8 opp12 2:58 SD Roberson 6 pitchR pas-tM 4 2 opp6 2:48 SD Lincoln 2 offtackleR goa-tM 1 4 opp4 2:14 SD Lincoln 3 offtackleR goa-tM 2 1 opp1 2:00 SD Lowe 1 TD pitchR run-M 13-27 KO 1:53 Hou Cannon return of 37 KO-deep 1 10 own36 1:41 Hou Blanda to Groman 0 S-out pas-Zo agg d 2 10 own36 1:35 Hou Cannon 11 sweepL pas-Z agg 1 10 own47 1:22 Hou Tolar 4 sweepR bas-Z 2 6 opp49 1:15 Hou Blanda to Hennigan X M-cross pas-Z 3 6 opp49 1:06 Hou Blanda to Hennigan X S-out pas-M 4 6 opp49 1:02 Hou Punt Norton 31,Gibson 0 Pt-side 1 10 own18 0:58 SD Kemp to Kocourek X M-seam pas-dZ 2 10 own18 0:50 SD Lowe 64 pitchR pas-M/Bz2 1 10 opp18 0:29 SD Kemp to Kocourek 18 TD M-fade bas-M 13-34 KO 0:18 Hou Cannon return of 31 KO-deep 1 10 own29 0:08 Hou Blanda to Groman 71 TD B-fly pas-tZ 20-34 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Hou Cannon return of 33 KO-deep 1 10 own35 14:48 Hou Blanda to Cannon 15 S-hitch run-Z 1 10 50 14:14 Hou Pen-Hou5 S-out pas-Z 1 15 own45 14:14 Hou Blanda to White 9 S-hitch pas-Z 2 6 opp46 13:40 Hou Cannon 7 sweepR pas-M agg 1 10 opp39 13:06 Hou Blanda 1 L-out goa-tM 2 9 opp38 12:28 Hou Blanda to Cannon 10 M-slant pas-tM 1 10 opp28 11:52 Hou Cannon 3 sweepR bas-M 2 7 opp25 11:44 Hou Blanda to Hennigan X Screen pas-M 3 7 opp25 11:36 Hou Tolar 5 pitchL pas-Z 4 2 opp20 11:28 Hou Blanda to Hennigan 20 TD S-out run-tM/Bz3 a 27-34 KO 11:16 SD Roberson return of 24 KO-deep 1 10 own23 11:07 SD Kemp to Kocourek X B-fly key-Z 2 10 own23 11:01 SD Lowe 4 pitchR pas-Z 1 10 own42 10:52 SD Kemp sacked by Husmann S-hitch pas-Z dlL 2 18 own34 10:20 SD Lincoln 10 delaydraw pas-Z 3 8 own44 9:42 SD Kemp to Norton X S-slant pas-Z 4 8 own44 9:37 SD Punt Maguire 56,Cannon 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 9:31 Hou Tolar 6 sweepL run-Z 2 4 own26 8:52 Hou Blanda to Hennigan 71 B-post run-Z 1 3 opp3 8:06 Hou Cannon 3 TD trapR goa-tM 34-34 KO 7:59 SD Roberson return of 20 KO-deep 1 10 own19 7:52 SD Lowe 3 pitchL key-dZ dlL 2 7 own22 7:12 SD Lowe 7 pitchR pas-M/Bz2 1 10 own29 7:04 SD Kemp to Norton INT Glick L-cross bas-M 1 10 opp41 6:51 Hou Blanda to Tolar 27 S-out bas-tM/Bz1 a 1 10 opp14 6:41 Hou Cannon 0 trapL bas-M agg 2 10 opp14 6:01 Hou Blanda sacked by Nery S-out bas-M agg 3 13 opp17 5:29 Hou Blanda to Groman 7 S-out bas-M agg 4 6 opp10 4:57 Hou FG Blanda 17 good FG 37-34 KO 4:52 SD Roberson return of 20 KO-deep 1 10 own17 4:45 SD Lowe 0 dive run-dZ 2 10 own17 4:09 SD Kemp to Norton 11 M-cross pas-Z 1 10 own28 3:32 SD Lowe 0 pitchR bas-Z 2 10 own28 3:00 SD Lowe 10 pitchR bas-M/Bz1 1 10 own38 2:30 SD Kemp to Norton 14 M-cross pas-M 1 10 opp48 1:57 SD Lowe 7 pitchR pas-Z 2 3 opp41 1:17 SD Kemp to Norton 27 M-cross run-Z dlI 1 10 opp14 0:43 SD Kemp to Norton X L-cross bas-Z 2 10 opp14 0:35 SD Lowe 6 pitchR bas-Z 3 4 opp8 0:26 SD Kemp to Norton X M-cross goa-tZ 4 4 opp8 0:18 SD FG Blair 15 good FG 37-37 KO 0:13 Hou Cannon return of 15 KO-angle 1 10 own24 0:04 Hou Blanda to Groman 8 M-straight bas-Z 4th Quarter 2 2 own32 15:00 Hou Blanda to Hennigan X L-out bas-tZ/Bz1 a 3 2 own32 14:50 Hou Pen-Hou15 offtackleL bas-tZ agg 3 17 own17 14:42 Hou Blanda to White 54 L-hitch run-M 1 10 opp29 13:58 Hou Blanda to Tolar X S-out bas-M 2 10 opp29 13:55 Hou Tolar 0 sweepL bas-M 3 10 opp29 13:46 Hou Blanda to Cannon X M-out bas-M 4 10 opp29 13:36 Hou FG Blanda 36 good FG 40-37 KO 13:30 SD Roberson return of 4 KO-deep 1 10 own8 13:25 SD Kemp to Norton INT Banfield L-cross key-Z 47-37 KO 13:12 SD Roberson return of 17 KO-deep 1 10 own16 13:02 SD Lowe 3 dive pas-Z 2 7 own19 12:26 SD Lowe 8 pitchR pas-M/Bz3 1 10 own27 11:52 SD Kemp to Norton 31 M-cross bas-M 1 10 opp42 11:11 SD Kemp 4 sweepR pas-M 2 6 opp38 11:02 SD Kemp 3 bootleg pas-Z 3 3 opp35 10:29 SD Pen-SD15 pitchR run-dZ 3 18 50 10:22 SD Lowe 8 pitchL pas-Z 4 10 opp42 10:14 SD Punt Maguire 28,Cannon 0 Pt-side 1 10 own14 10:10 Hou Cannon 7 offtackleL bas-Z 2 3 own21 9:17 Hou Blanda to Hennigan X M-out bas-Z 3 3 own21 9:09 Hou Smith,D 7 dive bas-tZ/Bz1 a 1 10 own28 8:20 Hou Cannon 3 offtackleR bas-Z/Bz1 2 7 own31 7:31 Hou Blanda to Groman X S-hitch bas-Z 3 7 own31 7:28 Hou Tolar 4 pitchR bas-Z/Bz1 4 3 own35 6:34 Hou Punt Norton 44,Gibson 16 Pt-deep 1 10 own37 6:30 SD Lowe -3 pitchR pas-Z dlO 2 13 own34 5:51 SD Lowe 5 pitchR pas-Z 3 8 own39 5:18 SD Kemp to Norton X M-cross pas-Z dlI 4 8 own39 5:10 SD Kemp 5 TD Fmb bootleg pas-Z dlO 54-37 KO 5:02 SD Roberson return of 13 KO-deep 1 10 own18 4:53 SD Lowe 6 pitchR pas-Z 2 4 own24 4:46 SD Kemp 7 TD Fmb M-cross pas-Z 61-37 KO 4:38 SD kick downed KO-deep 1 10 own20 4:38 SD Lowe 5 pitchR pas-Z 2 5 own25 4:29 SD Pen-Hou5 M-cross pas-Z 1 10 own30 4:29 SD Kemp 2 bootleg pas-Z 2 8 own32 3:51 SD Norton 5 endaround pas-Z Oilers60-63.jpg ((     6 6       ..::JJUU 0@ 0@@ EndZoneLeft.bmp EndZone.bmp  Chargers61-65-67-73.jpg 11%%