1961 Columbus Colts |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 0-10-0 .000 |
| Head Coach: Gene Fekete |
| Vic Janowicz | Assistant Coach |
| Stanton Jones | Assistant Coach |
| George Rosso | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | H | Franklin Miners | 14 | 36 | L | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 6500 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1961 | H | Quantico Marines | 30 | 0 | W | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 7100 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | N | Indianapolis Warriors | 35 | 20 | W | Lancaster, OH | Lancaster High School Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1961 | A | Akron Pros | 40 | 0 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 6170 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1961 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 27 | 14 | W | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | A | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 7 | 7 | T | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 9600 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | H | Indianapolis Warriors | 7 | 7 | T | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 3400 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1961 | A | Louisville Raiders | 15 | 16 | L | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 1323 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1961 | A | Cleveland Bulldogs | 21 | 14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Stadium | 6931 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1961 | H | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 41 | 21 | W | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 9108 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1961 | A | Indianapolis Warriors | 14 | 21 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5095 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1961 | H | Louisville Raiders | 28 | 7 | W | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 8077 | |
| Sat | 11/18/1961 | H | Akron Pros | 17 | 13 | W | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 7766 | |
| League Championship | ||||||||||
| Sat | 12/2/1961 | A | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 7 | 20 | L | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 4500 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jay Ansel | 80 | TE | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| Jack Armstrong | 36 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 22 | Ohio State | ||
| Charles Bolden | 24/14 | RB-DB | 6-2 | 197 | 23 | Morris Brown | ||
| Dave Bosson | 73 | T | 6-1 | 245 | 22 | Duke | ||
| Chuck Brockmeyer | 82 | OE | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| Larry Cline | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Otterbein | ||
| Chuck Comer | 26 | OHB-K | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Bowling Green State | ||
| Al Crawford | 71 | ROT | 5-11 | 260 | 26 | Ohio State | ||
| Bill Cummings | 70 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Ohio State | ||
| Paul Forester | 83 | DE | 6-4 | 242 | 27 | Georgia | ||
| Moses Guin | 29 | LB-RB | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Fairmont State | ||
| Bob Gunderman | SE | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Virginia | |||
| Tom Gunderman | 51 | K-LB | 5-11 | 230 | 23 | Maryland | ||
| Terry Hansley | 44 | DB-WR | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Wichita State; Ohio State | ||
| Alfred Jordan | 27 | DB | 5-7 | 176 | none | |||
| Jim Kennedy | 11 | QB | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| Rosey King | 81 | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 25 | South Carolina State | ||
| Earl Knight | 74 | MG | 6-6 | 350 | 28 | Eastern Kentucky | ||
| Frank Kremblas | 10 | QB-P | 6-1 | 193 | 24 | Ohio State | ||
| Gary Limotta | 40 | HB | 5-11 | 165 | 22 | none | ||
| Jim Lindner | 63 | LB | 5-10 | 230 | 22 | Ohio State | ||
| Bobby Loveless | 52 | G | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Southern Methodist | ||
| Chris Marco | 51 | C | 6-2 | 220 | 19 | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| Al Martins | 60 | ROG | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Colorado College | ||
| Earl Murray | 46 | HB | 6-0 | 170 | none | |||
| Walt Nadzak | 65 | DE | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Denison | ||
| Jim Nemec | 50 | C | 6-2 | 242 | 25 | Purdue | ||
| Ken Pleger | 75 | DT | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Capital | ||
| Dan Polley | 64 | G | 6-2 | 205 | none | |||
| Dean Porter | 33/32 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| Geno Sessi | 42 | FL | 5-8 | 175 | 23 | Iowa | ||
| Aaron Smith | 76/52 | DT | 6-3 | 225 | Ohio State | |||
| Ernie Spychalski | 72 | LOT | 6-2 | 265 | 25 | Ohio State | ||
| Tom Vernon | 84 | SE | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Michigan State | ||
| Bill Voss | 85 | SE | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | none | ||
| Harold Ward | 38/31 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | Ohio State | |||
| Lee Williams | 22/18 | RB-DB | 6-0 | 181 | 27 | Ohio State | ||
| Don Young | 62 | LOG | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Ohio State | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 58 | 53 | 65 | |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 30 | 44 | 33 | 120 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Comer | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| Jay Ansel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Lee Williams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Frank Kremblas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Harold Ward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Tom Gunderman | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| Bob Gunderman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| Moses Guin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Dean Porter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Geno Sessi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Tom Vernon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Chuck Brockmeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Terry Hansley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bill Voss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 217 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 120 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Ward | 348 | 3 | |||
| Chuck Comer | 276 | 3 | |||
| Frank Kremblas | 3 | ||||
| Lee Williams | 3 | ||||
| Moses Guin | 2 | ||||
| Dean Porter | 2 | ||||
| Terry Hansley | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Kremblas | 199 | 99 | 49.7 | 1301 | 6.5 | 13.1 | 11 | 5.5 | ||||||||
| Larry Cline | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Kennedy | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Ansel | 482 | 5 | |||
| Bob Gunderman | 2 | ||||
| Geno Sessi | 2 | ||||
| Tom Vernon | 2 | ||||
| Chuck Brockmeyer | 1 | ||||
| Chuck Comer | 1 | ||||
| Bill Voss | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Kremblas | 37 | 37.0 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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