1961 Dallas Texans (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| Tom Catlin | Assistant Coach |
| Ed Hughes | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1961 | H | New York Titans | 39-28 | W | Dallas, TX | P.C. Cobb Stadium | 20500 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 31-13 | W | Midland, TX | Midland High School Stadium | 10000 | |
| Fri | 8/18/1961 | A | Buffalo Bills | 35-26 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 11166 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 29-27 | W | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 21710 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1961 | A | San Diego Chargers | 10-31 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 15232 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1961 | H | San Diego Chargers | 10-26 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 24500 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | A | Oakland Raiders | 42-35 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 6737 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 26-21 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 28000 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1961 | A | Denver Broncos | 19-12 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14500 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | Buffalo Bills | 24-27 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20678 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Houston Oilers | 7-38 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23228 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Boston Patriots | 17-18 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 20500 | |
| Fri | 11/3/1961 | A | Boston Patriots | 21-28 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 25063 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | H | Buffalo Bills | 20-30 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 15000 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 33788 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | H | Oakland Raiders | 43-11 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 14500 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | New York Titans | 7-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 14117 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 49-21 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 8000 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | New York Titans | 35-24 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 12500 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ben Agajanian | 3 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 42 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Barnes | 82 | OE | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Arkansas; Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 0 |
| Max Boydston | 81 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Oklahoma | 11 | 9 |
| Mel Branch | 87 | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| Chris Burford | 88 | SE | 6-3 | 211 | 23 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| John Cadwell | 61 | OG | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Oregon State | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Collins | 71 | RDT | 5-11 | 238 | 34 | Louisiana State | 13 | 11 |
| Jerry Cornelison | 74 | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Cotton Davidson | 19 | QB-P | 6-0 | 182 | 30 | Baylor | 14 | 12 |
| Charlie Diamond | 79 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 9 |
| Randy Duncan | 15 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 2 |
| Don Flynn | 18 | LS | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | Houston | 6 | 6 |
| Sid Fournet | 62 | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 235 | 29 | Louisiana State | 14 | 3 |
| Jon Gilliam | 65 | C | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 13 |
| Dave Grayson | 45 | RCB-RS | 5-10 | 184 | 22 | San Diego CC; Oregon | 13 | 8 |
| Ted Greene | 54 | LLB | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | Tampa | 14 | 3 |
| Tom Greene | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Holy Cross | 1 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 28 | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | North Texas | 14 | 12 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 69 | MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 24 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| E.J. Holub | 55 | LLB-RLB | 6-4 | 231 | 23 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
| Paul Hynes | 40 | CB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 26 | HB-FL | 6-1 | 187 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 3 |
| Luther Jeralds | 89 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | North Carolina Central | 9 | 1 |
| Jack Johnson | 32 | DB | 6-3 | 198 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Kelley | 44 | RCB | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Texas | 13 | 9 |
| Billy Krisher | 64 | ROG | 6-1 | 233 | 26 | Oklahoma | 14 | 12 |
| Jerry Mays | 75 | LDE-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 4 |
| Paul Miller | 86 | LDE | 6-2 | 226 | 31 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| Walt Napier | 76 | DT | 6-4 | 275 | 28 | Paul Quinn | 6 | 0 |
| Doyle Nix | 25 | LS-RS-LCB | 6-1 | 191 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 5 |
| Billy Pricer | 33 | FB | 5-10 | 208 | 27 | Oklahoma | 6 | 0 |
| Al Reynolds | 60 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Tarkio | 14 | 13 |
| Johnny Robinson | 42 | FL | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| Paul Rochester | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Tony Romeo | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Florida State | 14 | 5 |
| Jack Spikes | 30 | FB-K | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Texas Christian | 6 | 5 |
| Smokey Stover | 35 | RLB | 6-0 | 229 | 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 12 |
| Marv Terrell | 63 | LOG | 6-1 | 236 | 23 | Mississippi | 3 | 1 |
| Jim Tyrer | 77 | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Webster | 21 | RS-LS | 6-4 | 217 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Duane Wood | 48 | LCB | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | E.J. Holub | C | Texas Tech |
| 2 | 14 | Bob Lilly | T | Texas Christian |
| 3 | 22 | Jim Tyrer | T | Ohio State |
| 4 | 28 | Claude Moorman | E | Duke |
| 5 | 38 | Jerry Mays | T | Southern Methodist |
| 7 | 53 | Fred Arbanas | E | Michigan State |
| 8 | 62 | John O'Day | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 9 | 69 | Dick Mills | T | Pittsburgh |
| 10 | 78 | Jerry Daniels | E | Mississippi |
| 11 | 85 | Marvin Tibbets | HB | Georgia Tech |
| 12 | 94 | Paul Hynes | HB | Louisiana Tech |
| 13 | 101 | Glynn Gregory | HB | Southern Methodist |
| 14 | 110 | Curtis McClinton | HB | Kansas |
| 15 | 114 | Ed Nutting | T | Georgia Tech |
| 15 | 117 | Roy Lee Rambo | G | Texas Christian |
| 16 | 126 | Aaron Thomas | E | Oregon State |
| 17 | 133 | Jarrell Williams | HB | Arkansas |
| 18 | 142 | Ronnie Hartline | FB | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 149 | Frank Jackson | HB | Southern Methodist |
| 20 | 158 | Bobby Lane | E | Baylor |
| 21 | 165 | Dick Thornton | QB | Northwestern |
| 22 | 174 | Ed Sharockman | HB | Pittsburgh |
| 23 | 181 | Lou Zivkovich | T | New Mexico State |
| 24 | 190 | Pat Dye | G | Georgia |
| 25 | 197 | Ray Ramsey | QB | Adams State |
| 26 | 206 | Danny House | HB | Davidson |
| 27 | 213 | Bob Schloredt | QB | Washington |
| 28 | 222 | Bill Stine | G | Michigan |
| 29 | 229 | Lonnie Caddell | FB | Rice |
| 30 | 238 | Ced Price | E | Kansas State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 87 | 87 | 83 | 334 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 127 | 41 | 139 | 343 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 247 | 112 | 122 | 13 | / % | / % | 89 | 874.50 | |
| Opponents Totals | 238 | 89 | 129 | 20 | / % | / % | 62 | 619 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Jack Spikes | 5 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 0 | 54 |
| Johnny Robinson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Chris Burford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Frank Jackson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 26 |
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Max Boydston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 37 | 41 | 90.2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 29.2 | 0 | 334 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 38.7 | 0 | 343 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Spikes | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 1 | 27 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/1 |
| Ben Agajanian | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 1 | 51 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/4 | 1/1 |
| Cotton Davidson | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 24 | 29.2 | 4 | 41 | 2/3 | 4/6 | 0/5 | 0/8 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 31 | 38.7 | 2/ | 2/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 179 | 841 | 4.7 | 59 | 9 |
| Frank Jackson | 65 | 386 | 5.9 | 49t | 3 |
| Jack Spikes | 39 | 334 | 8.6 | 74 | 5 |
| Bo Dickinson | 71 | 263 | 3.7 | 65 | 3 |
| Johnny Robinson | 52 | 200 | 3.8 | 45 | 2 |
| Cotton Davidson | 21 | 123 | 5.9 | 40 | 1 |
| Randy Duncan | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Jon Gilliam | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 439 | 2183 | 5.0 | 74 | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 410 | 1525 | 3.7 | 87t | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Davidson | 330 | 151 | 45.8 | 156 | 2445 | 7.4 | 16.2 | 71 | 17 | 5.2 | 23 | 7.0 | 59.2 | |||
| Randy Duncan | 67 | 25 | 37.3 | 39 | 361 | 5.4 | 14.4 | 47 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 41.9 | |||
| Frank Jackson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 22.9 | |||
| Team Totals | 399 | 177 | 44.4 | 195 | 2815 | 7.1 | 15.9 | 71 | 18 | 4.5 | 27 | 6.8 | 24 | 239 | 2576 | 55.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 439 | 219 | 49.9 | 195 | 2077 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 80 | 20 | 4.6 | 25 | 5.7 | 34 | 300 | 1777 | 54.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Burford | 51 | 850 | 16.7 | 54 | 5 |
| Johnny Robinson | 35 | 601 | 17.2 | 71 | 5 |
| Abner Haynes | 34 | 558 | 16.4 | 69t | 3 |
| Bo Dickinson | 14 | 209 | 14.9 | 48t | 2 |
| Frank Jackson | 13 | 171 | 13.2 | 52t | 2 |
| Max Boydston | 12 | 167 | 13.9 | 24 | 1 |
| Jack Spikes | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Tony Romeo | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Barnes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 177 | 2815 | 15.9 | 71 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 219 | 2077 | 9.5 | 80 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Webster | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Dave Grayson | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 99t | 1 |
| Doyle Nix | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Smokey Stover | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 56Lt | 2 |
| Don Flynn | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ted Greene | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jerry Mays | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| E.J. Holub | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 418 | 16.7 | 99t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 424 | 15.7 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Davidson | 61 | 2479 | 40.6 | 62 | 1 | 216 | ||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2479 | 40.0 | 62 | 1 | 216 | 39.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2625 | 41.7 | 1 | 219 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 19 | 196 | 10.3 | 44 | 0 | |
| Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 207 | 8.3 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 216 | 10.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Grayson | 16 | 453 | 28.3 | 73 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | 24 | 645 | 26.9 | 53 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 8 | 270 | 33.8 | 88t | 1 | |
| Paul Hynes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jon Gilliam | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Billy Pricer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Smokey Stover | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jerry Mays | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1465 | 27.6 | 88t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 1249 | 19.2 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Barnes | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Mel Branch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chris Burford | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ray Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cotton Davidson | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie Diamond | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Randy Duncan | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Sherrill Headrick | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Frank Jackson | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Jerry Mays | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Miller | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Doyle Nix | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Al Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Robinson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Rochester | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Smokey Stover | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dave Webster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 32 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 3 |
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