1961 AFL Passing

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League Champion: Houston Oilers

AP MVP: George Blanda

Passing Leader: George Blanda, 3330 Yds

Rushing Leader: Billy Cannon, 948 Yds

Receiving Leader: Charley Hennigan, 1746 Yds

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	George Blanda*+	HOU	34	QB	14	11	9-2-0	187	362	51.7	3330	36	9.9	22	6.1	80	9.2	8.5	17.8	237.9	91.3	7	88	1.9	8.79	8.05
2	Jack Kemp*	SDG	26	QB	14	14	12-2-0	165	364	45.3	2686	15	4.1	22	6.0	91	7.4	5.5	16.3	191.9	59.2	25	245	6.4	6.28	4.50	1	1
3	Al Dorow*	NYT	32	QB	14	14	7-7-0	197	438	45.0	2651	19	4.3	30	6.8	68	6.1	3.8	13.5	189.4	50.7	38	335	8.0	4.87	2.83	1	2
4	Cotton Davidson*	DTX	30	QB	14	12	5-7-0	151	330	45.8	2445	17	5.2	23	7.0	71	7.4	5.3	16.2	174.6	59.2	16	132	4.6	6.68	4.68	1	1
5	Tom Flores	OAK	24	QB	14	14	2-12-0	190	366	51.9	2176	15	4.1	19	5.2	85	5.9	4.4	11.5	155.4	62.1	39	422	9.6	4.33	2.96
6	Frank Tripucka	DEN	34	QB	14	11	3-8-0	167	344	48.5	1690	10	2.9	21	6.1	87	4.9	2.7	10.1	120.7	47.3	12	118	3.4	4.42	2.32	1	1
7	Butch Songin	BOS	37	QB	14	6	3-2-1	98	212	46.2	1429	14	6.6	9	4.2	58	6.7	6.2	14.6	102.1	73.0	18	138	7.8	5.61	5.07	2	1
8	Babe Parilli	BOS	31	QB	14	8	6-2-0	104	198	52.5	1314	13	6.6	9	4.5	53	6.6	5.9	12.6	93.9	76.5	15	118	7.0	5.62	4.93	2	2
9	Jacky Lee	HOU	22	QB	14	3	1-1-1	66	127	52.0	1205	12	9.4	6	4.7	80	9.5	9.3	18.3	86.1	96.7	7	88	5.2	8.34	8.11	1	0
10	George Herring	DEN	28	QB	14	3	0-3-0	93	211	44.1	1160	5	2.4	22	10.4	54	5.5	1.3	12.5	82.9	30.0	21	166	9.1	4.28	0.45	0	1
11	M.C. Reynolds	BUF	26	QB	12	3	2-1-0	83	181	45.9	1004	2	1.1	13	7.2	52	5.5	2.5	12.1	83.7	37.2	23	166	11.3	4.11	1.44
12	Johnny Green	BUF	24	QB	8	5	2-3-0	56	126	44.4	903	6	4.8	5	4.0	61	7.2	6.3	16.1	112.9	68.3	25	166	16.6	4.88	4.19	1	2
13	Warren Rabb	BUF	24	QB	9	3	1-2-0	34	74	45.9	586	5	6.8	2	2.7	76	7.9	8.1	17.2	65.1	84.6	9	60	10.8	6.34	6.46	1	1
14	Hunter Enis	SDG	25	QB	13	0		23	55	41.8	365	2	3.6	3	5.5	45	6.6	4.9	15.9	28.1	54.0	4	29	6.8	5.69	4.08
15	Randy Duncan	DTX	24	QB	14	2	1-1-0	25	67	37.3	361	1	1.5	3	4.5	47	5.4	3.7	14.4	25.8	41.9	9	107	11.8	3.34	1.83
16	Richie Lucas	BUF	23	QB	8	3	1-1-0	20	50	40.0	282	2	4.0	4	8.0	45	5.6	2.8	14.1	35.3	38.9	5	41	9.1	4.38	1.84
17	Nick Papac	OAK	26	QB	14	0		13	44	29.5	173	2	4.5	7	15.9	43	3.9	-2.3	13.3	12.4	19.0	5	41	10.2	2.69	-2.92
18	Wayne Crow	OAK	23	LHB	14	8		6	10	60.0	165	0	0.0	0	0.0	46	16.5	16.5	27.5	11.8	104.2
19	Gene Mingo	DEN	23	LHB	10	4		4	8	50.0	136	2	25.0	0	0.0	52	17.0	22.0	34.0	13.6	135.4
20	Bob Scrabis	NYT	25	QB	11	0		7	21	33.3	82	1	4.8	2	9.5	35	3.9	0.6	11.7	7.5	22.4	3	11	12.5	2.96	0.04
21	Paul Lowe	SDG	25	HB	14	14		2	4	50.0	70	0	0.0	0	0.0	36	17.5	17.5	35.0	5.0	95.8
22	Dave Smith	HOU	24	FB	14	1		1	2	50.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0	33	16.5	16.5	33.0	2.4	95.8
23	Gino Cappelletti*	BOS	27	LE	14	14		1	1	100.0	27	1	100.0	0	0.0	27	27.0	47.0	27.0	1.9	158.3
24	Tom Yewcic	BOS	29	QB	14	1		3	8	37.5	25	1	12.5	2	25.0	18	3.1	-5.6	8.3	1.8	46.4
25	Donnie Stone*	DEN	24	LHB	14	12		1	2	50.0	18	1	50.0	0	0.0	18	9.0	19.0	18.0	1.3	120.8
26	Tommy O'Connell	BUF	31	QB	1	1	0-1-0	1	5	20.0	11	0	0.0	1	20.0	11	2.2	-6.8	11.0	11.0	0.0	1	9	16.7	0.33	-7.17
27	Frank Jackson	DTX	22	HB	14	3		1	2	50.0	9	0	0.0	1	50.0	9	4.5	-18.0	9.0	0.6	22.9
28	Dewey Bohling	2TM	23	HB-LHB	12	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
29	Ron Burton	BOS	25	HB	14	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
30	Billy Cannon*+	HOU	24	HB	14	13		0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0.0	-9.0		0.0	0.0
31	Wray Carlton	BUF	24	FB	14	8		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
32	Dick Christy	NYT	26	HB	14	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
33	George Fleming	OAK	23	HB	14	3		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
34	Al Frazier	DEN	26	RHB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
35	Charley Fuller	OAK	22	HB	14	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
36	Bill Groman+	HOU	25	LE	14	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
37	Jack Larscheid	OAK	28	HB	2	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
38	Lionel Taylor*+	DEN	26	RE	14	14		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0
39	Charley Tolar*	HOU	24	FB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6

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