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1961 Dallas Texans

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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 2nd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 334 points (23.9/g), 4th of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 343 points (24.5/g), 5th.
 Differential of -9 points (-0.6/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-7.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 5th.

Coached by Hank Stram (6-8-0)

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 10 box L 0-1 San Diego Chargers 10 26 16 292 83 209 6 17 365 167 198 2
2 Sun September 24 box W 1-1 @ Oakland Raiders 42 35 21 462 273 189 2 17 307 215 92 1
3 Sun October 1 box W 2-1 Houston Oilers 26 21 27 528 130 398 15 353 249 104 5
4 Sun October 8 box W 3-1 @ Denver Broncos 19 12 18 230 39 191 1 19 271 214 57 6
5 Sun October 15 box L 3-2 @ Buffalo Bills 24 27 11 193 164 29 3 15 362 197 165 3
6 Sun October 22 box L 3-3 @ Houston Oilers 7 38 13 296 170 126 2 23 475 315 160
7 Sun October 29 box L 3-4 Boston Patriots 17 18 16 236 169 67 1 17 312 168 144 2
8 Fri November 3 box L 3-5 @ Boston Patriots 21 28 17 364 300 64 3 19 229 145 84 2
9 Sun November 12 box L 3-6 Buffalo Bills 20 30 16 280 195 85 6 15 169 69 100 3
10 Sun November 19 box L 3-7 @ San Diego Chargers 14 24 17 288 180 108 3 13 338 335 3 3
11 Sun November 26 box W 4-7 Oakland Raiders 43 11 20 495 211 284 4 14 254 187 67 5
12 Sun December 3 box L 4-8 @ New York Titans 7 28 16 357 271 86 7 16 393 266 127 2
13 Sun December 10 box W 5-8 Denver Broncos 49 21 23 413 265 148 3 19 219 199 20 5
14 Sun December 17 box W 6-8 New York Titans 35 24 16 325 126 199 4 19 255 51 204 4

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 334 4759 862 5.5 247 177 399 2576 18 27 6.1 122 439 2183 23 5.0 112 45 18 13
Team Defense 343 4302 883 4.9 387 219 439 2777 20 25 5.9 129 410 1525 17 3.7 238 43 18 20
Lg Rank Offense 4 2 2 8 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 1 6 5
Lg Rank Defense 5 5 6 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 3

Passing

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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%
Cotton Davidson* 30 QB 14 12 5-7-0 151 330 45.8 2445 17 5.2 23 7.0 71 7.4 4.8 16.2 174.6 59.2
Randy Duncan 24 14 2 1-1-0 25 67 37.3 361 1 1.5 3 4.5 47 5.4 3.5 14.4 25.8 41.9
Frank Jackson 22 FB 14 0 1 2 50.0 9 0 0.0 1 50.0 9 4.5 -18.0 9.0 0.6 22.9
Team Total 27.3 14 6-8-0 177 399 44.4 2815 18 4.5 27 6.8 71 7.1 4.5 15.9 201.1 55.3
Opp Total 14 219 439 49.9 2777 20 4.6 25 5.7 6.3 4.2 12.7 198.4 61.5 34 300 5.9 3.3

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
Abner Haynes* 24 HB 14 0 179 841 9 59 4.7 60.1 12.8 34 558 16.4 3 69 2.4 39.9 1399 12 11
Bo Dickinson 26 14 0 71 263 3 65 3.7 18.8 5.1 14 209 14.9 2 48 1.0 14.9 472 5 0
Frank Jackson 22 FB 14 0 65 386 3 49 5.9 27.6 4.6 13 171 13.2 2 52 0.9 12.2 557 5 3
Johnny Robinson 23 FL 14 0 52 200 2 45 3.8 14.3 3.7 35 601 17.2 5 71 2.5 42.9 801 7 1
Jack Spikes 24 fb 6 0 39 334 5 74 8.6 55.7 6.5 8 136 17.0 0 46 1.3 22.7 470 5 1
Cotton Davidson* 30 QB 14 12 21 123 1 40 5.9 8.8 1.5 123 1 7
Billy Pricer 27 6 0 5 13 0 5 2.6 2.2 0.8 2 21 10.5 0 11 0.3 3.5 34 0 0
Randy Duncan 24 14 2 5 42 0 19 8.4 3.0 0.4 42 0 3
Chris Burford* 23 SE 14 0 1 -13 0 -13 -13.0 -0.9 0.1 51 850 16.7 5 54 3.6 60.7 837 5 1
Jon Gilliam* 23 C 14 14 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.4 0.1 -6 0 0
Max Boydston 29 TE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 167 13.9 1 24 1.1 15.2 167 1 0
Tony Romeo 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 89 12.7 0 20 0.5 6.4 89 0 0
Charlie Barnes 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.3 3.3 13 0 1
Team Total 27.3 14 439 2183 23 74 5.0 155.9 31.4 177 2815 15.9 18 71 12.6 201.1 4998 41 30
Opp Total 14 410 1525 17 3.7 108.9 29.3 219 2777 12.7 20 15.6 198.4 4302 37 31

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Abner Haynes* 24 HB 14 0 19 196 0 44 10.3 8 270 1 88 33.8 1865
Frank Jackson 22 FB 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 24 645 0 53 26.9 1204
Dave Grayson 22 RCB 13 0 16 453 0 73 28.3 453
Sherrill Headrick*+ 24 MLB 14 0 2 5 0 5 2.5 5
Johnny Robinson 23 FL 14 0 2 4 0 3 2.0 805
Jon Gilliam* 23 C 14 14 1 23 0 23 23.0 17
Paul Hynes 22 1 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 27
Jerry Mays 22 14 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Paul Miller 31 LDE 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Billy Pricer 27 6 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 53
Smokey Stover 23 RLB 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 27.3 14 25 207 0 44 8.3 53 1465 1 88 27.6 6670
Opp Total 14 19 0 65 1249 1 19.2

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
Cotton Davidson* 30 QB 14 12 1 1 2 0.0% 20 20 100.0% 62 2479 62 1 40.0
Jack Spikes 24 fb 6 0 5 2 4 2 4 13 4 30.8% 14 10 71.4%
Ben Agajanian 42 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 9 3 33.3% 7 7 100.0%
Team Total 27.3 14 7 2 6 4 4 6 1 1 24 7 29.2% 41 37 90.2% 62 2479 62 1 40.0
Opp Total 14 31 12 38.7% 38 37 97.4% 64 2624 41.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Charlie Barnes 22 4 0 1 0 0 0
Chris Burford* 23 SE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Cotton Davidson* 30 QB 14 12 7 0 0 0
Randy Duncan 24 14 2 3 0 0 0
Don Flynn 27 6 0 2 9 0 9
Dave Grayson 22 RCB 13 0 3 99 1 99
Ted Greene 29 14 0 1 30 0 30
Abner Haynes* 24 HB 14 0 11 0 0 0
Sherrill Headrick*+ 24 MLB 14 0 2 89 2 56
E.J. Holub* 23 LLB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Jackson 22 FB 14 0 3 0 0 0
Jerry Mays 22 14 0 1 7 0 7 1 0 0 0
Paul Miller 31 LDE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Doyle Nix 28 LS 11 0 3 58 0 25
Johnny Robinson 23 FL 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Spikes 24 fb 6 0 1 0 0 0
Smokey Stover 23 RLB 14 0 3 45 0 36
Dave Webster*+ 24 RS 14 0 5 50 0 15
Duane Wood 24 LCB 14 0 4 31 0 31
Team Total 27.3 14 25 418 3 99 30 0 0 0
Opp Total 14 24 31 13

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Abner Haynes* 24 HB 14 0 9 3 1 78
Jack Spikes 24 fb 6 0 5 1 10 4 54
Johnny Robinson 23 FL 14 0 2 5 42
Bo Dickinson 26 14 0 3 2 2 34
Chris Burford* 23 SE 14 0 5 30
Frank Jackson 22 FB 14 0 3 2 30
Cotton Davidson* 30 QB 14 12 1 20 26
Ben Agajanian 42 3 0 7 3 16
Sherrill Headrick*+ 24 MLB 14 0 2 12
Max Boydston 29 TE 11 0 1 6
Dave Grayson 22 RCB 13 0 1 6
Team Total 27.3 14 23 18 1 3 3 37 7 334
Opp Total 14 17 20 1 37 12 343