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1961 NFL Weekly League Schedule

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

AP MVP: Paul Hornung

AP Rookie of the Year: Mike Ditka

Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3723 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1408 Yds

Receiving Leader: Tommy McDonald, 1144 Yds

Week-by-Week Games

Week-by-Week Games Table
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
1	Sun	1961-09-17		Minnesota Vikings		Chicago Bears	boxscore	37	13	336	1	270	5
1	Sun	1961-09-17		San Francisco 49ers		Washington Redskins	boxscore	35	3	399	3	135	3
1	Sun	1961-09-17		Detroit Lions	@	Green Bay Packers	boxscore	17	13	266	1	294	2
1	Sun	1961-09-17		Dallas Cowboys		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	27	24	403	2	342	4
1	Sun	1961-09-17		St. Louis Cardinals	@	New York Giants	boxscore	21	10	239	2	157	5
1	Sun	1961-09-17		Baltimore Colts		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	27	24	326	2	308	2
1	Sun	1961-09-17		Philadelphia Eagles		Cleveland Browns	boxscore	27	20	305	1	432	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
2	Sat	1961-09-23		Chicago Bears	@	Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	21	17	328	2	299	3
2	Sun	1961-09-24		Detroit Lions	@	Baltimore Colts	boxscore	16	15	248	4	186	4
2	Sun	1961-09-24		Dallas Cowboys		Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	21	7	437	3	251	3
2	Sun	1961-09-24		Green Bay Packers		San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	30	10	275	1	233	3
2	Sun	1961-09-24		Philadelphia Eagles		Washington Redskins	boxscore	14	7	260	3	325	3
2	Sun	1961-09-24		Cleveland Browns		St. Louis Cardinals	boxscore	20	17	245	4	185	3
2	Sun	1961-09-24		New York Giants	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	17	14	278	1	252	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
3	Sun	1961-10-01		St. Louis Cardinals	@	Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	30	27	368	3	451	3
3	Sun	1961-10-01		Baltimore Colts		Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	34	33	366	5	261	0
3	Sun	1961-10-01		San Francisco 49ers	@	Detroit Lions	boxscore	49	0	317	2	291	6
3	Sun	1961-10-01		New York Giants	@	Washington Redskins	boxscore	24	21	416	3	145	2
3	Sun	1961-10-01		Cleveland Browns		Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	25	7	316	4	152	3
3	Sun	1961-10-01		Los Angeles Rams		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	24	14	258	3	218	8
3	Sun	1961-10-01		Green Bay Packers		Chicago Bears	boxscore	24	0	281	3	255	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
4	Sun	1961-10-08		Cleveland Browns		Washington Redskins	boxscore	31	7	285	0	245	2
4	Sun	1961-10-08		Philadelphia Eagles		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	21	16	227	5	281	1
4	Sun	1961-10-08		Chicago Bears	@	Detroit Lions	boxscore	31	17	454	2	339	4
4	Sun	1961-10-08		Dallas Cowboys	@	Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	28	0	297	0	183	5
4	Sun	1961-10-08		San Francisco 49ers		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	35	0	521	0	166	2
4	Sun	1961-10-08		Green Bay Packers		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	45	7	357	1	289	8
4	Sun	1961-10-08		New York Giants	@	St. Louis Cardinals	boxscore	24	9	224	2	160	7
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
5	Sun	1961-10-15		San Francisco 49ers	@	Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	38	24	555	8	202	1
5	Sun	1961-10-15		Detroit Lions		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	14	13	311	4	244	3
5	Sun	1961-10-15		Pittsburgh Steelers		Washington Redskins	boxscore	20	0	185	5	191	7
5	Sun	1961-10-15		Chicago Bears		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	24	10	284	1	362	1
5	Sun	1961-10-15		Philadelphia Eagles	@	St. Louis Cardinals	boxscore	20	7	269	1	200	2
5	Sun	1961-10-15		New York Giants	@	Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	31	10	375	6	331	7
5	Sun	1961-10-15		Green Bay Packers	@	Cleveland Browns	boxscore	49	17	482	2	290	3
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
6	Sun	1961-10-22		Green Bay Packers	@	Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	33	7	467	1	328	7
6	Sun	1961-10-22		Cleveland Browns	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	30	28	378	4	309	3
6	Sun	1961-10-22		Philadelphia Eagles	@	Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	43	7	480	0	346	2
6	Sun	1961-10-22		New York Giants		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	24	14	375	4	372	4
6	Sun	1961-10-22		St. Louis Cardinals	@	Washington Redskins	boxscore	24	0	242	0	89	2
6	Sun	1961-10-22		Baltimore Colts	@	Detroit Lions	boxscore	17	14	313	4	208	1
6	Sun	1961-10-22		Chicago Bears		San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	31	0	305	1	132	6
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
7	Sun	1961-10-29		Cleveland Browns	@	St. Louis Cardinals	boxscore	21	10	326	2	195	3
7	Sun	1961-10-29		Dallas Cowboys	@	New York Giants	boxscore	17	16	333	4	262	4
7	Sun	1961-10-29		Detroit Lions	@	Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	28	10	409	0	258	2
7	Sun	1961-10-29		Green Bay Packers		Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	28	10	467	3	263	2
7	Sun	1961-10-29		Pittsburgh Steelers		San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	20	10	204	1	216	3
7	Sun	1961-10-29		Philadelphia Eagles	@	Washington Redskins	boxscore	27	24	401	4	335	2
7	Sun	1961-10-29		Chicago Bears	@	Baltimore Colts	boxscore	21	20	341	3	372	2
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
8	Sun	1961-11-05		New York Giants		Washington Redskins	boxscore	53	0	383	4	82	4
8	Sun	1961-11-05		Los Angeles Rams		Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	31	17	392	1	399	5
8	Sun	1961-11-05		San Francisco 49ers		Detroit Lions	boxscore	20	20	326	2	402	3
8	Sun	1961-11-05		Philadelphia Eagles		Chicago Bears	boxscore	16	14	342	3	215	0
8	Sun	1961-11-05		Pittsburgh Steelers	@	Cleveland Browns	boxscore	17	13	356	2	252	2
8	Sun	1961-11-05		St. Louis Cardinals	@	Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	31	17	193	1	374	5
8	Sun	1961-11-05		Baltimore Colts		Green Bay Packers	boxscore	45	21	407	3	225	1
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
9	Sun	1961-11-12		Minnesota Vikings		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	28	20	275	1	354	2
9	Sun	1961-11-12		Cleveland Browns	@	Washington Redskins	boxscore	17	6	303	1	240	2
9	Sun	1961-11-12		Pittsburgh Steelers		Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	37	7	371	1	185	2
9	Sun	1961-11-12		Los Angeles Rams		San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	17	7	367	0	167	1
9	Sun	1961-11-12		Green Bay Packers	@	Chicago Bears	boxscore	31	28	322	1	242	2
9	Sun	1961-11-12		New York Giants		Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	38	21	434	1	372	5
9	Sun	1961-11-12		Detroit Lions	@	St. Louis Cardinals	boxscore	45	14	372	1	214	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
10	Sun	1961-11-19		San Francisco 49ers		Chicago Bears	boxscore	41	31	536	0	428	4
10	Sun	1961-11-19		Washington Redskins	@	Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	28	28	292	3	441	4
10	Sun	1961-11-19		Cleveland Browns		Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	45	24	505	0	327	2
10	Sun	1961-11-19		Detroit Lions	@	Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	37	10	351	3	126	3
10	Sun	1961-11-19		Baltimore Colts		St. Louis Cardinals	boxscore	16	0	406	1	129	2
10	Sun	1961-11-19		Green Bay Packers		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	35	17	249	1	312	1
10	Sun	1961-11-19		New York Giants		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	42	21	425	2	305	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
11	Thu	1961-11-23		Green Bay Packers	@	Detroit Lions	boxscore	17	9	277	2	279	5
11	Sun	1961-11-26		San Francisco 49ers		Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	38	28	442	1	364	3
11	Sun	1961-11-26		Pittsburgh Steelers		St. Louis Cardinals	boxscore	30	27	347	7	224	7
11	Sun	1961-11-26		Philadelphia Eagles		Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	35	13	454	4	358	3
11	Sun	1961-11-26		New York Giants	@	Cleveland Browns	boxscore	37	21	369	2	334	2
11	Sun	1961-11-26		Chicago Bears		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	28	24	371	3	357	4
11	Sun	1961-11-26		Baltimore Colts	@	Washington Redskins	boxscore	27	6	415	4	97	3
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
12	Sun	1961-12-03		Baltimore Colts		San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	20	17	346	3	309	3
12	Sun	1961-12-03		Minnesota Vikings		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	42	21	441	4	348	5
12	Sun	1961-12-03		Green Bay Packers		New York Giants	boxscore	20	17	404	3	262	3
12	Sun	1961-12-03		Cleveland Browns	@	Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	38	17	373	3	376	6
12	Sun	1961-12-03		Detroit Lions	@	Chicago Bears	boxscore	16	15	245	4	193	3
12	Sun	1961-12-03		Philadelphia Eagles	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	35	24	284	3	361	7
12	Sun	1961-12-03		St. Louis Cardinals		Washington Redskins	boxscore	38	24	450	3	362	2
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
13	Sat	1961-12-09		Los Angeles Rams		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	34	17	385	0	414	2
13	Sun	1961-12-10		Pittsburgh Steelers	@	Washington Redskins	boxscore	30	14	324	3	343	3
13	Sun	1961-12-10		St. Louis Cardinals		Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	31	13	334	3	126	3
13	Sun	1961-12-10		Chicago Bears		Cleveland Browns	boxscore	17	14	324	4	320	2
13	Sun	1961-12-10		New York Giants	@	Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	28	24	371	3	455	4
13	Sun	1961-12-10		San Francisco 49ers		Green Bay Packers	boxscore	22	21	396	2	330	2
13	Sun	1961-12-10		Detroit Lions		Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	13	7	295	4	251	6
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
14	Sat	1961-12-16		Baltimore Colts	@	San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	27	24	366	1	355	2
14	Sun	1961-12-17		Chicago Bears		Minnesota Vikings	boxscore	52	35	552	4	206	3
14	Sun	1961-12-17		Philadelphia Eagles	@	Detroit Lions	boxscore	27	24	485	2	396	2
14	Sun	1961-12-17		St. Louis Cardinals		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	20	0	245	1	238	6
14	Sun	1961-12-17		New York Giants		Cleveland Browns	boxscore	7	7	266	3	178	2
14	Sun	1961-12-17		Washington Redskins		Dallas Cowboys	boxscore	34	24	366	2	321	4
14	Sun	1961-12-17		Green Bay Packers	@	Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	24	17	284	3	229	2
		Playoffs
Champ	Sun	1961-12-31		Green Bay Packers		New York Giants	boxscore	37	0	345	0	130	5

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