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
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

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
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
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	PTS
Abner Haynes	13	0	0		0	0	0	0		78
Jack Spikes	5	10	14	71.4	1	1	4	13	30.8	54
Johnny Robinson	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		42
Bo Dickinson	5	0	0		2	2	0	0		34
Chris Burford	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		30
Frank Jackson	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		30
Cotton Davidson	1	20	20	100.0	0	0	0	2	0.0	26
Ben Agajanian	0	7	7	100.0	0	0	3	9	33.3	16
Sherrill Headrick	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Max Boydston	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Dave Grayson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Randy Duncan	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0
Team Totals	45	37	41	90.2	3	4	7	24	29.2	334
Opponents Totals	44	37	38	97.4	2	3	12	31	38.7	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	RYDS	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	YDS	AVG	LG
Abner Haynes	19	196	10.3	44
Sherrill Headrick	2	5	2.5	5
Johnny Robinson	2	4	2.0	3
Frank Jackson	1	2	2.0	2
Paul Miller	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	25	207	8.3	44
Opponents Totals	20	216	10.8

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	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	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