1961 Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 2nd place Eastern Division 6-4-0 .600 |
| Head Coach: Chet Mutryn |
| Ben Barber | Line |
| Ted Livingston | Assistant Coach |
| Billy Reynolds | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | N | Jamestown Dukes | 86-0 | W | Painesville, OH | Riverside High School Stadium | 3800 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1961 | A | Oak Lawn Hornets | 14-2 | W | Oak Lawn, IL | 2000 | ||
| Sun | 9/10/1961 | N | Akron Pros | 43-6 | W | Canton, OH | Central Catholic High School Stadium | 2100 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1961 | H | Indianapolis Warriors | 28-9 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Stadium | 5184 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1961 | A | Columbus Colts | 14-27 | L | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1961 | H | Akron Pros | 60-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Stadium | 4066 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | H | Louisville Raiders | 20-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Stadium | 3612 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 7-51 | L | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 8490 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1961 | H | Columbus Colts | 14-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Stadium | 6931 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1961 | A | Akron Pros | 17-15 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 2101 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1961 | A | Louisville Raiders | 17-10 | W | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1961 | H | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 14-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Stadium | 5181 | |
| Sat | 11/18/1961 | A | Indianapolis Warriors | 27-38 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 7118 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 26 | Dave Adams | FL-S | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Baldwin-Wallace | ||
| 74 | Herm Alexander | LOT | 6-3 | 272 | 25 | Findlay | ||
| 60 | Bill Arden | ROG | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Cincinnati | ||
| Larry Baker | LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Bowling Green State | |||
| 16 | Bob Brodhead | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 25 | Duke | ||
| 30 | Candy Carroll | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 28 | Western Reserve | ||
| Dick Delaney | P | 5-9 | 159 | 30 | Baldwin-Wallace; Western Reserve | |||
| 76 | Tony Discenzo | ROT-P-K | 6-5 | 240 | 25 | Michigan State | ||
| 64 | Pete Dragich | DG | 6-2 | 227 | 25 | none | ||
| 81 | John Drew | TE | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| 28 | Bob Finowski | OHB | 5-9 | 195 | 27 | Iowa; Baldwin-Wallace | ||
| 75 | Frank Francis | T | ||||||
| 12 | Gordon Helms | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Valparaiso | ||
| 14 | John James | DB | 5-7 | 170 | 23 | Heidelberg | ||
| 62 | Chuck Jerasa | LB | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Northwestern | ||
| 63/68 | Gene Jeric | LOT | 6-1 | 237 | 23 | Indiana; Tennessee-Martin | ||
| Ed Jordan | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Findlay | |||
| 86 | Clark Kellogg | DE | 6-4 | 228 | 23 | none | ||
| 92 | Gene Kellogg | E | 6-3 | 215 | 20 | none | ||
| 42 | John Konstantinos | S | 5-10 | 174 | 25 | Charleston; Kent State | ||
| 32 | Walt Livingston | OHB-FL | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Heidelberg | ||
| 46 | Randy Mack | LB | 5-11 | 192 | 22 | Michigan State | ||
| Tom McFadden | DE | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | West Virginia | |||
| 40 | Chuck McMillan | CB | 6-3 | 175 | 30 | John Carroll | ||
| 84 | Jerry Miller | DE | Marquette | |||||
| 20 | Don Nelson | HB | 6-6 | 160 | 24 | none | ||
| 83 | Ed Nemetz | SE | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Indiana | ||
| 50 | Bob Palumbo | C | 30 | none | ||||
| 66 | Connie Pappas | LOG | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | John Carroll | ||
| Dave Rogers | RB-DB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Indiana | |||
| 48 | Jim Roseboro | S | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | Ohio State | ||
| 78 | Wayne Sadowski | DT | 6-5 | 278 | 20 | Indiana | ||
| 61 | Frank Schiano | G | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| 52 | Bill Slacas | DT | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Nebraska | ||
| John Smith | OG | 6-2 | 225 | none | ||||
| 36 | Jim Thompson | FB | 5-11 | 215 | 25 | Northwestern | ||
| 32 | Jack Zebkar | LB | 5-9 | 185 | 32 | John Carroll | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 27 | 91 | 55 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 44 | 58 | 63 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Finowski | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| CandyCarroll | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Tony Discenzo | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | ||||
| John Drew | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Jim Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Dave Adams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Tom McFadden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Walt Livingston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Randy Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Chuck McMillan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Don Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ed Nemetz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dave Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dick Delaney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 218 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 205 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Finowski | 92 | 474 | 5.2 | 42 | 4 |
| Jim Thompson | 69 | 249 | 3.6 | 32 | 3 |
| Walt Livingston | 36 | 131 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Candy Carroll | 36 | 119 | 3.3 | 16 | 2 |
| Dave Rogers | 26 | 116 | 4.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Don Nelson | 14 | 74 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Jordan | 21 | 58 | 2.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Dave Adams | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 7 | 1 |
| John James | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Delaney | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gordon Helms | 8 | -7 | -0.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Brodhead | 21 | -19 | -0.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Brodhead | 209 | 105 | 50.2 | 94 | 1428 | 6.8 | 13.6 | 12 | 5.7 | 10 | 4.8 | 71.6 | ||||
| Gordon Helms | 64 | 30 | 46.9 | 26 | 421 | 6.6 | 14.0 | 3 | 4.7 | 8 | 12.5 | 44.6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Drew | 37 | 463 | 12.5 | 51 | 4 |
| Bob Finowski | 32 | 499 | 15.6 | 77 | 5 |
| Ed Nemetz | 24 | 311 | 13.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Candy Carroll | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 37 | 3 |
| Don Nelson | 10 | 249 | 24.9 | 52 | 1 |
| Walt Livingston | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Jim Thompson | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Jordan | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Rogers | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Adams | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Zebkar | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 25 | 0 |
| John James | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Chuck McMillan | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 38 | 1 |
| John Drew | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Wayne Sadowski | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Roseboro | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McFadden | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Jerry Miller | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Clark Kellogg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Discenzo | 31 | 1036 | 33.4 | 56 | ||||||
| Dick Delaney | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 48 | ||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Roseboro | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 52 | 0 | |
| Bob Finowski | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dave Adams | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Tony Discenzo | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Walt Livingston | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Candy Carroll | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thompson | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bob Finowski | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Dave Adams | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 83 | 1 | |
| Walt Livingston | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| Don Nelson | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ed Jordan | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| John James | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Jim Roseboro | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Jerry Miller | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Candy Carroll | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| John Konstantinos | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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