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1961 Akron Pros

1st place • Eastern Division • 6-2-2 .750

Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Ned Endress (0-3-0); Otis Douglas (0-7-0)

George Florian	Assistant Coach
Jim Lipinski	Assistant Coach
Joe Petracca	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/19/1961	N	Stamford Golden Bears	20-6	W		Denison, OH	Denison High School Stadium	2000
Sat	8/26/1961	N	Indianapolis Warriors	22-34	L		Niles, OH
Sat	9/2/1961	N	Stamford Golden Bears	48-7	W		Aliquippa, PA	Aliquippa High School Stadium
Sun	9/10/1961	H	Cleveland Bulldogs	6-43	L		Cantopn, OH	Central Catholic High School Stadium	2100
Sat	9/16/1961	H	Columbus Colts	0-40	L		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	6170
Sat	9/23/1961	A	Louisville Raiders	7-13	L		Louisville, KY	Fairgrounds Stadium	8189
Sat	9/30/1961	A	Cleveland Bulldogs	14-60	L		Cleveland, OH	Cloverleaf Stadium	4066
Sat	10/7/1961	H	Grand Rapids Shamrocks	8-36	L		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	1653
Sat	10/14/1961	A	Indianapolis Warriors	8-38	L		Indianapolis, IN	Victory Field	5417
Sat	10/21/1961	H	Louisville Raiders	7-13	L		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	2500
Sat	10/28/1961	H	Cleveland Bulldogs	15-17	L		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	2101
Sun	11/5/1961	A	Grand Rapids Shamrocks	0-20	L		Grand Rapids, MI	South Field	4500
Sat	11/11/1961	H	Indianapolis Warriors	10-28	L		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	2787
Sat	11/18/1961	A	Columbus Colts	13-17	L		Columbus, OH	Jet Stadium	7766

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

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Larry Baker		FB-T	6-2	240	24	Bowling Green State
Leo Bland	51/71	C	6-5	275	28	Furman
Jack Bourne	10/20	P	6-1	180		Miami (Ohio)
Larry Boyer	31	DT	6-1	210	28	none
Art Boyes	32/41	RB	6-1	225	22	Akron
Dan Callahan	30	LB	6-0	230	23	Wooster
Gene Cherry		OHB	6-0	190	19	Akron
Mike Coburn	51	C	6-2	230	21	Ohio State
Rudy Colombo	60/71	ROT	6-1	255	25	Marshall
John Coyne	74	T	6-2	248	27	Clarion; Eastern Kentucky
George Cuckovich		HB	5-11	210		Youngstown State
Jim DeOreo	81	OE	6-2	210	26	Kent State
Tom Dingle	43	RB	6-0	170		Wooster
Buck Gainer	31	RB	6-0	185	24	none
Ike Grimsley	12	QB	5-11	195	22	Michigan State
George Hale	42	RB	6-0	188	21	Ohio State
Clay Hill	82	TE	6-2	216	21	Michigan State
Gary Hostetler	61	OG	6-2	240	23	Miami (Ohio)
Willie Huff	72/61	G	6-2	225	29	Mount Union
Larry Jordan	83	DE	6-6	230	23	Youngstown State
John Kompara	60	G	6-2	245	25	South Carolina
Wilson Lathan	63	LOG	6-0	238	22	Marshall
Chuck Lewis	33/41	HB	6-2	220	24	none
JIm Long	40	HB	6-1	205		Wisconsin
Tom Majovsky	50	LB	6-0	230	22	Iowa; Youngstown State
Dick Mihalus		RB	5-9	145	24	Kent State
John Mihelich	33/80	SE-DB	6-0	195	21	Akron
Bill Offenbecher	10	QB	6-0	190	25	Illinois
Burl Owens	80	WR	6-2	200	27	Kent State
Owensby Pearson		G	6-1	175	22	Akron
Jim Polen	52	LOT	6-2	230	23	Western Reserve
Tyrone Powers	70	OT	6-1	255	20	Akron
Bill Saenger	62	ROG	6-0	220	27	Miami (Ohio); Kent State
Bill Sims	84	OE	6-0	190		Wiley
Curby Smith	22	FL	5-6	155	24	Heidelberg
Ivan Toncic	11	QB-K	5-11	190	23	Pittsburgh
Don Tuel	12	QB	6-0	180	25	Youngstown State
Ernie Wade	73	DT	6-5	272	22	Johnson C. Smith
Bob Williams	73	DE	6-0	230		South Carolina State
John Williams	21	DB	5-11	180		Akron
Wiley Wyman		DT	6-1	260	24	Ranger JC

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	10	22	22	27
Opponents Totals	78	65	149	49	282

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Curby Smith	9	0			1	1	0			0	56
Ivan Toncic	0	6			0	0	1			0	9
Larry Jordan	1	0			0	0	0			0	6
Chuck Lewis	1	0			0	0	0			0	6
Ike Grimsley	0	0			1	1	0			0	2
John Mihelich	0	0			1	1	0			0	2
Don Tuel	0	0			0	1	0			0	0
Team Totals	11	6	7	85.7	3	4	1			0	81
Opponents Totals	38	29			0		7			2	282

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Curby Smith					6
Chuck Lewis					1
Team Totals					7
Opponents Totals					16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ivan Toncic	103	55	53.4	43		0.0			1	1.0	5	4.9				42.1
Ike Grimsley									1
Team Totals									2
Opponents Totals									19

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Jordan					1
Curby Smith					1
Team Totals					2
Opponents Totals					19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Curby Smith						1
Team Totals						1
Opponents Totals						0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Curby Smith						1
Team Totals						1
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0

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