1961 Dallas Texans (AFL) |
2nd place Western Division 6-8-0 .429 |
Head Coach: Hank Stram |
Tom Catlin | Assistant Coach |
Ed Hughes | Assistant Coach |
Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
SCORES | ||||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | Notes | |||
Sat | 8/5/1961 | H | New York Titans | 39-28 | W | Dallas, TX | P.C. Cobb Stadium | 20500 | ||
Sat | 8/12/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 31-13 | W | Midland, TX | Midland High School Stadium | 10000 | ||
Fri | 8/18/1961 | A | Buffalo Bills | 35-26 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 11166 | ||
Fri | 8/25/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 29-27 | W | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 21710 | ||
Sun | 9/3/1961 | A | San Diego Chargers | 10-31 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 15232 | ||
Sun | 9/10/1961 | H | San Diego Chargers | 10-26 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 24500 | ||
Sun | 9/24/1961 | A | Oakland Raiders | 42-35 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 6737 | ||
Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 26-21 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 28000 | ||
Sun | 10/8/1961 | A | Denver Broncos | 19-12 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14500 | ||
Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | Buffalo Bills | 24-27 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20678 | ||
Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Houston Oilers | 7-38 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23228 | ||
Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Boston Patriots | 17-18 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 20500 | ||
Fri | 11/3/1961 | A | Boston Patriots | 21-28 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 25063 | ||
Sun | 11/12/1961 | H | Buffalo Bills | 20-30 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 15000 | ||
Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 33788 | ||
Sun | 11/26/1961 | H | Oakland Raiders | 43-11 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 14500 | ||
Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | New York Titans | 7-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 14117 | ||
Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 49-21 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 8000 | ||
Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | New York Titans | 35-24 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 12500 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
3 | Ben Agajanian | K | 6-0 | 195 | 42 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 3 | 0 |
82 | Charlie Barnes | OE | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Arkansas; Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 0 |
81 | Max Boydston | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Oklahoma | 11 | 9 |
87 | Mel Branch | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
88 | Chris Burford | SE | 6-3 | 211 | 23 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
61 | John Cadwell | OG | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Oregon State | 4 | 0 |
71 | Ray Collins | RDT | 5-11 | 238 | 34 | Louisiana State | 13 | 11 |
74 | Jerry Cornelison | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
19 | Cotton Davidson | QB-P | 6-0 | 182 | 30 | Baylor | 14 | 12 |
79 | Charlie Diamond | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 0 |
32 | Bo Dickinson | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 9 |
15 | Randy Duncan | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 2 |
18 | Don Flynn | LS | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | Houston | 6 | 6 |
62 | Sid Fournet | LOG | 6-0 | 235 | 29 | Louisiana State | 14 | 3 |
65 | Jon Gilliam | C | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 12 |
45 | Dave Grayson | RCB-RS | 5-10 | 184 | 22 | San Diego CC; Oregon | 13 | 8 |
54 | Ted Greene | LLB | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | Tampa | 14 | 3 |
14 | Tom Greene | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Holy Cross | 1 | 0 |
28 | Abner Haynes | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | North Texas | 14 | 12 |
69 | Sherrill Headrick | MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 24 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
55 | E.J. Holub | LLB-RLB-C | 6-4 | 231 | 23 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
40 | Paul Hynes | DB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 |
26 | Frank Jackson | HB-FL | 6-1 | 187 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 3 |
89 | Luther Jeralds | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | North Carolina Central | 9 | 1 |
32 | Jack Johnson | DB | 6-3 | 198 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 0 |
44 | Ed Kelley | RCB | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Texas | 13 | 9 |
64 | Billy Krisher | ROG | 6-1 | 233 | 26 | Oklahoma | 14 | 12 |
75 | Jerry Mays | LDE-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 4 |
86 | Paul Miller | LDE | 6-2 | 226 | 31 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
76 | Walt Napier | DT | 6-4 | 275 | 28 | Paul Quinn | 6 | 0 |
25 | Doyle Nix | LS-RS-LCB | 6-1 | 191 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 5 |
33 | Billy Pricer | FB | 5-10 | 208 | 27 | Oklahoma | 6 | 0 |
60 | Al Reynolds | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Tarkio | 14 | 13 |
42 | Johnny Robinson | FL | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
72 | Paul Rochester | LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
80 | Tony Romeo | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Florida State | 14 | 5 |
30 | Jack Spikes | FB-K | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Texas Christian | 6 | 5 |
35 | Smokey Stover | RLB | 6-0 | 229 | 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 12 |
63 | Marv Terrell | LOG | 6-1 | 236 | 23 | Mississippi | 3 | 1 |
77 | Jim Tyrer | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
21 | Dave Webster | RS-LS | 6-4 | 217 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
48 | Duane Wood | LCB | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | |||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
1 | 2 | E.J. Holub | C | Texas Tech | |
2 | 14 | Bob Lilly | T | Texas Christian | |
3 | 22 | Jim Tyrer | T | Ohio State | |
4 | 28 | Claude Moorman | E | Duke | |
5 | 38 | Jerry Mays | T | Southern Methodist | |
7 | 53 | Fred Arbanas | E | Michigan State | |
8 | 62 | John O'Day | T | Miami (Florida) | |
9 | 69 | Dick Mills | T | Pittsburgh | |
10 | 78 | Jerry Daniels | E | Mississippi | |
11 | 85 | Marvin Tibbets | HB | Georgia Tech | |
12 | 94 | Paul Hynes | HB | Louisiana Tech | |
13 | 101 | Glynn Gregory | HB | Southern Methodist | |
14 | 110 | Curtis McClinton | HB | Kansas | |
15 | 114 | Ed Nutting | T | Georgia Tech | |
15 | 117 | Roy Lee Rambo | G | Texas Christian | |
16 | 126 | Aaron Thomas | E | Oregon State | |
17 | 133 | Jarrell Williams | HB | Arkansas | |
18 | 142 | Ronnie Hartline | FB | Oklahoma | |
19 | 149 | Frank Jackson | HB | Southern Methodist | |
20 | 158 | Bobby Lane | E | Baylor | |
21 | 165 | Dick Thornton | QB | Northwestern | |
22 | 174 | Ed Sharockman | HB | Pittsburgh | |
23 | 181 | Lou Zivkovich | T | New Mexico State | |
24 | 190 | Pat Dye | G | Georgia | |
25 | 197 | Ray Ramsey | QB | Adams State | |
26 | 206 | Danny House | HB | Davidson | |
27 | 213 | Bob Schloredt | QB | Washington | |
28 | 222 | Bill Stine | G | Michigan | |
29 | 229 | Lonnie Caddell | FB | Rice | |
30 | 238 | Ced Price | E | Kansas State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 77 | 87 | 87 | 83 |
Opponents Totals | 36 | 127 | 41 | 139 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rushing | Passing | Penalty | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | YDS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 247 | 112 | 122 | 13 | / % | / % | 89 | 874.50 | |
Opponents Totals | 238 | 89 | 129 | 20 | / % | / % | 62 | 619 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abner Haynes | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
Jack Spikes | 5 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 0 | 54 |
Johnny Robinson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Bo Dickinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
Chris Burford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Frank Jackson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Cotton Davidson | 1 | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 26 |
Ben Agajanian | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 | 16 |
Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Max Boydston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dave Grayson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Randy Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 45 | 37 | 41 | 90.2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 29.2 | 0 | 334 |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 38.7 | 0 | 343 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Agajanian | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
Cotton Davidson | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Jack Spikes | 4 | 13 | 30.8 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 7 | 24 | 29.2 | 2/7 | 4/6 | 0/4 | 0/6 | 1/1 |
Opponents Totals | 12 | 31 | 38.7 | 2/ | 2/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abner Haynes | 179 | 841 | 4.7 | 59 | 9 |
Frank Jackson | 65 | 386 | 5.9 | 49t | 3 |
Jack Spikes | 39 | 334 | 8.6 | 74 | 5 |
Bo Dickinson | 71 | 263 | 3.7 | 65 | 3 |
Johnny Robinson | 52 | 200 | 3.8 | 45 | 2 |
Cotton Davidson | 21 | 123 | 5.9 | 40 | 1 |
Randy Duncan | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 19 | 0 |
Billy Pricer | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
Jon Gilliam | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Chris Burford | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 439 | 2183 | 5.0 | 74 | 23 |
Opponents Totals | 410 | 1525 | 3.7 | 87t | 18 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cotton Davidson | 330 | 151 | 45.8 | 156 | 2445 | 7.4 | 16.2 | 71 | 17 | 5.2 | 23 | 7.0 | 59.2 | |||
Randy Duncan | 67 | 25 | 37.3 | 39 | 361 | 5.4 | 14.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 41.9 | ||||
Frank Jackson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 22.9 | |||
Team Totals | 399 | 177 | 44.4 | 195 | 2815 | 7.1 | 15.9 | 71 | 18 | 4.5 | 27 | 6.8 | 24 | 239 | 2576 | 55.3 |
Opponents Totals | 439 | 219 | 49.9 | 195 | 2077 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 80 | 20 | 4.6 | 25 | 5.7 | 34 | 300 | 1777 | 54.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Burford | 51 | 850 | 16.7 | 54 | 5 |
Johnny Robinson | 35 | 601 | 17.2 | 71 | 5 |
Abner Haynes | 34 | 558 | 16.4 | 69t | 3 |
Bo Dickinson | 14 | 209 | 14.9 | 48t | 2 |
Frank Jackson | 13 | 171 | 13.2 | 52t | 2 |
Max Boydston | 12 | 167 | 13.9 | 24 | 1 |
Jack Spikes | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 46 | 0 |
Tony Romeo | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 |
Billy Pricer | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
Charlie Barnes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 177 | 2815 | 15.9 | 71 | 18 |
Opponents Totals | 219 | 2077 | 9.5 | 80 | 20 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Webster | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
Duane Wood | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 31 | 0 |
Dave Grayson | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 99t | 1 |
Doyle Nix | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 |
Smokey Stover | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 36 | 0 |
Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 56Lt | 2 |
Don Flynn | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Ted Greene | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Jerry Mays | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
E.J. Holub | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 25 | 418 | 16.7 | 99t | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 424 | 15.7 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cotton Davidson | 61 | 2479 | 40.6 | 62 | 1 | 216 | ||||
Team Totals | 62 | 2479 | 40.0 | 62 | 1 | 216 | 39.9 | |||
Opponents Totals | 63 | 2625 | 41.7 | 1 | 219 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abner Haynes | 19 | 196 | 10.3 | 44 | 0 | |
Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
Johnny Robinson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | |
Frank Jackson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
Paul Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 25 | 207 | 8.3 | 44 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 216 | 10.8 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Grayson | 16 | 453 | 28.3 | 73 | 0 | |
Frank Jackson | 24 | 645 | 26.9 | 53 | 0 | |
Abner Haynes | 8 | 270 | 33.8 | 88t | 1 | |
Paul Hynes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
Jon Gilliam | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Billy Pricer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Smokey Stover | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Jerry Mays | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 53 | 1465 | 27.6 | 88t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 65 | 1249 | 19.2 | 1 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Barnes | 1 | 0 | |||||
Chris Burford | 1 | 0 | |||||
Cotton Davidson | 7 | 0 | |||||
Randy Duncan | 3 | 0 | |||||
Abner Haynes | 11 | 0 | |||||
Frank Jackson | 3 | 0 | |||||
Jerry Mays | 1 | 0 | |||||
Paul Miller | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||
Johnny Robinson | 1 | 0 | |||||
Jack Spikes | 1 | 0 | |||||
Team Totals | 32 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 3 |
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