 | 1961 Houston Oilers RosterAmerican Football League (AFL) |
Postseason: 1-0
Won Championship
Coach: Wally Lemm (9-0)
Coach: Lou Rymkus (1-3-1)
1961 Houston Oilers Roster1961 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.
Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
| George Blanda | 362 | 187 | 51.7 | 3330 | 9.2 | 36 | 9.9 | 22 | 6.1 | 80 | 91.3 | ||
| Jacky Lee | 127 | 66 | 52.0 | 1205 | 9.5 | 12 | 9.4 | 6 | 4.7 | 80 | 96.7 | ||
| Dave Smith | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 95.8 | ||
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bill Groman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Charley Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Totals | 498 | 254 | 51.0 | 4568 | 9.2 | 48 | 9.6 | 29 | 5.8 | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
| Opponents | 493 | 212 | 43.0 | 2391 | 4.8 | 13 | 2.6 | 33 | 6.7 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Billy Cannon | 200 | 948 | 4.7 | 61 | 6 |
| Charley Tolar | 157 | 577 | 3.7 | 28 | 4 |
| Dave Smith | 60 | 258 | 4.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Claude King | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 17 | 2 |
| Jacky Lee | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Hall | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 452 | 1896 | 4.2 | 61 | 15 |
| Opponents | 365 | 1634 | 4.5 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Charley Hennigan | 82 | 1746 | 21.3 | 80 | 12 |
| Bill Groman | 50 | 1175 | 23.5 | 80 | 17 |
| Billy Cannon | 43 | 586 | 13.6 | 78 | 9 |
| Charley Tolar | 24 | 219 | 9.1 | 32 | 1 |
| Bob McLeod | 14 | 172 | 12.3 | 18 | 2 |
| John White | 13 | 238 | 18.3 | 49 | 1 |
| Willard Dewveall | 12 | 200 | 16.7 | 66 | 3 |
| Dave Smith | 10 | 131 | 13.1 | 37 | 1 |
| Claude King | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 44 | 1 |
| Ken Hall | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Julian Spence | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | -16 | 0 |
| Totals | 254 | 4568 | 18.0 | 80 | 48 |
| Opponents | 212 | 2391 | 4.8 | 13 |
Kicking:
| Player | XPA | XPM | XP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
| George Blanda | 65 | 64 | 98.5 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 112 |
| Charlie Milstead | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 65 | 98.5 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 113 |
| Opponents | 26 | 22 | 84.6 | 24 | 6 | 25.0 | 40 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
| Jim Norton | 48 | 1952 | 40.7 | 63 |
| Ken Hall | 8 | 238 | 29.8 | 50 |
| Totals | 56 | 2190 | 39.1 | 63 |
| Opponents | 81 | 3297 | 40.7 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Billy Cannon | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Claude King | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Hall | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 118 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents | 20 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Billy Cannon | 18 | 439 | 24.4 | 47 | 0 |
| Claude King | 8 | 190 | 23.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Ken Hall | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Mike Dukes | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Charley Tolar | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Doug Cline | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jack Laraway | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Hogan Wharton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 940 | 21.9 | 47 | 0 |
| Opponents | 66 | 1481 | 22.4 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Jim Norton | 9 | 150 | 16.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Mark Johnston | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Fred Glick | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Milstead | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Dennit Morris | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jack Laraway | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Doug Cline | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Julian Spence | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Orville Trask | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Dukes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 528 | 16.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Opponents | 29 | nan |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Tackles | Fumbles | Kicks | |||||||||||
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Assist | TFL | TFL Yds | Brup | QBH | Fum | F Rec | F Rec Yds | FR TD | FF | K Blk |
| George Blanda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Doug Cline | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Claude King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jacky Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charley Tolar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents | 31 | 15 | |||||||||||
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | Int | Fum | Other | FG | XP | 2 Pt | Saf | Points |
| Doug Cline | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| George Blanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 64 | 112 | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||
| Willard Dewveall | 3 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Bill Groman | 1 | 17 | 0 | 108 | ||||||||
| Ken Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Charley Hennigan | 12 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| Mark Johnston | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Claude King | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Bob McLeod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Charlie Milstead | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dave Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Charley Tolar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| John White | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 511 |
| Opponents | 17 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 242 | |||||