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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -9.1, Offense: -2.3, Defense: -6.8, SoS: 1.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bulldog Turner
Training Camp: East Stroudsburg State (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| 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 Los Angeles Rams / 27th / 320th pick / 1959 |
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| LG | Bob Mischak* | 30 | 4 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 23rd / 276th pick / 1954 | |
| C | Mike Hudock | 28 | 2 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 | |
| RG | Sid Fournet | 30 | 7 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1955 | |
| RT | Gene Cockrell | 28 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 28th / 330th pick / 1957 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Watters | 27 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 28th / 334th pick / 1958 | |
| LDT | George Strugar | 28 | 5 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1957 | |
| RDT | Dick Guesman | 24 | 2 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 | |
| RDE | LaVerne Torczon | 26 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 | |
| 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 San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 136th 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Billy Atkins | 28 | LS | 7 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Auburn | 11/19/1934 | 4 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1958 |
| 57 | Hubert Bobo | 28 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 7/2/1934 | 2 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 146th pick / 1957 |
| 45 | Dick Christy* | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | North Carolina St. | 11/24/1935 | 4 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| 70 | Gene Cockrell | 28 | RT | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Oklahoma,Hardin-Simmons | 1/10/1934 | 2 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 28th / 330th pick / 1957 |
| 82 | Ed Cooke | 27 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Maryland | 5/3/1935 | 4 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 29th pick / 1958 |
| 88 | Thurlow Cooper | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-5 | Maine | 3/18/1933 | 2 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 193rd pick / 1956 |
| 56 | Roger Ellis | 24 | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Maine | 2/1/1938 | 2 | 1 | New York Giants / 14th / 166th pick / 1959 | |
| 64 | Jerry Fields | 24 | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-1 | Ohio St. | 5/24/1938 | 1 | 1 | New York Giants / 13th / 179th pick / 1961 | |
| 41 | Charlie Flowers | 25 | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 6/28/1937 | 2 | 1 | New York Giants / 12th / 142nd pick / 1959 | |
| 26 | Wayne Fontes | 22 | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Michigan St. | 2/2/1940 | Rook | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 126th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 22nd / 173rd pick / 1961 |
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| 62 | Sid Fournet | 30 | RG | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | LSU | 8/27/1932 | 7 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1955 |
| Bobby Fowler | 1 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | Tenn-Martin | 0/0/0 | Rook | 0 | ||||
| 60 | Larry Grantham*+ | 24 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 2 | 13 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| 73 | Moses Gray | 25 | 2 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Indiana | 4/12/1937 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 9th / 123rd pick / 1961 New York Titans / 27th / 213th pick / 1961 |
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| 12 | Johnny Green | 25 | QB | 11 | 8 | 198 | 6-3 | Tenn-Chattanooga | 10/12/1937 | 2 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 21st / 247th pick / 1959 |
| 17 | Lee Grosscup | 26 | qb | 8 | 4 | 187 | 6-1 | Washington,Utah | 12/27/1936 | 2 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1959 |
| 77 | Dick Guesman | 24 | RDT | 7 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 1/22/1938 | 2 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 |
| 52 | Mike Hudock | 28 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 9/29/1934 | 2 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
| 33 | Paul Hynes | 23 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Louisiana Tech | 9/9/1939 | 1 | 6 | Dallas Texans / 12th / 94th pick / 1961 San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 136th pick / 1961 |
| 75 | Proverb Jacobs | 27 | 4 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | California | 5/25/1935 | 4 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 17th pick / 1958 | |
| 20 | Curley Johnson | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 2 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| 86 | Karl Kaimer | 24 | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Boston Univ. | 11/12/1938 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 75 | John Kenerson | 24 | 8 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Kentucky St. | 3/18/1938 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 78 | Jack Klotz | 30 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Widener | 12/5/1932 | 2 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 216th pick / 1956 | |
| 35 | Ed Kovac | 24 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 4/22/1938 | 2 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1960 | |
| 55 | Alex Kroll | 25 | LT | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Yale,Rutgers | 11/23/1937 | Rook | 5 | New York Titans / 2nd / 13th pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 27th / 320th pick / 1959 |
| 30 | Dean Look | 25 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 7/23/1937 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 20th / 231st pick / 1960 | |
| 31 | Bill Mathis | 24 | FB | 11 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 2 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| 13 | Don Maynard | 27 | FL | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 4 | 8 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| 67 | Bob Mischak* | 30 | LG | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-0 | Army | 10/25/1932 | 4 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 23rd / 276th pick / 1954 |
| 79 | Fran Morelli | 23 | 12 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Colgate | 1/15/1939 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 74 | Nick Mumley | 25 | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Purdue | 1/26/1937 | 2 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 51st pick / 1959 | |
| 40 | Dainard Paulson | 25 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon St. | 5/15/1937 | 1 | 6 | |
| 84 | Art Powell | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-3 | San Jose St. | 2/25/1937 | 3 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 123rd pick / 1959 |
| 80 | Perry Richards | 28 | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 1/14/1934 | 5 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 55th pick / 1957 | |
| 22 | Lee Riley | 30 | RS | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Detroit Mercy | 8/24/1932 | 7 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1955 |
| 19 | Bob Scrabis | 26 | 6 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 3/26/1936 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Bill Shockley | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | West Chester | 3/13/1937 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11 | Butch Songin | 38 | qb | 7 | 2 | 190 | 6-2 | Boston Col. | 5/11/1924 | 2 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 19th / 247th pick / 1950 |
| 12 | Harold Stephens | 24 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Hardin-Simmons | 10/30/1938 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 73 | George Strugar | 28 | LDT | 12 | 0 | 239 | 6-5 | Washington | 4/2/1934 | 5 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1957 |
| 24 | Jim Tiller | 27 | 11 | 0 | 165 | 5-9 | Purdue | 12/21/1935 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 78 | LaVerne Torczon | 26 | RDE | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/1/1936 | 2 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 |
| 76 | Bob Watters | 27 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Lincoln (MO) | 9/25/1935 | Rook | 6 | New York Giants / 28th / 334th pick / 1958 |
| 25 | Mel West | 23 | 3 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Missouri | 1/14/1939 | 1 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 11th / 82nd pick / 1961 St. Louis Cardinals / 15th / 204th pick / 1961 |
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| Team Total | 25.6 | 14 | 218.9 | 6-1.5 | 2.1 |
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