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1961 NFL Season

🏆 Houston Oilers won the AFL Championship · 🏆 Green Bay Packers won the NFL Championship

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Tommy McDonald (Rec Yds, Rec TD)

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1George BlandaQB37.6
  2. 2Sonny JurgensenQB35.1
  3. 3Lenny MooreRB28.4
  4. 4Jim TaylorRB20.2
  5. 5Y. A. TittleQB17.1
  6. 6Bart StarrQB15.9
  7. 7Jim BrownRB15.4
  8. 8Tommy McDonaldWR14.8
  9. 9Mike DitkaTE14
  10. 10Ollie MatsonRB14
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Fran TarkentonQB417.7
  2. 2Jimmy JohnsonCB62.5
  3. 3Mike DitkaTE61
  4. 4Herb AdderleyCB60.1
  5. 5Billy ShawG14.7

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Emlen TunnellS73.6

Teams · 22

TeamRecordResult
San Diego Chargers12-2Playoffs
Green Bay Packers11-3Won NFL Championship
Houston Oilers10-3-1Won AFL Championship
New York Giants10-3-1Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles10-42nd
Boston Patriots9-4-12nd
Cleveland Browns8-5-13rd
Detroit Lions8-5-1Playoffs
Baltimore Colts8-63rd
Chicago Bears8-6T-3rd
San Francisco 49ers7-6-15th
New York Titans7-7Playoffs
St. Louis Cardinals7-74th
Buffalo Bills6-84th
Dallas Texans6-82nd
Pittsburgh Steelers6-85th
Dallas Cowboys4-9-16th
Los Angeles Rams4-106th
Denver Broncos3-113rd
Minnesota Vikings3-117th
Oakland Raiders2-124th
Washington Redskins1-12-1Playoffs