1961 Indianapolis Warriors |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 6-3-1 .667 |
| Head Coach: Gene Gedman |
| Dick Guyer | Offensive Line |
| Dick Nyers | Defensibe Backs/Linebackers |
| Bob Springer | Receivers |
| Len Teeuws | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | A | Akron Pros | 34-22 | W | Niles, OH | |||
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | A | Columbus Colts | 20-35 | L | Lancaster, OH | Lancaster High School Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1961 | A | Cleveland Bulldogs | 9-28 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Stadium | 5184 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | A | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 7-33 | L | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 7500 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1961 | H | Louisville Raiders | 10-7 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5914 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | A | Columbus Colts | 7-7 | T | Columbus, OH | Jet Stadium | 3400 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1961 | H | Akron Pros | 38-8 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5417 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1961 | H | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 20-42 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5987 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1961 | A | Louisville Raiders | 20-13 | W | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 2441 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1961 | H | Columbus Colts | 21-14 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5095 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1961 | A | Akron Pros | 28-10 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 2787 | |
| Sat | 11/18/1961 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 38-27 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 7118 | |
| Western Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | H | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 14-24 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5586 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Buddy Allen | 30 | OHB-FL-DB | 5-11 | 193 | 24 | Oakland JC; Utah State | ||
| Tom Allen | 66 | OG | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Franklin | ||
| Lloyd Anderson | 81 | TE | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Indiana | ||
| Dan Ane | 25 | FB-HB | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Michigan State | ||
| John Autry | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| George Balthazar | 72 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 21 | Tennessee State | ||
| Vince Birdin | 40 | RS | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Denver | 10 | |
| Bob Boak | 75/61 | LOG-ROG-LOT-K | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Indiana | 10 | |
| Ed Buckingham | 73 | ROT | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Minnesota | ||
| Tom Burgess | 31 | LCB | 5-10 | 215 | 26 | Indiana | ||
| Tom Cousineau | 65 | RDT-C | 6-1 | 232 | 29 | Indiana | 10 | |
| Jim Douglas | 50 | LB | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Butler | ||
| Tommy Fletcher | 21 | FL-OHB-K | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Purdue | 10 | |
| Ed Furjanic | 70 | DT | 6-1 | 260 | 23 | North Carolina | ||
| Dennis Gedman | 64/67 | ROG-LOG | 5-10 | 210 | 22 | Indiana | 10 | |
| Jim Glover | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 28 | Kentucky State | ||
| Moses Gray | 64 | DT | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Indiana | 10 | |
| Gary Gregory | 43 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Indianapolis | 10 | |
| Jack Haines | C | 6-2 | 290 | 31 | Hanover | |||
| Dick Hedrick | 41 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Indianapolis | ||
| Paul Hodge | 50 | MLB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 10 | |
| Bob Hunt | 67/70 | DT-LLB | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | Kentucky | ||
| Vic Jones | 24 | OHB-LS | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | Indiana | 10 | |
| Willie Jones | 33 | FB-LB-CB | 6-0 | 209 | 22 | Purdue | ||
| Joe King | 51 | RLB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Indianapolis | 10 | |
| Gus Krantz | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 265 | 25 | Northern Michigan | ||
| Ron Luciano | 52 | T | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Syracuse | 10 | |
| Ken Lutterbach | 22 | OHB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Evansville | 6 | |
| Don Mason | 84 | SE | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | Tyler JC; Texas College | 10 | |
| Tom McDonald | 10 | QB-P-K | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Indiana | ||
| Dan McGrew | 59 | C | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Purdue | 10 | |
| George Nicula | 73 | LDE-DT | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Notre Dame | ||
| Bill Pesci | 30/23 | FB | 5-8 | 200 | 21 | Purdue | ||
| Ted Ross | 76 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Indiana | ||
| Lorenzo Stanford | 61/59 | DT | 6-2 | 261 | 24 | North Carolina A&T State | ||
| John Talley | 20 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Northwestern | 8 | |
| Len Teeuws | 74 | RDE | 6-4 | 242 | 34 | Michigan State; Tulane | ||
| Tony Varrecchione | 80 | SE-FL | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Villanova | ||
| Randy Williams | 41 | RCB | 6-3 | 208 | 22 | Indiana | ||
| Manzie Winters | E | 6-5 | 200 | 23 | Purdue | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 55 | 59 | 51 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 53 | 56 | 35 | 189 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Allen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Dan Ane | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Tommy Fletcher | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | |||||
| Willie Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Tony Varrecchione | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Tom McDonald | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Vince Birdin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Lloyd Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Don Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bill Pesci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bob Boak | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Bob Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Joe King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 26 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 198 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 189 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Ane | 76 | 338 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| Willie Jones | 65 | 299 | 4.6 | 3 | |
| Tom McDonald | 81 | 235 | 2.9 | 2 | |
| Tommy Fletcher | 47 | 179 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Buddy Allen | 12 | 112 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| Bill Pesci | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 124 | 9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 1297 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McDonald | 204 | 80 | 39.2 | 1347 | 6.6 | 16.8 | 11 | 5.4 | ||||||||
| Tommy Fletcher | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| John Talley | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 13 | 1525 | ||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 1556 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Ane | 29 | 411 | 14.2 | 5 | |
| Buddy Allen | 18 | 389 | 21.6 | 4 | |
| Tony Varrecchione | 10 | 225 | 22.5 | 3 | |
| Lloyd Anderson | 1 | ||||
| Don Mason | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Birdin | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | |
| Tom Burgess | 3 | ||||
| Moses Gray | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McDonald | 43 | 35.5 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Allen | 5 | 135 | 27.0 | 1 | ||
| Don Ane | 10 | 136 | 13.6 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Allen | 11 | 312 | 28.4 | 0 | ||
| Vince Birdin | 9 | 168 | 18.7 | 0 | ||
| Tom Fletcher | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Allen | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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