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1961 Akron Pros

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

1961 UFL • 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	3866
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
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
	Larry Baker	FB-T	6-2	240	24	Bowling Green State
51/71	Leo Bland	C	6-5	275	28	Furman
10/20	Jack Bourne	P	6-1	180		Miami (Ohio)
31	Larry Boyer	DT	6-1	210	28	none
32/41	Art Boyes	RB	6-1	225	22	Akron
30	Dan Callahan	LB	6-0	230	23	Wooster
	Gene Cherry	OHB	6-0	190	19	Akron
51	Mike Coburn	C	6-2	230	21	Ohio State
60/71	Rudy Colombo	ROT	6-1	255	25	Marshall
74	John Coyne	T	6-2	248	27	Clarion; Eastern Kentucky
	George Cuckovich	HB	5-11	210		Youngstown State
81	Jim DeOreo	OE	6-2	210	26	Kent State
43	Tom Dingle	RB	6-0	170		Wooster
31	Buck Gainer	RB	6-0	185	24	none
12	Ike Grimsley	QB	5-11	195	22	Michigan State
42	George Hale	RB	6-0	188	21	Ohio State
82	Clay Hill	TE	6-2	216	21	Michigan State
61	Gary Hostetler	OG	6-2	240	23	Miami (Ohio)
72/61	Willie Huff	G	6-2	225	29	Mount Union
83	Larry Jordan	DE	6-6	230	23	Youngstown State
60	John Kompara	G	6-2	245	25	South Carolina
63	Wilson Lathan	LOG	6-0	238	22	Marshall
33/41	Chuck Lewis	HB	6-2	220	24	none
40	JIm Long	HB	6-1	205		Wisconsin
50	Tom Majovsky	LB	6-0	230	22	Iowa; Youngstown State
	Dick Mihalus	RB	5-9	145	24	Kent State
33/80	John Mihelich	SE-DB	6-0	195	21	Akron
10	Bill Offenbecher	QB	6-0	190	25	Illinois
80	Burl Owens	WR	6-2	200	27	Kent State
	Owensby Pearson	G	6-1	175	22	Akron
52	Jim Polen	LOT	6-2	230	23	Western Reserve
70	Tyrone Powers	OT	6-1	255	20	Akron
62	Bill Saenger	ROG	6-0	220	27	Miami (Ohio); Kent State
84	Bill Sims	OE	6-0	190		Wiley
22	Curby Smith	FL	5-6	155	24	Heidelberg
11	Ivan Toncic	QB-K	5-11	190	23	Pittsburgh
12	Don Tuel	QB	6-0	180	25	Youngstown State
73	Ernie Wade	DT	6-5	272	22	Johnson C. Smith
73	Bob Williams	DE	6-0	230		South Carolina State
21	John Williams	DB	5-11	180		Akron
	Wiley Wyman	DT	6-1	260	24	Ranger JC

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

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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