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1961 Houston Oilers Roster
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 10-3
Finished 1st in the AFL's East Division
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Postseason: 1-0
Won Championship
1961 Houston Oilers Statistics
1961 Houston Oilers Game-by-Game Results The Houston Oilers of the American Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the AFL's East Division, and compiled a postseason mark of 1-0. Wally Lemm and Lou Rymkus coached the team.
| Player |
Pos. |
Birth Date |
Height |
Weight |
College |
| Dalva Allen |
DE |
January 13, 1935 |
6'4" |
245 |
Houston |
| Tony Banfield |
DB |
December 18, 1937 |
6'1" |
185 |
Oklahoma St. |
| Byron Beams |
T-DT |
September 8, 1929 |
6'6" |
248 |
Notre Dame |
| George Belotti |
C |
November 29, 1934 |
6'4" |
250 |
USC |
| George Blanda |
QB |
September 17, 1927 |
6'2" |
215 |
Kentucky |
| Ron Botchan |
LB |
February 15, 1935 |
6'1" |
238 |
Occidental |
| Billy Cannon |
TE-HB-FB |
August 2, 1937 |
6'1" |
207 |
LSU |
| Doug Cline |
LB-FB |
March 22, 1938 |
6'2" |
230 |
Clemson |
| Willard Dewveall |
E |
April 29, 1936 |
6'4" |
224 |
SMU |
| Mike Dukes |
LB |
March 16, 1936 |
6'3" |
235 |
Clemson |
| Don Floyd |
DE |
July 10, 1938 |
6'3" |
245 |
TCU |
| Dick Frey |
DE |
December 17, 1929 |
6'2" |
235 |
Texas A&M |
| Fred Glick |
DB |
February 25, 1937 |
6'1" |
195 |
Colorado St. |
| Bill Groman |
WR-FL |
July 17, 1936 |
6'0" |
194 |
Heidelberg |
| Buzz Guy |
G-T-DT |
March 20, 1936 |
6'3" |
248 |
Duke |
| John Guzik |
LB |
July 12, 1936 |
6'3" |
231 |
Pittsburgh |
| Ken Hall |
HB-P |
December 13, 1935 |
6'1" |
205 |
Texas A&M |
| Charley Hennigan |
WR |
March 19, 1935 |
6'1" |
187 |
LSU |
| Ed Husmann |
DT-G-DE-LB |
August 6, 1931 |
6'2" |
245 |
Nebraska |
| Al Jamison |
T |
May 11, 1937 |
6'5" |
250 |
Colgate |
| Mark Johnston |
DB |
March 4, 1938 |
6'0" |
203 |
Northwestern |
| Gene Jones |
LB |
October 18, 1936 |
6'0" |
200 |
Rice |
| Bob Kelly |
T-DT |
August 18, 1940 |
6'2" |
270 |
New Mexico St. |
| Claude King |
HB |
December 3, 1938 |
5'11" |
185 |
Houston |
| Jack Laraway |
LB |
September 20, 1935 |
6'1" |
220 |
Purdue |
| Jacky Lee |
QB |
July 11, 1939 |
6'1" |
189 |
Cincinnati |
| Bob McLeod |
TE |
November 10, 1938 |
6'4" |
240 |
Abilene Christian |
| Rich Michael |
T |
November 15, 1938 |
6'3" |
242 |
Ohio St. |
| Charlie Milstead |
QB-DB |
November 21, 1937 |
6'2" |
190 |
Texas A&M |
| Dennit Morris |
LB |
April 15, 1936 |
6'1" |
228 |
Oklahoma |
| Jim Norton |
DB-P |
October 20, 1938 |
6'3" |
190 |
Idaho |
| Willis Perkins |
DE-G |
February 14, 1934 |
6'0" |
260 |
Texas Southern |
| Leo Reed |
T-G |
January 3, 1940 |
6'4" |
240 |
Colorado St. |
| Bob Schmidt |
C-T-G |
July 9, 1936 |
6'4" |
248 |
Minnesota |
| George Shirkey |
DT |
August 20, 1936 |
6'4" |
260 |
S.F. Austin |
| Dave Smith |
FB |
March 23, 1937 |
6'1" |
210 |
Ripon |
| Julian Spence |
DB-FL |
May 5, 1929 |
5'11" |
170 |
Sam Houston St. |
| Bob Talamini |
G |
January 8, 1939 |
6'1" |
255 |
Kentucky |
| Charley Tolar |
FB |
September 5, 1937 |
5'6" |
199 |
NW State (LA) |
| Orville Trask |
DT |
December 3, 1934 |
6'4" |
260 |
Rice |
| Hogan Wharton |
G |
December 13, 1935 |
6'2" |
250 |
Houston |
| John White |
TE |
October 9, 1935 |
6'3" |
230 |
Texas Southern |
| Gary Wisener |
DB |
August 24, 1938 |
6'1" |
206 |
Baylor |
