1962  1961 1960

1961 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 31
NYG	0	at GNB	37		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
NYG	220	3962	29	86	110	16	212		386	176	2600	6.74	21	0	399	33	50.7		419	1761	4.20	6		67	677	43	21
GNB	223	4051	26	110	117	18	245		414	218	2630	6.35	13	0	273	29	53.7		412	1694	4.11	12		52	609	30	17
DET	258	3938	28	89	121	12	222		385	203	2744	7.13	11	0	326	29	53.9		412	1520	3.69	14		39	381	21	12
SLC	267	3986	30	91	112	12	215		389	187	2644	6.80	18	0	334	24	60.2		477	1676	3.51	9		59	546	36	20
CLE	270	4131	34	87	146	10	243		358	200	2831	7.91	16	0	305	20	73.2		411	1605	3.91	16		38	367	23	18
SFO	272	4181	32	90	132	12	234		380	196	2874	7.56	18	0	394	19	71.5		419	1701	4.06	13		56	456	21	12
PIT	287	3909	37	71	132	15	218		420	201	2780	6.62	22	0	334	25	62.2		396	1463	3.69	11		57	533	36	20
PHI	297	4927	38	116	145	6	267		383	224	3183	8.31	23	0	263	17	87.0		474	2007	4.23	12		62	684	27	16
CHI	302	4449	39	80	124	19	223		398	209	3164	7.95	27	0	367	24	76.5		401	1652	4.12	10		86	860	22	13
BLC	307	3782	37	108	110	14	232		351	161	2320	6.61	18	0	407	16	65.9		418	1869	4.47	17		66	548	19	8
LAM	333	4813	45	136	121	22	279		328	184	2642	8.05	19	0	269	23	72.5		508	2440	4.80	26		75	662	27	16
DAL	380	4592	49	122	120	12	254		326	168	2635	8.08	21	0	204	25	68.2		454	2161	4.76	20		38	362	30	18
WAS	392	4825	50	94	154	13	261		409	238	3493	8.54	37	0	218	26	89.8		412	1550	3.76	10		63	603	33	15
MIN	407	5593	52	147	132	12	291		365	194	3051	8.36	21	0	125	22	75.3		493	2667	5.41	29		65	638	31	23

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
BLC	OWN:	33	269	0		42	1804	0	0	0		53	1182	0		33	34	21	39		OPP:	18	248	1		64	2648		57	1552	0		37	37	16	26
CHI	OWN:	27	170	0		60	2504	0	0	0		51	1247	0		41	42	11	27		OPP:	24	302	1		66	2819		55	1219	1		36	39	10	27
CLE	OWN:	28	283	1		53	2296	0	0	0		50	1115	1		37	39	16	23		OPP:	27	213	0		54	2314		56	1465	1		33	34	11	28
DAL	OWN:	23	103	0		61	2236	0	1	0		64	1345	0		29	29	11	24		OPP:	17	193	0		43	1956		43	978	0		44	49	14	28
DET	OWN:	38	357	0		56	2664	0	0	0		50	1097	1		31	32	15	33		OPP:	21	273	1		67	2880		49	1184	2		28	28	20	34
GNB	OWN:	20	355	2		51	2194	0	0	0		41	1077	0		49	49	16	24		OPP:	25	313	1		49	1851		69	1597	0		26	26	13	21
LAM	OWN:	14	184	1		64	2568	0	0	0		56	1463	1		32	32	13	27		OPP:	36	384	0		51	2206		53	1380	0		45	45	6	21
MIN	OWN:	23	309	1		63	2458	0	2	0		72	1568	0		36	37	9	21		OPP:	23	138	0		46	1906		51	1148	0		50	52	15	26
NYG	OWN:	42	289	0		68	2984	0	2	0		38	850	0		46	46	14	34		OPP:	32	247	0		83	3517		59	1288	0		29	29	5	20
PHI	OWN:	34	353	1		55	2403	0	0	0		53	1313	1		43	46	14	25		OPP:	30	235	1		64	2675		58	1224	1		36	38	11	24
PIT	OWN:	40	447	1		73	3431	0	0	0		49	1020	0		34	36	15	28		OPP:	32	251	1		86	3766		50	1156	0		35	37	10	26
SFO	OWN:	24	232	1		59	2633	0	0	0		49	1302	1		44	44	12	22		OPP:	32	269	1		62	2725		58	1368	0		32	32	16	29
SLC	OWN:	26	236	1		85	3802	0	1	0		47	992	0		34	37	7	17		OPP:	53	438	1		67	2814		50	1007	0		30	30	19	38
WAS	OWN:	28	197	0		70	2665	0	0	0		64	1661	0		21	23	5	28		OPP:	30	280	1		58	2565		29	666	0		49	50	13	24

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. Johnny Unitas - BLC 420 2. Sonny Jurgensen - PHI 416 3. Norm Snead - WAS 375 4. Milt Plum - CLE 302 5. Bart Starr - GNB 295 6. Y.A. Tittle - NYG 285 7. John Brodie - SFO 283 8. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 280 9. Billy Wade - CHI 250 10. Jim Ninowski - DET 247	Pass Comp 1. Sonny Jurgensen - PHI 235 2. Johnny Unitas - BLC 229 3. Milt Plum - CLE 177 4. Norm Snead - WAS 172 Bart Starr - GNB 172 6. Y.A. Tittle - NYG 163 7. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 157 8. John Brodie - SFO 155 9. Billy Wade - CHI 139 10. Zeke Bratkowski - LAM 124	Comp Pct 1. Milt Plum - CLE .586 2. Bart Starr - GNB .583 3. Y.A. Tittle - NYG .572 4. Sonny Jurgensen - PHI .565 5. Fran Tarkenton - MIN .561 6. Billy Wade - CHI .556 7. John Brodie - SFO .548 8. Johnny Unitas - BLC .545 9. Zeke Bratkowski - LAM .539 10. Eddie LeBaron - DAL .508 min 224 att	Pass Yards 1. Sonny Jurgensen - PHI 3723 2. Johnny Unitas - BLC 2990 3. John Brodie - SFO 2588 4. Bart Starr - GNB 2418 5. Milt Plum - CLE 2416 6. Norm Snead - WAS 2337 7. Y.A. Tittle - NYG 2272 8. Billy Wade - CHI 2258 9. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 1997 10. Jim Ninowski - DET 1921	Pass YPA 1. John Brodie - SFO 9.14 2. Billy Wade - CHI 9.03 3. Sonny Jurgensen - PHI 8.95 4. Bart Starr - GNB 8.20 5. Milt Plum - CLE 8.00 6. Y.A. Tittle - NYG 7.97 7. Jim Ninowski - DET 7.78 8. Eddie LeBaron - DAL 7.38 9. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 7.13 10. Johnny Unitas - BLC 7.12 min 224 att
Pass TD 1. Sonny Jurgensen - PHI 32 2. Billy Wade - CHI 22 3. Milt Plum - CLE 18 Fran Tarkenton - MIN 18 5. Y.A. Tittle - NYG 17 6. Bart Starr - GNB 16 Johnny Unitas - BLC 16 8. John Brodie - SFO 14 Sam Etcheverry - SLC 14 Eddie LeBaron - DAL 14	Pass INT 1. Sonny Jurgensen - PHI 24 Johnny Unitas - BLC 24 3. Norm Snead - WAS 22 4. Jim Ninowski - DET 18 5. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 17 6. Rudy Bukich - PIT 16 Bobby Layne - PIT 16 Eddie LeBaron - DAL 16 Bart Starr - GNB 16 10. Zeke Bratkowski - LAM 13 Billy Wade - CHI 13	Times Sacked 1. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 44 2. Don Meredith - DAL 16 3. George Shaw - MIN 14 4. Eddie LeBaron - DAL 11	Pass Rating 1. Billy Wade - CHI 93.7 2. Milt Plum - CLE 90.3 3. Sonny Jurgensen - PHI 88.1 4. Y.A. Tittle - NYG 85.3 5. John Brodie - SFO 84.7 6. Bart Starr - GNB 80.3 7. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 74.7 8. Eddie LeBaron - DAL 66.7 9. Johnny Unitas - BLC 66.1 10. Zeke Bratkowski - LAM 63.1 min 224 att	Rush Att 1. Jim Brown - CLE 305 2. Jimmy Taylor - GNB 243 3. John Henry Johnson - PIT 213 4. Nick Pietrosante - DET 201 5. Don Perkins - DAL 200 6. Alex Webster - NYG 196 7. Joe Perry - BLC 168 8. J.D. Smith - SFO 167 9. Jon Arnett - LAM 158 10. Willie Galimore - CHI 153
Rush Yards 1. Jim Brown - CLE 1408 2. Jimmy Taylor - GNB 1307 3. Alex Webster - NYG 928 4. Nick Pietrosante - DET 841 5. J.D. Smith - SFO 823 6. Don Perkins - DAL 815 7. John Henry Johnson - PIT 787 8. Willie Galimore - CHI 707 9. Joe Perry - BLC 675 10. Lenny Moore - BLC 648	Rush AVG 1. Lenny Moore - BLC 7.0 2. Dick Bass - LAM 6.2 3. Bobby Mitchell - CLE 5.4 4. Jimmy Taylor - GNB 5.4 5. Billy Kilmer - SFO 5.3 6. Mel Triplett - MIN 5.1 7. J.D. Smith - SFO 4.9 8. Hugh Mcelhenny - MIN 4.8 9. Alex Webster - NYG 4.7 10. Paul Hornung - GNB 4.7 min 80 att	Rush TD 1. Jimmy Taylor - GNB 15 2. Billy Kilmer - SFO 10 3. Jim Brown - CLE 8 Rick Casares - CHI 8 Paul Hornung - GNB 8 J.D. Smith - SFO 8 7. Lenny Moore - BLC 7 8. Bob Gaiters - NYG 6 John Henry Johnson - PIT 6 10. Bobby Mitchell - CLE 5 Jim Ninowski - DET 5 Clarence Peaks - PHI 5 Nick Pietrosante - DET 5 Fran Tarkenton - MIN 5	Receptions 1. Jim Phillips - LAM 78 2. Raymond Berry - BLC 75 3. Del Shofner - NYG 68 4. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 64 5. Mike Ditka - CHI 56 Billy Howton - DAL 56 7. R.C. Owens - SFO 55 8. Buddy Dial - PIT 53 Fred Dugan - WAS 53 Kyle Rote - NYG 53	Rec Yards 1. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 1144 2. Del Shofner - NYG 1125 3. Jim Phillips - LAM 1092 4. Mike Ditka - CHI 1076 5. Buddy Dial - PIT 1047 6. R.C. Owens - SFO 1032 7. Gail Cogdill - DET 956 8. Frank Clarke - DAL 919 9. Max Mcgee - GNB 883 10. Raymond Berry - BLC 873
Rec AVG 1. Frank Clarke - DAL 22.4 2. Gail Cogdill - DET 21.2 3. Buddy Dial - PIT 19.8 4. Mike Ditka - CHI 19.2 5. R.C. Owens - SFO 18.8 6. Ollie Matson - LAM 18.5 7. Monty Stickles - SFO 18.5 8. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 17.9 9. Boyd Dowler - GNB 17.6 10. Ray Renfro - CLE 17.4 min 29 rec	Rec TD 1. Tommy Mcdonald - PHI 13 2. Buddy Dial - PIT 12 Mike Ditka - CHI 12 4. Jerry Reichow - MIN 11 Del Shofner - NYG 11 6. Frank Clarke - DAL 9 Sonny Randle - SLC 9 8. Lenny Moore - BLC 8 Pete Retzlaff - PHI 8 10. Max Mcgee - GNB 7 Kyle Rote - NYG 7	Fumbles 1. Sam Etcheverry - SLC 15 2. Amos Marsh - DAL 12 3. Bob Gaiters - NYG 11 4. Don Meredith - DAL 9 Milt Plum - CLE 9 Johnny Unitas - BLC 9 7. Willie Galimore - CHI 8 Billy Kilmer - SFO 8 Hugh Mcelhenny - MIN 8 Bart Starr - GNB 8 Fran Tarkenton - MIN 8	Punt Returns 1. Johnny Sample - PIT 26 2. Johnny Morris - CHI 23 3. Bobby Boyd - BLC 18 Ted Dean - PHI 18 5. Bill Stits - NYG 17 Joel Wells - NYG 17 7. Howard Cassady - DET 16 Abe Woodson - SFO 16 9. Amos Marsh - DAL 14 Tommy Mason - MIN 14 Bobby Mitchell - CLE 14 Jim Shofner - CLE 14 Willie Wood - GNB 14	Punt Ret Avg 1. Johnny Sample - PIT 10.9 2. Abe Woodson - SFO 10.8 3. Howard Cassady - DET 9.9 4. Bobby Boyd - BLC 9.6 5. Ted Dean - PHI 7.8 6. Bill Stits - NYG 7.8 7. Johnny Morris - CHI 6.7 8. Joel Wells - NYG 5.3 min 16 returns
Punt Ret FC 1. Willie Wood - GNB 11 2. Bobby Boyd - BLC 10 3. Eddie Dove - SFO 8 4. Hugh Mcelhenny - MIN 6 Joe Morrison - NYG 6 Jim Shofner - CLE 6 7. Lew Carpenter - GNB 5 8. Tommy Mason - MIN 4 Dale Messer - SFO 4 10. Amos Marsh - DAL 3 Allan Webb - NYG 3 Joel Wells - NYG 3 Abe Woodson - SFO 3	Punt Ret TD 1. Willie Wood - GNB 2 2. Dick Bass - LAM 1 Timmy Brown - PHI 1 Bobby Conrad - SLC 1 Hugh Mcelhenny - MIN 1 Bobby Mitchell - CLE 1 Johnny Sample - PIT 1 Abe Woodson - SFO 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Timmy Brown - PHI 29 2. Lenny Lyles - BLC 28 3. Amos Marsh - DAL 26 4. Jon Arnett - LAM 25 Charlie Bivins - CHI 25 Tommy Mason - MIN 25 7. Dick Bass - LAM 23 Johnny Sample - PIT 23 9. Jamie Caleb - MIN 22 Don Perkins - DAL 22	Kick Ret Avg 1. Dick Bass - LAM 30.3 2. Dick James - WAS 29.4 3. Pat Studstill - DET 28.0 4. Timmy Brown - PHI 28.0 5. Bobby Mitchell - CLE 26.8 6. Charlie Bivins - CHI 26.7 7. Herb Adderley - GNB 26.6 8. Jon Arnett - LAM 26.1 9. Amos Marsh - DAL 25.7 10. Pat Fischer - SLC 25.1 min 16 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Jon Arnett - LAM 1 Timmy Brown - PHI 1 Bobby Mitchell - CLE 1 Pat Studstill - DET 1
Punts 1. Jerry Norton - SLC 85 2. Bobby Green - PIT 73 3. Don Chandler - NYG 68 4. Sam Horner - WAS 63 Mike Mercer - MIN 63 6. Allen Green - DAL 61 7. Ed Brown - CHI 58 8. King Hill - PHI 55 9. Sam Baker - CLE 53 10. Yale Lary - DET 52	Punt Avg 1. Allen Green - DAL 0.0 2. Sam Horner - WAS 0.0 3. Mike Mercer - MIN 0.0 4. Danny Villanueva - LAM 0.0 5. Ed Brown - CHI 0.0 6. Tom Gilburg - BLC 0.0 7. Sam Baker - CLE 0.0 8. King Hill - PHI 0.0 9. Don Chandler - NYG 0.0 10. Jerry Norton - SLC 0.0 min 40 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Steve Myhra - BLC 21 2. Lou Groza - CLE 16 3. Paul Hornung - GNB 15 Jim Martin - DET 15 Lou Michaels - PIT 15 6. Pat Summerall - NYG 14 Bobby Walston - PHI 14 8. Danny Villanueva - LAM 13 9. Tommy Davis - SFO 12 10. Roger LeClerc - CHI 10	Field Goals Att 1. Steve Myhra - BLC 39 2. Pat Summerall - NYG 34 3. Jim Martin - DET 30 4. John Aveni - WAS 28 5. Danny Villanueva - LAM 27 6. Lou Michaels - PIT 26 7. Bobby Walston - PHI 25 8. Roger LeClerc - CHI 24 9. Lou Groza - CLE 23 10. Tommy Davis - SFO 22 Paul Hornung - GNB 22	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Dick Lynch - NYG 9 2. Don Bishop - DAL 8 Jimmy Patton - NYG 8 Johnny Sample - PIT 8 5. Erich Barnes - NYG 7 Don Burroughs - PHI 7 Jim Kerr - WAS 7 Jerry Norton - SLC 7 Bernie Parrish - CLE 7 10. Dave Baker - SFO 6 Lindon Crow - LAM 6 Dale Hackbart - WAS 6 Dick Lane - DET 6 Yale Lary - DET 6 Dave Whitsell - CHI 6	INT TD Ret 1. Erich Barnes - NYG 2 Dale Hackbart - WAS 2 Jerry Norton - SLC 2 Billy Stacy - SLC 2 5. Bill Butler - PIT 1 Dan Currie - GNB 1 Jimmy Hill - SLC 1 Jimmy Patton - NYG 1 Johnny Sample - PIT 1 Joe Schmidt - DET 1 Tom Scott - NYG 1 Jesse Whittenton - GNB 1

Awards

AP NFL MVP - Paul Hornung
Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - Paul Hornung
Pro Bowl MVP - Jim Brown
Pro Bowl MVP - Henry Jordan
UPI MVP - Paul Hornung
UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year - Mike Ditka

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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