1961 Grand Rapids Shamrocks |
| 1st place • Western Division • 6-3-1 .667 |
| Head Coach: Jack Morton |
| Chuck DeShane | Line |
| Tom Irwin | Defense |
| Ted Nicollette | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 9/4/1961 | A | Detroit Arrows | 51-0 | W | Nashviille, MI | Nashville High School Athletic Field | ||
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | A | Battle Creek Bears | 57-0 | W | Wayland, MI | |||
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | H | Louisville Raiders | 33-0 | W | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 9100 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | H | Indianapolis Warriors | 33-7 | W | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 7500 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | Columbus Colts | 7-7 | T | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 9600 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | A | Akron Pros | 36-9 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 1653 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 51-7 | W | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 8490 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1961 | A | Indianapolis Warriors | 42-20 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5987 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1961 | A | Columbus Colts | 21-41 | L | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 9108 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | H | Akron Pros | 20-0 | W | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 4500 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1961 | A | Cleveland Bulldogs | 7-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Stadium | 5181 | |
| Sat | 11/18/1961 | A | Louisville Raiders | 6-14 | L | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 1324 | |
| Western Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | A | Indianapolis Warriors | 24-14 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5586 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/2/1961 | H | Columbus Colts | 20-7 | W | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 4500 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Beaver | 51 | LOG-C | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Murray State JC; Louisiana-Monroe | ||
| Lee Bondhus | 67 | ROG | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | South Dakota State | ||
| Fred Boylen | 55 | MLB | 5-11 | 232 | 23 | Michigan State | ||
| John Brown | 41 | RCB | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | UCLA | ||
| Leon Burton | 30 | HB | 5-9 | 172 | 26 | Arizona State | ||
| Emil Caprara | 34 | FB-K | 5-10 | 205 | 25 | Penn State | ||
| Bob DeAllen | 27 | HB | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | none | ||
| Herb Edwards | SE | 190 | Florida A&M | |||||
| Gordon Emmons | 63 | LOG | 5-11 | 240 | 24 | Alma | ||
| Rufus Granderson | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 277 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Glenn Harke | 23 | FL | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Wisconsin-Stout | ||
| Jason Harness | 83 | TE-P | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Michigan State | ||
| Fred Julian | 25 | RS | 5-9 | 185 | 23 | Michigan | ||
| Will Kellogg | 78 | RDG | 6-2 | 279 | 26 | Lincoln (Missouri) | ||
| Roger Kramer | 76 | LDT | 6-5 | 280 | 22 | Kalamazoo | ||
| Clyde Kurzinski | 66 | DG | 6-3 | 259 | 26 | Hillsdale | ||
| Clarence Lacina | 75 | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Wisconsin-Superior | ||
| Frank Lehnen | 81 | SE | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Marquette | ||
| Don Martis | 35 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Valparaiso | ||
| Jackie Moynihan | 7 | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Holy Cross | ||
| Dave Muntean | 50 | C | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Wisconsin-Superior | ||
| Jim Myers | 69 | LDG | 6-1 | 260 | 23 | Michigan State | ||
| Ron Newhouse | 5 | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | St. Norbert | ||
| Jim Parente | 40 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Grand Rapids CC | ||
| Chuck Regan | 3 | QB | 6-2 | 185 | 21 | none | ||
| Arden Relerford | 40 | FB | 5-11 | 192 | 23 | Michigan State | ||
| Dale Rems | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Purdue | ||
| Bob Ricucci | 20 | LCB | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Michigan State | ||
| Fred Sauer | 85 | SE | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Grand Rapids CC | ||
| Jim Small | 43 | FL | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | none | ||
| Dave Swenson | 77 | RDT-LDE | 6-6 | 255 | 22 | Luther | ||
| Ken Waddell | 80 | CB | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | East Mississippi CC; Tennessee | ||
| Jarv Walz | 87 | RLB-K | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Central Michigan | ||
| Jimmy Webster | 33 | LS | 5-11 | 204 | 25 | Marquette | ||
| A.J. Williams | 74 | ROT-ROG | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Central State (Ohio) | ||
| Tom Wilson | S | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Michigan State | |||
| Don Wright | 61 | LLB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Michigan State | ||
| Tony Yim | 84 | TE | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California; Occidental | ||
| Dave Zegunis | HB | 6-2 | 208 | 21 | Grand Rapids CC; Northern Michigan | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 76 | 47 | 139 | 53 | |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 29 | 34 | 41 | 118 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Burton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||
| Jason Harness | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |||||
| Emil Caprara | 5 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | |||||
| Glen Harke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Jarv Walz | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |||||
| Frank Lehnen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Bob DeAllen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Jackie Moynihan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Ron Newhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Jim Small | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Tony Yim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bob Ricucci | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Team Totals | 35 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 256 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Burton | 92 | 737 | 8.0 | 8 | |
| Emil Caprara | 109 | 407 | 3.7 | 5 | |
| Glenn Harke | 80 | 307 | 3.8 | 2 | |
| Jim Small | 24 | 170 | 7.1 | 1 | |
| Bob DeAllen | 11 | 72 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| Arden Relerford | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Jackie Moynihan | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 1 | |
| Bob Ricucci | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Martis | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Webster | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Regan | 4 | -30 | -7.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Newhouse | 30 | -63 | -2.1 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 400 | 1712 | 4.3 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 894 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Moynihan | 90 | 33 | 36.7 | 52 | 580 | 6.4 | 17.6 | 4 | 4.4 | 5 | 5.6 | 51.2 | ||||
| Ron Newhouse | 76 | 27 | 35.5 | 36 | 479 | 6.3 | 17.7 | 9 | 11.8 | 13 | 17.1 | 57.8 | ||||
| Chuck Regan | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 7 | 31 | 2.8 | 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44.9 | ||||
| Jason Harness | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 178 | 65 | 36.5 | 95 | 1105 | 6.2 | 17.0 | 13 | 7.3 | 18 | 10.1 | 43.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Harness | 14 | 457 | 32.6 | 9 | |
| Frank Lehnen | 14 | 166 | 11.9 | 2 | |
| Glenn Harke | 12 | 159 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Leon Burton | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Emil Caprara | 9 | 116 | 12.9 | 0 | |
| Jim Small | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | |
| Bob DeAllen | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Sauer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 65 | 1105 | 17.0 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Julian | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Webster | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| John Brown | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Ricucci | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | |
| Tony Yim | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Fred Boylen | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Fred Sauer | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 293 | 10.9 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Harness | 33 | 35.2 | 63 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Burton | 8 | 138 | 17.3 | 1 | ||
| Glen Harke | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Bob DeAllen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Clyde Kurzinski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jim Small | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 18 | 248 | 13.8 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Burton | 8 | 256 | 32.0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Small | 9 | 276 | 30.7 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Harke | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | ||
| Don Martis | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Kurzinski | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| John Brown | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jason Harness | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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