1962  1961 1960

1961 AFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 24
HOU	10	at SDG	3		League Championship

1961 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
SDG	219	3720	27	79	124	21	224		485	224	2736	5.64	16	42	373	49	35.5		401	1357	3.38	7		54	501	33	17
HOU	242	4025	33	87	126	22	235		493	212	2750	5.58	13	41	359	33	42.1		365	1634	4.48	17		57	588	31	15
BOS	313	4123	41	72	151	20	243		479	241	3490	7.29	27	44	408	22	74.0		350	1041	2.97	9		67	662	36	20
BUF	342	4264	43	61	124	15	200		430	206	3237	7.53	28	36	350	29	67.0		349	1377	3.95	9		76	693	20	15
DAL	343	4302	44	89	129	20	238		439	219	3077	7.01	20	34	300	24	65.3		410	1525	3.72	18		62	619	31	18
NYT	390	4677	50	100	121	21	242		462	211	3044	6.59	26	31	247	25	63.8		414	1880	4.54	20		86	870	36	21
DEN	432	4418	56	83	127	23	233		433	194	3060	7.07	30	33	275	26	66.9		435	1633	3.75	17		98	799	25	14
OAK	458	5156	60	135	129	16	280		409	192	2942	7.19	22	20	168	24	64.7		494	2382	4.82	36		62	524	29	12

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
BOS	OWN:	35	288	2		62	2406	0	0	0		49	1136	2		48	50	17	32		OPP:	15	245	2		71	2887		53	1255	1		40	40	9	23
BUF	OWN:	19	187	0		85	3783	0	1	0		57	1208	1		29	31	9	26		OPP:	45	291	1		75	2897		54	1112	1		41	42	13	28
DAL	OWN:	26	219	0		62	2479	0	1	0		53	1465	1		37	40	7	24		OPP:	20	216	1		63	2625		65	1249	1		37	38	12	31
DEN	OWN:	33	369	2		80	3149	0	0	0		66	1501	1		27	27	8	25		OPP:	26	368	2		77	3141		42	720	0		51	55	13	26
HOU	OWN:	19	118	0		56	2190	0	0	0		43	940	0		65	66	16	26		OPP:	20	271	0		81	3294		66	1481	1		22	26	6	24
NYT	OWN:	26	463	2		74	3092	0	0	0		66	1213	0		37	39	8	23		OPP:	20	284	0		70	2971		51	1084	1		46	48	14	27
OAK	OWN:	15	117	0		75	2928	0	3	0		68	1383	0		24	25	11	26		OPP:	34	352	1		50	2022		45	1066	0		50	53	12	27
SDG	OWN:	29	458	2		63	2615	0	1	0		39	642	0		43	50	13	27		OPP:	22	192	1		70	2805		65	1521	0		23	26	10	23

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. Al Dorow - NYT 438 2. Tom Flores - OAK 366 3. Jack Kemp - SDG 364 4. George Blanda - HOU 362 5. Frank Tripucka - DEN 344 6. Cotton Davidson - DAL 330 7. Butch Songin - BOS 212 8. George Herring - DEN 211 9. Babe Parilli - BOS 198 10. M.c. Reynolds - BUF 181	Pass Comp 1. Al Dorow - NYT 197 2. Tom Flores - OAK 190 3. George Blanda - HOU 187 4. Frank Tripucka - DEN 167 5. Jack Kemp - SDG 165 6. Cotton Davidson - DAL 151 7. Babe Parilli - BOS 104 8. Butch Songin - BOS 98 9. George Herring - DEN 93 10. M.c. Reynolds - BUF 83	Comp Pct 1. Tom Flores - OAK .519 2. George Blanda - HOU .517 3. Frank Tripucka - DEN .485 4. Cotton Davidson - DAL .458 5. Jack Kemp - SDG .453 6. Al Dorow - NYT .450 min 224 att	Pass Yards 1. George Blanda - HOU 3330 2. Jack Kemp - SDG 2686 3. Al Dorow - NYT 2651 4. Cotton Davidson - DAL 2445 5. Tom Flores - OAK 2176 6. Frank Tripucka - DEN 1690 7. Butch Songin - BOS 1429 8. Babe Parilli - BOS 1314 9. Jacky Lee - HOU 1205 10. George Herring - DEN 1160	Pass YPA 1. George Blanda - HOU 9.20 2. Cotton Davidson - DAL 7.41 3. Jack Kemp - SDG 7.38 4. Al Dorow - NYT 6.05 5. Tom Flores - OAK 5.95 6. Frank Tripucka - DEN 4.91 min 224 att
Pass TD 1. George Blanda - HOU 36 2. Al Dorow - NYT 19 3. Cotton Davidson - DAL 17 4. Tom Flores - OAK 15 Jack Kemp - SDG 15 6. Butch Songin - BOS 14 7. Babe Parilli - BOS 13 8. Jacky Lee - HOU 12 9. Frank Tripucka - DEN 10 10. Johnny Green - BUF 6	Pass INT 1. Al Dorow - NYT 30 2. Cotton Davidson - DAL 23 3. George Blanda - HOU 22 George Herring - DEN 22 Jack Kemp - SDG 22 6. Frank Tripucka - DEN 21 7. Tom Flores - OAK 19 8. M.c. Reynolds - BUF 13 9. Babe Parilli - BOS 9 Butch Songin - BOS 9	Times Sacked	Pass Rating 1. George Blanda - HOU 91.3 2. Tom Flores - OAK 62.1 3. Cotton Davidson - DAL 59.2 4. Jack Kemp - SDG 59.2 5. Al Dorow - NYT 50.7 6. Frank Tripucka - DEN 47.3 min 224 att	Rush Att 1. Bill Mathis - NYT 202 2. Billy Cannon - HOU 200 3. Abner Haynes - DAL 179 4. Paul Lowe - SDG 175 5. Charlie Tolar - HOU 157 6. Art Baker - BUF 152 7. Donnie Stone - DEN 127 8. Wayne Crow - OAK 119 9. Wray Carlton - BUF 101 10. Billy Lott - BOS 100
Rush Yards 1. Billy Cannon - HOU 948 2. Bill Mathis - NYT 846 3. Abner Haynes - DAL 841 4. Paul Lowe - SDG 767 5. Charlie Tolar - HOU 577 6. Donnie Stone - DEN 505 7. Art Baker - BUF 498 8. Wayne Crow - OAK 490 9. Billy Lott - BOS 461 10. Larry Garron - BOS 389	Rush AVG 1. Billy Cannon - HOU 4.7 2. Abner Haynes - DAL 4.7 3. Billy Lott - BOS 4.6 4. Paul Lowe - SDG 4.4 5. Bill Mathis - NYT 4.2 6. Wayne Crow - OAK 4.1 7. Donnie Stone - DEN 4.0 8. Charlie Tolar - HOU 3.7 9. Art Baker - BUF 3.3 10. Ron Burton - BOS 3.2 min 80 att	Rush TD 1. Abner Haynes - DAL 9 Paul Lowe - SDG 9 3. Bill Mathis - NYT 7 4. Billy Cannon - HOU 6 Jack Kemp - SDG 6 6. Fred Bukaty - DEN 5 Billy Lott - BOS 5 Babe Parilli - BOS 5 Jack Spikes - DAL 5 10. Wray Carlton - BUF 4 Al Dorow - NYT 4 M.c. Reynolds - BUF 4 Donnie Stone - DEN 4 Charlie Tolar - HOU 4	Receptions 1. Lionel Taylor - DEN 100 2. Charley Hennigan - HOU 82 3. Art Powell - NYT 71 4. Dave Kocourek - SDG 55 5. Chris Burford - DAL 51 6. Glenn Bass - BUF 50 Bill Groman - HOU 50 8. Al Frazier - DEN 47 Don Norton - SDG 47 10. Gino Cappelletti - BOS 45	Rec Yards 1. Charley Hennigan - HOU 1746 2. Lionel Taylor - DEN 1176 3. Bill Groman - HOU 1175 4. Dave Kocourek - SDG 1055 5. Art Powell - NYT 881 6. Chris Burford - DAL 850 7. Don Norton - SDG 816 8. Al Frazier - DEN 799 9. Gino Cappelletti - BOS 768 10. Glenn Bass - BUF 765
Rec AVG 1. Bill Groman - HOU 23.5 2. Charley Hennigan - HOU 21.3 3. Dave Kocourek - SDG 19.2 4. Jim Colclough - BOS 18.0 5. Dick Christy - NYT 18.0 6. Don Norton - SDG 17.4 7. Johnny Robinson - DAL 17.2 8. Gino Cappelletti - BOS 17.1 9. Al Frazier - DEN 17.0 10. Chris Burford - DAL 16.7 min 29 rec	Rec TD 1. Bill Groman - HOU 17 2. Charley Hennigan - HOU 12 3. Billy Cannon - HOU 9 Jim Colclough - BOS 9 5. Gino Cappelletti - BOS 8 Don Maynard - NYT 8 7. Elbert Dubenion - BUF 6 Al Frazier - DEN 6 Billy Lott - BOS 6 Don Norton - SDG 6	Fumbles 1. Abner Haynes - DAL 11 2. Al Dorow - NYT 10 Jack Kemp - SDG 10 4. Al Frazier - DEN 9 5. Tom Flores - OAK 8 6. Art Baker - BUF 7 Dick Christy - NYT 7 Cotton Davidson - DAL 7 9. Paul Lowe - SDG 6 10. Billy Cannon - HOU 5 Wray Carlton - BUF 5 Charley Fuller - OAK 5 Larry Garron - BOS 5 Warren Rabb - BUF 5	Punt Returns 1. Fred Bruney - BOS 23 2. Abner Haynes - DAL 19 3. Dick Christy - NYT 18 Al Frazier - DEN 18 5. Claude Gibson - SDG 14 6. Billy Cannon - HOU 9 7. Glenn Bass - BUF 8 Ron Burton - BOS 8 9. Al Carmichael - DEN 7 Claude King - HOU 7 Keith Lincoln - SDG 7	Punt Ret Avg 1. Dick Christy - NYT 21.3 2. Al Frazier - DEN 12.8 3. Abner Haynes - DAL 10.3 4. Fred Bruney - BOS 4.7 min 16 returns
Punt Ret FC 1. Glenn Bass - BUF 17	Punt Ret TD 1. Dick Christy - NYT 2 2. Al Frazier - DEN 1 Chuck Gavin - DEN 1 Keith Lincoln - SDG 1 LeRoy Moore - BOS 1 Don Webb - BOS 1	Kickoff Ret 1. George Fleming - OAK 29 2. Frank Jackson - DAL 24 3. Billy Cannon - HOU 18 Al Frazier - DEN 18 5. Al Carmichael - DEN 16 Elbert Dubenion - BUF 16 Larry Garron - BOS 16 Dave Grayson - DAL 16 9. Ron Burton - BOS 15 Dick Christy - NYT 15	Kick Ret Avg 1. Dave Grayson - DAL 28.3 2. Al Frazier - DEN 28.0 3. Larry Garron - BOS 27.4 4. Frank Jackson - DAL 26.9 5. Billy Cannon - HOU 24.4 6. Elbert Dubenion - BUF 20.6 7. George Fleming - OAK 20.3 8. Al Carmichael - DEN 19.4 min 16 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Fred Brown - BUF 1 Ron Burton - BOS 1 Al Frazier - DEN 1 Larry Garron - BOS 1 Abner Haynes - DAL 1
Punts 1. Billy Atkins - BUF 85 2. George Herring - DEN 80 3. Curley Johnson - NYT 66 4. Wayne Crow - OAK 63 Paul Maguire - SDG 63 6. Cotton Davidson - DAL 62 Tom Yewcic - BOS 62 8. Jim Norton - HOU 48 9. Jerry Burch - OAK 12 10. Ken Hall - HOU 8 Lowe Wren - NYT 8	Punt Avg 1. Tom Yewcic - BOS 0.0 2. George Herring - DEN 0.0 3. Cotton Davidson - DAL 0.0 4. Jim Norton - HOU 0.0 5. Wayne Crow - OAK 0.0 6. Paul Maguire - SDG 0.0 7. Curley Johnson - NYT 0.0 8. Billy Atkins - BUF 0.0 min 40 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Gino Cappelletti - BOS 17 2. George Blanda - HOU 16 3. George Blair - SDG 13 4. George Fleming - OAK 11 5. Joe Hergert - BUF 6 6. Dick Guesman - NYT 5 Jack Hill - DEN 5 8. Jack Spikes - DAL 4 9. Gene Mingo - DEN 3 10. Billy Atkins - BUF 2	Field Goals Att 1. Gino Cappelletti - BOS 32 2. George Blair - SDG 27 3. George Blanda - HOU 26 George Fleming - OAK 26 5. Dick Guesman - NYT 15 Jack Hill - DEN 15 7. Joe Hergert - BUF 14 8. Jack Spikes - DAL 13 9. Gene Mingo - DEN 10 10. Billy Atkins - BUF 6	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Billy Atkins - BUF 10 2. Charlie Mcneil - SDG 9 Jim Norton - HOU 9 4. Tony Banfield - HOU 8 Bob Zeman - SDG 8 6. Dick Harris - SDG 7 Phil Nugent - DEN 7 8. Johnny Bookman - NYT 6 Austin Gonsoulin - DEN 6 10. Chuck Allen - SDG 5 Joe Cannavino - OAK 5 Claude Gibson - SDG 5 Bob Laraba - SDG 5 Jim Mcmillin - DEN 5 Don Webb - BOS 5 Dave Webster - DAL 5	INT TD Ret 1. Dick Harris - SDG 3 2. Sherrill Headrick - DAL 2 Bob Laraba - SDG 2 Charlie Mcneil - SDG 2 Don Webb - BOS 2 6. Chuck Allen - SDG 1 Stew Barber - BUF 1 Dick Felt - NYT 1 Dave Grayson - DAL 1 Billy Hudson - SDG 1 Tom Louderback - OAK 1 Riley Morris - OAK 1

Awards

AFL All-Star Game MVP - Cotton Davidson
UPI AFL-AFC MVP - George Blanda
UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year - Earl Faison

Pro Bowl
---	FB	Don Perkins
---	TE	Dick Bielski
EAST	QB	Sonny Jurgensen
EAST	QB	Milt Plum
EAST	QB	Y.A. Tittle
EAST	FB	Alex Webster
EAST	FB	Don Perkins
EAST	FB	Jim Brown
EAST	FB	Ted Dean
EAST	TE	Dick Bielski
EAST	T	Mike McCormack
EAST	OG	Ray Lemek
EAST	G	Ken Gray
EAST	OG	John Nisby
EAST	G	Jim Smith
EAST	C	Jim Schrader
EAST	C	John Morrow
EAST	HB	Dick James
EAST	FL	Tommy McDonald
EAST	OE	Buddy Dial
EAST	SE	Sonny Randle
EAST	SE	Del Shofner
EAST	OE	Bobby Walston
EAST	DE	Andy Robustelli
EAST	DE	Jim Katcavage
EAST	DT	Bob Gain
EAST	DT	Bob Toneff
EAST	DT	Ernie Stautner
EAST	LB	John Reger
EAST	LB	Myron Pottios
EAST	LB	Sam Huff
EAST	LB	Maxie Baughan
EAST	CB	Erich Barnes
EAST	CB	Jimmy Hill
EAST	CB	Billy Stacy
EAST	S	Jerry Norton
EAST	S	Jimmy Patton
WEST	QB	Bart Starr
WEST	QB	Johnny Unitas
WEST	FB	Jimmy Taylor
WEST	FB	Nick Pietrosante
WEST	TE	Jim Gibbons
WEST	TE	Mike Ditka
WEST	T	Forrest Gregg
WEST	T	Jim Parker
WEST	OG	Stan Jones
WEST	G	Bill George
WEST	G	Ted Connolly
WEST	C	Jim Ringo
WEST	HB	J.D. Smith
WEST	HB	Jon Arnett
WEST	HB	Hugh McElhenny
WEST	SE	Max McGee
WEST	FL	Lenny Moore
WEST	OE	Raymond Berry
WEST	OE	Jim Phillips
WEST	E	Jerry Reichow
WEST	DE	Doug Atkins
WEST	DE	Gino Marchetti
WEST	DT	Henry Jordan
WEST	DT	Alex Karras
WEST	DT	Leo Nomellini
WEST	DT	Bob St. Clair
WEST	DHB	Dick Lane
WEST	LB	Bill Forester
WEST	LB	Joe Schmidt
WEST	LB	Les Richter
WEST	CB	Jesse Whittenton
WEST	CB	Abe Woodson
WEST	S	Eddie Dove
WEST	S	Yale Lary
WEST	K	Jim Martin

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