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1962 New York Titans
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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 4th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 278 points (19.9/g), 7th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 423 points (30.2/g), 8th.
Differential of -145 points (-10.4/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 3.8-10.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.7/g), 8th.
Coached by Bulldog Turner (5-9-0)
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1962 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 | Johnny Green | 25 | 2 | 8 | 128 for 258, 1,741 yards, 10 td, 18 int, & 17 rushes for 35 yards and 3 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 21st / 247th pick / 1959 |
| HB | Dick Christy* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 114 rushes for 535 yards, 3 td, & 62 catches for 538 yards and 3 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| FB | Bill Mathis | 24 | 2 | 0 | 71 rushes for 245 yards, 3 td, & 6 catches for 32 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| FL | Don Maynard | 27 | 4 | 0 | 56 catches for 1,041 yards, 8 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| SE | Art Powell | 25 | 3 | 0 | 64 catches for 1,130 yards, 8 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 123rd pick / 1959 |
| TE | Thurlow Cooper | 29 | 2 | 0 | 12 catches for 122 yards, 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 193rd pick / 1956 |
| LT | Alex Kroll | 25 | Rook | 0 | New York Titans / 2nd / 13th pick / 1962 |
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| LG | Bob Mischak* | 30 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 23rd / 276th pick / 1954 |
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| C | Mike Hudock | 28 | 2 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
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| RG | Sid Fournet | 30 | 7 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1955 |
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| RT | Gene Cockrell | 28 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 28th / 330th pick / 1957 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Watters | 27 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 28th / 334th pick / 1958 |
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| LDT | George Strugar | 28 | 5 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1957 |
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| RDT | Dick Guesman | 24 | 2 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 |
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| RDE | LaVerne Torczon | 26 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 |
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| LLB | Ed Cooke | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 29th pick / 1958 |
| MLB | Hubert Bobo | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 146th pick / 1957 |
| RLB | Larry Grantham*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Dainard Paulson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Paul Hynes | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Texans / 12th / 94th pick / 1961 |
| LS | Billy Atkins | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1958 |
| RS | Lee Riley | 30 | 7 | 0 | 11 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1955 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bill Shockley | 25 | 2 | 0 | 13 of 26 field goals & 29 of 30 extra points | |
| P | Curley Johnson | 27 | 2 | 0 | 50 punts for a 40.0 average, 0 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| PR | Dick Christy* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 16.7 average and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Dick Christy* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 38 kick returns for a 21.7 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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| Billy Atkins | 28 | DB-HB | 7 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Auburn | 11/19/1934 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1958 |
| Hubert Bobo | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 7/2/1934 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 146th pick / 1957 |
| Dick Christy* | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | North Carolina State | 11/24/1935 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| Gene Cockrell | 28 | T-DE | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Hardin-Simmons,Oklahoma | 1/10/1934 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 28th / 330th pick / 1957 |
| Ed Cooke | 27 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Maryland | 5/3/1935 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 29th pick / 1958 |
| Thurlow Cooper | 29 | TE-DE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-5 | Maine | 3/18/1933 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 193rd pick / 1956 |
| Roger Ellis | 24 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Maine | 2/1/1938 | 2 | New York Giants / 14th / 166th pick / 1959 |
| Jerry Fields | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 5/24/1938 | 1 | New York Giants / 13th / 179th pick / 1961 |
| Charlie Flowers | 25 | FB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 6/28/1937 | 2 | New York Giants / 12th / 142nd pick / 1959 |
| Wayne Fontes | 22 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 2/2/1940 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 126th pick / 1961 |
| Sid Fournet | 30 | G-LB-DB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | LSU | 8/27/1932 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1955 |
| Bobby Fowler | 92 | FB | 1 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | Tennessee-Martin | 0/0/0 | Rook | |
| Larry Grantham*+ | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| Moses Gray | 25 | T-DT | 2 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Indiana | 4/12/1937 | 1 | New York Giants / 9th / 123rd pick / 1961 |
| Johnny Green | 25 | QB | 11 | 8 | 198 | 6-3 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10/12/1937 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 21st / 247th pick / 1959 |
| Lee Grosscup | 26 | QB | 8 | 4 | 187 | 6-1 | Utah,Washington | 12/27/1936 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1959 |
| Dick Guesman | 24 | DT-K | 7 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 1/22/1938 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Hudock | 28 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 9/29/1934 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
| Paul Hynes | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Louisiana Tech | 9/9/1939 | 1 | Dallas Texans / 12th / 94th pick / 1961 |
| Proverb Jacobs | 27 | T-DT | 4 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | California | 5/25/1935 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 17th pick / 1958 |
| Curley Johnson | 27 | RB-P-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| Karl Kaimer | 24 | DE | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Boston University | 11/12/1938 | Rook | |
| John Kenerson | 24 | DE-DT | 8 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Kentucky State | 3/18/1938 | 2 | |
| Jack Klotz | 30 | T | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Widener | 12/5/1932 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 216th pick / 1956 |
| Ed Kovac | 24 | HB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 4/22/1938 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1960 |
| Alex Kroll | 25 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Rutgers,Yale | 11/23/1937 | Rook | New York Titans / 2nd / 13th pick / 1962 |
| Dean Look | 25 | QB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 7/23/1937 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 20th / 231st pick / 1960 |
| Bill Mathis | 24 | FB-HB | 11 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| Don Maynard | 27 | E-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 4 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Mischak* | 30 | G-TE | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-0 | Army | 10/25/1932 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 23rd / 276th pick / 1954 |
| Fran Morelli | 23 | T | 12 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Colgate | 1/15/1939 | Rook | |
| Nick Mumley | 25 | DE-T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Purdue | 1/26/1937 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 51st pick / 1959 |
| Dainard Paulson | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 5/15/1937 | 1 | |
| Art Powell | 25 | SE-DB-WR | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 2/25/1937 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 123rd pick / 1959 |
| Perry Richards | 28 | E | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 1/14/1934 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 55th pick / 1957 |
| Lee Riley | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Detroit Mercy | 8/24/1932 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1955 |
| Bob Scrabis | 26 | QB | 6 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/26/1936 | 2 | |
| Bill Shockley | 25 | HB-K | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | West Chester | 3/13/1937 | 2 | |
| Butch Songin | 38 | QB | 7 | 2 | 190 | 6-2 | Boston College | 5/11/1924 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 19th / 247th pick / 1950 |
| Harold Stephens | 24 | QB | 6 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Hardin-Simmons | 10/30/1938 | Rook | |
| George Strugar | 28 | DT | 12 | 0 | 239 | 6-5 | Washington | 4/2/1934 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Tiller | 27 | HB | 11 | 0 | 165 | 5-9 | Purdue | 12/21/1935 | Rook | |
| LaVerne Torczon | 26 | DE | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/1/1936 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Watters | 27 | DE | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Lincoln (MO) | 9/25/1935 | Rook | New York Giants / 28th / 334th pick / 1958 |
| Mel West | 23 | HB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Missouri | 1/14/1939 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 11th / 82nd pick / 1961 |
| Team Total | 27.7 | 14 | 218.9 | 6-1.5 | 2.1 |