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Record: 2-12-0, Finished 4th in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 237 points (16.9/g), 8th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 458 points (32.7/g), 8th.
Differential of -221 points (-15.8/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 2.4-11.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 7th.
Coached by Eddie Erdelatz (0-2-0) and Marty Feldman (2-10-0)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sat | September 9 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 0 | 55 | 7 | 99 | 34 | 65 | 5 | 25 | 482 | 279 | 203 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 17 | box | L | 0-2 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 0 | 44 | 13 | 106 | 21 | 85 | 6 | 23 | 386 | 183 | 203 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 0-3 | Dallas Texans | 35 | 42 | 17 | 307 | 215 | 92 | 1 | 21 | 462 | 273 | 189 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 1-3 | Denver Broncos | 33 | 19 | 14 | 256 | 103 | 153 | 14 | 275 | 164 | 111 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Denver Broncos | 24 | 27 | 21 | 388 | 247 | 141 | 5 | 14 | 294 | 212 | 82 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 1-5 | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 41 | 6 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 334 | 116 | 218 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 1-6 | New York Titans | 6 | 14 | 9 | 137 | 32 | 105 | 3 | 16 | 287 | 77 | 210 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 2-6 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 31 | 22 | 16 | 381 | 256 | 125 | 1 | 18 | 365 | 241 | 124 | 4 |
| 9 | Sat | November 11 | box | L | 2-7 | @ | New York Titans | 12 | 23 | 15 | 310 | 179 | 131 | 6 | 19 | 353 | 188 | 165 | 6 |
| 10 | Fri | November 17 | box | L | 2-8 | @ | Boston Patriots | 17 | 20 | 15 | 203 | 164 | 39 | 2 | 14 | 225 | 131 | 94 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 2-9 | @ | Dallas Texans | 11 | 43 | 14 | 254 | 187 | 67 | 5 | 20 | 495 | 211 | 284 | 4 |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 2-10 | Buffalo Bills | 21 | 26 | 20 | 317 | 220 | 97 | 2 | 22 | 269 | 149 | 120 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sat | December 9 | box | L | 2-11 | Boston Patriots | 21 | 35 | 14 | 213 | 186 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 407 | 200 | 207 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | box | L | 2-12 | Houston Oilers | 16 | 47 | 19 | 256 | 151 | 105 | 1 | 25 | 522 | 350 | 172 | 2 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 237 | 3285 | 818 | 4.0 | 200 | 209 | 423 | 2051 | 17 | 28 | 4.4 | 116 | 350 | 1234 | 10 | 3.5 | 65 | 44 | 16 | 19 |
| Team Defense | 458 | 5156 | 923 | 5.6 | 425 | 192 | 409 | 2774 | 22 | 23 | 6.5 | 129 | 494 | 2382 | 36 | 4.8 | 280 | 35 | 12 | 16 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Flores | 24 | QB | 14 | 14 | 2-12-0 | 190 | 366 | 51.9 | 2176 | 15 | 4.1 | 19 | 5.2 | 85 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 11.5 | 155.4 | 62.1 | |||||
| Nick Papac | 26 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 44 | 29.5 | 173 | 2 | 4.5 | 7 | 15.9 | 43 | 3.9 | -2.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 19.0 | |||||||
| Wayne Crow | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 165 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 27.5 | 11.8 | 104.2 | ||||||
| George Fleming | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Charley Fuller | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||
| Jack Larscheid | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 32.2 | 14 | 2-12-0 | 209 | 423 | 49.4 | 2514 | 17 | 4.0 | 28 | 6.6 | 85 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 179.6 | 53.8 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 192 | 409 | 46.9 | 2774 | 22 | 5.4 | 23 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 14.4 | 198.1 | 64.0 | 20 | 168 | 6.5 | 4.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Wayne Crow | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 119 | 490 | 2 | 62 | 4.1 | 35.0 | 8.5 | 17 | 105 | 6.2 | 0 | 22 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 595 | 2 | 1 |
| Alan Miller* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 85 | 255 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 18.2 | 6.1 | 36 | 315 | 8.8 | 4 | 55 | 2.6 | 22.5 | 570 | 7 | 2 |
| Charley Fuller | 22 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 134 | 0 | 19 | 3.5 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 12 | 277 | 23.1 | 2 | 85 | 0.9 | 19.8 | 411 | 2 | 5 | |
| Clem Daniels | 24 | RET | 8 | 0 | 31 | 154 | 2 | 39 | 5.0 | 19.3 | 3.9 | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 0 | 30 | 1.6 | 18.8 | 304 | 2 | 3 |
| George Fleming | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 31 | 112 | 1 | 23 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 0 | 22 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 161 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Flores | 24 | QB | 14 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 1 | 13 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 36 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Walt Kowalczyk | 26 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Larscheid | 28 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | |
| Nick Papac | 26 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Doug Asad | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42 | 592 | 14.1 | 2 | 51 | 3.0 | 42.3 | 592 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Coolbaugh | 22 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | 435 | 13.6 | 4 | 46 | 2.3 | 31.1 | 435 | 4 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hardy | 28 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 337 | 14.0 | 4 | 55 | 1.7 | 24.1 | 337 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jerry Burch | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 235 | 13.1 | 1 | 54 | 1.3 | 16.8 | 235 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 32.2 | 14 | 349 | 1240 | 10 | 62 | 3.6 | 88.6 | 24.9 | 209 | 2514 | 12.0 | 17 | 85 | 14.9 | 179.6 | 3754 | 27 | 27 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 494 | 2382 | 36 | 4.8 | 170.1 | 35.3 | 192 | 2774 | 14.4 | 22 | 13.7 | 198.1 | 5156 | 58 | 29 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| George Fleming | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 8.0 | 29 | 588 | 0 | 36 | 20.3 | 773 |
| Clem Daniels | 24 | RET | 8 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 24 | 6.8 | 13 | 276 | 0 | 41 | 21.2 | 614 |
| Charley Fuller | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 25 | 13.0 | 8 | 155 | 0 | 33 | 19.4 | 618 | |
| Jack Larscheid | 28 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 254 | 0 | 61 | 28.2 | 268 | ||||||
| Alan Miller* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 11.0 | 636 | |||||
| Bob Garner | 91 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | 5 | |||||
| Doug Asad | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 602 | |||||
| Bob Coolbaugh | 22 | FL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 450 | |||||
| Walt Kowalczyk | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 55 | ||||||
| Hal Smith | 26 | RDT | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| Team Total | 32.2 | 14 | 15 | 117 | 0 | 25 | 7.8 | 68 | 1383 | 0 | 61 | 20.3 | 5254 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 31 | 0 | 45 | 1066 | 0 | 23.7 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Wayne Crow | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 63 | 2613 | 77 | 2 | 41.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Fleming | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 42.3% | 25 | 24 | 96.0% | |||||
| Jerry Burch | 22 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 315 | 41 | 1 | 26.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 32.2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 42.3% | 25 | 24 | 96.0% | 75 | 2928 | 77 | 3 | 39.0 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 27 | 12 | 44.4% | 54 | 50 | 92.6% | 50 | 2020 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Alex Bravo | 31 | RS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Cannavino | 26 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Crow | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clem Daniels | 24 | RET | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Dougherty | 29 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Gary Finneran | 27 | LDE | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Fleming | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Flores | 24 | QB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Fuller | 22 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Garner | 91 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Harris | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Harry Jagielski | 30 | rdt | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Jack Larscheid | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Louderback | 28 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Alan Miller* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Riley Morris | 26 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Nick Papac | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fred Williamson* | 24 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 32.2 | 14 | 23 | 285 | 2 | 46 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 45 | 29 | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Fleming | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 63 | ||||||||
| Alan Miller* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42 | |||||||||
| Bob Coolbaugh | 22 | FL | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||
| Charlie Hardy | 28 | SE | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Crow | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||
| Doug Asad | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Clem Daniels | 24 | RET | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Charley Fuller | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Burch | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tom Flores | 24 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tom Louderback | 28 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Riley Morris | 26 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Nick Papac | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 32.2 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 235 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 36 | 22 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 458 |