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1961 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 361 points (25.8/g), 3rd of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 297 points (21.2/g), 8th.
 Differential of 64 points (4.6/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-5.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 12th.

Coached by Nick Skorich (10-4-0)

1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 W 1-0 Cleveland Browns 27 20 15 305 158 147 1 20 432 329 103 4
2 Sun September 24 W 2-0 Washington Redskins 14 7 11 260 196 64 3 15 325 219 106 3
3 Sun October 1 L 2-1 St. Louis Cardinals 27 30 20 451 371 80 3 19 368 145 223 3
4 Sun October 8 W 3-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 21 16 14 227 103 124 5 19 281 140 141 1
5 Sun October 15 W 4-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 20 7 14 269 212 57 1 14 200 121 79 2
6 Sun October 22 W 5-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 43 7 23 480 191 289 26 346 169 177 2
7 Sun October 29 W 6-1 @ Washington Redskins 27 24 19 401 413 -12 4 17 335 258 77 2
8 Sun November 5 W 7-1 Chicago Bears 16 14 19 342 237 105 3 9 215 89 126
9 Sun November 12 L 7-2 @ New York Giants 21 38 23 372 240 132 5 22 434 270 164 1
10 Sun November 19 L 7-3 @ Cleveland Browns 24 45 19 327 230 97 2 30 505 246 259
11 Sun November 26 W 8-3 Dallas Cowboys 35 13 20 454 337 117 4 21 358 240 118 3
12 Sun December 3 W 9-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 35 24 12 284 192 92 3 20 361 200 161 7
13 Sun December 10 L 9-4 New York Giants 24 28 16 455 331 124 4 17 371 228 143 3
14 Sun December 17 W 10-4 @ Detroit Lions 27 24 27 485 394 91 2 18 396 266 130 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 361 5112 829 6.2 252 241 429 3605 34 26 7.9 158 373 1507 10 4.0 78 40 14 16
Team Defense 297 4927 890 5.5 418 224 383 2920 23 17 7.0 145 474 2007 12 4.2 267 33 16 6
Lg Rank Offense 3 1 5 2 1 1 9 1 13 12 10 10 6 5
Lg Rank Defense 8 13 11 7 12 12 13 12 11 11 6 10 12 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Sonny Jurgensen*+ 27 QB 14 14 235 416 56.5 3723 32 7.7 24 5.8 69 8.9 7.1 15.8 265.9 88.1
King Hill 25 P 14 0 6 12 50.0 101 2 16.7 2 16.7 23 8.4 2.6 16.8 7.2 78.8
Clarence Peaks 26 FB 13 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.5 14 241 429 56.2 3824 34 7.9 26 6.1 69 8.9 7.0 15.9 273.1 87.2
Opp Total 14 224 383 58.5 2920 23 6.0 17 4.4 7.6 6.2 13.0 208.6 84.1 33 263 7.0 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Clarence Peaks 26 FB 13 0 135 471 5 33 3.5 36.2 10.4 32 472 14.8 0 48 2.5 36.3 943 5 2
Billy Ray Barnes 26 HB 12 0 92 309 1 43 3.4 25.8 7.7 15 194 12.9 3 59 1.3 16.2 503 4 4
Ted Dean* 23 hb 14 0 66 321 2 44 4.9 22.9 4.7 21 335 16.0 1 60 1.5 23.9 656 3 6
Timmy Brown 24 RET 13 0 50 338 1 47 6.8 26.0 3.8 14 264 18.9 2 65 1.1 20.3 602 3 4
Sonny Jurgensen*+ 27 QB 14 14 20 27 0 14 1.4 1.9 1.4 27 0 6
Theron Sapp 26 14 0 7 24 1 8 3.4 1.7 0.5 3 10 3.3 0 8 0.2 0.7 34 1 1
King Hill 25 P 14 0 2 9 0 7 4.5 0.6 0.1 9 0 0
Pete Retzlaff 30 SE 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.6 0.1 50 769 15.4 8 61 3.6 54.9 777 8 0
Tommy McDonald* 27 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 64 1144 17.9 13 66 4.6 81.7 1144 13 1
Bobby Walston* 33 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 569 16.7 2 68 2.4 40.6 569 2 0
Dick Lucas 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 67 8.4 5 18 0.6 4.8 67 5 0
Team Total 27.5 14 373 1507 10 47 4.0 107.6 26.6 241 3824 15.9 34 68 17.2 273.1 5331 44 25
Opp Total 14 474 2007 12 4.2 143.4 33.9 224 2920 13.0 23 16.0 208.6 4927 35 27

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ted Dean* 23 hb 14 0 18 140 0 28 7.8 21 462 0 34 22.0 1258
Timmy Brown 24 RET 13 0 8 125 1 66 15.6 29 811 1 105 28.0 1538
Irv Cross 22 rcb 13 0 7 77 0 21 11.0 1 11 0 11 11.0 88
Clarence Peaks 26 FB 13 0 2 29 0 17 14.5 972
Maxie Baughan* 23 RLB 14 14 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Team Total 27.5 14 34 353 1 66 10.4 53 1313 1 105 24.8 6997
Opp Total 14 30 1 58 1224 1 21.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Bobby Walston* 33 TE 14 0 25 14 56.0% 46 43 93.5%
King Hill 25 P 14 0 55 2403 64 0 43.7
Team Total 27.5 14 25 14 56.0% 46 43 93.5% 55 2403 64 0 43.7
Opp Total 14 24 11 45.8% 38 36 94.7% 64 2675 41.8

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Billy Ray Barnes 26 HB 12 0 4 2 0 0
Maxie Baughan* 23 RLB 14 14 1 22 0 22 0 1 0 0
Chuck Bednarik 36 C/llb 14 0 2 33 0 33
Tom Brookshier 30 RCB 7 0 2 20 0 20 0 1 0 0
Timmy Brown 24 RET 13 0 4 3 0 0
Don Burroughs 30 LS 13 0 7 90 0 42
Stan Campbell 31 RG 13 0 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Carr 28 LCB 13 0 2 20 0 20 0 1 5 0
Irv Cross 22 rcb 13 0 2 36 0 36 0 2 3 0
Ted Dean* 23 hb 14 0 6 1 0 0
Bobby Freeman 29 RS 14 0 0 1 2 0
Gene Gossage 26 14 0 0 1 0 0
Riley Gunnels 24 14 2 0 1 0 0
Sonny Jurgensen*+ 27 QB 14 14 6 2 0 0
Ed Khayat 26 RDT 14 12 0 3 0 0
Jim McCusker 25 LT 13 0 0 1 0 0
Tommy McDonald* 27 FL 14 0 1 0 0 0
John Nocera 27 LLB 12 0 1 1 0 0
Clarence Peaks 26 FB 13 0 2 1 0 0
Will Renfro 29 rde 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jess Richardson 31 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Theron Sapp 26 14 0 1 0 0 0
Leo Sugar 32 LDE 14 0 0 1 13 0
Chuck Weber 31 MLB 14 0 1 15 0 15
John Wittenborn 25 LG 13 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.5 14 17 239 0 42 25 27 23 0
Opp Total 14 27 27 11

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bobby Walston* 33 TE 14 0 2 43 14 97
Tommy McDonald* 27 FL 14 0 13 78
Pete Retzlaff 30 SE 14 0 8 48
Timmy Brown 24 RET 13 0 1 2 1 1 30
Dick Lucas 27 14 0 5 30
Clarence Peaks 26 FB 13 0 5 30
Billy Ray Barnes 26 HB 12 0 1 3 24
Ted Dean* 23 hb 14 0 2 1 18
Theron Sapp 26 14 0 1 6
Team Total 27.5 14 10 34 1 1 43 14 361
Opp Total 14 12 23 1 1 36 11 297