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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
Team Games & Schedule
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sat | September 9 | box | W | 1-0 | Oakland Raiders | 55 | 0 | 25 | 482 | 279 | 203 | 1 | 7 | 99 | 34 | 65 | 5 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 34 | 19 | 372 | 300 | 72 | 7 | 7 | 158 | 108 | 50 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Dallas Texans | 21 | 26 | 15 | 353 | 249 | 104 | 5 | 27 | 528 | 130 | 398 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | box | L | 1-3 | Buffalo Bills | 12 | 22 | 8 | 194 | 146 | 48 | 3 | 18 | 382 | 176 | 206 | 5 | |
| 5 | Fri | October 13 | box | T | 1-3-1 | @ | Boston Patriots | 31 | 31 | 25 | 540 | 448 | 92 | 2 | 20 | 383 | 254 | 129 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | box | W | 2-3-1 | Dallas Texans | 38 | 7 | 23 | 475 | 315 | 160 | 13 | 296 | 170 | 126 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | box | W | 3-3-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 28 | 16 | 17 | 510 | 464 | 46 | 4 | 22 | 351 | 252 | 99 | 4 |
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 4-3-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 55 | 14 | 24 | 582 | 348 | 234 | 2 | 19 | 204 | 130 | 74 | 6 |
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 5-3-1 | Boston Patriots | 27 | 15 | 19 | 346 | 177 | 169 | 2 | 16 | 252 | 208 | 44 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 6-3-1 | New York Titans | 49 | 13 | 24 | 555 | 407 | 148 | 1 | 25 | 347 | 240 | 107 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | box | W | 7-3-1 | Denver Broncos | 45 | 14 | 21 | 311 | 251 | 60 | 6 | 11 | 159 | 115 | 44 | 8 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | box | W | 8-3-1 | San Diego Chargers | 33 | 13 | 22 | 473 | 351 | 122 | 3 | 14 | 306 | 271 | 35 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | box | W | 9-3-1 | @ | New York Titans | 48 | 21 | 26 | 573 | 307 | 266 | 1 | 17 | 304 | 152 | 152 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 10-3-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 47 | 16 | 25 | 522 | 350 | 172 | 2 | 19 | 256 | 151 | 105 | 1 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Championship | December 24 | box | W | 11-3-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||