1961 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Nick Skorich (10-4)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1961 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 10-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Nick Skorich (10-4)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1961 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
The Eagles piled up points with 361 points, and the defense conceded 297. Sonny Jurgensen directed the offense, slinging for 3,723 yards. Tommy McDonald topped the receiving corps, grabbing 64 passes for 1,144 yards. Pete Retzlaff contributed to the receiving game, too.
Clarence Peaks carried the ball for a team-leading 471 yards for Philadelphia.
Don Burroughs intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Nick Skorich coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Sonny Jurgensen | 416 | 235 | 56.5 | 3723 | 8.9 | 32 | 7.7 | 24 | 5.8 | 69 | 88.1 | King Hill | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 101 | 8.4 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 23 | 78.8 | Clarence Peaks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 429 | 241 | 56.2 | 3824 | 8.9 | 34 | 7.9 | 26 | 6.1 | 69 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Clarence Peaks | 135 | 471 | 3.5 | 33 | 5 | Timmy Brown | 50 | 338 | 6.8 | 47 | 1 | Ted Dean | 66 | 321 | 4.9 | 44 | 2 | Billy Ray Barnes | 92 | 309 | 3.4 | 43 | 1 | Sonny Jurgensen | 20 | 27 | 1.4 | 14 | 0 | Theron Sapp | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 8 | 1 | King Hill | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 373 | 1507 | 4.0 | 47 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tommy McDonald | 64 | 1144 | 17.9 | 66 | 13 | Pete Retzlaff | 50 | 769 | 15.4 | 61 | 8 | Bobby Walston | 34 | 569 | 16.7 | 68 | 2 | Clarence Peaks | 32 | 472 | 14.8 | 48 | 0 | Ted Dean | 21 | 335 | 16.0 | 60 | 1 | Billy Ray Barnes | 15 | 194 | 12.9 | 59 | 3 | Timmy Brown | 14 | 264 | 18.9 | 65 | 2 | Dick Lucas | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 18 | 5 | Theron Sapp | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 241 | 3824 | 15.9 | 68 | 34 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ted Dean | 18 | 140 | 7.8 | 28 | 0 | Timmy Brown | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 66 | 1 | Irv Cross | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 | Maxie Baughan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 34 | 353 | 10.4 | 66 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Timmy Brown | 29 | 811 | 28.0 | 105 | 1 | Ted Dean | 21 | 462 | 22.0 | 34 | 0 | Clarence Peaks | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 | Irv Cross | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 53 | 1313 | 24.8 | 105 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Burroughs | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 42 | 0 | Irv Cross | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 | Chuck Bednarik | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 | Tom Brookshier | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | Jimmy Carr | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | Maxie Baughan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Chuck Weber | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 17 | 236 | 13.9 | 42 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ed Khayat | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Timmy Brown | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Ray Barnes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Jurgensen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Irv Cross | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Leo Sugar | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Tom Brookshier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim McCusker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Nocera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clarence Peaks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Gossage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Freeman | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Stan Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maxie Baughan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Carr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Will Renfro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ted Dean | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jess Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Riley Gunnels | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Wittenborn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 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 | Bobby Walston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 97 | Tommy McDonald | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | Pete Retzlaff | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Timmy Brown | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Clarence Peaks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Dick Lucas | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Ted Dean | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 361 |
