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1961 New York Titans
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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 301 points (21.5/g), 5th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 390 points (27.9/g), 6th.
Differential of -89 points (-6.4/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 4.9-9.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 6th.
Coached by Sammy Baugh (7-7-0)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Al Dorow* | 32 | 7 | 14 | 197 for 438, 2,651 yards, 19 td, 30 int, & 54 rushes for 317 yards and 4 td | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 31st pick / 1952 |
| HB | Dick Christy | 26 | 3 | 0 | 81 rushes for 180 yards, 2 td, & 29 catches for 521 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| FB | Bill Mathis*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 202 rushes for 846 yards, 7 td, & 12 catches for 42 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| FL | Don Maynard | 26 | 3 | 0 | 43 catches for 629 yards, 8 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| SE | Art Powell | 24 | 2 | 0 | 71 catches for 881 yards, 5 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 123rd pick / 1959 |
| TE | Thurlow Cooper | 28 | 1 | 0 | 15 catches for 208 yards, 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 193rd pick / 1956 |
| LT | Jack Klotz | 29 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 216th pick / 1956 |
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| LG | Bob Mischak*+ | 29 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 23rd / 276th pick / 1954 |
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| C | Mike Hudock | 27 | 1 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
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| RG | John McMullan | 28 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 14th / 165th pick / 1956 |
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| RT | Gene Cockrell | 27 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 28th / 330th pick / 1957 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Nick Mumley | 24 | 1 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 51st pick / 1959 |
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| LDT | Tom Saidock | 31 | 4 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 74th pick / 1957 |
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| RDT | Dick Guesman | 23 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 |
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| RDE | Sid Youngelman | 30 | 6 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
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| LLB | Ed Cooke | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 29th pick / 1958 |
| MLB | Hubert Bobo | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 146th pick / 1957 |
| RLB | Larry Grantham+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Johnny Bookman | 29 | 4 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 97th pick / 1957 |
| RCB | Dainard Paulson | 24 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Dick Felt* | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Lee Riley | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1955 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dick Guesman | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 of 15 field goals & 24 of 26 extra points | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 |
| P | Curley Johnson | 26 | 1 | 0 | 66 punts for a 42.7 average, 0 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| PR | Dick Christy | 26 | 3 | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 21.3 average and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Dick Christy | 26 | 3 | 0 | 15 kick returns for a 24.0 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Don Allard | 25 | QB | 1 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Boston College | 4/21/1936 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1959 |
| Dave Ames | 24 | HB-DB | 5 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Richmond | 1/16/1937 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 186th pick / 1960 |
| Jim Apple | 23 | HB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Upsala | 7/14/1938 | Rook | |
| Hubert Bobo | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 7/2/1934 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 146th pick / 1957 |
| Dewey Bohling | 23 | HB | 5 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Hardin-Simmons | 8/22/1938 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 13th / 151st pick / 1959 |
| Johnny Bookman | 29 | DB | 8 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Miami (FL) | 9/6/1932 | 4 | New York Giants / 8th / 97th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Brooks | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Ohio | 5/3/1938 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 9th / 122nd pick / 1961 |
| Tom Budrewicz | 23 | G | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Brown | 5/27/1938 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 12th / 140th pick / 1960 |
| Dick Christy | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | North Carolina State | 11/24/1935 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| Gene Cockrell | 27 | T-DE | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Hardin-Simmons,Oklahoma | 1/10/1934 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 28th / 330th pick / 1957 |
| Ed Cooke | 26 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Maryland | 5/3/1935 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 29th pick / 1958 |
| Thurlow Cooper | 28 | TE-DE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-5 | Maine | 3/18/1933 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 193rd pick / 1956 |
| Al Dorow* | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 193 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 11/15/1929 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 31st pick / 1952 |
| Roger Ellis | 23 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Maine | 2/1/1938 | 1 | New York Giants / 14th / 166th pick / 1959 |
| Dick Felt* | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | BYU | 3/4/1933 | 1 | |
| Jerry Fields | 23 | LB | 5 | 0 | 222 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 5/24/1938 | Rook | New York Giants / 13th / 179th pick / 1961 |
| Don Flynn | 27 | DB-K | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Houston | 9/14/1934 | 1 | |
| Jim Furey | 29 | LB | 9 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | Kansas State | 9/22/1932 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 157th pick / 1956 |
| Larry Grantham+ | 23 | LB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| Moses Gray | 24 | T-DT | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Indiana | 4/12/1937 | Rook | New York Giants / 9th / 123rd pick / 1961 |
| Dick Guesman | 23 | DT-K | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 1/22/1938 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Hudock | 27 | C | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 9/29/1934 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
| Paul Hynes | 22 | DB | 9 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Louisiana Tech | 9/9/1939 | Rook | Dallas Texans / 12th / 94th pick / 1961 |
| Proverb Jacobs | 26 | T-DT | 10 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | California | 5/25/1935 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 17th pick / 1958 |
| Dick Jamieson | 24 | QB | 3 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Bradley | 11/13/1937 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 25th / 291st pick / 1959 |
| Curley Johnson | 26 | RB-P-TE | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| Jack Klotz | 29 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Widener | 12/5/1932 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 216th pick / 1956 |
| Pat Lamberti | 24 | LB | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Richmond | 9/1/1937 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 146th pick / 1959 |
| Bill Mathis*+ | 23 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| Don Maynard | 26 | E-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 3 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| John McMullan | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 6/28/1933 | 1 | New York Giants / 14th / 165th pick / 1956 |
| Bob Mischak*+ | 29 | G-TE | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-0 | Army | 10/25/1932 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 23rd / 276th pick / 1954 |
| Nick Mumley | 24 | DE-T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Purdue | 1/26/1937 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 51st pick / 1959 |
| Bob O'Neil | 30 | G-DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | Duquesne,Notre Dame | 2/21/1931 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 15th / 173rd pick / 1953 |
| Dainard Paulson | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 5/15/1937 | Rook | |
| Art Powell | 24 | SE-DB-WR | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 2/25/1937 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 123rd pick / 1959 |
| Bert Rechichar | 31 | DB-LB-HB-E | 2 | 0 | 209 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/16/1930 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| Bob Reifsnyder | 24 | DE | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Navy | 6/18/1937 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 45th pick / 1959 |
| Bob Renn | 27 | HB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Florida State | 5/25/1934 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 264th pick / 1958 |
| Lee Riley | 29 | DB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Detroit Mercy | 8/24/1932 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1955 |
| Tom Saidock | 31 | DT | 14 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 2/26/1930 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 74th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Scrabis | 25 | QB | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/26/1936 | 1 | |
| Bill Shockley | 24 | HB-K | 6 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | West Chester | 3/13/1937 | 1 | |
| Ed Walsh | 26 | T | 6 | 0 | 243 | 6-4 | Widener | 7/11/1935 | Rook | |
| Mel West | 22 | HB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Missouri | 1/14/1939 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 11th / 82nd pick / 1961 |
| Junior Wren | 32 | DB | 2 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Missouri | 12/10/1929 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 24th / 288th pick / 1952 |
| Sid Youngelman | 30 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/1/1931 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 218.9 | 6-1.3 | 1.7 |