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1961 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-3-1, 1st in AFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lou Rymkus (1-3-1) and Wally Lemm (9-0-0)

Points For: 513 (36.6/g) 1st of 8

Points Against: 242 (17.3/g) 2nd of 8

Expected W-L: 12.0-2.0

SRS: 16.94 (1st of 8), SOS: -2.42

Playoffs:
Won Championship 10-3 vs. San Diego Chargers

Other Notable Asst.: Mac Speedie (Receivers)

Stadium: Jeppesen Stadium

Founder/Owner/Chairman/President/CEO: Bud Adams

Executive VP/General Manager: Don Suman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Ellington Air Force Base (Webster, Texas)

1961 AFL Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	513	6288	964	6.5	39	10	293	254	498	4392	48	29	8.6	182	452	1896	15	4.2	97	83	889	14
Opp. Stats	242	4025	899	4.5	48	15	235	212	493	2391	13	33	4.5	126	365	1634	17	4.5	87	57	588	22
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			2	2	1		2	1	1	6	1		1	2	5	3
Lg Rank Defense	2	2			2	5	4		8	2	1	2	1		3	6	4	6

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 9		boxscore	W		1-0		Oakland Raiders	55	0	25	482	279	203	1	7	105	34	71	5
3	Sun	September 24		boxscore	L		1-1	@	San Diego Chargers	24	34	19	372	300	72	7	7	158	108	50	1
4	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		1-2	@	Dallas Texans	21	26	15	353	249	104	5	27	528	130	398
5	Sun	October 8		boxscore	L		1-3		Buffalo Bills	12	22	8	194	146	48	3	18	382	176	206	5
6	Fri	October 13		boxscore	T		1-3-1	@	Boston Patriots	31	31	25	540	448	92	2	20	383	254	129	2
7	Sun	October 22		boxscore	W		2-3-1		Dallas Texans	38	7	23	475	315	160		13	296	170	126	2
8	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		3-3-1	@	Buffalo Bills	28	16	17	510	464	46	4	22	351	252	99	4
9	Sun	November 5		boxscore	W		4-3-1	@	Denver Broncos	55	14	24	582	348	234	2	19	204	130	74	6
10	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		5-3-1		Boston Patriots	27	15	19	346	177	169	2	16	252	208	44	3
11	Sun	November 19		boxscore	W		6-3-1		New York Titans	49	13	24	555	407	148	1	25	347	240	107	4
12	Sun	November 26		boxscore	W		7-3-1		Denver Broncos	45	14	21	311	251	60	6	11	159	115	44	8
13	Sun	December 3		boxscore	W		8-3-1		San Diego Chargers	33	13	22	473	351	122	3	14	306	271	35	4
14	Sun	December 10		boxscore	W		9-3-1	@	New York Titans	48	21	26	573	307	266	1	17	304	152	152	3
15	Sun	December 17		boxscore	W		10-3-1	@	Oakland Raiders	47	16	25	522	350	172	2	19	256	151	105	1
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 24		boxscore	W		11-3-1	@	San Diego Chargers	10	3	18	256	160	96	7	15	256	177	79	6

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	George Blanda	34	QB	14	11	9-2-0	187	362	51.7	3330	36	9.9	22	6.1	80	9.2	8.5	17.8	237.9	91.3	7	88	1.90	8.79	8.1	0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Jacky Lee	22	QB	14	3	1-1-1	66	127	52.0	1205	12	9.4	6	4.7	80	9.5	9.3	18.3	86.1	96.7	7	88	5.22	8.34	8.1	1	0
3	Dave Smith	24	FB	14	1		1	2	50.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0	33	16.5	16.5	33.0	2.4	95.8						0	0
4	Billy Cannon	24	HB	14	13		0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	20.0		0.0	-9.0		0.0	0.0						0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Bill Groman	25	LE	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0	AP-1
6	Charley Tolar	24	FB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	10-3-1	254	498	51.0	4392	48	9.6	29	5.8	80	9.2	8.5	18.0	313.7	90.7	14	176	2.78	8.58	7.90	1	0

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	George Blanda	34	QB	1	1	1-0-0	18	40	45.0	160	1	2.5	5	12.5	35	4.0	-1.1	8.9	160.0	25.0	0	0	0.00	4.00	-1.1	0	0
2	Bill Groman	25	LE	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	18	41	43.9	160	1	2.4	6	14.6	35	3.9	-2.2	8.9	160.0	23.5	0	0	0.00	3.90	-2.20	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Charley Hennigan	26	FL	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	82	1746	21.3	12	80	5.9	124.7	82	21.3	1746	12	0	PB,AP-1
2	Billy Cannon	24	HB	14	13	200	948	6	61	4.7	67.7	14.3	43	586	13.6	9	78	3.1	41.9	243	6.3	1534	15	5	PB,AP-1
3	Bill Groman	25	LE	14	14	1	2	1	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	50	1175	23.5	17	80	3.6	83.9	51	23.1	1177	18	0	AP-1
4	Charley Tolar	24	FB	14	14	157	577	4	28	3.7	41.2	11.2	24	219	9.1	1	32	1.7	15.6	181	4.4	796	5	3	PB
5	Dave Smith	24	FB	14	1	60	258	2	21	4.3	18.4	4.3	10	131	13.1	1	37	0.7	9.4	70	5.6	389	3	3
6	John White	26	RE	14	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	238	18.3	1	49	0.9	17.0	13	18.3	238	1	0
7	Willard Dewveall	25	E	7	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	200	16.7	3	66	1.7	28.6	12	16.7	200	3	0
8	Bob McLeod	23	RE	14	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	172	12.3	2	18	1.0	12.3	14	12.3	172	2	0	PB
9	Claude King	23	HB	11	0	12	50	2	17	4.2	4.5	1.1	3	83	27.7	1	44	0.3	7.5	15	8.9	133	3	2
10	Jacky Lee	22	QB	14	3	8	36	0	9	4.5	2.6	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	4.5	36	0	3
11	Ken Hall	26	HB	3	0	7	13	0	9	1.9	4.3	2.3	1	20	20.0	1	20	0.3	6.7	8	4.1	33	1	0
12	Julian Spence	32	DB	10	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	1.4	1	14.0	14	0	0
13	George Blanda	34	QB	14	11	7	12	0	7	1.7	0.9	0.5	1	-16	-16.0	0	-16	0.1	-1.1	8	-0.5	-4	0	3	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			14	14	452	1896	15	61	4.2	135.4	32.3	254	4568	18.0	48	80	18.1	326.3	706	9.2	6464	63	19

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Billy Cannon	24	HB	1	1	15	48	0	22	3.2	48.0	15.0	5	53	10.6	1	35	5.0	53.0	20	5.1	101	1	0
2	Charley Tolar	24	FB	1	1	16	52	0	20	3.3	52.0	16.0	2	2	1.0	0	8	2.0	2.0	18	3.0	54	0	0
3	Charley Hennigan	26	FL	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	43	8.6	0	14	5.0	43.0	5	8.6	43	0	0
4	Bill Groman	25	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	32	10.7	0	19	3.0	32.0	3	10.7	32	0	0
5	Bob McLeod	23	RE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	1.0	20.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
6	Willard Dewveall	25	E	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	10	5.0	0	11	2.0	10.0	2	5.0	10	0	0
7	George Blanda	34	QB	1	1	2	-4	0	1	-2.0	-4.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.0	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	33	96	0	22	2.9	96.0	33.0	18	160	8.9	1	35	18.0	160.0	51	5.0	256	1	0

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Tony Banfield	24	LCB	14	14	8	136	0	58	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Doug Cline	23	LLB	14	14	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	2	5.5	1
3	Don Floyd	23	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	PB
4	Mark Johnston	23	RCB	14	14	4	59	0	27	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Dennit Morris	25	MLB	14	14	1	31	0	31	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	PB
6	Jim Norton	23	SS	14	14	9	150	0	36	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Charley Tolar	24	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Dalva Allen	26	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
9	Billy Cannon	24	HB	14	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Mike Dukes	25	RLB	14	12	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	George Blanda	34	QB	14	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Ed Husmann	30	RDT	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	PB
13	Fred Glick	24	FS	12	8	4	28	0	11	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
14	George Shirkey	25	LDT	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
15	Orville Trask	27	LDT	14	7	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
16	Jacky Lee	22	QB	14	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Charlie Milstead	24	FS	8	3	2	25	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Julian Spence	32	DB	10	3	1	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jack Laraway	26	LB	10	1	1	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Dave Smith	24	FB	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Claude King	23	HB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	33	528	0	58	19	0	0	2	28.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Tony Banfield	24	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Doug Cline	23	LLB	1	1	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Fred Glick	24	FS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Julian Spence	32	DB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	4	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

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