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1961 Oakland Raiders Season
The 1961 Oakland Raiders season was the team's second in the American Football League. Based in Oakland, they played their home games in San Francisco at Candlestick Park. The Raiders tried to improve on their 6β8 record from 1960, but finished last in the AFL West at 2β12, dropping their final six games. They set an AFL record in 1961, posting a point differential of negative-221,Oakland scored 271 points, and surrendered 458 points βPro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1960 to 1969, in the AFL, in the regular season, sorted by ascending Points Differential/ref> and surrendered 36 rushing touchdowns, a pro football record. The following year, the Raiders moved to the new Frank Youell Field in Oakland, and played in that temporary venue for four seasons. Season schedule Standings Players References Oakland Oakland Raiders seasons Oakland Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Western
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, AFLβNFL merger, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence. It was more successful than earlier rivals to the NFL with the same name, the American Football League (1926), 1926, American Football League (1936), 1936 and American Football League (1940), 1940 leagues, and the later All-America Football Conference (which existed between 1944 and 1950 but only played between 1946 and 1949). This fourth version of the AFL was the most successful, created by a number of owners who had been refused NFL expansion franchises or had minor shares of NFL franchises. The AFL's original lineup consisted of an Eastern division of the New York Jets, New York Titans, New England Patriots, Boston Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Denver Broncos Season
The 1961 Denver Broncos season was the team's second year in the American Football League. Led by head coach Frank Filchock, the Broncos recorded three wins and eleven losses, finishing third in the AFL's Western Division. The 1961 Broncos set a modern pro football record with 68 giveaways, more than any other team in AFL or NFL history. Offseason Draft Staff Regular season Standings External links 1961 Denver Broncos Statistics & Players β Pro-Football-Reference.com Denver Broncos seasons Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ... 1961 in sports in Colorado {{Americanfootball-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fleming (American Football)
George Tyree Fleming (June 29, 1938 β December 6, 2021) was an American politician and professional football player. A multi-positional player, he played college football for the Washington Huskies. Fleming was a member of AAWU champion 1959 and 1960 Washington Huskies football teams, playing in the 1960 and 1961 Rose Bowls. He earned second-team All-Coast halfback and Co-Player of the Game honors after the Huskies' win in 1960 Rose Bowl. For his contribution to the Rose Bowl game, he was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on December 31, 2011. In 1968, Fleming entered a career in Washington state politics, including two years in the state House of Representatives and 20 in the Senate. He retired after the 1990 session. Fleming died at his Seattle home on December 6, 2021, at the age of 83. See also * Washington Huskies football statistical leaders The Washington Huskies football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Washington Huskies footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clem Daniels
Clemon Daniels Jr. (July 9, 1937 β March 23, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a halfback in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). College career At Prairie View A&M University, he was voted to All-Conference honors during his sophomore and junior years, and captained the NAIA National Football Championship team in his senior year. He also completed the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Program at Prairie View A&M, later being a commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserve. Professional career Daniels was signed as a free agent in 1960 by the AFL's Dallas Texans, who, like other AFL teams recruited players from small and predominantly black colleges, which were mainly ignored by the conservative NFL. He was on the Texans' roster for 14 games in 1960, but saw little playing time behind Abner Haynes. In 1961, he was traded to the AFL's Oakland Raiders, and spent seven years there. He was an Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Crow
After playing American football for the University of California as a quarterback, Wayne Crow played professionally for four seasons as a running back and punter for the Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL). In October 1961, he kicked a 77-yard punt to set a Raider record that wasn't broken until 50 years later, when Shane Lechler Edward Shane Lechler (; born August 7, 1976) is an American former professional football player who played as punter for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M University and was drafted by th ... kicked an 80-yard punt in November 2011βtwo months after having tied Crow's record. See also * Other American Football League players External links Wayne Crow in the 1962 Buffalo Bills' team photo References {{DEFAULTSORT:Crow, Wayne 1938 births Living people People from Coolidge, Arizona Sportspeople from Pinal County, Arizona Players of American footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Papac (American Football)
Nick Papac (May 18, 1935 β April 18, 2009) was an American football quarterback who played for one season in the American Football League. He played college football at California and Fresno State. Early life and high school Papac was born in Fresno, California and grew up in Sanger, California and attended Sanger Union High School. He was the Apaches' starting quarterback ahead of future Raiders teammate Tom Flores. College career Papac began his collegiate career at California. He played two seasons, mostly on the junior varsity team, with the Golden Bears before joining the Army after his sophomore year. He was stationed at Fort Carson and quarterbacked the base's football team for two years. After being discharged from the Army, Papac enrolled at Fresno State University and played two seasons for the Bulldogs and was the team's starting quarterback. Professional career After going undrafted after the end of his collegiate career Papac was signed by the Oakland Raiders. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Flores
Thomas Raymond Flores (born March 21, 1937) is a former American football coach and quarterback. After his retirement as a coach, he was a radio announcer for more than twenty years. Flores won a total of four Super Bowls in his playing and coaching careers. He and Mike Ditka are the only two people in National Football League history to win a Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach, and head coach (Flores won Super Bowl IV as a player for the Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl XI as an assistant coach of the Raiders, and Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII as head coach of the Raiders). Flores was also the first Mexican starting quarterback and the first minority head coach in professional football history to win a Super Bowl. Although it may not be officially sourced, Flores is also noted as the only head coach to win a Super Bowl with the same team in two cities in Oakland (1980) and Los Angeles (1983). From 1997 until 2018, Flores served as radio announcer for the Raiders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
The Cotton Bowl is an outdoor stadium in Dallas, Texas, United States. Opened in 1930 as Fair Park Stadium, it is on the site of the State Fair of Texas, known as Fair Park. The Cotton Bowl was the longtime home of the annual college football post-season bowl game known as the Cotton Bowl Classic, for which the stadium is named. Starting on New Year's Day 1937, it hosted the first 73 editions of the game, through January 2009; the game was moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington in January 2010. The stadium also hosts the Red River Showdown, the annual college football game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns, and the First Responder Bowl. The stadium has been home to many football teams over the years, including: SMU Mustangs (NCAA), Dallas Cowboys ( NFL; 1960β1971), Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952), Dallas Texans (AFL; 1960–1962), and soccer teams, the Dallas Tornado (NASL; 1967–1968), and FC Dallas (MLS; as the Dallas Burn 1996β2004, as FC Dallas 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickerson Field
Nickerson Field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the Northeastern United States, on the campus of Boston University (BU) in Boston, Massachusetts. The stadium is owned by BU, and is the home field for some Boston University Terriers athletics programs, including soccer and lacrosse. It was also the home of the Boston University Terriers football team until the program was discontinued following the 1997 season. The stadium is located on the site of Braves Field, the former home ballpark of the Boston Braves, a major league baseball team in the National League; the franchise relocated to Milwaukee in March 1953, and relocated again in 1966, becoming the Atlanta Braves. Parts of Braves Field, such as the entry gate and right field pavilion, remain as portions of the current stadium. The old Braves Field ticket office at Harry Agganis Way also remains, now used by the Boston University Police Department. The stadium has been the home of BU teams longer (50-plus years) than it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Boston Patriots Season
The 1961 Boston Patriots season was the franchise's second season in the American Football League They finished with nine wins, four losses, and one tie, in second place in the AFL's Eastern Division. Staff Season summary In the off-season, the team acquired quarterback Babe Parilli from the Oakland Raiders, himself a former starter for the NFL's Green Bay Packers. After a 2β3 start and two consecutive losses, the team fired head coach Lou Saban on the night of Tuesday, October 10, and replaced him with offensive backfield coach Mike Holovak, formerly the head coach at Boston College. The change was a positive one, as the team was 7β1β1 under Holovak and finished on a four-game winning streak, capped with a road shutout of the Western Division champion San Diego Chargers in the season finale, the team which scored 38 points on them in Boston in Saban's last game. The Patriots' 9β4β1 record put them in second place in the Eastern Division, one game behind Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo. Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th streets and on the east and west by Fifth and Sixth (Lenox) avenues, just north of Central Park, it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880. The third Polo Grounds, built in 1890, was renovated after a fire in 1911 and became Polo Grounds IV, the one generally indicated when the ''Polo Grounds'' is referenced. It was located in Coogan's Hollow and was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape, with very short distances to the left and right field walls and an unusually deep center field. In baseball, the original Polo Grounds was home to the New York Metropolitans from 1880 through 1885, and the New York Giants from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo, New York)
War Memorial Stadium, colloquially known as The Rockpile, was an outdoor football, baseball and soccer stadium in Buffalo, New York. Opened in 1937 as Roesch Memorial Stadium, the venue was later known as Grover Cleveland Stadium and Civic Stadium. The stadium was home to the Canisius Golden Griffins (NCAA), Buffalo Indians-Tigers (AFL), Buffalo Bills ( AAFC), Buffalo Bulls (NCAA), Buffalo Bills (AFL/ NFL), Buffalo Bisons ( IL), Buffalo White Eagles ( ECPSL), Buffalo Blazers ( NSL), Buffalo Bisons ( EL/ AA) and Canisius Golden Griffins (NCAA). It also had a race track and hosted several NASCAR events. The venue was demolished in 1989 and replaced with the Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports Pavilion, which retains entrances from the original stadium. History Planning and construction Roesch Memorial Stadium was built on the East Side of Buffalo for $3 million as a Works Progress Administration project in 1937. It was built on a large, rectangular block that had once hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
