1961 Houston Oilers season

Infobox NFL_season
team = Houston Oilers
year = 1961
record = 10-3-1
division_place = 1st Eastern Division
coach = Lou Rymkus and Wally Lemm
stadium = Jeppesen Stadium
playoffs = Won AFL Championship (Chargers) (10-3)
previous = 1961
next = 1962The 1960 Houston Oilers season was their second. For the second consecutive season, the Oilers scored a triumph in the AFL Championship over the Los Angeles Chargers.

Offseason

On January 14, Chicago Bears End Willard Dewveall played out his option and joined the Houston Oilers. He became the first player to move deliberately from one league to another. [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 282]

AFL Draft

* Houston Oilers draft picks (Selected eighth)

Postseason

AFL Championship Game

* 1961 ChampionshipLinescore Amfootball
Road=Oilers
R1=0
R2=3
R3=7
R4=0
RT=10
Home=Chargers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=3
HT=3

Houston Oilers 10, San Diego Chargers 3:"December 24, 1961 at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California"

Scoring
*HOU - Field goal Blanda 46
*HOU - Cannon 35 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick)
*SD - Field goal Blair 12

References

* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/oti/1961.htm Oilers on Pro Football Reference]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1961-hou Oilers on jt-sw.com]