| 1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) | 
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 10-5-1 .656 | 
| Head Coach: Eagle Keys | 
| Danny Edwards | Line | 
| Bobby Kellogg | Backfield | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 7/14/1961 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 24-16 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Fri | 7/21/1961 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-9 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sat | 7/29/1961 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-3 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 11000 | |
| Mon | 8/7/1961 | A | British Columbia Lions | 29-19 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28617 | |
| Mon | 8/14/1961 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 38-8 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16500 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1961 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 33-0 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| Thu | 8/24/1961 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 35-20 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19660 | |
| Mon | 8/28/1961 | H | British Columbia Lions | 21-20 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 13000 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-9 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 35-26 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22152 | |
| Mon | 9/11/1961 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15-32 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 27646 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 8-8 | T | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21510 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1961 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10-33 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19198 | |
| Mon | 9/25/1961 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-1 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10182 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1961 | A | British Columbia Lions | 9-21 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20210 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 21-28 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15106 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1961 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21-10 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 12338 | |
| Mon | 10/30/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 20-8 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1961 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-14 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10177 | |
| Western Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/11/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 8-10 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18000 | |
| Western Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
| Mon | 11/13/1961 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 18-17 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14112 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Don Barry | 42 | C-MG | 5-11 | 215 | 30 | none | 16 | |
| Johnny Bright | 24 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | Drake | 16 | |
| Roy Cameron | 15 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 10 | |
| Vic Chapman | 75 | OE | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | British Columbia | 15 | |
| Willie Crafts | T | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1 | ||
| Toby Deese | 65 | T | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 7 | |
| Don Duncalfe | 60 | T | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Ron Dundas | 74 | E | 6-3 | 212 | 27 | none | 9 | |
| Nat Dye | 61 | DE-T | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Georgia | 16 | |
| Pat Dye | 71 | G | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | Georgia | 16 | |
| Al Ecuyer | 53 | G | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Larry Fleisher | 52 | G | 5-8 | 215 | 26 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Gino Fracas | 55 | DG | 5-11 | 205 | 31 | Western Ontario | 11 | |
| Don Getty | 27 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Ed Gray | 68 | G | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Dunc Harvey | 11 | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | none | 8 | |
| Bill Hill | 20 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Presbyterian | 3 | |
| Mike Kmech | 56 | OG | 5-11 | 204 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Oscar Kruger | 14 | CB | 5-9 | 190 | 29 | none | 16 | |
| Jack Lamb | 67 | T | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | none | 10 | |
| Mike Lashuk | 28 | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | none | 13 | |
| Jim Letcavits | 73 | E | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Kansas | 15 | |
| Rollie Miles | 18 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 34 | St. Augustine's | 16 | |
| Roger Nelson | 66 | T | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Oklahoma | 10 | |
| Jackie Parker | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Jones County JC; Mississippi State | 16 | |
| Ronnie Quillen | 16 | HB | 5-9 | 210 | 22 | East Tennessee State | 8 | |
| Howie Schumm | 26 | DB-OHB | 6-2 | 200 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Jim Shipka | 23 | FB | 5-10 | 195 | 26 | none | 5 | |
| Bill Smith | 70 | DB-E | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | none | 14 | |
| Joe Bob Smith | 22 | HB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Houston | 8 | |
| Don Stephenson | 41 | C-LB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 16 | |
| Roy Stevenson | 51 | G | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Ted Tully | 77 | G | 6-0 | 205 | 32 | none | 16 | |
| Mike Volcan | 64 | T | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | none | 16 | |
| Bobby Walden | 21 | OHB-P | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Georgia | 14 | |
| Art Walker | 50 | T | 5-11 | 230 | 28 | Michigan | 15 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 56 | 79 | 82 | 117 | 334 | 
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 71 | 86 | 53 | 257 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 329 | 187 | 133 | 9 | 85 | 486 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 274 | 140 | 125 | 9 | 99 | 488 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Parker | 4 | 34 | 39 | 87.2 | - | - | - | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 
| Johnny Bright | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Mike Lashuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Jim Letcavits | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ronnie Quillen | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Bob Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Nat Dye | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Getty | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Vic Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ted Tully | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bobby Walden | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43 | ||
| Ron Dundas | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 35 | 40 | 87.5 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 17 | 0 | 334 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 24 | 33 | 72.7 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 11 | 0 | 257 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bright | 236 | 1350 | 5.7 | 81 | 11 | 
| Mike Lashuk | 123 | 757 | 6.2 | 50 | 4 | 
| Jackie Parker | 87 | 644 | 7.4 | 49 | 3 | 
| Bobby Walden | 45 | 185 | 4.1 | 24 | 0 | 
| Howie Schumm | 17 | 86 | 5.1 | 34 | 1 | 
| Don Getty | 16 | 67 | 4.2 | 18 | 1 | 
| Joe Bob Smith | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 24 | 0 | 
| Ronnie Quillen | 11 | 64 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 | 
| Bill Hill | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 | 
| Roy Cameron | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 5 | 0 | 
| Jim Shipka | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 565 | 3264 | 5.8 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 504 | 2612 | 5.2 | 16 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Parker | 184 | 92 | 50.0 | 79 | 1405 | 7.6 | 15.3 | 53 | 11 | 6.0 | 13 | 7.1 | 93 | 1312 | 66.1 | |
| Don Getty | 126 | 69 | 54.8 | 49 | 1276 | 10.1 | 18.5 | 65 | 8 | 6.3 | 8 | 6.3 | 0 | 1276 | 84.6 | |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 118.8 | 
| Mike Lashuk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 312 | 162 | 51.9 | 129 | 2694 | 8.6 | 16.6 | 19 | 6.1 | 21 | 6.7 | 73.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 300 | 172 | 57.3 | 110 | 2730 | 9.1 | 15.9 | 15 | 5.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 79.4 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Parker | 23 | 383 | 16.7 | 48 | 1 | 
| Jim Letcavits | 21 | 405 | 19.3 | 57 | 4 | 
| Joe Bob Smith | 17 | 314 | 18.5 | 48 | 3 | 
| Vic Chapman | 17 | 299 | 17.6 | 50 | 0 | 
| Johnny Bright | 13 | 219 | 16.8 | 34 | 0 | 
| Ronnie Quillen | 12 | 252 | 21.0 | 65 | 4 | 
| Mike Lashuk | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 18 | 0 | 
| Jim Shipka | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Bobby Walden | 36 | 513 | 14.3 | 29 | 6 | 
| Ron Dundas | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 17 | 1 | 
| Bill Hill | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Pat Dye | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 49 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 162 | 2694 | 16.6 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 172 | 2730 | 15.9 | 15 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Kruger | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 28 | 0 | 
| Al Ecuyer | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | 
| Bill Smith | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 56 | 0 | 
| Rollie Miles | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 | 
| Don Stephenson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 18 | 224 | 12.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 293 | 14.0 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walden | 63 | 2953 | 46.9 | 79 | 0 | 7 | 
| Vic Chapman | 45 | 1892 | 42.0 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 
| Jackie Parker | 4 | 215 | 53.8 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 112 | 5060 | 45.2 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 125 | 5285 | 42.3 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walden | 40 | 280 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Joe Bob Smith | 20 | 115 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 | 
| Ronnie Quillen | 28 | 112 | 4.0 | 24 | 0 | 
| Rollie Miles | 18 | 87 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 | 
| Bill Hill | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 | 
| Oscar Kruger | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Roy Cameron | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 | 
| Bill Smith | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 
| Ted Tully | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Jackie Parker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 124 | 671 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 506 | 4.5 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Tully | 52 | 2525 | 48.6 | 68 | 0 | 
| Jackie Parker | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Joe Bob Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 55 | 2586 | 47.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walden | 16 | 487 | 30.4 | 57 | 0 | 
| Joe Bob Smith | 13 | 332 | 25.5 | 76 | 0 | 
| Ronnie Quillen | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 59 | 0 | 
| Bill Hill | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 32 | 0 | 
| Rollie Miles | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 32 | 0 | 
| Dunc Harvey | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 
| Johnny Bright | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 | 
| Jim Shipka | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 | 
| Mike Lashuk | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Roy Cameron | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Don Stephenson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 
| Jim Letcavits | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 50 | 1199 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1186 | 22.0 | 1 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bright | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Dye | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Al Ecuyer | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gino Fracas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Gray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Oscar Kruger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Lashuk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Miles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jackie Parker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Stephenson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| (Team) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 22 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 
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