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• General manager Chet Soda contacted the league office again to reiterate his protest concerning the Chargers’ use of linebacker Al Bansavage in yesterday’s game
• Soda contended that Bansavage’s AFL signing rights belonged to the Raiders, that the Chargers had no right to use him in a game, and that the Chargers should forfeit the game
• AFL commissioner Joe Foss said he would take the matter up by mid-week
• The Oakland City Council and Alameda County Board of Supervisors met and selected the site for a proposed multi-purpose sports stadium
• The site chosen was near the intersection of Hegenberger Road and the Nimitz Freeway in southwest part of Oakland
• The land was currently owned by the East Bay Municipal District and was being used for storage
• The AFL completed the final 24 rounds of the 1961 college draft