1961 New York Titans (AFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		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

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	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bill Mathis	8	0	0		0	0	0		48
Don Maynard	8	0	0		0	0	0		48
Dick Guesman	0	24	26	92.3	0	5	15	33.3	39
Dick Christy	5	0	0		0	0	0		30
Art Powell	5	0	0		0	0	0		30
Thurlow Cooper	4	0	0		0	0	1	0.0	24
Al Dorow	4	0	0		1	0	0		24
Bill Shockley	0	13	13	100.0	0	3	7	42.9	22
Mel West	3	0	0		0	0	0		18
Dick Felt	1	0	0		0	0	0		6
Bobby Renn	1	0	0		0	0	0		6
Bob Scrabis	1	0	0		0	0	0		6
Team Totals	40	37	39	94.9	1	8	23	34.8	301
Opponents Totals	50	46	48	95.8	1	14	27	51.9	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			1
Dick Christy	29	521	18.0	68	1
Bobby Renn	18	268	14.9	67t	1
Thurlow Cooper	15	208	13.9	31	4			0	0
Bill Mathis	12	42	3.5	14	1		0	0
Mel West	8	104	13.0	37	0		2	0
Dewey Bohling	3	34	11.3	27	0		1	0	0
Bill Shockley	3	27	9.0	13	0		0	0	0
Curley Johnson	1	32	32.0	32	0		1	0	0
Bob O'Neil	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0	0	0	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	RYDS	NET
Curley Johnson	66	2821	42.7	70
Junior Wren	8	271	33.9	53
Team Totals	74	3092	41.8	70	284	41.8
Opponents Totals	70	2971	42.4	77	463

PUNT RETURNS	NO	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	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

Johnny Dell Isola	Assistant Coach
John Steber	Assistant Coach
Hugh Taylor	Assistant Coach