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1961 AFL Weekly League Schedule

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Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
1 Sat September 9 box W New York Titans @ Boston Patriots 21 20 276 3 217 2
1 Sat September 9 box W Houston Oilers Oakland Raiders 55 0 482 1 99 5
1 Sun September 10 box W Denver Broncos @ Buffalo Bills 22 10 279 2 284 3
1 Sun September 10 box W San Diego Chargers @ Dallas Texans 26 10 365 2 292 6
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
2 Sat September 16 box W Boston Patriots Denver Broncos 45 17 392 1 270 4
2 Sun September 17 box W Buffalo Bills New York Titans 41 31 288 3 316 4
2 Sun September 17 box W San Diego Chargers Oakland Raiders 44 0 386 0 106 6
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
3 Sat September 23 box W Boston Patriots @ Buffalo Bills 23 21 329 2 175 2
2 Sun September 24 box W San Diego Chargers Houston Oilers 34 24 158 1 372 7
2 Sun September 24 box W Dallas Texans @ Oakland Raiders 42 35 462 2 307 1
3 Sun September 24 box W New York Titans Denver Broncos 35 28 203 3 286 2
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
4 Sat September 30 box W San Diego Chargers @ Buffalo Bills 19 11 302 1 239 2
3 Sun October 1 box W Dallas Texans Houston Oilers 26 21 528 0 353 5
4 Sun October 1 box W New York Titans Boston Patriots 37 30 353 3 239 2
4 Sun October 1 box W Oakland Raiders Denver Broncos 33 19 256 0 275 3
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
5 Sat October 7 box W San Diego Chargers @ Boston Patriots 38 27 399 3 253 3
5 Sun October 8 box W Buffalo Bills @ Houston Oilers 22 12 382 5 194 3
5 Sun October 8 box W Dallas Texans @ Denver Broncos 19 12 230 1 271 6
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
6 Fri October 13 box T Houston Oilers @ Boston Patriots 31 31 540 2 383 2
5 Sun October 15 box W San Diego Chargers @ New York Titans 25 10 422 5 202 5
6 Sun October 15 box W Buffalo Bills Dallas Texans 27 24 362 3 193 3
6 Sun October 15 box W Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders 27 24 294 3 388 5
6 Sun October 22 box W San Diego Chargers @ Oakland Raiders 41 10 334 3 58 6
6 Sun October 22 box W Houston Oilers Dallas Texans 38 7 475 0 296 2
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
7 Sun October 22 box W Boston Patriots Buffalo Bills 52 21 437 2 275 5
7 Sun October 22 box W Denver Broncos New York Titans 27 10 338 4 359 6
7 Sun October 29 box W Boston Patriots @ Dallas Texans 18 17 312 2 236 1
7 Sun October 29 box W New York Titans @ Oakland Raiders 14 6 287 1 137 3
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
8 Sun October 29 box W San Diego Chargers Denver Broncos 37 0 312 5 304 7
8 Sun October 29 box W Houston Oilers @ Buffalo Bills 28 16 510 4 351 4
8 Fri November 3 box W Boston Patriots Dallas Texans 28 21 229 2 364 3
8 Sun November 5 box W San Diego Chargers New York Titans 48 13 353 4 201 6
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
9 Sun November 5 box W Oakland Raiders @ Buffalo Bills 31 22 381 1 365 4
9 Sun November 5 box W Houston Oilers @ Denver Broncos 55 14 582 2 204 6
9 Sat November 11 box W New York Titans Oakland Raiders 23 12 353 6 310 6
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
10 Sun November 12 box W Houston Oilers Boston Patriots 27 15 346 2 252 3
10 Sun November 12 box W San Diego Chargers @ Denver Broncos 19 16 209 3 358 5
10 Sun November 12 box W Buffalo Bills @ Dallas Texans 30 20 169 3 280 6
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
11 Fri November 17 box W Boston Patriots Oakland Raiders 20 17 225 2 203 2
10 Sun November 19 box W San Diego Chargers Dallas Texans 24 14 338 3 288 3
10 Sun November 19 box W Houston Oilers New York Titans 49 13 555 1 347 4
11 Sun November 19 box W Buffalo Bills @ Denver Broncos 23 10 235 0 273 9
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
12 Thu November 23 box W New York Titans Buffalo Bills 21 14 216 2 277 3
11 Sun November 26 box W Dallas Texans Oakland Raiders 43 11 495 4 254 5
12 Sun November 26 box W Houston Oilers Denver Broncos 45 14 311 6 159 8
12 Sun December 3 box W New York Titans Dallas Texans 28 7 393 2 357 7
12 Sun December 3 box W Houston Oilers San Diego Chargers 33 13 473 3 306 4
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
13 Sun December 3 box W Buffalo Bills @ Oakland Raiders 26 21 269 1 317 2
13 Sun December 3 box W Boston Patriots @ Denver Broncos 28 24 244 2 281 4
13 Sat December 9 box W Boston Patriots @ Oakland Raiders 35 21 407 2 213 2
13 Sun December 10 box W Houston Oilers @ New York Titans 48 21 573 1 304 3
Week Day Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL YdsW TOW YdsL TOL
14 Sun December 10 box W San Diego Chargers Buffalo Bills 28 10 237 2 279 4
14 Sun December 10 box W Dallas Texans Denver Broncos 49 21 413 3 219 5
14 Sun December 17 box W Dallas Texans New York Titans 35 24 325 4 255 4
14 Sun December 17 box W Boston Patriots @ San Diego Chargers 41 0 295 3 192 6
14 Sun December 17 box W Houston Oilers @ Oakland Raiders 47 16 522 2 256 1
Playoffs
ConfChamp December 24 box W Houston Oilers @ San Diego Chargers 10 3 256 7 256 6