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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
1961 NFL Champions
Scored 391 points (27.9/g), 1st of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 223 points (15.9/g), 2nd.
Differential of 168 points (12.0/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 11.1-2.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.4/g), 1st.
Coached by Vince Lombardi (11-3-0)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | box | L | 0-1 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 17 | 17 | 294 | 162 | 132 | 2 | 15 | 266 | 138 | 128 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | box | W | 1-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 30 | 10 | 19 | 275 | 151 | 124 | 1 | 15 | 233 | 96 | 137 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 2-1 | Chicago Bears | 24 | 0 | 18 | 281 | 83 | 198 | 3 | 16 | 255 | 131 | 124 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 3-1 | Baltimore Colts | 45 | 7 | 25 | 357 | 146 | 211 | 1 | 18 | 289 | 136 | 153 | 8 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 49 | 17 | 23 | 482 | 266 | 216 | 2 | 20 | 290 | 165 | 125 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | box | W | 5-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 33 | 7 | 22 | 467 | 226 | 241 | 1 | 18 | 328 | 179 | 149 | 7 |
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | box | W | 6-1 | Minnesota Vikings | 28 | 10 | 24 | 467 | 310 | 157 | 3 | 13 | 263 | 121 | 142 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | box | L | 6-2 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 21 | 45 | 10 | 225 | 64 | 161 | 1 | 29 | 407 | 218 | 189 | 3 |
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 7-2 | @ | Chicago Bears | 31 | 28 | 20 | 322 | 160 | 162 | 1 | 15 | 242 | 169 | 73 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 8-2 | Los Angeles Rams | 35 | 17 | 17 | 249 | 173 | 76 | 1 | 19 | 312 | 201 | 111 | 1 | |
| 11 | Thu | November 23 | box | W | 9-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 17 | 9 | 13 | 277 | 151 | 126 | 2 | 18 | 279 | 172 | 107 | 5 |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | box | W | 10-2 | New York Giants | 20 | 17 | 25 | 404 | 134 | 270 | 3 | 18 | 262 | 193 | 69 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | box | L | 10-3 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 21 | 22 | 20 | 330 | 177 | 153 | 2 | 17 | 396 | 328 | 68 | 2 |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 11-3 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 24 | 17 | 21 | 284 | 161 | 123 | 3 | 14 | 229 | 110 | 119 | 2 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Championship | December 31 | box | W | 12-3 | New York Giants | 37 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 391 | 4714 | 797 | 5.9 | 274 | 177 | 306 | 2364 | 18 | 16 | 7.3 | 115 | 474 | 2350 | 27 | 5.0 | 142 | 26 | 10 | 17 |
| Team Defense | 223 | 4051 | 860 | 4.7 | 380 | 218 | 414 | 2357 | 13 | 29 | 5.3 | 117 | 412 | 1694 | 12 | 4.1 | 245 | 46 | 17 | 18 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Starr* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 11-3-0 | 172 | 295 | 58.3 | 2418 | 16 | 5.4 | 16 | 5.4 | 78 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 14.1 | 172.7 | 80.3 | |||||
| Paul Hornung+ | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 42 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 126.7 | ||||||
| John Roach | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||
| Tom Moore | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 42 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 21.0 | 26.0 | 21.0 | 3.2 | 158.3 | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 11-3-0 | 177 | 306 | 57.8 | 2502 | 18 | 5.9 | 16 | 5.2 | 78 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 14.1 | 178.7 | 82.2 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 218 | 414 | 52.7 | 2357 | 13 | 3.1 | 29 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 168.4 | 51.0 | 34 | 273 | 5.3 | 2.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Jim Taylor* | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 243 | 1307 | 15 | 53 | 5.4 | 93.4 | 17.4 | 25 | 175 | 7.0 | 1 | 18 | 1.8 | 12.5 | 1482 | 16 | 2 |
| Paul Hornung+ | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 127 | 597 | 8 | 54 | 4.7 | 49.8 | 10.6 | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 2 | 34 | 1.3 | 12.1 | 742 | 10 | 1 |
| Tom Moore | 23 | 13 | 0 | 61 | 302 | 1 | 69 | 5.0 | 23.2 | 4.7 | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 1 | 11 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 343 | 2 | 2 | |
| Elijah Pitts | 23 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 75 | 1 | 17 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 80 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bart Starr* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 21 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 56 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Ron Kramer | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 35 | 559 | 16.0 | 4 | 53 | 2.5 | 39.9 | 572 | 4 | 0 |
| John Roach | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 1 | -2.5 | -0.7 | 0.3 | -5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Lew Carpenter | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 16 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max McGee* | 29 | SE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51 | 883 | 17.3 | 7 | 53 | 3.9 | 67.9 | 883 | 7 | 1 | |
| Boyd Dowler | 24 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36 | 633 | 17.6 | 3 | 78 | 2.6 | 45.2 | 633 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gary Knafelc | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 13 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 474 | 2350 | 27 | 69 | 5.0 | 167.9 | 33.9 | 177 | 2502 | 14.1 | 18 | 78 | 12.6 | 178.7 | 4852 | 45 | 18 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 412 | 1694 | 12 | 4.1 | 121.0 | 29.4 | 218 | 2357 | 10.8 | 13 | 15.6 | 168.4 | 4051 | 25 | 30 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Herb Adderley | 22 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 18 | 478 | 0 | 61 | 26.6 | 478 | |||||
| Tom Moore | 23 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 409 | 0 | 60 | 27.3 | 752 | ||||||
| Willie Wood | 25 | RS | 14 | 0 | 14 | 225 | 2 | 72 | 16.1 | 225 | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 29 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 130 | 0 | 48 | 21.7 | 164 | ||||||
| John Symank | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 0 | 38 | 30.3 | 121 | ||||||
| Bill Forester*+ | 29 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 18.3 | 55 | |||||
| Elijah Pitts | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 94 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 20 | 355 | 2 | 72 | 17.8 | 41 | 1077 | 0 | 61 | 26.3 | 6284 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 25 | 1 | 69 | 1597 | 0 | 23.1 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Paul Hornung+ | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 68.2% | 41 | 41 | 100.0% | |||||
| Boyd Dowler | 24 | FL | 14 | 0 | 38 | 1674 | 75 | 0 | 44.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Max McGee* | 29 | SE | 13 | 0 | 13 | 520 | 51 | 0 | 40.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ben Agajanian | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 66.7% | 49 | 49 | 100.0% | 51 | 2194 | 75 | 0 | 43.0 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 26 | 26 | 100.0% | 49 | 1852 | 37.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Herb Adderley | 22 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Currie | 26 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Davis | 27 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Forester*+ | 29 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Hank Gremminger | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Hanner | 31 | LDT | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Hornung+ | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norm Masters | 28 | rt | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Max McGee* | 29 | SE | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Moore | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ray Nitschke | 25 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Quinlan | 29 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Roach | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Symank | 26 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Jim Taylor* | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nelson Toburen | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jesse Whittenton*+ | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Wood | 25 | RS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 29 | 446 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung+ | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 146 | |||||||
| Jim Taylor* | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 96 | |||||||||
| Max McGee* | 29 | SE | 13 | 0 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Ron Kramer | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Boyd Dowler | 24 | FL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tom Moore | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Willie Wood | 25 | RS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ben Agajanian | 42 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Dan Currie | 26 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Elijah Pitts | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Roach | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Whittenton*+ | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 16 | 391 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 223 |