1961 Akron Pros |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 6-2-2 .750 |
| 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 | Result | 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 | |
| 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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