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1961 Green Bay Packers

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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)

1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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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

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G 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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt 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

Kicking & Punting

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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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
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

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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