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AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1962 AFL CHAMPIONSHIP Here is the summary of the 1962 AFL championship game between the Dallas Texans and the Houston Oilers held at Jeppesen Stadium in Houston, Texas. Pro football's longest game ended at 17:54 of sudden death overtime when Dallas' rookie K Tommy Brooker booted a 25 yard FG to end the Oilers' two year reign as AFL champs. GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 1OT 2OT F Dallas Texans 3 14 0 0 0 3 17 Houston Oilers 0 0 7 10 0 0 14 FIRST QUARTER DALLAS: FG BROOKER 16. SECOND QUARTER DALLAS: TD HAYNES 28 PASS FROM DAWSON (BROOKER KICK). DALLAS: TD HAYNES 2 RUN (BROOKER KICK). THIRD QUARTER HOUSTON: TD DEWVEALL 15 PASS FROM BLANDA (BLANDA KICK). FOURTH QUARTER HOUSTON: FG BLANDA 31. HOUSTON: TD TOLAR 1 RUN (BLANDA KICK). FIRST OVERTIME NO SCORING. SECOND OVERTIME DALLAS: FG BROOKER 25. ATTENDANCE: 37,981. STATISTICS RUSHING DALLAS: SPIKES 11-77; CLINTON 24-70; DAWSON 5-26; HAYNES 14-26. HOUSTON: TOLAR 17-58; CANNON 11-37; SMITH 2-3. RECEIVING DALLAS: HAYNES 3-45; SPIKES 2-24; ARBANAS 2-21; CLINTON 1-4; BISHOP 1-(-6). HOUSTON: DEWVEALL 6-95; McLEOD 5-70; CANNON 6-54; HENNIGAN 3-37; TOLAR 1-8; SMITH 1-6; JAMISON 1-(-9). PASSING DALLAS: DAWSON 9-14, 88 YDS, 1 TD, 0 INT. HOUSTON: BLANDA 23-46, 261 YDS, 1 TD, 5 INT. FIRST DOWNS DALLAS: 19 (10 rush, 5 pass, 4 penalty). HOUSTON: 21 (6 rush, 15 pass). PENALTIES DALLAS: 6-42. HOUSTON: 6-50. FUMBLES DALLAS: 2-1. HOUSTON: 0-0. PUNTING DALLAS: WILSON 6-92; SAXTON 2-58. HOUSTON: NORTON 3-118. KICKOFF RETURNS DALLAS: GRAYSON 3-64; HAYNES 1-22. HOUSTON: JANCIK 5-139. PUNT RETURNS DALLAS: JACKSON 1-0. HOUSTON: JANCIK 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS DALLAS: ROBINSON 2-50; HOLUB 1-43; HULL 1-23; GRAYSON 1-20. HOUSTON: NONE.