1961 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Vince Lombardi (11-3)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1961 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Vince Lombardi (11-3)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1961 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
Offensively, the Packers led the league with 391 points. Meanwhile, the solid defense surrendered 223 points. Jim Taylor carried the ball for a team-best 1,307 yards.
Bart Starr threw for 2,418 yards. Max McGee paced pass catchers, snagging 51 passes for 883 yards.
The sticky-fingered defense manufactured 46 turnovers. Jesse Whittenton, Hank Gremminger, John Symank and Willie Wood each picked off 5 opponent throws.
Vince Lombardi coached the team. The 1961 Green Bay Packers won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Starr | 295 | 172 | 58.3 | 2418 | 8.2 | 16 | 5.4 | 16 | 5.4 | 78 | 80.3 |
| Tom Moore | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 42 | 21.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 158.3 |
| Paul Hornung | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 42 | 8.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 126.7 |
| John Roach | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 306 | 177 | 57.8 | 2502 | 8.2 | 18 | 5.9 | 16 | 5.2 | 78 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Taylor | 243 | 1307 | 5.4 | 53 | 15 |
| Paul Hornung | 127 | 597 | 4.7 | 54 | 8 |
| Tom Moore | 61 | 302 | 5.0 | 69 | 1 |
| Elijah Pitts | 23 | 75 | 3.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Bart Starr | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Ron Kramer | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Roach | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 474 | 2350 | 5.0 | 69 | 27 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max McGee | 51 | 883 | 17.3 | 53 | 7 |
| Boyd Dowler | 36 | 633 | 17.6 | 78 | 3 |
| Ron Kramer | 35 | 559 | 16.0 | 53 | 4 |
| Jim Taylor | 25 | 175 | 7.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Paul Hornung | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 34 | 2 |
| Tom Moore | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Gary Knafelc | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 177 | 2502 | 14.1 | 78 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 86 |
| Ben Agajanian | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 |
| Totals | 49 | 49 | 100.0 | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 97 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wood | 14 | 225 | 16.1 | 72 | 2 |
| Lew Carpenter | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 355 | 17.8 | 72 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Adderley | 18 | 478 | 26.6 | 61 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 15 | 409 | 27.3 | 60 | 0 |
| John Symank | 4 | 121 | 30.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Bill Forester | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 1077 | 26.3 | 61 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Symank | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 41 | 1 |
| Hank Gremminger | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Dan Currie | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Ray Nitschke | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Forester | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Hanner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 446 | 15.4 | 41 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wood | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Davis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hanner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Masters | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Currie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Symank | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bart Starr | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Nitschke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Quinlan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Toburen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Moore | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Whittenton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Gremminger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Roach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herb Adderley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Paul Hornung | 8 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 0 | 146 | ||||||||
| Jim Taylor | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||||
| Max McGee | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Ron Kramer | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Tom Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Willie Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ben Agajanian | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dan Currie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Roach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 27 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 391 |
