1961 New York Titans Statistics

American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Sammy Baugh (7-7)
Location: New York, New York

1961 New York Titans Roster
1961 New York Titans Results

The New York Titans of the American Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the AFL's East Division.

The Titans scored 301 points, but the defense allowed 390. Al Dorow tossed for 2,651 yards. Art Powell topped pass catchers, hauling in 71 passes for 881 yards.

Bill Mathis ran for a team-leading 846 yards for New York.

Johnny Bookman intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition.

Sammy Baugh coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Al Dorow	438	197	45.0	2651	6.1	19	4.3	30	6.8	68	50.7
Bob Scrabis	21	7	33.3	82	3.9	1	4.8	2	9.5	35	22.4
Dick Christy	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	460	204	44.3	2733	5.9	20	4.3	32	7.0	68

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Mathis	202	846	4.2	30	7
Al Dorow	54	317	5.9	40	4
Mel West	46	232	5.0	35	3
Dick Christy	81	180	2.2	16	2
Bob Brooks	15	55	3.7	9	0
Dewey Bohling	13	19	1.5	9	0
Bob Renn	1	14	14.0	14	0
Bill Shockley	5	9	1.8	9	0
Curley Johnson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Jim Apple	7	2	0.3	7	0
Bob Scrabis	1	1	1.0	1	1
Totals	426	1678	3.9	40	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Art Powell	71	881	12.4	48	5
Don Maynard	43	629	14.6	45	8
Dick Christy	29	521	18.0	68	1
Bob Renn	18	268	14.9	67	1
Thurlow Cooper	15	208	13.9	35	4
Bill Mathis	12	42	3.5	14	1
Mel West	8	104	13.0	37	0
Dewey Bohling	3	34	11.3	27	0
Bill Shockley	3	27	9.0	13	0
Curley Johnson	1	32	32.0	32	0
Bob O'Neil	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Totals	204	2733	13.4	68	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Dick Guesman	26	24	92.3	15	5	33.3	39
Bill Shockley	13	13	100.0	7	3	42.9	22
Thurlow Cooper				1		0.0	0
Totals	39	37	94.9	23	8	34.8	61

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Curley Johnson	66	2821	42.7	70
Junior Wren	8	271	33.9	53
Totals	74	3092	41.8	70

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dick Christy	18	383	21.3	70	2
Mel West	2	51	25.5	45	0
Jim Apple	2	12	6.0	10	0
Don Maynard	1	9	9.0	9	0
Bill Shockley	2	6	3.0	3	0
Gene Cockrell	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	26	463	17.8	70	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Christy	15	360	24.0	60
Bill Shockley	10	223	22.3	37
Bob Renn	10	201	20.1	35
Mel West	6	115	19.2	0
Bob Brooks	8	111	13.9	25
Curley Johnson	5	84	16.8	21
Tom Saidock	2	26	13.0	19
Roger Ellis	3	25	8.3	13
Jerry Fields	1	19	19.0	19
Paul Hynes	1	18	18.0	18
Jim Apple	1	16	16.0	16
Ed Walsh	2	15	7.5	15
Thurlow Cooper	1	0	0.0	0
Tom Budrewicz	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	66	1213	18.4	60

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Johnny Bookman	6	33	5.5	17	0
Dick Felt	4	88	22.0	55	1
Lee Riley	4	59	14.8	41	0
Hubert Bobo	4	57	14.2	26	0
Ed Cooke	3	46	15.3	43	0
Larry Grantham	1	30	30.0	30	0
Junior Wren	1	2	2.0	2	0
Dave Ames	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dainard Paulson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	25	315	12.6	55	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum
Bob Renn			1
Dick Christy			7
Bob Scrabis			1
Jim Apple			1
Bill Mathis			3
Al Dorow			10
Mel West			1
Bob Brooks			1
Bob O'Neil			1
Roger Ellis			1
Don Maynard			1
Art Powell			1
Totals	0	0	29

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Don Maynard	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Bill Mathis	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Dick Guesman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	24	0			39
Art Powell	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Dick Christy	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Al Dorow	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Thurlow Cooper	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Bill Shockley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	0			22
Mel West	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Bob Renn	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Dick Felt	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Bob Scrabis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	17	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	37	0	0	0	301