1961 New York Titans (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Sammy Baugh |
| Johnny Dell Isola | Assistant Coach |
| John Steber | Assistant Coach |
| Hugh Taylor | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1961 | A | Dallas Texans | 28-39 | L | Dallas, TX | P.C. Cobb Stadium | 20500 | |
| Thu | 8/10/1961 | A | Boston Patriots | 3-14 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 15387 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1961 | N | Boston Patriots | 17-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia Stadium | 15387 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1961 | N | Houston Oilers | 20-30 | L | Greenville, SC | Sirrine Stadium | 9500 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | A | Boston Patriots | 21-20 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 16683 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | A | Buffalo Bills | 31-41 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 15584 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 35-28 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 14381 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | Boston Patriots | 37-30 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 15189 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | H | San Diego Chargers | 10-25 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25136 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Denver Broncos | 10-27 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 12508 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | A | Oakland Raiders | 14-6 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 7138 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | A | San Diego Chargers | 13-48 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 33391 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1961 | H | Oakland Raiders | 23-12 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 16811 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | Houston Oilers | 13-49 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 33428 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1961 | H | Buffalo Bills | 21-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 12023 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | H | Dallas Texans | 28-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 14117 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 21-48 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 9462 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | A | Dallas Texans | 24-35 | L | 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 |
| Don Allard | 27 | QB | 6-0 | 189 | 25 | Boston College | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Ames | 25 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Richmond | 5 | 5 |
| Jim Apple | 27 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Upsala | 3 | 0 |
| Hubert Bobo | 57 | MLB | 6-1 | 217 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Dewey Bohling | 26 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Hardin-Simmons | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Bookman | 29 | RCB | 5-11 | 182 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 6 |
| Bob Brooks | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Ohio University | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Budrewicz | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Brown | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Christy | 45 | HB | 5-10 | 191 | 26 | North Carolina State | 14 | 13 |
| Gene Cockrell | 70 | ROT | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | Oklahoma; Hardin-Simmons | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Cooke | 82 | LLB-LDE | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | Maryland | 14 | 13 |
| Thurlow Cooper | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 228 | 28 | Maine | 14 | 14 |
| Al Dorow | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 32 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Roger Ellis | 56 | C | 6-3 | 233 | 23 | Maine | 14 | 4 |
| Dick Felt | 23 | LCB | 6-0 | 184 | 28 | Brigham Young | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Fields | 64 | RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 23 | Ohio State | 5 | 0 |
| Don Flynn | 15 | RLB | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | Houston | 7 | 1 |
| Jim Furey | 50 | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | Kansas State | 9 | 7 |
| Larry Grantham | 60 | RLB | 6-0 | 204 | 23 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| Moses Gray | 73 | LOT | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Indiana | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Guesman | 72 | RDT-LDT-LDE | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | West Virginia | 14 | 9 |
| Mike Hudock | 52 | C | 6-1 | 245 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 10 |
| Paul Hynes | 33 | RCB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 3 |
| Proverb Jacobs | 73 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 258 | 26 | Modesto JC; California | 10 | 4 |
| Dick Jamieson | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 24 | Bradley | 3 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 20 | P | 5-11 | 215 | 26 | Houston | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Klotz | 78 | LOT | 6-5 | 256 | 29 | Widener | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Lamberti | 55 | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Richmond | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 31 | FB | 6-1 | 219 | 23 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
| Don Maynard | 13 | FL | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Rice; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 9 |
| John McMullan | 68 | ROG | 6-0 | 244 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 12 |
| Bob Mischak | 67 | LOG | 6-0 | 237 | 29 | Army | 14 | 14 |
| Nick Mumley | 74 | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 250 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 12 |
| Bob O'Neil | 62 | ROG | 6-1 | 229 | 30 | Duquesne; Notre Dame | 14 | 2 |
| Dainard Paulson | 40 | RS | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | El Camino JC; Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Art Powell | 84 | SE | 6-2 | 211 | 24 | San Diego CC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Bert Rechichar | 44 | DB | 6-1 | 209 | 31 | Tennessee | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Reifsnyder | 79 | RDE | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Navy | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Renn | 10 | FL-DB | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Davidson; Florida State | 12 | 5 |
| Lee Riley | 22 | LS | 6-1 | 192 | 29 | St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Saidock | 75 | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 261 | 31 | Michigan State | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Scrabis | 19 | QB | 6-3 | 233 | 25 | Penn State | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Shockley | 29 | HB-FL | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | West Chester | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Walsh | 64 | LOT | 6-4 | 243 | 26 | Widener | 6 | 0 |
| Mel West | 25 | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 22 | Missouri | 9 | 1 |
| Junior Wren | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 192 | 32 | Missouri | 2 | 2 |
| Sid Youngelman | 76 | RDE-LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 257 | 30 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Tom Brown | G | Minnesota |
| 2 | 10 | Herb Adderley | HB | Michigan State |
| 5 | 34 | Tom Matte | QB | Ohio State |
| 6 | 42 | Bill Brown | FB | Illinois |
| 7 | 54 | Fred Mautino | E | Syracuse |
| 8 | 61 | Harold Beaty | T | Oklahoma State |
| 9 | 70 | Bernie Casey | FB | Bowling Green State |
| 10 | 77 | Joe Scibelli | T | American International* |
| 11 | 86 | Art Gilmore | HB | Oregon State |
| 12 | 93 | Norris Stevenson | HB | Missouri |
| 13 | 102 | Joe Wendryhoski | T | Illinois |
| 14 | 109 | Jim Cunningham | FB | Pittsburgh |
| 15 | 118 | Irv Cross | E | Northwestern |
| 16 | 125 | Jerry Steffen | HB | Colorado |
| 17 | 134 | Mike Pyle | T | Yale |
| 18 | 141 | Al Bentley | E | Arkansas State |
| 19 | 150 | Jim Kerr | HB | Penn State |
| 20 | 157 | Neil Plumley | T | Oregon State |
| 21 | 166 | Bob Brooks | FB | Ohio University |
| 22 | 173 | Wayne Fontes | HB | Michigan State |
| 23 | 182 | Mickey Walker | LB | Michigan State |
| 24 | 189 | Howard Dyer | QB | Virginia Military Institute |
| 25 | 198 | Andy Griffin | HB | American International |
| 26 | 205 | Bobby Smith | HB | UCLA |
| 27 | 214 | Moses Gray | T | Indiana |
| 28 | 221 | Fred Cox | HB | Pittsburgh |
| 30 | 237 | Bill Minnerly | HB | Connecticut |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 66 | 132 | 44 | 59 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 92 | 103 | 106 | 390 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 247 | 100 | 126 | 21 | / % | / % | 60 | 585 | |
| Opponents Totals | 242 | 100 | 121 | 21 | / % | / % | 86 | 869 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Mathis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Don Maynard | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Dick Guesman | 0 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 0 | 39 |
| Dick Christy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Art Powell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Thurlow Cooper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Al Dorow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Shockley | 0 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 22 |
| Mel West | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Felt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Scrabis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 37 | 39 | 94.9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 34.8 | 0 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 46 | 48 | 95.8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 0 | 390 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Guesman | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 1 | 40 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Bill Shockley | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 31 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Thurlow Cooper | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 23 | 34.8 | 1 | 40 | 3/6 | 1/4 | 3/8 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 3/ | 6/ | 5/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Mathis | 202 | 846 | 4.2 | 30 | 7 |
| Al Dorow | 54 | 317 | 5.9 | 40t | 4 |
| Mel West | 46 | 232 | 5.0 | 35 | 3 |
| Dick Christy | 81 | 180 | 2.2 | 16 | 2 |
| Bob Brooks | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Dewey Bohling | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Shockley | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Apple | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Scrabis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 426 | 1678 | 3.9 | 40t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 414 | 1880 | 4.5 | 72t | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dorow | 438 | 197 | 45.0 | 211 | 2651 | 6.1 | 13.5 | 68 | 19 | 4.3 | 30 | 6.8 | 50.7 | |||
| Bob Scrabis | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 12 | 82 | 3.9 | 11.7 | 35 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.5 | 22.4 | |||
| Dick Christy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 460 | 204 | 44.3 | 224 | 2733 | 5.9 | 13.4 | 68 | 20 | 4.3 | 32 | 7.0 | 41 | 346 | 2387 | 49.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 462 | 211 | 45.7 | 226 | 3044 | 6.6 | 14.4 | 78t | 26 | 5.6 | 25 | 5.4 | 31 | 247 | 2797 | 63.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Powell | 71 | 881 | 12.4 | 48t | 5 |
| Don Maynard | 43 | 629 | 14.6 | 45 | 8 |
| Dick Christy | 29 | 521 | 18.0 | 68 | 1 |
| Bobby Renn | 18 | 268 | 14.9 | 67t | 1 |
| Thurlow Cooper | 15 | 208 | 13.9 | 31 | 4 |
| Bill Mathis | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Mel West | 8 | 104 | 13.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Dewey Bohling | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Shockley | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob O'Neil | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 204 | 2733 | 13.4 | 68 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 211 | 3044 | 14.4 | 78t | 26 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bookman | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Felt | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Lee Riley | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Hubert Bobo | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Ed Cooke | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Ames | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dainard Paulson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 315 | 12.6 | 55t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 670 | 20.9 | 99t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley Johnson | 66 | 2821 | 42.7 | 70 | 0 | |||||
| Junior Wren | 8 | 271 | 33.9 | 53 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 74 | 3092 | 41.8 | 70 | 0 | 284 | 41.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2971 | 42.4 | 77 | 0 | 463 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 18 | 383 | 21.3 | 70t | 2 | |
| Mel West | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Jim Apple | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Bill Shockley | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Gene Cockrell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 463 | 17.8 | 70t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 284 | 14.2 | 51 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 15 | 360 | 24.0 | 60 | 0 | |
| Bill Shockley | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 37 | 0 | |
| Bobby Renn | 10 | 201 | 20.1 | 35 | 0 | |
| Bob Brooks | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 25 | 0 | |
| Mel West | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 25 | 0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 21 | 0 | |
| Roger Ellis | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Tom Saidock | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ed Walsh | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jerry Fields | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Paul Hynes | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jim Apple | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Tom Budrewicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thurlow Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1213 | 18.4 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 1084 | 21.3 | 93t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Apple | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Hubert Bobo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Brooks | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Christy | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Gene Cockrell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Al Dorow | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Roger Ellis | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Felt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Mathis | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Don Maynard | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bob O'Neil | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Art Powell | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Lee Riley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Saidock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Scrabis | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Mel West | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Sid Youngelman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 32 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 0 |
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