Evening star., 1960-12-12
Oilers and La
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For AFL Title
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
Houston will ring In the New
Year in grand style, with its
hometown Oilers meeting Los
Angeles in the American Foot
ball Leagues first title game.
Both clubs won division titles
over the week end and will play
for the championship January
! in Jepperson Stadium.
Los Angeles got its Western
title Saturday before the home
folks. beating Denver, 4l-33.
Houston clinched the Eastern
championship yesterday with a
1928 triumph over Buffalo, also
before the hometowners.
New York beat Oakland,
1928. in the last four minutes
and Dallas bombed Boston,
$40, in other games yesterday.
blan0a Has Field Day
Quarterback George Blanda
celebrated his return to the
Houston lineup by tossing
scoring passes of 80, 6 and 81
yards and adding a 53-yard
field goal for the Oilers, who
stand 9-4 with one game left.
Blanda made his first start
since November 13 after suffer.
ing an ankle injury. His titanic
field goal was the longest in the
AFL's first season.
Los Angeles (9-D had to
sweat for its title clincher,
coming from behind three
times. before capitalizing on a
poor punt midway in the last
period. Quarterback Jack Kemp
engineered q 9-play, 35-yard
drive, Gaping it with a 1-yard
plunge. Ben Agajanian's con-
version made it 34-33 and
Kemp's third touchdown pass
o short time later merely added
some frillS.
DorOw Throws Three
Al Doro. New York quarter
back, also had q big day. throw
ing three touchdown passes,
the last 20-yarder to Dewey
Boiling for the final points.
He also scored once. Bill Shock
ley's 27-yard field goal in the
third period turned out to be
the margin Of difference. Tom
Flores also threw scoring passes
Of IA. 10, and 3 yards while
one Of Dorow's was q 73-yard
play to Art Powell. Powell also
scored on q 5-yard toss.
Dallas used some long-dis-
tance plays in its victory over
Boston. Duane Wood ran 66
yards with an intercepted pass
for a score, Johnny Robinson
scampered 50 with a punt re-
turn for another and Cotton
Davidson passed 80 to Chris
Burford for a third. Jack
Spikes also got into the act,
kicking a 46-yard field goal, as
the Texans let Boston past
midfeld only twice.
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