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-====== September 24, 1961 ====== +{{page>1961_news#september 24, 1961}}
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-===== News ===== +
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-• In [[Marty Feldman]]’s head coaching debut, the Raiders’ offense finally did some scoring, but the team still lost to the [[Chiefs|Texans]], 42-35, at Candlestick Park +
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-• After moving both players around in practice during the week, [[Wayne Crow]] played at halfback, with [[George Fleming]] returning to his flanker spot +
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-• Late in the game there was an on-field brawl following a late hit on [[Tom Flores]] by Texans linebacker EJ Holub, with Holub getting tossed +
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-• Following [[Wayne Valley]]’s assertion that the team had an offer to move to Memphis, AFL commissioner Joe Foss said the league had no plans to move any of the teams and that he knew nothing about “Memphis having any inside track on a possible franchise” +
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-• Foss did say that about ten different groups had shown interest in either acquiring an existing franchise or getting an expansion team, including at least one group from Oakland +
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-• He then added that any team relocation would require the approval of the entire league membership +
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-===== Injury Updates ===== +
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-• Fullback [[Alan Miller]] suffered a bruised knee during the game, but it wasn’t thought to be serious enough to keep him out of the [[Broncos]] game on October 1 +
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-===== AFL Standings ===== +
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-|  **Eastern Division**  |||| | +
-|[[Patriots|Boston]]|  2|  1|  0| | +
-|[[Jets|New York]]|  2|  1|  0| | +
-|[[Titans|Houston]]|  1|  1|  0| | +
-|[[Bills|Buffalo]]|  1|  2|  0| | +
-| | | | | | +
-|  **Western Division**  |||| | +
-|[[Chargers|San Diego]]|  3|  0|  0| | +
-|[[Chiefs|Dallas]]|  1|  1|  0| | +
-|[[Broncos|Denver]]|  1|  2|  0| | +
-|Oakland|  0|  3|  0| | +
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-=== Scores === +
-Dallas 42, Oakland 35\\ +
-New York 35, Denver 28\\ +
-San Diego 34, Houston 24 +
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-=====Coaching Staff===== +
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-|[[Marty Feldman]]|Head coach| | +
-|[[George Dickson]]|Defensive backfield| | +
-|[[Tommy Kalmanir]]|Offensive backfield| | +
-|[[Bob Maddock]]|Offensive line| | +
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-=====Roster===== +
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-|  **Name**  |  **Pos**  |  **Ht**  |  **Wt**  |  **School**  | | +
-|[[Doug Asad]]|  TE  |  6'3"  |  200  |Northwestern  | | +
-|[[Al Bansavage]]|  LB  |  6'2"  |  230  |USC  | | +
-|[[Alex Bravo]]|  DB  |  6'1"  |  190  |Cal Poly-SLO  | | +
-|[[Jim Brewington]]|  OL  |  6'6"  |  280  |North Carolina-Central  | | +
-|[[Jerry Burch]]|  WR  |  6'1"  |  190  |Georgia Tech  | | +
-|[[Joe Cannavino]]|  CB  |  5'11"  |  185  |Ohio State  | | +
-|[[Bob Coolbaugh]]|  WR  |  6'3"  |  200  |Richmond  | | +
-|[[Wayne Crow]]|  FB  |  6'0"  |  205  |California  | | +
-|[[Bob Dougherty]]|  LB  |  6'1"  |  235  |Kentucky  | | +
-|[[Gary Finneran]]|  DE  |  6'3"  |  235  |USC  | | +
-|[[George Fleming]]|  WR  |  5'11"  |  185  |Washington  | | +
-|[[Tom Flores]]|  QB  |  6'1"  |  190  |Pacific  | | +
-|[[Charley Fuller]]|  HB  |  5'11"  |  175  |San Francisco State  | | +
-|[[Bob Garner]]|  CB  |  5'10"  |  180  |Fresno State  | | +
-|[[Glen Hakes]]|  G  |  6'2"  |  235  |New Mexico  | | +
-|[[Charlie Hardy]]|  WR  |  6'0"  |  180  |San Jose State  | | +
-|[[John Harris]]|  DB  |  6'1"  |  195  |Santa Monica CC  | | +
-|[[Wayne Hawkins]]|  G  |  5'11"  |  235  |Pacific  | | +
-|[[Jon Jelacic]]|  DE  |  6'3"  |  245  |Minnesota  | | +
-|[[Walt Kowalczyk]]|  FB  |  6'0"  |  215  |Michigan State  | | +
-|[[Tom Louderback]]|  LB  |  6'2"  |  235  |San Jose State  | | +
-|[[Alan Miller]]|  FB  |  6'0"  |  195  |Boston College  | | +
-|[[Riley Morris]]|  LB  |  6'2"  |  220  |Florida A&M  | | +
-|[[Jim Otto]]|  C  |  6'2"  |  225  |Miami (FL)  | | +
-|[[Nick Papac]]|  QB  |  5'11"  |  190  |Fresno State  | | +
-|[[Volney Peters]]|  DT  |  6'4"  |  240  |USC  | | +
-|[[Charley Powell]]|  DE  |  6'2"  |  225  |San Diego HS  | | +
-|[[Harrison Rece]]|  C  |  6'3"  |  235  |Trinity  | | +
-|[[Billy Reynolds]]|  HB  |  5'11"  |  200  |Pittsburgh  | | +
-|[[Herb Roedel]]|  G  |  6'3"  |  230  |Marquette  | | +
-|[[Ron Sabal]]|  T  |  6'3"  |  200  |Purdue  | | +
-|[[Hal Smith]]|  DT  |  6'5"  |  250  |UCLA  | | +
-|[[Willie Smith]]|  G  |  6'2"  |  265  |Michigan  | | +
-|[[Jack Stone]]|  T  |  6'2"  |  245  |Oregon  | | +
-|[[Tony Teresa]]|  HB  |  5'10"  |  185  |San Jose State  | | +
-|[[Herm Urenda]]|  WR  |  5'10"  |  180  |Pacific  | | +
-|[[Bob Voight]]|  DT  |  6'5"  |  265  |Los Angeles State  | | +
-|[[Fred Williamson]]|  CB  |  6'3"  |  210  |Northwestern  | | +
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-<prespan>[[september-23-1961|< Sep 23, 1961]]     [[1961_calendar|Back to Calendar]]     [[september-26-1961|Sep 26, 1961 >]]</prespan> +
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