1962 Dallas Texans season

1962 Dallas Texans season
Head coach Hank Stram
Owner Lamar Hunt
Home field Cotton Bowl
Local radio WFAA
Results
Record 11–3
Division place 1st AFL Western
Playoff finish Won AFL Championship Game
(at Houston Oilers, 20–17, 2OT)
AFL All-Stars QB Len Dawson
HB Abner Haynes
FB Curtis McClinton
G Marvin Terrell
T Jerry Cornelison
T Jim Tyrer
TE Fred Arbanas
DB Dave Grayson
LB E.J. Holub
DT Jerry Mays
DT Mel Branch
LB Sherrill Headrick

The 1962 Dallas Texans season was the third and final season of Lamar Hunt's American Football League franchise before its relocation to Kansas City from Dallas.

The Texans won their first AFL championship (and only title in Dallas) when they defeated their intrastate rivals, the two-time defending champion Houston Oilers, 20–17 in double overtime—a game which now stands as the second longest game in pro football history and the longest in AFL history.[1][2]

Coach Hank Stram was named the AFL Coach of the Year and RB Curtis McClinton (Kansas) was named AFL Rookie of the Year. Haynes became the franchise's first 1,000-yard rusher, concluding the season with 1,049 yards and an AFL-high 13 rushing TDs.[3]

The Texans set an AFL record for completion percentage in a season (60.6%).[4] They led the league in both points scored (389), fewest points allowed (233), and total touchdowns (50; 29 passing, 21 rushing) in 1962.[5]

1962 AFL draft

RoundPlayerPositionCollege
1Ronnie BullHalfbackBaylor
2Bill MillerEndMiami (Florida)
3Eddie WilsonQuarterbackArizona
4Charles HintonTackleNorth Carolina College
4Irv GoodeCenterKentucky (from Buffalo)
5Bobby PlummerTackleTCU
5Bobby PlyQuarterbackBaylor (from New York)
5Bill HullEndWake Forest (from Boston)
6Al HintonEndIowa
8Larry BowieTacklePurdue
9Dick MillsTacklePittsburgh
10Jimmy SaxtonHalfbackTexas
11Bobby HuntDefensive backAuburn (from Oakland)
11Guy ReeseTackleSMU
12Bobby ThompsonHalfbackArizona
14Bookie BolinGuardMississippi
15Dave GrahamTackleVirginia
16Pettis NormanEndJohn Smith
17Tommy BrookerEndAlabama
18Joe CarolloTackleNotre Dame
19Lee WelchHalfbackMississippi State
20Mike SemcheskiGuardLehigh
21Kent MartinTackleWake Forest
22Jim BernhardtTackleLinfield
23Russ ForetTackleGeorgia Tech
24Pat TrammellQuarterbackAlabama
25John BurrellEndRice
26Walt RappoldQuarterbackDuke
27Scott TylerHalfbackMiami (Ohio)
28Jim ThrushTackleXavier
29Ed RyanHalfbackMichigan State
30Don GoodmanHalfbackFlorida
31Everisto NinoTackleEast Texas State
32Joel ArringtonHalfbackDuke
33Jack WilsonHalfbackDuke
34Rodger ShoalsCenterMaryland

Regular season

The Texans clinched their initial AFL Western Division Championship in November and finished with an 11–3 regular season record. Dallas won the ‘62 AFL Championship when K Tommy Brooker connected on a 25-yard field goal during the second overtime of the title game, giving the Texans a 20–17 victory at Houston (12/23). Spanning an elapsed time of 77:54, the game still stands as the second-longest contest in pro football history as the franchise claimed its first of three AFL titles.[3] The game is the longest in the history of the American Football League.

Schedule

*: Special pre-season game site

WeekDateOpponentResultGame siteAttendance
Preseason
August 4Oakland RaidersW 13–3Lithonia, Georgia *8,000
August 11at San Diego ChargersL 0–17Balboa Stadium28,555
August 18Oakland RaidersW 22–6Memorial Stadium *10,000
August 24Denver BroncosL 24–27 (OT)Amon G. Carter Stadium *18,000
August 31Houston OilersL 31–34Miami Orange Bowl *27,530
Regular Season
1September 8Boston PatriotsW 42–28Cotton Bowl32,000
2Bye
3September 23at Oakland RaidersW 26–16Frank Youell Field12,500
4September 30Buffalo BillsW 41–21Cotton Bowl25,500
5October 7at San Diego ChargersL 28–32Balboa Stadium23,092
6October 13at Boston PatriotsW 27–7Nickerson Field23,874
7October 21New York TitansW 20–17Cotton Bowl17,814
8October 28at Houston OilersW 31–7Jeppesen Stadium31,750
9November 4Houston OilersL 6–14Cotton Bowl29,017
10November 11at New York TitansW 52–31Polo Grounds13,275
11November 18at Denver BroncosW 24–3Bears Stadium23,523
12November 25Oakland RaidersW 35–7Cotton Bowl13,557
13December 2at Buffalo BillsL 14–23War Memorial Stadium35,261
14December 9Denver BroncosW 17–10Cotton Bowl19,137
15December 16San Diego ChargersW 26–17Cotton Bowl18,384

Standings

AFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Dallas Texans 1130.7865–1389233W2
Denver Broncos 770.5004–2353334L5
San Diego Chargers 4100.2863–3314392L2
Oakland Raiders 1130.0710–6213370W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

1962 AFL Championship

Dallas Texans 20, Houston Oilers 17 (2OT)
1 2 34OT2OTTotal
Texans 3 14 000320
Oilers 0 0 7100017

at Jeppesen Stadium, Houston, Texas

References

  1. ↑ "Dallas wins in sudden death". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 24, 1962. p. 2, part 2.
  2. ↑ "Dallas tips Houston in second overtime". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. December 24, 1962. p. 8, part 2.
  3. 1 2 Kansas City Chiefs History 1960s Archived April 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. KCChiefs.com
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference: In a single season, from 1960 to 1969, in the AFL, in the regular season, sorted by descending Pass Completion %
  5. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1962 AFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics
  6. ↑ 1962 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews
Preceded by
Houston Oilers
1961		 American Football League champion
1962		 Succeeded by
San Diego Chargers
1963
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