1961 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Head Coach: Nick Skorich |
| Charlie Gauer | Assistant Coach |
| Laurie Niemi | Assistant Coach |
| Jerry Williams | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/4/1961 | A | College All-Stars | 28-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 65000 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1961 | H | Chicago Bears | 38-10 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 14554 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1961 | A | Detroit Lions | 23-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 22011 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1961 | N | Washington Redskins | 17-10 | W | Bristol, TN | Bristol International Speedway | 9000 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-0 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 14012 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | H | Cleveland Browns | 27-20 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 50108 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-30 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 59399 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1961 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-16 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 20262 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 43-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 25000 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-24 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 31066 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | A | New York Giants | 21-38 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62800 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | Cleveland Browns | 24-45 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 68399 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 35-13 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60127 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21653 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | New York Giants | 24-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-24 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 44231 | |
| Sat | 1/6/1962 | N | Detroit Lions | 10-38 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 25612 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1/6/1962 | Detroit Lions | Playoff Bowl |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Glen Amerson | 46 | RCB-RS-lCB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Texas Tech | 14 | 5 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 33 | HB | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | Wake Forest | 12 | 7 |
| Maxie Baughan | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 60 | C-MLB | 6-3 | 233 | 36 | Pennsylvania | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Brookshier | 40 | RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 30 | Colorado | 7 | 7 |
| Timmy Brown | 22 | HB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Ball State | 13 | 0 |
| Don Burroughs | 45 | RS | 6-4 | 185 | 30 | Pasadena CC; Ventura JC; Colorado State | 13 | 13 |
| Marion Campbell | 78 | RDE | 6-3 | 250 | 32 | Georgia | 14 | 12 |
| Stan Campbell | 67 | ROG | 6-0 | 226 | 31 | Iowa State | 13 | 12 |
| Jimmy Carr | 21 | LCB | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | Charleston | 13 | 13 |
| Irv Cross | 27 | RCB | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | Northwestern | 13 | 4 |
| Ted Dean | 35 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | Wichita State | 14 | 9 |
| Bobby Freeman | 41 | LS | 6-1 | 202 | 29 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Gene Gossage | 79 | LOG-ROG-RDE | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | Cincinnati; Northwestern | 14 | 5 |
| Riley Gunnels | 74 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 8 |
| King Hill | 10 | P-QB | 6-3 | 212 | 25 | Rice | 14 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 9 | QB | 5-11 | 202 | 27 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| Howard Keys | 61 | C | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 4 |
| Eddie Khayat | 73 | RDT | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Millsaps; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Tulane | 14 | 7 |
| Dick Lucas | 87 | TE-FL-SE | 6-2 | 213 | 27 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
| Jim McCusker | 75 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 246 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 13 |
| Tommy McDonald | 25 | FL | 5-9 | 176 | 27 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| John Nocera | 29 | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Iowa | 12 | 10 |
| Don Oakes | 77 | LOT-ROT | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 1 |
| Clarence Peaks | 26 | FB | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | Michigan State | 13 | 12 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 53 | MLB-LLB | 6-2 | 233 | 27 | Maryland | 14 | 8 |
| Will Renfro | 66 | RDE-LDE | 6-5 | 233 | 29 | Memphis | 14 | 1 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 44 | SE | 6-1 | 211 | 30 | North Dakota-Ellendale; South Dakota State | 14 | 14 |
| Jesse Richardson | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 261 | 31 | Alabama | 14 | 13 |
| Theron Sapp | 30 | FB | 6-1 | 203 | 26 | Georgia | 14 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 76 | ROT-LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 25 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| Leo Sugar | 84 | LDE | 6-1 | 214 | 32 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Taseff | 23 | DB | 5-11 | 182 | 33 | John Carroll | 5 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 80 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Texas A&M | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | 83 | TE-K | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Weber | 51 | MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 31 | West Chester | 14 | 6 |
| John Wittenborn | 62 | LOG | 6-2 | 238 | 25 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Art Baker | FB | Syracuse |
| 2 | 28 | Bo Strange | C | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 36 | Jim Wright | QB | Memphis |
| 3 | 42 | Don Oakes | T | Virginia Tech |
| 4 | 53 | Dan Ficca | G | Southern California |
| 6 | 84 | Ben Balme | G | Yale |
| 7 | 98 | Irv Cross | B | Northwestern |
| 8 | 112 | Jim Beaver | G | Florida |
| 9 | 126 | Wayne Fontes | HB | Michigan State |
| 10 | 140 | Luther Hayes | E | Southern California |
| 11 | 154 | L.E. Hicks | T | Florida |
| 12 | 168 | Billy Majors | B | Tennessee |
| 13 | 182 | Don Jonas | B | Penn State |
| 14 | 196 | Willie Fleming | HB | Iowa |
| 15 | 210 | Bobby Richards | T | Louisiana State |
| 16 | 224 | G.W. Clapp | G | Auburn |
| 17 | 238 | Larry Lavery | T | Illinois |
| 18 | 252 | Nick Maravich | T | North Carolina State |
| 19 | 269 | Dick Wilson | C | Penn State |
| 20 | 280 | Jacque MacKinnon | B | Colgate |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 94 | 89 | 92 | 86 | 361 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 72 | 78 | 86 | 297 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 252 | 78 | 158 | 16 | / % | / % | 42 | 500 | |
| Opponents Totals | 267 | 116 | 145 | 6 | / % | / % | 62 | 684 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 2 | 43 | 46 | 93.5 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 0 | 97 |
| Tommy McDonald | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Pete Retzlaff | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Timmy Brown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dick Lucas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Clarence Peaks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Billy Ray Barnes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ted Dean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 43 | 46 | 93.5 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 0 | 361 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 28 | 128.6 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 0 | 297 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 0 | 42 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 1 | 42 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 2/ | 4/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Peaks | 135 | 471 | 3.5 | 33 | 5 |
| Timmy Brown | 50 | 338 | 6.8 | 47 | 1 |
| Ted Dean | 66 | 321 | 4.9 | 44 | 2 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 92 | 309 | 3.4 | 43 | 1 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 20 | 27 | 1.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 8 | 1 |
| King Hill | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 373 | 1507 | 4.0 | 47 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 474 | 2007 | 4.2 | 54t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Jurgensen | 416 | 235 | 56.5 | 157 | 3723 | 8.9 | 15.8 | 69 | 32 | 7.7 | 24 | 5.8 | 211 | 3512 | 88.1 | |
| King Hill | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 4 | 101 | 8.4 | 16.8 | 23 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 8 | 93 | 78.8 | |
| Clarence Peaks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 429 | 241 | 56.2 | 162 | 3824 | 8.9 | 15.9 | 69 | 34 | 7.9 | 26 | 6.1 | 219 | 3605 | 87.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 383 | 224 | 58.5 | 142 | 3183 | 8.3 | 14.2 | 84t | 23 | 6.0 | 17 | 4.4 | 263 | 2920 | 87.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McDonald | 64 | 1144 | 17.9 | 66 | 13 | ||||
| Pete Retzlaff | 50 | 769 | 15.4 | 61t | 8 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Walston | 34 | 569 | 16.7 | 68 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Clarence Peaks | 32 | 472 | 14.8 | 48 | 0 | ||||
| Ted Dean | 21 | 335 | 16.0 | 60t | 1 | 1 | |||
| Billy Ray Barnes | 15 | 194 | 12.9 | 59t | 3 | 1 | |||
| Timmy Brown | 14 | 264 | 18.9 | 65L | 2 | ||||
| Dick Lucas | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Theron Sapp | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 241 | 3824 | 15.9 | 69 | 34 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 3183 | 14.2 | 84t | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Burroughs | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 42 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carr | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Maxie Baughan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Nocera | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 17 | 239 | 14.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 294 | 11.3 | 65t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Hill | 55 | 2403 | 43.7 | 64 | 0 | 235 | ||||
| Team Totals | 55 | 2403 | 43.7 | 64 | 0 | 235 | 39.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 2675 | 41.8 | 69 | 1 | 353 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Dean | 18 | 2 | 140 | 7.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Timmy Brown | 8 | 5 | 125 | 15.6 | 66t | 1 |
| Maxie Baughan | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 7 | 1 | 77 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 8 | 353 | 10.4 | 66t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 235 | 7.8 | 73t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timmy Brown | 29 | 811 | 28.0 | 105t | 1 | |
| Ted Dean | 21 | 462 | 22.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Clarence Peaks | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Irv Cross | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1313 | 24.8 | 105t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1224 | 21.1 | 91t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ray Barnes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxie Baughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Timmy Brown | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Campbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Dean | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Freeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gene Gossage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Gunnels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Khayat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McCusker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Nocera | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Peaks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Renfro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Sugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| John Wittenborn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 23 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 0 |
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