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1961 Houston Oilers
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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
1961 AFL Champions
Scored 513 points (36.6/g), 1st of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 242 points (17.3/g), 2nd.
Differential of 271 points (19.4/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.0-2.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 3rd.
Coached by Lou Rymkus (1-3-1) and Wally Lemm (9-0-0)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1961 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 8 | HOU | Mike Ditka HOF | TE | 12 | 1961 | 1972 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 158 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 427 | 5812 | 43 | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 2 | 16 | HOU | Tom Goode | C | 9 | 1962 | 1970 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 113 | Mississippi State | |||||||||||
| 3 | 24 | HOU | Walt Suggs | T | 10 | 1962 | 1971 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 137 | Mississippi State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 32 | HOU | Bobby Walden | P | 14 | 1964 | 1977 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 194 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 126 | 0 | Georgia | |||
| 5 | 40 | HOU | Monte Lee | LB | 4 | 1961 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | Texas | |||||||||||
| 6 | 48 | HOU | Jake Gibbs | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mississippi | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 56 | HOU | Dick Reynolds | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina State | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 64 | HOU | Houston Antwine | DT | 12 | 1961 | 1972 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 156 | Southern Illinois | |||||||||||
| 9 | 72 | HOU | Ralph White | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 80 | HOU | Charley Lee | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Iowa | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 88 | HOU | Bob Bird | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 96 | HOU | Bob McLeod | TE | 6 | 1961 | 1966 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 126 | 1926 | 19 | Abilene Christian | ||||||||
| 13 | 104 | HOU | Gerald Hinton | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louisiana Tech | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | 112 | HOU | Jimmy King | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clemson | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 120 | HOU | Dennis Ferriter | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marquette | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 128 | HOU | Larry Wood | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwestern | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 136 | HOU | Sam Fewell | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 144 | HOU | Ike Grimsley | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michigan State | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 152 | HOU | Myron Pearson | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Colorado State | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 160 | HOU | Lewis Johnson | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Florida A&M | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | 168 | HOU | Ron Miller | QB | 1 | 1962 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 250 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0 | Wisconsin | |||
| 22 | 176 | HOU | Bob Kelly | T | 6 | 1961 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | New Mexico State | |||||||||||
| 23 | 184 | HOU | Jim Anderson | FB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mississippi | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | 192 | HOU | Ken Gregory | E | 3 | 1961 | 1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 90 | 0 | Whittier | ||||||||
| 25 | 200 | HOU | Jack Kreider | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | |||||||||||||||
| 26 | 208 | HOU | Don Fuell | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Southern Miss | |||||||||||||||
| 27 | 216 | HOU | Boyd King | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rice | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | 224 | HOU | John Frongillo | C | 5 | 1962 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | Baylor | |||||||||||
| 29 | 229 | HOU | Tom Lewis | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lake Forest | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | 232 | HOU | Errol Linden | T | 10 | 1961 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 134 | Houston | |||||||||||
| 30 | 240 | HOU | Jim Stroud | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rice | |||||||||||||||