1961 AFL Receiving

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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

Receiving

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

Receiving Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
1	Lionel Taylor*+	DEN	26	RE	14	14	100	1176	11.8	4	52		7.1	84.0	0
2	Charley Hennigan*+	HOU	26	FL	14	14	82	1746	21.3	12	80		5.9	124.7	0
3	Art Powell	NYT	24	LE	14	14	71	881	12.4	5	48		5.1	62.9	1
4	Dave Kocourek*	SDG	24	FL/RE	14	11	55	1055	19.2	4	76		3.9	75.4	1
5	Chris Burford*	DTX	23	LE	14	14	51	850	16.7	5	54		3.6	60.7	1
6	Glenn Bass	BUF	22	LE	14	11	50	765	15.3	3	76		3.6	54.6	2
7	Bill Groman+	HOU	25	LE	14	13	50	1175	23.5	17	80		3.6	83.9	0
8	Al Frazier	DEN	26	RHB	14	14	47	799	17.0	6	87		3.4	57.1	9
9	Don Norton*	SDG	23	LE	14	14	47	816	17.4	6	52		3.4	58.3	0
10	Gino Cappelletti*	BOS	27	LE	14	14	45	768	17.1	8	53		3.2	54.9	1
11	Billy Cannon*+	HOU	24	HB	14	13	43	586	13.6	9	78		3.1	41.9	5
12	Don Maynard	NYT	26	FL	14	7	43	629	14.6	8	45		3.1	44.9	1
13	Doug Asad	OAK	23	TE	14	13	42	592	14.1	2	51		3.0	42.3	0
14	Jim Colclough	BOS	25	FL	14	13	42	757	18.0	9	58		3.0	54.1	1
15	Donnie Stone*	DEN	24	LHB	14	12	38	344	9.1	4	37		2.7	24.6	3
16	Alan Miller*	OAK	24	FB	14	13	36	315	8.8	4	55		2.6	22.5	2
17	Johnny Robinson	DTX	23	RHB	14	13	35	601	17.2	5	71		2.5	42.9	1
18	Abner Haynes*	DTX	24	LHB	14	12	34	558	16.4	3	69		2.4	39.9	11
19	Tom Rychlec	BUF	27	RE	14	4	33	405	12.3	2	27		2.4	28.9	0
20	Bob Coolbaugh	OAK	22	RHB	14	12	32	435	13.6	4	46		2.3	31.1	0
21	Billy Lott	BOS	27	FB	14	8	32	333	10.4	6	47		2.3	23.8	3
22	Elbert Dubenion	BUF	28	FL	14	13	31	461	14.9	6	61		2.2	32.9	1
23	Dick Christy	NYT	26	HB	14	13	29	521	18.0	1	68		2.1	37.2	7
24	Gene Prebola	DEN	23	LE	14	14	29	349	12.0	1	54		2.1	24.9	0
25	Larry Garron*	BOS	24	FB	14	6	24	341	14.2	3	51		1.7	24.4	5
26	Charlie Hardy	OAK	28	LE	14	11	24	337	14.0	4	55		1.7	24.1	0
27	Charley Tolar*	HOU	24	FB	14	14	24	219	9.1	1	32		1.7	15.6	3
28	Monte Crockett	BUF	23	RE	14	11	20	325	16.3	0	51		1.4	23.2	0
29	Perry Richards	BUF	27	E	11	0	19	285	15.0	3	43		1.7	25.9	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
30	Thomas Stephens	BOS	26	RE	9	8	19	186	9.8	2	31		2.1	20.7	0
31	Jerry Burch	OAK	22	WR	14	4	18	235	13.1	1	54		1.3	16.8	0
32	Bob Renn	NYT	27	FL	12	8	18	268	14.9	1	67		1.5	22.3	1
33	Wray Carlton	BUF	24	FB	14	8	17	193	11.4	0	22		1.2	13.8	5
34	Wayne Crow	OAK	23	LHB	14	8	17	105	6.2	0	22		1.2	7.5	1
35	Paul Lowe	SDG	25	HB	14	14	17	103	6.1	0	17		1.2	7.4	6
36	Charlie Flowers	SDG	24	FB	14	9	16	175	10.9	0	31		1.1	12.5	2
37	Thurlow Cooper	NYT	28	RE	14	14	15	208	13.9	4	35		1.1	14.9	0
38	Fred Bukaty	DEN	25	FB	14	9	14	94	6.7	0	13		1.0	6.7	3
39	Bo Dickinson	DTX	27	FB	14	9	14	209	14.9	2	48		1.0	14.9	0
40	Luther Hayes	SDG	22	E	14	3	14	280	20.0	3	39		1.0	20.0	1
41	Bob McLeod*	HOU	23	RE	14	10	14	172	12.3	2	18		1.0	12.3	0
42	Dewey Bohling	2TM	23	HB-LHB	12	7	13	217	16.7	1	41		1.1	18.1	1
43	Ron Burton	BOS	25	HB	14	9	13	115	8.8	0	45		0.9	8.2	3
44	Clem Daniels	OAK	24	HB	8	1	13	150	11.5	0	30		1.6	18.8	3
45	Frank Jackson	DTX	22	HB	14	3	13	171	13.2	2	52		0.9	12.2	3
46	Mel West	2TM	22	HB	13	3	13	146	11.2	0	37		1.0	11.2	2
47	John White	HOU	26	RE	14	4	13	238	18.3	1	49		0.9	17.0	0
48	Max Boydston	DTX	29	TE	11	11	12	167	13.9	1	24		1.1	15.2	0
49	Willard Dewveall	HOU	25	E	7	1	12	200	16.7	3	66		1.7	28.6	0
50	Charley Fuller	OAK	22	HB	14	4	12	277	23.1	2	85		0.9	19.8	5
51	Keith Lincoln	SDG	22	FB	14	5	12	208	17.3	2	91		0.9	14.9	0
52	Bill Mathis*+	NYT	23	FB	14	14	12	42	3.5	1	14		0.9	3.0	3
53	Howard Clark	SDG	26	TE	10	8	11	182	16.5	0	33		1.1	18.2	0
54	James Stinnette	DEN	23	RLB	14	7	11	58	5.3	1	15		0.8	4.1	1
55	George Fleming	OAK	23	HB	14	3	10	49	4.9	0	22		0.7	3.5	2
56	Dave Smith	HOU	24	FB	14	1	10	131	13.1	1	37		0.7	9.4	3
57	Jim Crawford	BOS	26	FB	10	4	9	85	9.4	0	25		0.9	8.5	1
58	Joe Johnson	BOS	32	RE	6	4	9	82	9.1	1	21		1.5	13.7	0
59	Bob Scarpitto	SDG	22	FL	7	3	9	163	18.1	2	69		1.3	23.3	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
60	Gene Mingo	DEN	23	LHB	10	4	8	110	13.8	2	69		0.8	11.0	2
61	Jack Spikes	DTX	24	FB	6	5	8	136	17.0	0	46		1.3	22.7	1
62	Tony Romeo	DTX	23	TE	14	2	7	89	12.7	0	20		0.5	6.4	0
63	Dave Ames	2TM	24	HB	12	3	6	20	3.3	0	9		0.5	1.7	2
64	Art Baker	BUF	24	FB	14	9	6	73	12.2	0	29		0.4	5.2	7
65	Richie Lucas	BUF	23	QB	8	3	6	69	11.5	0	19		0.8	8.6	1
66	Bo Roberson	SDG	26	FL	14	3	6	81	13.5	0	24		0.4	5.8	3
67	Tom Yewcic	BOS	29	QB	14	1	6	56	9.3	0	46		0.4	4.0	0
68	Al Carmichael	DEN	33	HB	6	0	5	23	4.6	0	14		0.8	3.8	4
69	Jack Hill	DEN	29	K	14	1	4	33	8.3	0	15		0.3	2.4	0
70	Claude King	HOU	23	HB	11	0	3	83	27.7	1	44		0.3	7.5	2
71	Walt Kowalczyk	OAK	26	FB	4	1	3	8	2.7	0	4		0.8	2.0	0
72	Jacque MacKinnon	SDG	23	TE	9	0	3	58	19.3	0	45		0.3	6.4	0
73	Bill Shockley	2TM	24	HB	8	0	3	27	9.0	0	13		0.4	3.4	0
74	Jack Larscheid	OAK	28	HB	2	0	2	11	5.5	0	6		1.0	5.5	2
75	Billy Pricer	DTX	27	FB	6	0	2	21	10.5	0	11		0.3	3.5	0
76	Jerry Sturm	DEN	25	LT	14	10	2	-1	-0.5	0	0		0.1	-0.1	1
77	Charlie Barnes	DTX	24	E	4	1	1	13	13.0	0	13		0.3	3.3	1
78	George Blanda*+	HOU	34	QB	14	11	1	-16	-16.0	0	-16		0.1	-1.1	3
79	Fred Brown	BUF	23	LHB	5	4	1	11	11.0	0	11		0.2	2.2	1
80	Dan Chamberlain	BUF	24	SE	3	2	1	16	16.0	0	16		0.3	5.3	0
81	Curley Johnson	NYT	26	HB	12	0	1	32	32.0	0	32		0.1	2.7	0
82	Bob O'Neil	NYT	30	G	14	1	1	-13	-13.0	0	-13		0.1	-0.9	1
83	Gerhard Schwedes	BOS	23	HB	5	0	1	21	21.0	0	21		0.2	4.2	2
84	Chuck Shonta	BOS	24	RCB	8	5	1	9	9.0	0	9		0.1	1.1	0
85	Julian Spence	HOU	32	DB	10	2	1	14	14.0	0	14		0.1	1.4	0
86	Jerry Traynham	DEN	22	K	2	0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1		0.5	-0.5	0

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