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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
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | CarAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 4 | OAK | Joe Rutgens | DT | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 110 | Illinois | |||||||||||
| 2 | 12 | OAK | George Fleming | HB | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 112 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 0 | Washington |
| 3 | 20 | OAK | Myron Pottios | LB | 12 | 1961 | 1973 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 76 | 129 | Notre Dame | |||||||||||
| 4 | 28 | OAK | Elbert Kimbrough | DB | 7 | 1961 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 85 | Northwestern | |||||||||||
| 5 | 36 | OAK | Dick Norman | QB | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Stanford | |||||||||||
| 6 | 44 | OAK | Bobby Crespino | SE | 8 | 1961 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 107 | 58 | 741 | 9 | Mississippi | ||||||||
| 7 | 52 | OAK | Ray Purdin | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwestern | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 57 | OAK | Tom Watkins | HB | 7 | 1961 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 468 | 1791 | 10 | 55 | 590 | 4 | Iowa State |
| 8 | 60 | OAK | Dick Price | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 68 | OAK | Lowndes Shingler | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clemson | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 76 | OAK | Ken Peterson | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Utah | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 84 | OAK | Doug Mayberry | FB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Utah State | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 92 | OAK | Bob Schmitz | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Montana State | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 100 | OAK | Jerry Burch | WR | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 235 | 1 | Georgia Tech | ||||||||
| 14 | 108 | OAK | Clark Miller | DE | 9 | 1962 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 97 | Utah State | |||||||||||
| 15 | 116 | OAK | Bob Coolbaugh | FL | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 435 | 4 | Richmond | ||||||||
| 16 | 124 | OAK | Chuck Lamson | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wyoming | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 132 | OAK | Joe Novsek | DE | 1 | 1962 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Tulsa | |||||||||||
| 18 | 140 | OAK | Joe Krakoski | DB | 5 | 1961 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 62 | Illinois | |||||||||||
| 19 | 148 | OAK | Charley Fuller | HB | 2 | 1961 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 134 | 0 | 17 | 344 | 2 | San Francisco State |
| 20 | 156 | OAK | Preston Powell | FB | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Grambling State | ||||||||
| 21 | 164 | OAK | Mike Jones | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | San Jose State | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 172 | OAK | Blayne Jones | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Idaho State | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 180 | OAK | Roger Fisher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Utah State | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 188 | OAK | Jack Novak | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Miami (FL) | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 196 | OAK | Paul Yanke | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwestern | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 204 | OAK | Dean Hinshaw | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stanford | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 212 | OAK | Clair Appledoorn | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | San Jose State | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 220 | OAK | Dave Grosz | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oregon | ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 228 | OAK | Ed Morris | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Indiana | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 236 | OAK | Bill Face | HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stanford | ||||||||||||||||