1961 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Tom Landry (4-9-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1961 Dallas Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Tom Landry (4-9-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1961 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's East Division.
Dallas labored to change the scoreboard with just 236 points, while the defensive squad allowed 380. Eddie LeBaron tossed for 1,741 yards, and Don Meredith took a significant amount of snaps, too. Billy Howton hauled in 56 passes, while Frank Clarke accumulated 919 receiving yards.
Don Perkins ran for a team-best 815 yards for the Cowboys.
Don Bishop picked off 8 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Eddie LeBaron | 236 | 120 | 50.8 | 1741 | 7.4 | 14 | 5.9 | 16 | 6.8 | 80 | 66.7 | Don Meredith | 182 | 94 | 51.6 | 1161 | 6.4 | 9 | 4.9 | 11 | 6.0 | 56 | 63.0 | Buddy Humphrey | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 77.1 | J.W. Lockett | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 422 | 215 | 50.9 | 2918 | 6.9 | 23 | 5.5 | 27 | 6.4 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Perkins | 200 | 815 | 4.1 | 47 | 4 | Amos Marsh | 84 | 379 | 4.5 | 71 | 1 | J.W. Lockett | 66 | 280 | 4.2 | 21 | 0 | Don Meredith | 22 | 176 | 8.0 | 28 | 1 | Eddie LeBaron | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 21 | 0 | L.G. Dupre | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | Merrill Douglas | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 | Billy Howton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Don McIlhenny | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 416 | 1819 | 4.4 | 71 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Howton | 56 | 785 | 14.0 | 53 | 4 | Frank Clarke | 41 | 919 | 22.4 | 80 | 9 | Don Perkins | 32 | 298 | 9.3 | 38 | 1 | Dick Bielski | 26 | 377 | 14.5 | 28 | 3 | Amos Marsh | 21 | 189 | 9.0 | 46 | 2 | J.W. Lockett | 15 | 114 | 7.6 | 26 | 2 | Jim Doran | 13 | 153 | 11.8 | 29 | 2 | L.G. Dupre | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 | Glynn Gregory | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 | Don McIlhenny | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Merrill Douglas | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 215 | 2918 | 13.6 | 80 | 23 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Dick Bielski | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 28 | Allen Green | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 62 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Allen Green | 61 | 2236 | 36.7 | 53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 61 | 2236 | 36.7 | 53 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Amos Marsh | 14 | 71 | 5.1 | 19 | 0 | Warren Livingston | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 | Don Perkins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | L.G. Dupre | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 103 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Amos Marsh | 26 | 667 | 25.7 | 79 | 0 | Don Perkins | 22 | 443 | 20.1 | 30 | 0 | L.G. Dupre | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 24 | 0 | J.W. Lockett | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 | Gene Babb | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 | Mike Dowdle | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 | Merrill Douglas | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Jim Doran | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 64 | 1345 | 21.0 | 79 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Bishop | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 57 | 0 | Bob Bercich | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 | Jerry Tubbs | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 33 | 0 | Dicky Moegle | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 25 | 0 | Jimmy Harris | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 | Tom Franckhauser | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Glynn Gregory | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Mike Dowdle | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Don Healy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Chuck Howley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Warren Livingston | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Ken Frost | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 374 | 15.0 | 57 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Don Healy | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Meredith | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Perkins | 5 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | J.W. Lockett | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Amos Marsh | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Harris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Dowdle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Tubbs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Warren Livingston | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie LeBaron | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | L.G. Dupre | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Houser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Clarke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Doran | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Ken Frost | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Howton | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Don Bishop | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Bob Lilly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Babb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glynn Gregory | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dicky Moegle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lee Murchison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Herchman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 46 | 43 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Frank Clarke | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Dick Bielski | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 46 | Allen Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 34 | Don Perkins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Billy Howton | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Amos Marsh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jim Doran | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | J.W. Lockett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Don Meredith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
