Record: 5-9-0, Finished 4th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 286 points (20.4/g), 8th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 349 points (24.9/g), 5th.
Differential of -63 points (-4.5/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 5.4-8.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 4th.
Simple Rating System: Total -3.9, Offense: -3.7, Defense: -0.2, SoS: 0.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Lou Saban
Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Butch Songin | 36 | Rook | 12 | 187 for 392, 2,476 yards, 22 td, 15 int, & 11 rushes for 40 yards and 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 19th / 247th pick / 1950 |
| HB | Dick Christy | 25 | 2 | 0 | 78 rushes for 363 yards, 3 td, & 26 catches for 268 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| FB | Alan Miller | 23 | Rook | 0 | 101 rushes for 416 yards, 2 td, & 29 catches for 284 yards and 2 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 19th / 219th pick / 1959 |
| FL | Jim Colclough | 24 | Rook | 0 | 49 catches for 666 yards, 9 td | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| SE | Oscar Lofton | 22 | Rook | 0 | 19 catches for 360 yards, 4 td | |
| TE | Thomas Stephens | 25 | Rook | 0 | 22 catches for 320 yards, 3 td | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 132nd pick / 1959 |
| LT | George McGee | 25 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 16th / 184th pick / 1959 | |
| LG | Charley Leo | 26 | Rook | 0 | ||
| C | Walt Cudzik | 28 | 6 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 | |
| RG | Jack Davis | 28 | Rook | 0 | Washington Redskins / 15th / 174th pick / 1958 | |
| RT | Jerry DeLucca | 24 | 1 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 84th pick / 1957 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Dee | 27 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| LDT | Harry Jagielski | 29 | 4 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 80th pick / 1954 | |
| RDT | Hal Smith | 25 | Rook | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 18th / 214th pick / 1957 | |
| RDE | Tony Sardisco | 28 | 4 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 64th pick / 1956 | |
| LLB | Tom Addison | 24 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 | |
| MLB | Bill E. Brown | 24 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 9th / 108th pick / 1957 |
| RLB | Jack Rudolph | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 17th / 197th pick / 1959 |
| LCB | Clyde Washington | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 116th pick / 1960 |
| K | Gino Cappelletti | 26 | Rook | 0 | 8 of 21 field goals & 30 of 32 extra points | |
| LS | Fred Bruney | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1953 |
| RS | Ross O'Hanley | 21 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gino Cappelletti | 26 | Rook | 0 | 8 of 21 field goals & 30 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Tom Greene | 22 | Rook | 2 | 61 punts for a 37.3 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Billy Wells | 29 | 6 | 0 | 12 punt returns for a 5.5 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 5th / 56th pick / 1954 |
| HB | Dick Christy | 25 | 2 | 0 | 78 rushes for 363 yards, 3 td, & 26 catches for 268 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Tom Addison | 24 | LLB | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 4/12/1936 | Rook | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| 85 | Jack Atchason | 24 | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | West. Illinois | 11/16/1936 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 26 | Walter Beach | 25 | 6 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Central Michigan | 1/31/1935 | Rook | 6 | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 | |
| 52 | Phil Bennett | 25 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 2/14/1935 | Rook | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 19th / 221st pick / 1957 | |
| 34 | Joe Biscaha | 23 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Richmond | 6/1/1937 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 27th / 323rd pick / 1959 | |
| 54 | Bill E. Brown | 24 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Bridgeport,Syracuse | 4/25/1936 | Rook | 6 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 108th pick / 1957 |
| 33 | Fred Bruney | 29 | LS | 12 | 0 | 184 | 5-10 | Ohio St. | 12/30/1931 | 7 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1953 |
| 22 | Ron Burton | 24 | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 7/25/1936 | Rook | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1960 | |
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/26/1934 | Rook | 13 | |
| 23 | Dick Christy | 25 | HB | 13 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | North Carolina St. | 11/24/1935 | 2 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| 62 | Abe Cohen | 27 | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Tenn-Chattanooga | 3/23/1933 | Rook | 3 | New York Giants / 26th / 308th pick / 1955 | |
| 81 | Jim Colclough | 24 | FL | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston Col. | 3/31/1936 | Rook | 7 | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| 30 | Jim Crawford | 25 | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 8/26/1935 | Rook | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 163rd pick / 1957 | |
| 77 | Bobby Cross | 29 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | S.F. Austin | 4/4/1931 | 8 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 104th pick / 1952 | |
| 34 | Jake Crouthamel | 22 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Dartmouth | 6/27/1938 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 72 | Al Crow | 28 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-7 | William & Mary | 8/20/1932 | Rook | 3 | New York Giants / 28th / 332nd pick / 1955 | |
| 56 | Walt Cudzik | 28 | C | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Purdue | 2/21/1932 | 6 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
| 77 | Bill Danenhauer | 26 | 3 | 0 | 245 | 6-5 | Emporia St. | 6/3/1934 | Rook | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 199th pick / 1956 | |
| Jack Davis | 28 | RG | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Maryland | 3/12/1932 | Rook | 5 | Washington Redskins / 15th / 174th pick / 1958 | |
| 89 | Bob Dee | 27 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-3 | Holy Cross | 5/18/1933 | 3 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| 74 | Jerry DeLucca | 24 | RT | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Tennessee,Middle Tenn. St. | 7/17/1936 | 1 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 84th pick / 1957 |
| 15 | Tom Dimitroff | 25 | 3 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Miami (OH) | 6/6/1935 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 25th / 294th pick / 1957 | |
| 76 | Tony Discenzo | 24 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 2/3/1936 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 40 | Larry Garron | 23 | 4 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | West. Illinois | 5/23/1937 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 45 | Jerry Green | 24 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia Tech | 4/16/1936 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 14 | Tom Greene | 22 | P | 10 | 2 | 190 | 6-1 | Holy Cross | 1/1/1938 | Rook | 2 | |
| 67 | Art Hauser | 31 | 8 | 0 | 237 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 6/19/1929 | 6 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 58th pick / 1954 | |
| 79 | Jim Hunt | 22 | 6 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 10/5/1938 | Rook | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 | |
| 83 | Harry Jacobs | 23 | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | Rook | 5 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 | |
| 73 | Harry Jagielski | 29 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-0 | Indiana | 12/25/1931 | 4 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 80th pick / 1954 |
| 24 | Joe Johnson | 31 | 7 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston Col. | 11/3/1929 | 6 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 127th pick / 1953 | |
| 34 | Bill Larson | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Illinois Wesleyan | 0/0/0 | Rook | 0 | |||
| 60 | Bob Lee | 25 | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Missouri | 7/4/1935 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 63 | Charley Leo | 26 | LG | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-0 | Indiana | 8/29/1934 | Rook | 5 | |
| 24 | Walt Livingston | 26 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Heidelberg | 9/12/1934 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 234th pick / 1957 | |
| 86 | Oscar Lofton | 22 | SE | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-6 | SE Louisiana | 4/2/1938 | Rook | 4 | |
| 87 | Mike Long | 22 | 2 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Brandeis | 10/29/1938 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 85 | Don McComb | 26 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Villanova | 3/24/1934 | Rook | 2 | New York Giants / 21st / 249th pick / 1956 | |
| 75 | George McGee | 25 | LT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Southern | 10/7/1935 | Rook | 5 | Detroit Lions / 16th / 184th pick / 1959 |
| 32 | Alan Miller | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-0 | Boston Col. | 6/19/1937 | Rook | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 19th / 219th pick / 1959 |
| 25 | Ross O'Hanley | 21 | RS | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Boston Col. | 2/16/1939 | Rook | 0 | |
| 79 | Al Richardson | 25 | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Grambling St. | 2/1/1935 | Rook | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 26th / 302nd pick / 1957 | |
| 80 | Jack Rudolph | 22 | RLB | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 3/21/1938 | Rook | 6 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 197th pick / 1959 |
| 64 | Tony Sardisco | 28 | RDE | 13 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Tulane | 12/5/1932 | 4 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 64th pick / 1956 |
| 44 | Gerhard Schwedes | 22 | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 4/23/1938 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 47th pick / 1960 | |
| 34 | Chuck Shonta | 23 | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | East. Michigan | 8/29/1937 | Rook | 7 | ||
| 70 | Hal Smith | 25 | RDT | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | UCLA | 10/3/1935 | Rook | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 18th / 214th pick / 1957 |
| 42 | Bob Soltis | 24 | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 4/1/1936 | Rook | 6 | New York Giants / 16th / 190th pick / 1959 | |
| 11 | Butch Songin | 36 | QB | 14 | 12 | 190 | 6-2 | Boston Col. | 5/11/1924 | Rook | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 19th / 247th pick / 1950 |
| 45 | Thomas Stephens | 25 | TE | 9 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 8/29/1935 | Rook | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 132nd pick / 1959 |
| 72 | Bill Striegel | 24 | 5 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Pacific | 5/28/1936 | 1 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 88th pick / 1958 | |
| 31 | Clyde Washington | 22 | LCB | 13 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/21/1938 | Rook | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 116th pick / 1960 |
| 41 | Billy Wells | 29 | PR | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Michigan St. | 12/7/1931 | 6 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 56th pick / 1954 |
| 10 | Harvey White | 22 | 9 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Clemson | 3/3/1938 | Rook | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 24.7 | 14 | 215.7 | 6-1.2 | 1.0 |