1961 Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
4th place • Eastern Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
Head Coach: Buster Ramsey |
Bob Dove | Assistant Coach |
Harvey Johnson | Assistant Coach |
Tommy O'Connell | Assistant Coach |
Floyd Reid | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Tue | 8/8/1961 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-38 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 12000 | |
Fri | 8/18/1961 | H | Dallas Texans | 26-35 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 11166 | |
Fri | 8/25/1961 | A | Boston Patriots | 10-28 | L | Providence, RI | Mount Pleasant Stadium | 4762 | |
Fri | 9/1/1961 | H | Boston Patriots | 12-15 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 4762 | |
Sun | 9/10/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 10-22 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 16636 | |
Sun | 9/17/1961 | H | New York Titans | 41-31 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 15584 | |
Sat | 9/23/1961 | H | Boston Patriots | 21-23 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 21504 | |
Sat | 9/30/1961 | H | San Diego Chargers | 11-19 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20742 | |
Sun | 10/8/1961 | A | Houston Oilers | 22-12 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 22761 | |
Sun | 10/15/1961 | H | Dallas Texans | 27-24 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20678 | |
Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Boston Patriots | 21-52 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 9398 | |
Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 16-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 21237 | |
Sun | 11/5/1961 | H | Oakland Raiders | 22-31 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 17027 | |
Sun | 11/12/1961 | A | Dallas Texans | 30-20 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 15000 | |
Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | Denver Broncos | 23-10 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 7642 | |
Thu | 11/23/1961 | A | New York Titans | 14-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 12023 | |
Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | Oakland Raiders | 26-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 8011 | |
Sun | 12/10/1961 | A | San Diego Chargers | 10-28 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 24486 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Billy Atkins | 20 | RS-P-K | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
Art Baker | 33 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Syracuse | 14 | 9 |
Stew Barber | 64 | RLB | 6-3 | 247 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 8 |
Glenn Bass | 88 | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 22 | East Carolina | 14 | 12 |
Al Bemiller | 50 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
Dewey Bohling | 26 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Hardin-Simmons | 7 | 6 |
Fred Brown | 46 | HB | 5-11 | 186 | 23 | Georgia | 5 | 5 |
Wray Carlton | 30 | FB-HB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Duke | 14 | 8 |
Dan Chamberlain | 85 | SE | 6-4 | 200 | 24 | Sacramento State | 3 | 2 |
Don Chelf | 77 | LOT | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
Monte Crockett | 80 | TE | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 10 |
Jim Crotty | 46 | LCB-RCB | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Notre Dame | 5 | 4 |
Tom Day | 78 | LDT | 6-2 | 252 | 26 | North Carolina A&T State | 12 | 0 |
John Dittrich | 60 | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 236 | 28 | Wisconsin | 12 | 3 |
Elbert Dubenion | 44 | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 28 | Bluffton | 14 | 14 |
Ralph Felton | 57 | LLB | 5-10 | 210 | 29 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
Willmer Fowler | 23 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 |
Johnny Green | 18 | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 24 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 8 | 6 |
Joe Hergert | 54 | RLB-K | 6-1 | 216 | 25 | Florida | 9 | 6 |
Jack Johnson | 42 | LCB | 6-3 | 198 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 0 |
Cotton Letner | 54 | RLB-LLB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Tennessee | 5 | 1 |
Richie Lucas | 11 | QB-FL | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Penn State | 8 | 2 |
Billy Majors | 25 | RCB | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 |
Archie Matsos | 56 | MLB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
Richie McCabe | 45 | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 9 |
Don McDonald | 42 | LS-LCB-RCB | 5-11 | 186 | 24 | Texas Christian; Houston | 11 | 5 |
Chuck McMurtry | 73 | LDT | 6-0 | 286 | 24 | Fullerton JC; Whittier | 14 | 14 |
Ed Muelhaupt | 70 | ROG | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Iowa State | 14 | 11 |
Tommy O'Connell | 14 | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 31 | Notre Dame; Illinois | 1 | 1 |
Harold Olson | 74 | ROT | 6-3 | 259 | 23 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
Warren Rabb | 17 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Louisiana State | 9 | 2 |
M.C. Reynolds | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Louisiana State | 12 | 3 |
Ken Rice | 75 | LOT | 6-2 | 243 | 22 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
Perry Richards | 84 | SE-FL-LCB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Detroit Mercy | 11 | 0 |
Tom Rychlec | 81 | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | American International | 14 | 4 |
Jack Scott | 76 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 257 | 25 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 |
Billy Shaw | 66 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
Bill Shockley | 23 | FL | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | West Chester | 2 | 0 |
Jim Sorey | 79 | RDT | 6-3 | 278 | 25 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
LaVerne Torczon | 87 | RDE | 6-2 | 243 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
Vern Valdez | 25 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Antelope Valley JC; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego | 13 | 12 |
Jim Wagstaff | 22 | LS | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Idaho State | 14 | 11 |
Wayne Wolff | 60 | LOG | 6-2 | 243 | 23 | Wake Forest | 2 | 0 |
Mack Yoho | 71 | LDE | 6-2 | 239 | 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 1 | Ken Rice | T | Auburn |
2 | 9 | Billy Shaw | T | Georgia Tech |
3 | 17 | Art Baker | FB | Syracuse |
3 | 18 | Tom Gilburg | T | Syracuse |
4 | 25 | Stew Barber | T | Penn State |
5 | 33 | Norm Snead | QB | Wake Forest |
6 | 41 | Fred Brown | HB | Georgia |
7 | 52 | Al Bemiller | C | Syracuse |
8 | 60 | Chuck Linning | T | Miami (Florida) |
9 | 68 | Billy Majors | HB | Tennessee |
10 | 76 | Don Kern | HB | Virginia Military Institute |
11 | 84 | Milam Wall | HB | North Carolina |
12 | 92 | Floyd Powers | G | Mississippi State |
13 | 100 | Tom Causey | E | Louisiana Tech |
14 | 108 | Ron Kostelnik | T | Cincinnati |
15 | 116 | Jerry Frye | E | South Carolina |
16 | 124 | Vince Scott | E | Maryland |
17 | 132 | Wayne Wolff | T | Wake Forest |
18 | 140 | Jake Bodkin | G | South Carolina |
19 | 148 | Charlie Barnes | E | Louisiana-Monroe |
20 | 156 | Everett Cloud | HB | Maryland |
21 | 164 | Larry Vargo | E | Detroit Mercy |
22 | 172 | Charlie Baker | T | Tennessee |
23 | 180 | Red Mack | HB | Notre Dame |
24 | 188 | Frank Jackunas | C | Detroit Mercy |
25 | 196 | Jack Harbaugh | HB | Bowling Green State |
26 | 204 | Lorenzo Stanford | T | North Carolina A&T State |
27 | 212 | Bob Allen | E | Wake Forest |
28 | 220 | Jason Harness | E | Michigan State |
29 | 228 | Mike Stock | HB | Northwestern |
30 | 236 | Billy Martin | HB | Minnesota |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 51 | 87 | 38 | 118 | 294 |
Opponents Totals | 98 | 98 | 88 | 58 | 342 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 243 | 92 | 128 | 23 | / % | / % | 65 | 549 | |
Opponents Totals | 200 | 61 | 124 | 15 | / % | / % | 76 | 693 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elbert Dubenion | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Billy Atkins | 1 | 29 | 31 | 93.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 41 |
Wray Carlton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
M.C. Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Art Baker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Glenn Bass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Dewey Bohling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Joe Hergert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 18 | |
Perry Richards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Fred Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Richie Lucas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Tom Rychlec | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Stew Barber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Johnny Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Don McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Billy Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bill Shockley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Warren Rabb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Mack Yoho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 38 | 29 | 31 | 93.5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 34.6 | 1 | 294 |
Opponents Totals | 43 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 46.4 | 1 | 342 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Hergert | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 1 | 45 | 2/2 | 1/4 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
Billy Atkins | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 39 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Bill Shockley | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 20 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Mack Yoho | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | |
Team Totals | 9 | 26 | 34.6 | 1 | 45 | 2/2 | 2/7 | 2/9 | 1/7 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 13 | 28 | 46.4 | 6/6 | 1/4 | 3/5 | 2/13 | 1/1 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Baker | 152 | 498 | 3.3 | 35 | 3 |
Wray Carlton | 101 | 311 | 3.1 | 27t | 4 |
Fred Brown | 53 | 192 | 3.6 | 13 | 1 |
Elbert Dubenion | 17 | 173 | 10.2 | 72t | 2 |
M.C. Reynolds | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 20 | 4 |
Dewey Bohling | 42 | 134 | 3.2 | 18 | 2 |
Billy Atkins | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 56t | 1 |
Warren Rabb | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
Richie Lucas | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
Johnny Green | 14 | 15 | 1.1 | 14 | 1 |
Glenn Bass | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
Willmer Fowler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Tom Rychlec | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | -18 | 0 |
Team Totals | 438 | 1606 | 3.7 | 72t | 18 |
Opponents Totals | 349 | 1377 | 3.9 | 9 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.C. Reynolds | 181 | 83 | 45.9 | 85 | 1004 | 5.5 | 12.1 | 52 | 2 | 1.1 | 13 | 7.2 | 37.2 | |||
Johnny Green | 126 | 56 | 44.4 | 65 | 903 | 7.2 | 16.1 | 61t | 6 | 4.8 | 5 | 4.0 | 68.3 | |||
Warren Rabb | 74 | 34 | 45.9 | 38 | 586 | 7.9 | 17.2 | 76t | 5 | 6.8 | 2 | 2.7 | 84.6 | |||
Richie Lucas | 50 | 20 | 40.0 | 26 | 282 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 45t | 2 | 4.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 38.9 | |||
Tommy O'Connell | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 11 | 2.2 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0.0 | |||
Dewey Bohling | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Wray Carlton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 439 | 194 | 44.2 | 220 | 2786 | 6.3 | 14.4 | 76t | 15 | 3.4 | 25 | 5.7 | 63 | 442 | 2344 | 53.0 |
Opponents Totals | 430 | 206 | 47.9 | 195 | 3237 | 7.5 | 15.7 | 28 | 6.5 | 29 | 6.7 | 36 | 350 | 2887 | 67.0 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Bass | 50 | 765 | 15.3 | 76t | 3 |
Tom Rychlec | 33 | 405 | 12.3 | 27 | 2 |
Elbert Dubenion | 31 | 461 | 14.9 | 61t | 6 |
Monte Crockett | 20 | 325 | 16.3 | 51 | 0 |
Perry Richards | 19 | 285 | 15.0 | 43t | 3 |
Wray Carlton | 17 | 193 | 11.4 | 22 | 0 |
Dewey Bohling | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 41 | 1 |
Art Baker | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 29 | 0 |
Richie Lucas | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
Dan Chamberlain | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Fred Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Team Totals | 194 | 2786 | 14.4 | 76t | 15 |
Opponents Totals | 206 | 3237 | 15.7 | 28 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Atkins | 10 | 158 | 15.8 | 29 | 0 |
Stew Barber | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 21t | 1 |
Jim Wagstaff | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
Vern Valdez | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 50 | 0 |
Ralph Felton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
Archie Matsos | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Jim Crotty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Richie Lucas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Richie McCabe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Joe Hergert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mack Yoho | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 29 | 311 | 10.7 | 50 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 398 | 15.9 | 4 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Atkins | 85 | 3783 | 44.5 | 70 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 291 | 3312 | 39.0 |
Team Totals | 85 | 3783 | 44.5 | 70 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 291 | 3312 | 39.4 |
Opponents Totals | 75 | 2897 | 38.6 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 187 | 2670 | 35.6 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Bass | 8 | 17 | 75 | 9.4 | 32 | 0 |
Dewey Bohling | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Atkins | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Fred Brown | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Wagstaff | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
Vern Valdez | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Perry Richards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 19 | 34 | 187 | 9.8 | 35 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 45 | 9 | 291 | 6.5 | 57t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elbert Dubenion | 16 | 329 | 20.6 | 33 | 0 | |
Art Baker | 12 | 281 | 23.4 | 36 | 0 | |
Dewey Bohling | 10 | 246 | 24.6 | 35 | 0 | |
Richie Lucas | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Wray Carlton | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Fred Brown | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 93t | 1 | |
Bill Shockley | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Ken Rice | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | |
Perry Richards | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
Monte Crockett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 57 | 1208 | 21.2 | 93t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 54 | 1112 | 20.6 | 88t | 1 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Atkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Art Baker | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Glenn Bass | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dewey Bohling | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Wray Carlton | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Don Chelf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Jim Crotty | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Johnny Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Richie Lucas | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Archie Matsos | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don McDonald | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Chuck McMurtry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Ed Muelhaupt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Warren Rabb | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
M.C. Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Rychlec | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Billy Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Vern Valdez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Jim Wagstaff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Team Totals | 32 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 3 | |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0 |
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