1962 Dallas Texans season
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1962 Dallas Texans season
| 1962 Dallas Texans season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Hank Stram | ||||||
| Home field | Cotton Bowl | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 11–3 | ||||||
| Division Place | 1st AFL Western | ||||||
| Playoff finish | Won AFL Championship (Oilers) | ||||||
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The 1962 Dallas Texans season was the final season of Lamar Hunt’s American Football League franchise before its relocation to Kansas City, Missouri from Dallas, Texas.
The Texans won their first AFL championship (and only title in Dallas) when they defeated their intrastate rivals, the 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.
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.[1]
The Texans set an AFL record for completion percentage in a season (60.6%).[2] They led the league in both points scored (389), fewest points allowed (233), and total touchdowns (50; 29 passing, 21 rushing) in 1962.[3]
Four Texans made the first-team All-AFL team in 1962: quarterback Len Dawson, middle linebacker Sherrill Headrick, left linebacker E.J. Holub, and halfback Abner Haynes.[4]
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1962 AFL Draft
| Round | Selection | Overall | Player | College |
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| 2 | 4 | 18 | Sonny Gibbs | Texas Christian |
| 3 | 11 | 39 | Bobby Plummer | Texas Christian |
| 6 | 4 | 74 | Donnie Davis | Southern |
| 6 | 12 | 82 | George Andrie | Marquette |
| 8 | 4 | 102 | Ken Tureaud | Michigan |
| 10 | 4 | 130 | John Longmeyer | Southern Illinois |
| 11 | 4 | 144 | Larry Hudas | Michigan State |
| 13 | 4 | 172 | Bob Moses | Texas |
| 14 | 4 | 186 | Harold Hays | Southern Mississippi |
| 15 | 4 | 200 | Gy Reese | Southern Methodist |
| 16 | 4 | 214 | Bob Johnston | Rice |
| 17 | 4 | 228 | Ray Jacobs | Howard Payne |
| 18 | 4 | 242 | Dave Cloutier | Maine |
| 19 | 4 | 256 | Paul Holmes | Georgia |
| 20 | 4 | 270 | Amos Bullocks | Southern Illinois |
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.[1] The game is the longest in the history of the American Football League.
Schedule
*: Special pre-season game site
#: Game played on Saturday afternoon
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Game site | Attendance | |
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| Preseason | ||||||
| August 4 | Oakland Raiders | W 13–3 | Lithonia, Georgia * | 8,000 | ||
| August 11 | at San Diego Chargers | L 0–17 | Balboa Stadium | 28,555 | ||
| August 18 | Oakland Raiders | W 22–6 | Memorial Stadium * | 10,000 | ||
| August 24 | Denver Broncos | L 24–27 (OT) | Amon Carter Stadium * | 18,000 | ||
| August 31 | Houston Oilers | L 31–34 | Miami Orange Bowl * | 27,530 | ||
| Regular Season | ||||||
| 1 # | September 8 | Boston Patriots | W 42–28 | Cotton Bowl | 32,000 | |
| Week 2 — Bye | ||||||
| 3 | September 23 | at Oakland Raiders | W 26–16 | Frank Youell Field | 12,500 | |
| 4 | September 30 | Buffalo Bills | W 41–21 | Cotton Bowl | 25,500 | |
| 5 | October 7 | at San Diego Chargers | L 28–32 | Balboa Stadium | 23,092 | |
| 6 # | October 12 | at Boston Patriots | W 27–7 | Nickerson Field | 23,874 | |
| 7 | October 21 | New York Titans | W 20–17 | Cotton Bowl | 17,814 | |
| 8 | October 28 | at Houston Oilers | W 31–7 | Jeppesen Stadium | 31,750 | |
| 9 | November 4 | Houston Oilers | L 6–14 | Cotton Bowl | 29,017 | |
| 10 | November 11 | at New York Titans | W 52–31 | Polo Grounds | 13,275 | |
| 11 | November 18 | at Denver Broncos | W 24–3 | Bears Stadium | 23,523 | |
| 12 | November 25 | Oakland Raiders | W 35–7 | Cotton Bowl | 13,557 | |
| 13 | December 2 | at Buffalo Bills | L 14–23 | War Memorial Stadium | 35,261 | |
| 14 | December 9 | Denver Broncos | W 17–10 | Cotton Bowl | 19,137 | |
| 15 | December 16 | San Diego Chargers | W 26–17 | Cotton Bowl | 18,384 | |
| 1962 AFL Championship Game | ||||||
| Championship | December 23 | Houston Oilers | W 20–17 (2OT) | Jeppesen Stadium | 37,981 | |
1962 AFL Championship
Main article: AFL Championship
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References
External links
| Preceded by Houston Oilers 1961 |
American Football League champion 1962 |
Succeeded by San Diego Chargers 1963 |
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| Eastern Division | Western Division |
| Boston | Dallas Texans |
| Buffalo | Denver |
| Houston | Oakland |
| New York Titans | San Diego |
| 1962 AFL Draft • 1962 AFL Championship Game • 1962 AFL All-Star game Related: 1962 NFL Season |
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