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-====== September 9, 1961 ======
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-===== News =====
-•	The [[Tennessee Titans|Oilers]] demolished the Raiders, 55-0, in the regular season opener in Houston
-•	The Oilers’ 55 points were a new AFL record
-•	Houston outgained the Raiders in total yards, 482-130
-•	The game was picketed by the local chapter of the NAACP because of the segregation policy in place at Jeppesen Stadium, the site of the game
-•	The group reached out to the Black players on the team—who, at the time, included [[Jim Brewington]], [[George Fields]], [[George Fleming]], [[Charley Fuller]], [[Charlie Hardy]], [[John Harris]], [[Riley Morris]] and [[Charley Powell]]—urging them not to cross the picket line and play
-•	General manager [[Bud Hastings]] said the team “was not interested in any outside conflict” and that no telegrams had been sent to the players
-•	Hastings later said that the Black players had “discussed the situation and decided they had come here to play football”
-•	None of the players were quoted directly in the Bay Area press
-•	Each of the players did appear in the game
-•	The game was played under threat of inundation by Hurricane Carla, a category-three storm that meterologists thought could land on the Texas coast around game time
-•	However, aside from higher than usual wind speeds (20-25 mph), the storm had no impact on the contest
-•	[[Wayne Crow]] started at halfback ahead of Fuller
-•	Quarterback [[Tom Flores]] completed just 7 of 21 passes for 59 yards
-===== Injury Updates =====
-•	Center [[Jim Otto]] suffered a concussion in the second quarter and missed the rest of the game
-•	Halfback [[Jack Larscheid]], thought likely to miss the game because of a leg injury, played after all
-•	Defensive end [[Jon Jelacic]] was still recovering from a pulled hamstring and did not play
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