1962 New York Titans (AFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Division 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: Bulldog Turner |
| Johnny Dell Isola | Assistant Coach |
| George Sauer | Assistant Coach |
| Hugh Taylor | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1962 | A | Houston Oilers | 27-33 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 18942 | |
| Sun | 8/12/1962 | H | Buffalo Bills | 10-20 | L | New Haven, CT | Bowen Field | 11118 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1962 | N | Buffalo Bills | - | Atlanta, GA | ||||
| Wed | 8/22/1962 | A | Boston Patriots | 10-17 | L | Lowell, MA | Lowell Stadium | 11118 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1962 | A | San Diego Chargers | 9-14 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 20871 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1962 | A | Oakland Raiders | 28-17 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 12893 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1962 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-40 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 22003 | |
| Sat | 9/22/1962 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-6 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 24024 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1962 | H | Denver Broncos | 10-32 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 17213 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1962 | H | Boston Patriots | 14-43 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 14412 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1962 | A | Houston Oilers | 17-56 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 20650 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1962 | A | Dallas Texans | 17-20 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 17814 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1962 | H | San Diego Chargers | 23-3 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21467 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1962 | H | Oakland Raiders | 31-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 18247 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1962 | H | Dallas Texans | 31-52 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 13725 | |
| Thu | 11/22/1962 | A | Denver Broncos | 46-45 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 15776 | |
| Fri | 11/30/1962 | A | Boston Patriots | 17-24 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 20015 | |
| Sat | 12/8/1962 | H | Buffalo Bills | 3-20 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 16453 | |
| Sat | 12/15/1962 | H | Houston Oilers | 10-44 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 8167 | |
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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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 2 | Billy Atkins | RS-RCB-P | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Auburn | 7 | 5 |
| 57 | Hubert Bobo | MLB | 6-1 | 217 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 11 |
| 45 | Dick Christy | HB | 5-10 | 191 | 27 | North Carolina State | 14 | 13 |
| 70 | Gene Cockrell | ROT-LDT | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Oklahoma; Hardin-Simmons | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Ed Cooke | LLB | 6-4 | 248 | 27 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Thurlow Cooper | TE | 6-4 | 228 | 29 | Maine | 14 | 12 |
| 56 | Roger Ellis | ROG | 6-3 | 233 | 24 | Maine | 14 | 9 |
| 64 | Jerry Fields | MLB-LLB | 6-1 | 222 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 3 |
| 41 | Charlie Flowers | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Mississippi | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | Wayne Fontes | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Michigan State | 9 | 4 |
| 62 | Sid Fournet | ROG | 6-0 | 235 | 30 | Louisiana State | 14 | 4 |
| Bobby Fowler | FB | 5-11 | 212 | 22 | Tennessee-Martin | 1 | 1 | |
| 60 | Larry Grantham | RLB | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Moses Gray | RDT | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Indiana | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Johnny Green | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11 | 7 |
| 17 | Lee Grosscup | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 26 | Washington; Santa Monica JC; Utah | 8 | 4 |
| 77 | Dick Guesman | LDT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | West Virginia | 7 | 7 |
| 52 | Mike Hudock | C | 6-1 | 245 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Paul Hynes | RCB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 12 |
| 75 | Proverb Jacobs | RDE-RDT | 6-4 | 258 | 27 | Modesto JC; California | 4 | 4 |
| 20 | Curley Johnson | FB-P | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Houston | 14 | 4 |
| 86 | Karl Kaimer | TE-SE | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Dean JC; Boston University | 8 | 3 |
| 75 | John Kenerson | RDT-LDT-RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Kentucky State | 7 | 2 |
| 78 | Jack Klotz | LOT | 6-5 | 256 | 30 | Widener | 3 | 2 |
| 35 | Ed Kovac | LS | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Cincinnati | 10 | 10 |
| 55 | Alex Kroll | LOT-C | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Yale; Rutgers | 14 | 12 |
| 30 | Dean Look | QB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Bill Mathis | FB | 6-1 | 219 | 24 | Clemson | 11 | 7 |
| 13 | Don Maynard | FL-DB | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Rice; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| 67 | Bob Mischak | LOG | 6-0 | 237 | 30 | Army | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Fran Morelli | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 258 | 23 | Colgate | 12 | 0 |
| 74 | Nick Mumley | DE | 6-6 | 250 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Dainard Paulson | LCB-LS | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | El Camino JC; Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Art Powell | SE | 6-2 | 211 | 25 | San Diego CC; San Jose State | 14 | 13 |
| 80 | Perry Richards | SE | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | Lee Riley | RS-LS | 6-1 | 192 | 30 | St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy | 14 | 10 |
| 19 | Bob Scrabis | QB | 6-3 | 233 | 26 | Penn State | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | Bill Shockley | K | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | West Chester | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Butch Songin | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 38 | Boston College | 7 | 3 |
| 12 | Harold Stephens | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | Hardin-Simmons | 6 | 0 |
| 73 | George Strugar | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 259 | 28 | Washington | 12 | 10 |
| 24 | Jim Tiller | HB | 5-8 | 165 | 25 | Purdue | 11 | 1 |
| 78 | LaVerne Torczon | RDT-RDE | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Nebraska | 10 | 8 |
| 76 | Bob Watters | RDE | 6-4 | 247 | 27 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 12 | 9 |
| 25 | Mel West | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | Missouri | 3 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Sandy Stephens | QB | Minnesota |
| 2 | 13 | Alex Kroll | C | Rutgers |
| 3 | 21 | Fate Echols | T | Northwestern |
| 4 | 29 | Ed Blaine | G | Missouri |
| 5 | 37 | Bobby Ply | QB | Baylor |
| 5 | 38 | Bill Hull | E | Wake Forest |
| 6 | 45 | Mel Melin | QB | Washington State |
| 7 | 53 | George Mans | E | Michigan |
| 8 | 61 | John Lomakoski | T | Western Michigan |
| 9 | 69 | Gary Barnes | E | Clemson |
| 10 | 77 | Ted Stute | T | Ohio University |
| 11 | 85 | Curtis Miranda | C | Florida A&M |
| 12 | 90 | Bill Winter | T | West Virginia |
| 13 | 101 | Wilburn Hollis | QB | Iowa |
| 14 | 109 | Bert Wilder | T | North Carolina State |
| 15 | 117 | Sam Mudie | HB | Rutgers |
| 16 | 125 | Jim Smith | T | Penn State |
| 17 | 133 | Allen Miller | G | Ohio University |
| 18 | 141 | Buddy Iles | E | Texas Christian |
| 19 | 149 | Reed Bohovich | T | Lehigh |
| 20 | 157 | Judge Dickson | FB | Minnesota |
| 21 | 165 | Ron Hatcher | FB | Michigan State |
| 22 | 173 | Tom Nolan | T | Widener |
| 23 | 181 | John Kuprok | E | Pittsburgh |
| 24 | 189 | Johnny Counts | HB | Illinois |
| 25 | 197 | Russ Warren | HB | Columbia |
| 26 | 205 | Chuck Morris | HB | Mississippi |
| 27 | 213 | Jerry Archer | C | Pittsburg State |
| 28 | 221 | Pete Nikirk | T | Houston |
| 29 | 229 | Frank Parker | T | Oklahoma State |
| 30 | 237 | Mike McClellan | HB | Oklahoma |
| 31 | 245 | L.E. Hicks | T | Florida |
| 32 | 253 | Don Jonas | HB | Penn State |
| 33 | 261 | Nick Maravich | T | North Carolina State |
| 34 | 267 | Dick Wilson | C | Penn State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 73 | 95 | 45 | |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 124 | 110 | 117 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 60 | 131 | 15 | / % | / % | 84 | 771 | |
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 103 | 122 | 28 | / % | / % | 73 | 711 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Shockley | 0 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 68 |
| Dick Christy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Don Maynard | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Art Powell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Johnny Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Mathis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Thurlow Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ed Cooke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Fontes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Guesman | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 46.4 | 1 | 278 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 46 | 51 | 90.2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 0 | 423 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Shockley | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 4 | 40 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 5/8 | 1/8 | 0/2 |
| Dick Guesman | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 28 | 48.1 | 4 | 40 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 5/8 | 1/8 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 5/ | 3/ | 7/ | 8/ | / |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 114 | 535 | 4.7 | 47 | 3 |
| Bill Mathis | 71 | 245 | 3.5 | 41 | 3 |
| Curley Johnson | 26 | 114 | 4.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 21 | 78 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Lee Grosscup | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Tiller | 31 | 43 | 1.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny Green | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 8 | 3 |
| Harold Stephens | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Fowler | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Mel West | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Butch Songin | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Dean Look | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Kovac | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 317 | 1213 | 3.8 | 47 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 453 | 2049 | 4.5 | 64t | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Green | 258 | 128 | 128 | 112 | 1741 | 6.7 | 13.6 | 63t | 10 | 3.9 | 18 | 7.0 | 55.4 | |||
| Lee Grosscup | 126 | 57 | 57 | 61 | 855 | 6.8 | 15.0 | 86t | 8 | 6.3 | 8 | 6.3 | 62.8 | |||
| Butch Songin | 90 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 442 | 4.9 | 10.5 | 64t | 2 | 2.2 | 7 | 7.8 | 36.4 | |||
| Harold Stephens | 22 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 123 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 82.2 | |||
| Dean Look | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Bob Scrabis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Dick Christy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 505 | 242 | 242 | 228 | 3161 | 6.3 | 13.1 | 86t | 20 | 4.0 | 35 | 6.9 | 54 | 419 | 2742 | 52.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 194 | 194 | 194 | 2929 | 7.0 | 15.1 | 78t | 28 | 6.7 | 29 | 7.0 | 36 | 323 | 2606 | 63.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Powell | 64 | 1130 | 17.7 | 80t | 8 |
| Dick Christy | 62 | 538 | 8.7 | 41 | 3 |
| Don Maynard | 56 | 1041 | 18.6 | 86t | 8 |
| Curley Johnson | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Tiller | 13 | 108 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Thurlow Cooper | 12 | 122 | 10.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Charlie Flowers | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Perry Richards | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Kovac | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mel West | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 242 | 3161 | 13.1 | 86t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 194 | 2929 | 15.1 | 78t | 28 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Riley | 11 | 122 | 11.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Wayne Fontes | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 83t | 1 |
| Billy Atkins | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Dainard Paulson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Hynes | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Kovac | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ed Cooke | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Hubert Bobo | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 356 | 12.3 | 83t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 544 | 15.5 | 59t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley Johnson | 50 | 1998 | 40.0 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 21 | 969 | 46.1 | 63 | 1 | |||||
| Johnny Green | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Dainard Paulson | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 78 | 3201 | 41.0 | 63 | 1 | 295 | 37.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2652 | 37.9 | 66 | 0 | 308 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 15 | 250 | 16.7 | 73t | 2 | |
| Jim Tiller | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ed Cooke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 | |
| Mel West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 308 | 11.8 | 73t | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 295 | 9.5 | 45 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 38 | 824 | 21.7 | 43 | 0 | |
| Jim Tiller | 22 | 462 | 21.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Ed Kovac | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Mel West | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 68 | 0 | |
| Bill Shockley | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Thurlow Cooper | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sid Fournet | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 73 | 1579 | 21.6 | 68 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 1194 | 26.0 | 103t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Bobo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dick Christy | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Cockrell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Fontes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Grantham | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lee Grosscup | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Curley Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Klotz | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Mumley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Art Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Perry Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lee Riley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Scrabis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Shockley | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harold Stephens | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Strugar | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jim Tiller | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Watters | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mel West | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 35 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 1 |
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