1961 Buffalo Bills (AFL)

4th place Eastern Division 6-8-0 .429

Bob Dove	Assistant Coach
Harvey Johnson	Assistant Coach
Tommy O'Connell	Assistant Coach
Floyd Reid	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	8/8/1961	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21-38	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12000
Fri	8/18/1961	H	Dallas Texans	26-35	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	11166
Fri	8/25/1961	A	Boston Patriots	10-28	L	Providence, RI	Mount Pleasant Stadium	4762
Fri	9/1/1961	H	Boston Patriots	12-15	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	4762
Sun	9/10/1961	H	Denver Broncos	10-22	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	16636
Sun	9/17/1961	H	New York Titans	41-31	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	15584
Sat	9/23/1961	H	Boston Patriots	21-23	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	21504
Sat	9/30/1961	H	San Diego Chargers	11-19	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	20742
Sun	10/8/1961	A	Houston Oilers	22-12	W	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	22761
Sun	10/15/1961	H	Dallas Texans	27-24	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	20678
Sun	10/22/1961	A	Boston Patriots	21-52	L	Boston, MA	Boston University Field	9398
Sun	10/29/1961	H	Houston Oilers	16-28	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	21237
Sun	11/5/1961	H	Oakland Raiders	22-31	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	17027
Sun	11/12/1961	A	Dallas Texans	30-20	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	15000
Sun	11/19/1961	A	Denver Broncos	23-10	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	7642
Thu	11/23/1961	A	New York Titans	14-21	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	12023
Sun	12/3/1961	A	Oakland Raiders	26-21	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	8011
Sun	12/10/1961	A	San Diego Chargers	10-28	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	24486

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
20	Billy Atkins	RS-P-K	6-1	196	27	Auburn	14	14
33	Art Baker	FB	6-0	220	24	Syracuse	14	9
64	Stew Barber	RLB	6-3	247	22	Penn State	14	8
88	Glenn Bass	SE	6-2	202	22	East Carolina	14	12
50	Al Bemiller	C	6-3	243	23	Syracuse	14	14
26	Dewey Bohling	HB	5-11	190	23	Hardin-Simmons	7	6
46	Fred Brown	HB	5-11	186	23	Georgia	5	5
30	Wray Carlton	FB-HB	6-2	218	24	Duke	14	8
85	Dan Chamberlain	SE	6-4	200	24	Sacramento State	3	2
77	Don Chelf	LOT	6-3	235	28	Iowa	14	0
80	Monte Crockett	TE	6-3	215	23	New Mexico Highlands	14	10
46	Jim Crotty	LCB-RCB	5-10	192	23	Notre Dame	5	4
78	Tom Day	LDT-LOG	6-2	252	26	North Carolina A&T State	12	0
60	John Dittrich	ROG-LOG	6-1	236	28	Wisconsin	12	3
44	Elbert Dubenion	FL	6-0	189	28	Bluffton	14	14
57	Ralph Felton	LLB	5-10	210	29	Maryland	14	14
23	Willmer Fowler	HB	5-10	185	24	Northwestern	2	0
18	Johnny Green	QB	6-3	203	24	Tennessee-Chattanooga	8	6
54	Joe Hergert	RLB-K	6-1	216	25	Florida	9	6
42	Jack Johnson	LCB	6-3	198	28	Miami (Florida)	3	0
54	Cotton Letner	RLB-LLB	6-1	215	24	Tennessee	5	1
11	Richie Lucas	QB-HB-FL	6-0	190	23	Penn State	8	2
25	Billy Majors	RCB	6-0	175	23	Tennessee	1	1
56	Archie Matsos	MLB	6-0	215	27	Michigan State	14	14
45	Richie McCabe	LCB	6-1	185	28	Pittsburgh	9	9
42	Don McDonald	LS-LCB-RCB	5-11	186	24	Texas Christian; Houston	11	5
73	Chuck McMurtry	LDT	6-0	286	24	Fullerton JC; Whittier	14	14
70	Ed Muelhaupt	ROG	6-3	230	26	Iowa State	14	11
14	Tommy O'Connell	QB	5-11	187	31	Notre Dame; Illinois	1	1
74	Harold Olson	ROT	6-3	259	23	Clemson	14	14
17	Warren Rabb	QB	6-1	202	24	Louisiana State	9	2
14	M.C. Reynolds	QB	6-0	193	26	Louisiana State	12	3
75	Ken Rice	LOT	6-2	243	22	Auburn	14	14
84	Perry Richards	SE-FL-LCB	6-2	205	27	Detroit Mercy	11	0
81	Tom Rychlec	TE	6-2	220	27	American International	14	4
76	Jack Scott	LDT-RDT	6-4	257	25	Ohio State	7	0
66	Billy Shaw	LOG	6-3	250	23	Georgia Tech	14	14
23	Bill Shockley	FL	5-11	185	24	West Chester	2	0
79	Jim Sorey	RDT	6-3	278	25	Texas Southern	14	14
87	LaVerne Torczon	RDE	6-2	243	25	Nebraska	14	14
25	Vern Valdez	RCB	6-0	190	26	Antelope Valley JC; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego	13	12
22	Jim Wagstaff	LS	6-2	192	25	Idaho State	14	11
60	Wayne Wolff	LOG	6-2	243	23	Wake Forest	2	0
71	Mack Yoho	LDE	6-2	239	25	Miami (Ohio)	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Ken Rice	T	Auburn
2	9	Billy Shaw	T	Georgia Tech
3	17	Art Baker	FB	Syracuse
3	18	Tom Gilburg	T	Syracuse
4	25	Stew Barber	T	Penn State
5	33	Norm Snead	QB	Wake Forest
6	41	Fred Brown	HB	Georgia
7	52	Al Bemiller	C	Syracuse
8	60	Chuck Linning	T	Miami (Florida)
9	68	Billy Majors	HB	Tennessee
10	76	Don Kern	HB	Virginia Military Institute
11	84	Milam Wall	HB	North Carolina
12	92	Floyd Powers	G	Mississippi State
13	100	Tom Causey	E	Louisiana Tech
14	108	Ron Kostelnik	T	Cincinnati
15	116	Jerry Frye	E	South Carolina
16	124	Vince Scott	E	Maryland
17	132	Wayne Wolff	T	Wake Forest
18	140	Jake Bodkin	G	South Carolina
19	148	Charlie Barnes	E	Louisiana-Monroe
20	156	Everett Cloud	HB	Maryland
21	164	Larry Vargo	E	Detroit Mercy
22	172	Charlie Baker	T	Tennessee
23	180	Red Mack	HB	Notre Dame
24	188	Frank Jackunas	C	Detroit Mercy
25	196	Jack Harbaugh	HB	Bowling Green State
26	204	Lorenzo Stanford	T	North Carolina A&T State
27	212	Bob Allen	E	Wake Forest
28	220	Jason Harness	E	Michigan State
29	228	Mike Stock	HB	Northwestern
30	236	Billy Martin	HB	Minnesota

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	51	87	38	118
Opponents Totals	98	98	88	58

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		243	92	128	23	/ %	/ %	65	549
Opponents Totals		200	61	124	15	/ %	/ %	76	693

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Elbert Dubenion	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	48
Billy Atkins	1	29	31	93.5	0	0	2	6	33.3	0	41
Wray Carlton	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
M.C. Reynolds	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Art Baker	3	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	18
Glenn Bass	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Dewey Bohling	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Joe Hergert	0	0	0		0	0	6	14	42.9	0	18
Perry Richards	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Fred Brown	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Richie Lucas	1	0	0		3	3	0	0		0	12
Tom Rychlec	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Stew Barber	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Johnny Green	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Don McDonald	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Billy Shaw	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Bill Shockley	0	0	0		0	0	1	2	50.0	0	3
Warren Rabb	0	0	0		1	3	0	0		0	2
Mack Yoho	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	38	29	31	93.5	4	7	9	26	34.6	1	294
Opponents Totals	43	41	42	97.6	0	0	13	28	46.4	1	342

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Billy Atkins	2	6	33.3	0/0	0/1	2/5	0/0	0/0
Joe Hergert	6	14	42.9	2/2	1/4	2/5	1/3	0/0
Bill Shockley	1	2	50.0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/1	0/0
Mack Yoho	0	4	0.0	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/3	0/0
Team Totals	9	26	34.6	2/3	2/6	4/10	1/7	0/0
Opponents Totals	13	28	46.4	6/6	1/4	3/5	2/13	1/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Art Baker	152	498	3.3	35	3
Wray Carlton	101	311	3.1	27t	4
Fred Brown	53	192	3.6	13	1
Elbert Dubenion	17	173	10.2	72t	2
M.C. Reynolds	30	142	4.7	20	4
Dewey Bohling	42	134	3.2	18	2
Billy Atkins	2	87	43.5	56t	1
Warren Rabb	13	47	3.6	19	0
Richie Lucas	10	15	1.5	9	0
Johnny Green	14	15	1.1	14	1
Glenn Bass	2	8	4.0	16	0
Willmer Fowler	1	2	2.0	2	0
Tom Rychlec	1	-18	-18.0	-18	0
Team Totals	438	1606	3.7	72t	18
Opponents Totals	349	1377	3.9		9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
M.C. Reynolds	181	83	45.9	85	1004	5.5	12.1	52	2	1.1	13	7.2				37.2
Johnny Green	126	56	44.4	65	903	7.2	16.1	61t	6	4.8	5	4.0				68.3
Warren Rabb	74	34	45.9	38	586	7.9	17.2	76t	5	6.8	2	2.7				84.6
Richie Lucas	50	20	40.0	26	282	5.6	14.1	45t	2	4.0	4	8.0				38.9
Tommy O'Connell	5	1	20.0	3	11	2.2	11.0	11	0	0.0	1	20.0				0.0
Dewey Bohling	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Wray Carlton	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	439	194	44.2	220	2786	6.3	14.4	76t	15	3.4	25	5.7	63	442	2344	53.0
Opponents Totals	430	206	47.9	195	3237	7.5	15.7		28	6.5	29	6.7	36	350	2887	67.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Glenn Bass	50	765	15.3	76t	3
Tom Rychlec	33	405	12.3	27	2
Elbert Dubenion	31	461	14.9	61t	6
Monte Crockett	20	325	16.3	51	0
Perry Richards	19	285	15.0	43t	3
Wray Carlton	17	193	11.4	22	0
Dewey Bohling	10	183	18.3	41	1
Art Baker	6	73	12.2	29	0
Richie Lucas	6	69	11.5	19	0
Dan Chamberlain	1	16	16.0	16	0
Fred Brown	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team Totals	194	2786	14.4	76t	15
Opponents Totals	206	3237	15.7		28

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Atkins	10	158	15.8	29	0
Stew Barber	3	30	10.0	21t	1
Jim Wagstaff	3	25	8.3	19	0
Vern Valdez	2	54	27.0	50	0
Ralph Felton	2	15	7.5	15	0
Archie Matsos	2	12	6.0	12	0
Jim Crotty	2	0	0.0	0	0
Richie Lucas	2	0	0.0	0	0
Richie McCabe	1	17	17.0	17	0
Joe Hergert	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mack Yoho	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	311	10.7	50	1
Opponents Totals	25	398	15.9		4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Billy Atkins	84	3783	45.0	70	1	9	14	291	3312	39.0
Team Totals	85	3783	44.5	70	1	9	14	291	3312	39.4
Opponents Totals	75	2897	38.6	63	0	2	17	187	2670	35.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Glenn Bass	8	17	75	9.4	32	0
Dewey Bohling	4	10	0	0.0	0	0
Billy Atkins	2	2	30	15.0	15	0
Fred Brown	2	3	14	7.0	11	0
Jim Wagstaff	1	0	35	35.0	35	0
Vern Valdez	1	0	30	30.0	30	0
Elbert Dubenion	1	0	3	3.0	3	0
Perry Richards	0	2	0			0
Team Totals	19	34	187	9.8	35	0
Opponents Totals	45	9	291	6.5	57t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Elbert Dubenion	16	329	20.6	33	0
Art Baker	12	281	23.4	36	0
Dewey Bohling	10	246	24.6	35	0
Richie Lucas	7	126	18.0	23	0
Wray Carlton	4	60	15.0	23	0
Fred Brown	2	105	52.5	93t	1
Bill Shockley	2	38	19.0		0
Ken Rice	2	13	6.5	13	0
Perry Richards	1	10	10.0	10	0
Monte Crockett	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	57	1208	21.2	93t	1
Opponents Totals	54	1112	20.6	88t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Art Baker	7					0
Glenn Bass	2					0
Dewey Bohling	1					0
Wray Carlton	5					0
Elbert Dubenion	1					0
Johnny Green	4					0
Richie Lucas	1					1
Archie Matsos	1					0
Don McDonald	0	0				1
Warren Rabb	5					0
M.C. Reynolds	1					0
Billy Shaw	0	0				1
Team Totals	32	17	15	15	30	3
Opponents Totals	20	15	5	17	22	0