1962 Titan Offensive Line Profiles

MIKE HUDOCK
Center
No. 52
Miami
"Rugged Mike, who hails from Tunkhannock in the anthracite-laden hills of Pennsylvania, is an experienced pivotman, having played three years at the University of Miami (Fla.), two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and two with the Titans.
Big Mike is a reliable passer [sic], blocks with shattering impact and has exceptional mobility. Fast, he's usually out in front of the Titan ball carriers, who value his crisp, decisive blocking."

-1962 Fleer No. 61



BOB MISCHAK
Guard
No. 67
Army
"Again Bob Mischak held on to his laurels as a most outstanding guard. He has twice gained All-AFL honors and his blocking remains as destructive as ever.
Drafted by the Browns, he ended up with the Giants in 1958 only to quit in '59 as a result of salary differences.
The 29-year-old out of Union, New Jersey played for Army and is one of the few West Pointers who turned to the pro ranks."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook

SID FOURNET 

Guard

No. 62

LSU

TEXAN OF THE WEEK

"The Dallas Texans rolled up 270 yards last week against Houston, the highest rushing figure in American Football League history, and the man leading the way much of the afternoon was former LSU All-American Sid Fournet. A versatile operative who can play any of several positions well, Fournet is considered one of the AFL's finest guards.

For his performance last week against Houston, Fournet will receive a $50 Stetson Hat, compliments of Roland Ellis. The award is given to the outstanding Texan in each home game."

-1960 Dallas Texans official program

JOHN MCMULLAN
Guard
No. 68
Notre Dame
"One of the few original Titans to appear at his position for the third straight season will be John McMullan, the starting right guard who, with Bob Mischak, gives the interior line that necessary blocking spark. This 27-year-old Bergenfield (New Jersey) bull is most difficult to defense due to his ability to come back with that second blocking effort.
He's also done time with the Giants and Eagles."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook


GENE COCKRELL
Offensive Tackle
No. 70
Hardin-Simmons
Coach Bulldog Turner, who certainly knows a good offensive lineman when he sees one, knows how much Gene fortifies the Titan offensive line. He has proven himself in every game played by New York in the AFL's first two seasons.
Along with his collegiate football career, Gene was also a member of the Hardin-Simmons rodeo team.

ALEX KROLL

Offensive Tackle

No. 55

Rutgers

"An excellent blocker who calls decisive signals, Alex has tremendous hustle and spirit. The team's captain majors in English and has a special academic scholarship."

-1961 Nu-Cards No. 123

JACK KLOTZ
Offensive Tackle
No. 78
Pennsylvania Military College
Jack played every game for the Titans in both 1960 and 1961 and has shown the adaptability to protect his team's passers from the ever-changing tactics of opposing defenses. A veteran of the Canadian Football League, his experience has also been helpful to Titan running backs.

1962 Profiles: Billy Atkins and Lee Riley

BILLY ATKINS
Safety-Kicker
No. 2
Auburn
"Bill was one of the first players signed by the Buffalo Bills and will be responsible for one of the most important assignments in pro football, the defensive halfback position.
He was the star defensive halfback for two years with the San Francisco 49ers. Bill played previously for Auburn and was named to the All-Southeastern Conference team. He was also selected for All-America."

-1960 Fleer No. 24

"All-Southeastern Conference selection in 1956-57 and an All-American in 1957. Atkins is the Auburn record-holder for most points scored in a single season. He participated in the East-West Shrine Game and the College All-Star Game.

Atkins played two years as a defensive back with the San Francisco 49ers. He was signed by the Bills as a defensive back and a kicker."

-1960 Buffalo Bills Official Program

"The most active of all pro punters in '60 was Birmingham's Billy Atkins whose 89 boots totaled 3,468 yards. Booting Billy, 26, was first exposed to pro fire as a 49er and turned in a creditable job as a defensive back. As a Bill he intercepted five passes and also tallied 45 points on 27 extra points and six field goals."

-1961 Pro Football Handbook

"Speed and alertness are the factors most sought after in the secondary, and this All-Southeastern Conference star possesses both.
A conference selection in 1956 and 1957, with an All-America nomination in 1957, Atkins participated in the East-West Shrine Game and the College All-Star contest, then joined the San Francisco 49ers as a valuable defense man. Last year he switched to the Bills where he proved a valuable kicker as well."

-1961 Fleer No. 141

"The man who gets the biggest 'boot' out of the game is Billy Atkins, the Millport (Alabama) mechanic who established AFL records in 1961 with 84 punts and a 45 per punt average. He led pass interceptors (10) last year and dashed for 87 yards on two running attempts from a fake kick formation.
Billy was an All-Pro selection as a safetyman."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook

"Billy Atkins of the Buffalo Bills led the AFL in two departments in 1961- interceptions, with 11, and punting, with a 45-yard average. The former Forty-Niner and Auburn star had his greatest season in pro ball."

-Murray Olderman, All-Pro 1962 Football

"An All-Southeastern Conference halfback in college, this Birmingham, Alabama speedster switched to defense in the pros and he was rewarded last year by making the second All-Pro team in the AFL. A brilliant kicker, Bill led all the Bills' punters in 1961 with a 45.0 yard average for 84 kicks.
A star in the East-West and College All-Star contests after graduating in 1957, Atkins joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1958. Two years later he joined the Bills."

-1962 Fleer No. 18


LEE RILEY
Safety
No. 22
Detroit
Lee certainly did his part last year in the continued development of the Titan defensive secondary. He caused trouble for opposing passers with four interceptions, including one returned 41 yards.
After attending St. Aloysius Academy just up the Thruway in Schenectady, Lee was a unanimous All-Missouri Valley halfback two straight years. He began his pro career in Detroit after being personally scouted by Lion coach Buddy Parker.

1962 Profiles: Dainard Paulson and Jack Johnson

DAINARD PAULSON
Cornerback
No. 40
Oregon State
Dainard stepped in and bolstered New York's defensive secondary in 1961. He played all 14 games and made his first career interception.
In his college days at Oregon State, Dainard starred as a tailback in the single wing. As a punter, he set the Pacific Coast record with a 45.4 average per kick.


JACK JOHNSON
Cornerback
No. 42
Miami
"One of the first deals made by the Titans to add muscle and experience to their defensive halfbacks was the acquisition of Jack Johnson, the Pittsburgh-born, steel-like tackler who spent 1961 with the Bills and the Texans. He picked up his previous knowledge with the Bears and has the flexibility to move into the offensive platoon."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook

1962 Titan Fullback Profiles

BILL MATHIS
Fullback
No. 31
Clemson
"The hardest worker of all ball-carriers in '61 was Bill Mathis, the 25-year-old Oiler reject who joined the Titans in 1960. The strong fullback out of Manchester, Connecticut carried for an AFL high of 202 times last year, gaining 846 yards and scoring seven times. An All-AFL choice, he also gained 42 yards on 12 pass receptions and has the deceptive moves to be even more of a receiving threat in '62.
Bill has amazing recuperative powers and is among the most durable of all offensive players."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook


"For the 'hard' yardage, says Sammy Baugh, there is no better runner in the AFL than Bill Mathis, the fast improving fullback of the New York Titans, a crunching 220-pounder who is fleet of foot."

-Murray Olderman, All-Pro 1962 Football

"Last season Bill was the class of the AFL's fullbacks. A unanimous choice for the AFL all-star team, he was runner-up to Houston's Billy Cannon for the loop rushing title. The burly North Carolinian blasted for 846 yards on 202 carries ... an average of 4.2 yards per rush.
A former coach said of Mathis: 'When you need that must yardage, I'll take Mathis.' The Titans bought his contract from Houston early in the 1960 season."

-1962 Fleer No. 62


CHARLIE FLOWERS
Fullback
No. 41
Mississippi
"The leading rusher with 734 yards and leading scorer with 66 points on last year's great Mississippi team, Charlie was selected for the All-Southeastern Conference and All-American teams. In addition, he was selected for the All-Decade All-Southeastern Conference team.
Charlie's weight, power and speed will be a deciding factor this year in the Los Angeles offense."

-1960 Fleer No. 102

"Charlie was the center of an interesting court battle between the two leagues before joining Los Angeles. In his rookie year with the Chargers, he displayed all the potential to make him one of the league's brightest stars.
A two-year All-American at Ole Miss, Flowers starred in the 1960 Sugar Bowl victory, proving the validity of a three-year career record of 308 carries for a 5.6 average."

-1961 Fleer No. 156


BOB BROOKS
Fullback
No. 37
Ohio
"The former two-time Mid-American Conference leader in rushing and scoring is considered to have great potential for AFL stardom.
Bob didn't see much action last year, his rookie season of pro ball, but is expected to see a lot of it as a sophomore. In 15 rushes in 1961, he gained 55 yards for a 3.7 average to rank fifth among Titan ground gainers. The fleet-footed youngster grabbed eight kickoffs and returned them 138 yards."

-1962 Fleer No. 56

1962 Titan Quarterback Profiles

AL DOROW
Quarterback
No. 12
Michigan State
"Master of the rollout and the AFL's finest rushing quarterback is Al Dorow, the 31-year-old sharpshooter who knows his way around the course. He was the most active of running T-men in 1961, galloping 54 times for 317 yards, a per carry average of 5.9, more than a yard better than any of the top ten rushers. He was also the most overworked passer in the AFL, tossing 438 forwards and getting the most completions (197), totaling 2,651 yards.
Out of Alameda, California, he was exposed to six NFL (Redskins, Eagles) seasons."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook

"Dorow's ability to run, coupled with his great passing arm, has made him one of the most dangerous threats in pro football. His masterly executed roll-outs have caused no end of aggravation for opposing defense men. His field generalship ranks him as the league's top signal caller.
He finished fourth among AFL passers last year, completing 197 of 438 passes for 2,651 yards."

-1962 Fleer No. 57


JOHNNY GREEN
Quarterback
No. 18
Tennessee-Chattanooga

"Recently acquired from the Pittsburgh Steelers, Johnny played part of the 1959 season with the Toronto Argonauts. He was an outstanding quarterback at the University of Chattanooga for three years.

Johnny has a rifle arm and is an accurate long passer. He is also considered an able runner."

-1960 Buffalo Bills Official Program

"None of the '61 rookie hopefuls at the Bills' training camp carried quarterback credentials, enough evidence to tab veteran Johnny Green as No. 1 at the T job. The 24-year-old Riviera Beach (California) rifle came from the Steelers early in '60 and went on to top all Bill aerialists, tossing 10 TD bombs and gaining 228 yards."

-1961 Pro Football Handbook

"He can throw and he can run. That's what coaches dream of in a quarterback, and that's what Green has to offer. With the height and weight to take a chance at running the ball, he worries would-be rushers because of his accuracy on the long throw.
A three-year regular at Chattanooga, Green broke into pro ball with the Toronto Argonauts, then switched to the Pittsburgh Steelers."

-1961 Fleer No. 133

"Green shared the quarterbacking assignment last year, completing 56 of 126 passes, good for 903 yards. Although his touchdown aerials dipped from 10 in 1960 to only six last year, he was the toughest quarterback in the league to intercept. Only four of his passes were stolen, an excellent .039 percentage.
The veteran from Riviera Beach, California came from the Steelers in 1960. He broke into pro ball with the Toronto Argonauts."

-1962 Fleer No. 13


BUTCH SONGIN
Quarterback
No. 11
Boston College
"One of the oldest and ablest in AFL battle dress was 34-year-old Ed (Butch) Songin, the passing master out of Norwood, Mass. Butch was No. 4 in the aerial column, hitting his targets for 2,467 yards and 15 touchdown passes; however, he was the most accurate for the fewest number of interceptions, less than .04 of his tosses ending up in enemy hands."

-1961 Pro Football Handbook

"One of the real 'old pros,' Songin starred for Boston College in 1948, '49 and '50. He was also an All-American hockey player at BC. After the 1950 North-South contest, Ed took his passing arm to Canada, where he won all-league honors while with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in 1953. His glittering statistic with Hamilton was his 48 touchdown passes.
Songin, the father of four, doubles as coach for Marion High in Framingham."

-1961 Fleer No. 177

"Ed ('Butch') Songin, handicapped throughout his pro life with a bad knee, is aware that he'll get only the spot duty at quarterback worthy of a 35-year-old veteran. The ex-Patriot passer from Norwood, Massachusetts suffered a slump in 1961, dropping to a 46 percent aerial average while gaining 1,429 yards with 98 successes. He still managed to keep his interception figure low, leading the circuit in fewest aerials stolen."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook

"One of the oldest and ablest in AFL competition, this 38-year-old passing wizard joined the Titans last winter after two seasons with the Boston Patriots.
Butch was No. 7 in the aerial column, hitting his target for 1,429 yards and 14 touchdowns. For the second straight season, he was charged with the fewest number of interceptions, .043 of his tosses ending up in enemy hands.
He starred for Boston College in 1948, 1949 and 1950, then played in Canada where he won all-league honors with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in 1953."

-1962 Fleer No. 63


LEE GROSSCUP
Quarterback
No. 17
Utah

Quarterbacks Who Can Really Throw The Ball Around Under Fire Don't Show Up Too Often. That's Why Lee Grosscup Is ...

THE PASSER THE PROS WANT

"Lee Grosscup, an unusual young man who talks well, acts well and passes very well, had just concluded a fair season's of work at Utah. He had completed 94 out of 136 passes, for a record .686 average, with only two interceptions. He had made a national reputation for himself when he went wild against Army, passing for 326 yards against only 45 for the winning Cadets, in a 39-33 brawl where a fumble decided the outcome. And he was an All-America selection after a couple of years of bouncing around the Pacific Coast and only one season of varsity competition.

Now he was basking pleasantly in a hero's glory and thinking about returning to Utah for his senior year and more of the same. But a call came through from Toronto. The Argonauts in the Canadian Big Four League needed a passing quarterback badly. Would he jump school and play for them in 1958? They would pay his price. 'No thanks,' Grosscup told them. 'I'm going back to school and then I'm going to play in the National Football League.'

The people at Utah and in the NFL began to breathe easily again. Young Grosscup, even with his one season of ball, is the passer the pros want. Coach Sid Gillman of the Los Angeles Rams has already predicted that Lee will be the bonus choice at the NFL draft meeting after this season. Gillman was technically wrong- there is no more bouns choice in the league, each team having one crack at it- but he was right in his estimate of Grosscup's value.

His 1,398 yards passing, high mark in the nation last year, is only one reason he has been tagged by the pros. His ability to pass both long and short- vital in pro ball- is another. But there is much more. Lee is a confident player. 'You get the impression,' one coach observed, 'that he could hit his receivers anywhere on the field.' He doesn't throw the ball away; he is willing to eat it if he can't find anyone open. He is big (6-1, 180), strong, accurate, ambitious, and a stern competitor.

Lee's parents married young- his father was 18, his mother 15- and he was born a year later. When he was six, his father came riding home one day on his bicycle with a football under his arm, and Lee was hooked. For two years they worked out around the house, the young father and the young son. Then his dad went into the navy. When he came out, he was 29 and Lee was ten, old enough by now to take instruction in football fundamentals, like signal-calling and blocking. But mostly Lee learned how to throw the ball. Instead of practicing by throwing to an old tire hung to a wall, the traditional method, he would throw at a moving target? Who was the target? Grosscup senior, naturally. 'Dad was in good shape,' Lee explains. 'He still is. He's only 40 now and we play volleyball together, in doubles games, and we do pretty well.'

Lee went to Santa Monica High School, where both Ronnie Knox and Jackie Douglas, later a couple of hotshot passers in the Pacific Coast Conference, were ahead of him. Lee did well in football, earned the usual share of college bids, and settled on the University of Washington. He had a good freshman season there, but that was the year Washington was rapped for its zeal in acquiring athletes, and the players were punished for the recruiters' crimes. Ineligible to play there and unable to transfer to another PCC school because of a special double transfer rule that would have forced him to sit out two seasons, Lee went to Santa Monica Junior College to escape the storm for a while. There he broke his leg as a result of a three-way gang-up. An end, a tackle and a shooting linebacker landed on him simultaneously, and the break kept him on the shelf for three months. It wasn't until a year ago that the leg healed completely.

Unable to get back into the PCC after his one year at Santa Monica, Lee went shopping and found that the Skyline Conference had a lenient transfer rule. He chose Utah because Jack Curtice, the coach there last season is pass-minded and Lee figured, rightly, that he would have a showcase for his good right arm. In the first game of the season, he broke a rib in the first quarter and fared poorly with his passing. It appeared that his jinx hadn't left him. But the next week against tough Colorado, he was better again and began his aerial assault on the record books. Against Colorado State, in a fierce snowstorm, he completed 12 of 13 passes. Afterward, Colorado State coach Tuffy Mullinson said: 'I've never seen anything like it. How in the world can a boy throw the ball like that on such a miserable field?' And Red Blaik after Lee had completed 14 of 28  passes against Army said: 'He is the best passer in college ball today. He could make any pro team in the country.'

This year, with Curtice moving on to Stanford and Ray Nagel, who learned his football under Ray Sanders, taking over as coach, Utah has switched to a split-T offense, which requires the quarterback to run more, block more, handle the ball more and take more punishment. 'I am happy for the chance,' Grosscup says. 'People thought I was a passing specialist last year. They will have more respect for me if I can do the job in the split-T.'

His job is to continue the work that brought unexpected prestige to the often-ignored Skyline Conference, success to Utah and the scouts to his door. Bambi- a logical nickname because of his spindly legs- will not have the supporting cast he had last year. Star halfback Stuart Vaughan, the nation's leading pass-receiver with 53 catches, and Merrill Douglas, the Skyline's best running back, are gone. But Nagel, hopeful as all new coaches are, says Lee will still have a great season. And he probably will."

-Sport Magazine, November 1958

"Backing up Charlie Conerly and George Shaw at quarterback is Lee Grosscup (11). This young man from Utah is a rookie in name only. The Giants' No. 1 draft choice in 1959, he was on the 'taxi squad' last year. A brilliant passer and clever ball handler, he'll be heard from. As a collegian, he completed 20 passes against Army in 1957."

-1960 New York Giants Official Program (Yankee Stadium)

"Maybe this is the year that quarterback Lee Grosscup 'comes of age.' Selected as the top draft choice in '59, he was carried on the practice squad, not seeing action until last year when he completed 11 passes for 144 yards. He is cool and confident, and throws a sharp pass for great distance"

-1961 Pro Football Handbook

1962 Profiles: Harry Wismer and Bulldog Turner

HARRY WISMER

Owner

A FUNNY FOOTBALL TEAM OWNER

"Harry Wismer, owner of the New York Titans, American Football League, has got to be one of the world's funniest club proprietors. He's what you would have to call a compulsive talker. All the time. And when he talks he says funny things.

Last season Wismer charged that a New York columnist was anti-Titan and pro-Giant, the reason being that the newspaperman's son was the ball boy and mascot for the rival league's team. The funny thing was that the columnist and his wife were childless.

Harry was talking to a man from Los Angeles in New York's Waldorf Astoria bar last October. 'I can't bet,' Wismer said, 'but I know a man who'll bet you the Chargers would beat the Rams. And bad, too. They could play for the championship of lower California.

'Say,' Harry said later, 'why don't you people in Los Angeles run some special trains down to San Diego. We play there in three weeks. Come on down, if you can get tickets.' As he left, Wismer hollered to a man from Washington: 'Say hello to J. Edgar Hoover when you see him.'

Also in October, Harry said: 'Well it's all set. Sammy Baugh will be the new coach of the Redskins.'

By season's end Wismer, who had been critical of Baugh's handling of the Titans right along, said he planned to drop Sammy to assistant backfield coach. Baugh said the demotion 'would be just wonderful. I'd like to be an assistant at these prices.' (Sammy, who was demoted later, still has a year to go on a reported $25,000-a-year contract.)

Earlier, when AFL commissioner Joe Foss had canceled a secret draft by club owners, Wismer had some things to say: 'I want the players I drafted real bad so I can give the people of New York a team to be proud of. Now if Foss wants to do something about it let him try and stop me ... People don't come out to see the commissioner play football; they come out to see football players.'

Wismer didn't get his secret draft choices and there were reports there some other owners hoped to vote him out of the league. Baugh said: 'I wish I had a vote.'

Harry had trouble getting people out to watch his team all season. And sportswriters who covered Titan games qualified every attendance figure by saying 'it was announced as ... ' Some even said Wismer seemed to be counting his gate by twos.

Even at the Polo Grounds, though, Harry usually had something to say over the public address system. In the closing minutes of the final home game the Titans were losing while the Giants had already won their game in Philadelphia to clinch the NFL's Eastern Division championship, the public address announcer said: 'Harry Wismer congratulates Allie Sherman and the Giant coaching staff for the superb job of conditioning this season. (Wismer was never too pleased with his Titan conditioning.)

Still, no matter how much Harry Wismer talked or how funny he got, his team lost an estimated $380,000 last season after losing between $450,000 and $500,000 in 1960. Which isn't funny, even to a funny owner."

-Sport Magazine, March 1962

BULLDOG TURNER

Head Coach

"Bulldog is rated one of the all-time great pivot men in the history of professional football. He was a member of four NFL world championship elevens and an all-league center seven years.

Bulldog gained Little All-American honors in college. He played in the East-West and College All-Star contests.

He possesses a keen knowledge of the game."

-1948 Bowman No. 36

"One of football's all-time greats. Bulldog is playing his eighth season and seven times has been an all-league center. A member of four Bear championship teams, he joined the team in 1940 and won a starting post at the age of 20.

Bulldog is rated the best pass defender in football. Last fall he raced 96 yards for a touchdown with an intercepted pass against Washington."

-1948 Leaf No. 3

"Turner is one of the greatest pivot men of all time. He was selected all-league center last year for the eighth time in nine years as a professional player. He's considered the best pass defender in the game today.

Fast and agile, Turner starred in the Bears' 73-0 rout of Washington in the 1940 playoff. He has been a member of four world championship Bear clubs."

-1949 Leaf No. 150

"Clyde has chalked up nine years in pro ball. A regular since the first day he joined the Bears, he can play any position on the team. He was an all-league center eight times and was on four world championship outfits.

He was named the All-Time All-American center in a national poll in 1946. He played halfback, end and center at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

Clyde is a rancher in the off-season."

-1950 Bowman No. 28

"Bulldog has spent ten years in pro football. He started his professional career on the right foot by making the All-League honor team in his first year, and then keeping up the good work.

Named the All-Time All-American center in a national poll in 1946, Bulldog played halfback, end and center at Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas. He played in the East-West and College All-Star Games.

A rancher in the off-season, he served with the Second Air Force."

-1951 Bowman No. 13 (Bowman Gum, Inc.)

"If he can spread just 50 percent of the winning spirit he displayed as a player, New York will be in good shape. Generally regarded as one of the two greatest centers of all time, he was the pinwheel of the famed Bears throughout the '40s after bringing Hardin-Simmons to national fame as an All-American pivot.
He takes over his first head coaching assignment and will vigorously work on juicing up the offense, particularly the interior line."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook

1962 New York Titans Outlook

"New York is another place where change was necessary. Coach Sammy Baugh and his employers were not in accord on many items of significance. As is usually the case, right or wrong, the employer generally wins. So Baugh was bounced and the Titans will take the field with Clyde 'Bulldog' Turner at the helm."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook

"No matter where they are lodged in the standings at season's end, the Titans have already been awarded a facsimile of the Red Badge of Courage for scheduling two of their seven home games at the same time that the NFL Giants are operating only a scant 800 yards and a bridge away. This is the head-to-head conflict in the battle for AFL-NFL attendance affection and it's doubtful that the Titans will come off even a modest second-best.
New York has made switches and changes, including a new coach in Clyde ('Bulldog') Turner, and the club's officials are quite certain that second place is not a remote possibility. And judging from those who have been assembled, it seems a rather realistic approach.
Turner says he's satisfied with his defense, pointing out that Nick Mumley and Sid Youngelman are battle-wise, knowledgeable ends. He claims there's enough tackle strength in Dick Guesman, Moses Gray, Tom Saidock and Proverb Jacobs, and is delighted with the skills of outside linebacker Larry Grantham.
He feels his deep backs - Dainard Paulson, Lee Riley and Wayne Fontes - are among the loop's best and he's also high on the training camp form of rookies Vaughn Williams, Phil Whitner and Jerry Fields. Turner, in fact, is so optimistic about so many things that he's about to lose his Wailing Wall card in the Coaches' Association.
His enthusiasm carries over to the offensive platoons and he is proud of his two centers, rookie Alex Kroll and Mike Hudock, guards Bob Mischak, Sid Fournet, John McMullen and Bob O'Neill - 'the greatest in the league' - and tackles Jack Klotz and Gene Cockrell.
Turner doesn't have to tell the rest of the league about flankers Don Maynard and Art Powell - they are good - but he doesn't want you to forget closed end Curly Johnson.
There is a decent one-two quarterback combination now that ex-Patriot Butch Songin is looking over the shoulder of Al Dorow. And there's the proper mixture of rushing punch in Bill Mathis, Bob Brooks, Mel West and Dick Christy.
Summing up: even with predicted improvement, there's too much to beat in the Patriots and Oilers. Tab New York for third."

-Don Schiffer, 1962 Pro Football Handbook


"By changing coaches- from Sammy Baugh to Bulldog Turner- Harry Wismer is keeping up the level of employment in Texas, but he isn't doing an awful lot to keep up his team's playing quality.
Harry Wismer can't seem to get his fill of Texans, though Sammy Baugh came perilously close to testing his capacity last year. Sammy left the Titans, at Harry's request, with one year to go on his contract. His trouble was that he had the nerve to tell the boss what he thought- that the Titans have done a lousy job of stocking their football team. Sammy went back to his Texas ranch.
So Harry reached down into another part of the Texas prairies, where Clyde (Bulldog) Turner has lolled in retirement from pro ball for five years or so and said, 'Here is the man who will lead us.'
To make sure Bulldog didn't hanker too much for folks back home, Harry persuaded George Sauer to leave Waco, where he also had been enjoying his divorce from football since Baylor stopped winning games under his regime a few years back. In addition to helping Bulldog run the team, George is also some kind of assistant general manager or something. Steve Sebo, who had been GM, decided it would be nicer to take up residence in Charlottesville as athletic director of the University of Virginia than to view the concrete from Harry's Park Avenue apartment (which is also Titan HQ).
What has that got to do with improving the Titans, who have played exactly .500 ball in the two seasons that Wismer has been impresario of his own team? Not much. Under the conditions, throwing together a squad from rag-tags and castoffs, Baugh did a marvelous job.
The Titans have been dangerous because they have the ability to score from any place on the field. Only twice last year were they held to as few as 10 points. Generally, they scored at least three touchdowns. Al Dorow, the bald field general, was so unpredictable that even his coaches sometimes didn't know what he had up his sleeve.
The Titans were keeping their heads above water, with a 3-2 record, until the sixth game of the campaign, when Don Maynard hurt a shoulder against Denver. He was useless for the rest of the season. With Art Powell, Maynard formed a 1-2 receiving punch to rival anything in the AFL, even Houston's Hennigan-Groman combine. But Don's loss highlighted a serious fault: they're stocked so thinly that the loss of any one key operator is a mortal blow.
Judging by their recruiting efforts between seasons, they've done very little to alleviate this deficiency. After they signed Alex Kroll, the Rutgers All-American center and their No. 2 choice, and Pitt end John Kuprock, No. 23 in the draft, their pens went dry. Kroll, ticketed mainly for offense, will have a hard time finding a job since incumbent pivot Mike Hudock wasn't a weak point. Kuprock, a husky type, doesn't seem to go with Bulldog's announced plan of using two split ends (Maynard and Powell) plus a fleet slotback (probably Bobby Renn).
The main changes in the Titans will be recasting what they already have. Bulldog hardly had to look at the 1961 films to realize the defense was killing the club. It gave up 389 points, or an average of almost 18 per game.
Up front, Buddy Cockrell, an offensive tackle the last two years, will be moved to defensive end. If veteran Paul Miller, acquired in a trade with Dallas, decides to report, the wings will be strong enough. Sid Youngelman and Dick Guesman are acceptable at tackle.
On offense, Bulldog's main problem is to muster a wide running game. He has insured against Dorow's lapses by getting Ed Songin, the 37-year-young pitcher from Boston. Bill Mathis is the league's premier plunger up the middle. Mel West looks as if he could be the halfback threat if the interior blocking is improved, although he doesn't have the speed to break a game open.
The Polo Grounds will be a nicer place to visit since the baseball Mets obligingly put a new coat of green on the seats. Up until now, the premises have been drab and the club, at least the defensive half of it, the same. This year the decor has changed. But what about the team?"

-Murray Olderman, All-Pro 1962 Football

OFFENSE
"Ends: Bulldog's going to use a slot system, which means both Art Powell and Don Maynard split wide and occasionally in the slot to run with the ball. They're tops. Depth is comforting.
Rating: Very Good
Tackles: One spot is wide open with the shift of Gene Cockrell to defense. Jack Klotz is certain of his job. Roger Ellis has been shifted from center and could make it.
Rating: Fair
Guards: The Titans are so enamored of their veteran corps, headed by All-League Bob Mischak, they're talking about trading one man as surplus.
Rating: Very Good
Centers: Rookie Alex Kroll will have to be really good to beat out veteran Mike Hudock.
Rating: Good
Quarterbacks: If Al Dorow scatters shots, they've now got Ed Songin to steady the team.
Rating: Fair
Halfbacks: Dick Christy and Mel West don't go all the way but they're pluggers.
Rating: Fair
Flankers: Early plans call for Bob Renn as the slot receiver.
Rating: Fair
Fullbacks: Bill Mathis is as good as any in the league in tough yardage situations.
Rating: Very Good
Strength: An excellent one-two receiving punch in Powell and Maynard and good power up the middle with Mathis carrying behind the guards. Weakness: No real breakaway threat as a ball carrier in sight and those quarterbacks are ancient.
Rating: Fair"

-Murray Olderman, All-Pro 1962 Football

DEFENSE
"Ends: The tipoff is that they're expecting Bob Watters, off the Giant taxi squad, to push holdover Nick Mumley. Buddy Cockrell gets a shot at the other flank position.
Rating: Poor
Tackles: Sid Youngelman and Dick Guesman won't get pushed around too often. They have size and savvy but may be a little deficient at rushing the passer.
Rating: Fair
Linebackers: The coaches profess to be satisfied with Larry Grantham (All-League class) and Ed Cooke at the corners and hope that Ted Greene, secured from Dallas, is the solution to the middle. Rookie Phil Whitner is likely to make a place for himself.
Rating: Good
Halfbacks: The new hope is ex-Spartan Wayne Fontes, with a good college rep. Dainard Paulson got his baptism by fire last year. Corner backs are hard to find. This a weak spot.
Rating: Poor
Safeties: Lee Riley and John Bookman won't get fooled too much with their extensive backgrounds. Ed Kovac is a fine athlete who could squeeze in here.
Rating: Fair
Strength: The linebacking crew is probably the best in the short history of the Titans, and the middle of the defensive line is airtight. Weakness: The Titans sorely need help in a couple of spots in the secondary and are looking for defensive ends.
Rating: Poor"

-Murray Olderman, All-Pro 1962 Football

"'The outlook is extremely bright,' is the way Head Coach Clyde 'Bulldog' Turner, the All-Pro great, puts an answer to the usual question as to how the Titans of New York, of the American Football League, shape up for the 1962 season.

Turner took over in February from fellow Texan Sammy Baugh, and has had only a brief period to study the situation. 'The accent will be on youth for the future. I plan to do a great deal of rebuilding this season,' declares Turner. Turner is well underway with his rebuilding program. Such Titan veterans as quarterback Al Dorow, tackles Sid Youngelman and Tom Saidock, defensive halfback John Bookman and others are no longer members of the Titan squad. His program has brought into view 'The New Titans' who appear to have a bright future.

'Along with my coaching staff- assistant coach George Sauer, Johnny Dell Isola and 'Bones' Taylor, I have studied films of last year's games and this season's exhibition games and discovered that we are not without talent. Dell Isola and Taylor are especially helpful in their analysis of last year's players and we are getting to know our new ones very quickly. The Titans won seven and lost seven last season, and the films show me that they could have won at least two of the last seven games. They were in there fighting for the Eastern Division title almost to the end of the season, and with this kind of a base, the future looks bright.

'We will have a team of veterans and youngsters. This is the kind of balance I've always liked to work with. These youngsters are making the veterans fight hard to keep their jobs. If a veteran and a rookie are about even, I'll go with the rookie all the way.

'Defensively, where the Titans were a little weak last year, we are greatly improved. We have recently acquired Billy Atkins from Buffalo. Atkins is a fine defensive halfback. Last year he led the league in pass interceptions, with 10 interceptions. He also led the league in punting with a 45-yard average. The middle linebacker position is still up for grabs with rookies Vaughan Williams and Jerry Fields battling for the job with veteran Hubert Bobo. I think our other linebacker positions look good with All-League linebacker Larry Grantham and young veteran Ed Cooke. Dainard Paulson and Paul Hynes have looked very good at the defensive halfback spots. I think our defense has rounded into a smooth and well-balanced squad.'

The Titans' offensive unit has always been able to score. With a few new plays and a few new faces, the New York Titans are looking forward to scoring many touchdowns.

'I am not in the habit of making predictions or boasting in advance,' says Turner. 'The Titans will be fighting all the way to the wire. I didn't come to New York to lose and I have never liked finishing second.'"

-1962 Oakland Raiders Official Program, September 9 (Frank Youell Field)

1962 NEW YORK TITANS ROSTERS

1962 New York Titans Preseason Roster

57 Hubert Bobo (LB) Ohio State

John Bookman (DB) Miami

Dave Bosson (T) Duke

Arnold Branch (G) Langston

35 Bob Brooks (FB) Ohio

64 Tom Budrewicz (G) Brown

45 Dick Christy (HB) North Carolina State

70 Gene Cockrell (T) Hardin-Simmons

88 Thurlow Cooper (TE) Maryland

Bob Dehlinger (DB) Idaho

12 Al Dorow (QB) Michigan State

Howard Durborow (T) Montclair State

56 Roger Ellis (LB) Maine

Jerry Fields (LB) Ohio State

Don Flynn (DB) Houston

 Wayne Fontes (DB) Michigan State

Sid Fournet (G) LSU

Charlie Fries (G-LB) Idaho

50 Jim Furey (C-LB) Kansas

Alan Goldstein (E) North Carolina

60 Larry Grantham (LB) Mississippi

Moses Gray (T) Indiana

Ted Greene (LB) Tampa

72 Dick Guesman (DT) West Virginia

Mike Hudock (C) Miami

Paul Hynes (HB) Louisiana Tech

73 Proverb Jacobs (T) California

Dick Jakotowicz (DT)

20 Curley Johnson (FB) Houston

Jack Johnson (DB) Miami

Karl J. Kaimer (E) Boston

78 John Klotz (T) Pennsylvania Military College

Howard Kovac (HB) Cincinnati

Alex Kroll (C) Rutgers

John Kuprock (E) Pittsburgh

 Vernon Lindsey (T) Trinity

31 Bill Mathis (FB) Clemson

13 Don Maynard (FL) Texas Western

Larry McHugh (G) Southern Connecticut State

68 John McMullan (G) Notre Dame

Paul Miller (DE) LSU

67 Bob Mischak (G) Army

Andy Moconyi (HB) Penn State

Frank Morelli (T) Colgate

74 Nick Mumley (DE) Purdue

62 Bob O'Neill (DE) Notre Dame

40 Dainard Paulson (DB) Oregon State

84 Art Powell (SE) San Jose State

10 Bob Renn (HB) Florida State

22 Lee Riley (DB) Detroit

75 Tom Saidock (DT) Michigan State

Bob Scrabis (QB) Penn State

Bill Shockley (K-HB) West Chester

Butch Songin (QB) Boston College

Jesse Thomas (DB) Michigan State

Larry Wagner (T) Vanderbilt

Bob Watters (DE) Lincoln

Mel West (HB) Missouri

Phil Whitner (LB) Montana State

Vaughan Williams (LB) Muskingum

Al Yarbrough (QB) Virginia

76 Sid Youngelman (DT) Alabama

-1962 Pro Football Handbook

1962 New York Titans Preseason Roster, By Position
OFFENSE
Ends
Don Maynard (Texas Western)
Art Powell (San Jose State)
John Kuprock (Pittsburgh)
Al Goldstein (North Carolina)
Perry Richards (Detroit)

Tackles
Jack Klotz (Pennsylvania Military College)
Roger Ellis (Maine)
Dave Bosson (Duke)
Frank Morelli (Colgate)

Guards
Bob Mischak (Army)
John McMullan (Notre Dame)
Sid Fournet (LSU)
Bob O'Neill (Notre Dame)

Centers
Mike Hudock (Miami)
Alex Kroll (Rutgers)

Quarterbacks
Al Dorow (Michigan State)
Ed Songin (Boston College)

Halfbacks
Dick Christy (North Carolina State)
Mel West (Missouri)

Flankers
Bob Renn (Florida State)
Curley Johnson (Houston)

Fullbacks
Bill Mathis (Clemson)
Bob Brooks (Ohio)

DEFENSE
Ends
Gene Cockrell (Hardin-Simmons)
Nick Mumley (Purdue)
Bob Watters (Lincoln)
Dick Jakotowicz

Tackles
Sid Youngelman (Alabama)
Dick Guesman (West Virginia)
Moses Gray (Indiana)
Proverb Jacobs (California)

Linebackers
Larry Grantham (Mississippi)
Ed Cooke (Maryland)
Ted Greene (Tampa)
Jerry Fields (Ohio State)
Phil Whitner (Montana State)
Hubert Bobo (Ohio State)

Halfbacks
Wayne Fontes (Michigan State)
Dainard Paulson (Oregon)
Paul Hynes (Louisiana Tech)
Don Flynn (Houston)

Safeties
Lee Riley (Detroit)
John Bookman (Miami)
Bob Dehlinger (Idaho)
Ed Kovac (Cincinnati)

-Murray Olderman, All-Pro 1962 Football

September 9 New York Titans Numerical Roster (Week 1)

 2  Atkins, DHB

11 Songin, QB

12 Green, QB

13 Maynard, FL

20 Johnson, FB

22 Riley, DHB

25 West, HB

26 Fontes, DHB

29 Shockley, HB

31 Mathis, FB

33 Hynes DHB

40 Paulson, DHB

41 Flowers, FB

45 Christy, HB

52 Hudock, C

55 Kroll, C

56 Ellis, LB

57 Bobo, LB

60 Grantham, LB

62 Fournet, G

64 Fields, LB

67 Mischak, G

70 Cockrell, T

72 Guesman, DT

73 Gray, DT

74 Mumley, DT

75 Jacobs, DE

78 Klotz, T

80 Richards, FL

82 Cooke, LB

84 Powell, E

88 Cooper, E

-1962 Oakland Raiders Official Program (Frank Youell Field)

September 16 New York Titans Roster (Week 2)

OFFENSE

Quarterback

No. Name                      

11   Butch Songin  (Boston College)

12   Johnny Green   (Tennessee-Chattanooga)

17   Lee Grosscup (Utah)

Halfback

25   Melvin West (Missouri)

29   Bill Shockley (West Chester)

45   Dick Christy (North Carolina State)

Fullback

20    Curley Johnson (Houston)

41    Charlie Flowers (Mississippi)

End

13    Don Maynard (Texas Western)

80    Perry Richards (Detroit)

84    Art Powell  (San Jose State)

88    Thurlow Cooper (Maine)

Tackle

70    Gene Cockrell  (Hardin-Simmons)

78    Jack Klotz  (Pennsylvania Military College)

Guard

56    Roger Ellis  (Maine)

62    Sid Fournet (LSU)

67    Bob Mischak (Army)

Center

52    Mike Hudock (Miami) (Fla.)

55    Alex Kroll (Rutgers)

DEFENSE

End

74    Nick Mumley (Purdue)

75    Proverb Jacobs (California)

Tackle

72   Dick Guesman (West Virginia)

73   Moses Gray (Indiana)

Linebacker

57    Hubert Bobo (Ohio State)

60    Larry Grantham (Mississippi)

64    Jerry Fields (Ohio State)

82    Ed Cooke (Maryland)

Defensive Back

2       Bill Atkins  (Auburn)

22    Lee Riley (Detroit)

26    Wayne Fontes (Michigan State)

33     Paul Hynes (Lousiana Tech)

40     Dainard Paulson (Oregon State)

-1962 San Diego Chargers Official Program (Balboa Stadium)

1962 NEW YORK TITANS DEPTH CHARTS

1962 New York Titans Preseason Depth Chart

OFFENSE
QB  Al Dorow (Michigan State) 12, Butch Songin (Boston College) 11, Bob Scrabis (Penn State) 19
HB Dick Christy (North Carolina State) 45, Mel West (Missouri) 25, Bill Shockley (West Chester) 29
FB  Bill Mathis (Clemson) 31, Bob Brooks (Ohio) 37
SE  Art Powell (San Jose State) 84, Perry Richards (Detroit) 80
T  Alex Kroll (Rutgers)*, Jack Klotz (Pennsylvania Military College) 78
G  Bob Mischak (Army) 67
C  Mike Hudock (Miami) 52, Roger Ellis (Maine) 56
G  Sid Fournet (LSU) 62, John McMullan (Notre Dame) 68
T  Gene Cockrell (Hardin-Simmons) 70, Frank Morelli (Colgate) 79
TE Thurlow Cooper (Maine) 88, Curley Johnson 20
FL  Don Maynard (Texas Western) 13, Alan Goldstein (North Carolina) 81

DEFENSE
DE  Bob Watters (Lincoln) 76, Paul Miller (LSU) 85
DT Proverb Jacobs (California) 75, Moses Gray (Indiana) 73
DT Dick Guesman (West Virginia) 77, Larry Wagner (Vanderbilt)*
DE Nick Mumley (Purdue) 74, Bob O'Neill (Notre Dame)  83
LB  Ed Cooke (Maryland) 82, Jerry Fields (Ohio State) 64
MLB  Hubert Bobo (Ohio State) 57, Ted Greene (Tampa) 54, Roger Ellis (Maine) 56
LB  Larry Grantham (Mississippi) 60, Phil Whitner (Montana State)*
CB  Paul Hynes (Louisiana Tech) 33, Wayne Fontes (Michigan State)*
S  Johnny Bookman (Miami) 42, Ed Kovac (Cincinnati) 35
S  Lee Riley (Detroit) 22, Don Flynn (Houston) 15
CB  Dainard Paulson (Oregon State) 40, Jack Johnson (Miami) 32

SPECIALISTS
K  Bill Shockley (West Chester) 29
P   Curley Johnson (Houston) 20

* rookie

November 4 (Week 9) Depth Chart

Titans On Offense

QB Johnny Green 12, Bob Scrabis 15, Harold Stephens 12

LHB Jim Tiller 24, Dick Christy 45, Dewey Bohling 26

FB Curley Johnson 20, Bill Mathis 31

RHB Don Maynard 13, Bill Shockley 29, Karl Kaimer 86

LE Art Powell 84, Kaimer 86

LT Alex Kroll 55

LG Bob Mischak 67

C    Mike Hudock 52, Alex Kroll 55

RG Roger Ellis 56, Sid Fournet 62

RT Gene Cockrell 70, Fran Morelli 79

RE Thurlow Cooper 88, Karl Kaimer 86

Titans on Defense

LDE Nick Mumley 74, John Kenerson 75                            

LDT George Strugar 73                      

RDT LaVerne Torczon 78, John Kenerson 75                                   

RDE Bob Watters 76                     

LLB Ed Cooke 82                             

MLB Jerry Fields 64, Hubert Bobo 57                              

RLB Larry Grantham 60                                

LCB Dainard Paulson 40, Jerry Fields 64                               

RCB Paul Hynes 33, Dainard Paulson 40, Perry Richards 80   

LS    Ed Kovac 35, Billy Atkins 2

RS     Lee Riley 22, Dainard Paulson 40     

Titans Specialists

Punters: Curley Johnson 20, Billy Atkins 2

PAT: Bill Shockley 29

Field Goals: Bill Shockley 29

Kickoffs: Bill Shockley 29

-November 4, 1962, New York Titans Official Program (The Polo Grounds)

New York Titans Profiles, 1962 Pro Football Handbook

Bulldog Turner (head coach)

Ed Cooke

Al Dorow

Larry Grantham

Jack Johnson

Bill Mathis

John McMullan

Bob Mischak

Art Powell

Butch Songin

Sid Youngelman

Mel West

1962 New York Titans Fleer Cards

Bob Brooks

Dick Christy

Al Dorow

Larry Grantham

Mike Hudock

Bill Mathis

Don Maynard

Nick Mumley

Art Powell

Tom Saidock

Butch Songin

New York Titans Probable Starting Offense

September 9 (Week 1)

LE Art Powell 84

LT Jack Klotz 78

LG Bob Mischak 67

C   Mike Hudock 52

RG Sid Fournet 62

RT Bud Cockrell 70

RE Thurlow Cooper 88

QB Butch Songin 11

LH  Don Maynard 13

RH Mel West 25

FB John Johnson 20

-Oakland Raiders September 9, 1962, Official Program (Frank Youell Field)

December 8 (Week 9) Depth Chart

Titans On Offense

QB Johnny Green 12, Bob Scrabis 15

LHB Dick Christy 45, Jim Tiller 24, 

FB Bill Mathis 31, Curley Johnson 20, 

RHB Don Maynard 13, Bill Shockley 29, Karl Kaimer 86

LE Art Powell 84, Karl Kaimer 86

LT Alex Kroll 55

LG Bob Mischak 67

C    Mike Hudock 52, Alex Kroll 55

RG Roger Ellis 56, Sid Fournet 62

RT Gene Cockrell 70, Fran Morelli 79

RE Thurlow Cooper 88, Karl Kaimer 86

Titans on Defense

LDE Nick Mumley 74, John Kenerson 75                            

LDT George Strugar 73                      

RDT LaVerne Torczon 78, John Kenerson 75                                   

RDE Bob Watters 76                     

LLB Ed Cooke 82                             

MLB Jerry Fields 64, Hubert Bobo 57                              

RLB Larry Grantham 60                                

LS     Ed Kovac 35

LCM Dainard Paulson 40, Jerry Fields 64                               

RCM Paul Hynes 33, Perry Richards 80                        

RS     Lee Riley 22, Dainard Paulson 40     

Titans Specialists

Punters: Curley Johnson 20, Billy Atkins 2

PAT: Bill Shockley 29

FG: Bill Shockley 29

KO: Bill Shockley 29

-December 8, 1962, New York Titans Official Program (The Polo Grounds)

1962 New York Titans PROGRAM PORTRAITS

Dick Christy (HB)

Ed Cooke (LB)

Mike Hudock (C)

Jack Klotz (T)

Don Maynard (FL)

Bob Mischak (G)

Art Powell (SE)

Butch Songin (QB)

-1962 San Diego Chargers Official Program (Balboa Stadium)

Hubert Bobo (LB) Ohio State

Dick Christy (HB) North Carolina State

Gene Cockrell (T) Hardin-Simmons

Ed Cooke (LB) Maryland

Thurlow Cooper (TE) Maine

Roger Ellis (LB) Maine

Jerry Fields (LB) Ohio State

Sid Fournet (G) LSU

Dick Guesman (DT) West Virginia

Mike Hudock (C) Miami

Paul Hynes (DHB) Louisiana Tech

Curley Johnson (FB-P) Houston

Don Maynard (FL) Texas Western

Bob Mischak (G) Army

Nick Mumley (DE) Purdue

Dainard Paulson (DHB) Oregon State

Art Powell (SE) San Jose

Perry Richards (E) Detroit

Lee Riley (S) Detroit

Butch Songin (QB) Boston College

LaVerne Torczon (DE) Nebraska

-1962 Dallas Texans Official Program (The Cotton Bowl)

1962 New York Titans Profile Summary

Owner: Harry Wismer
Head Coach: Bulldog Turner

QB  Al Dorow (Michigan State) 12
QB  Johnny Green (Tennessee-Chattanooga) 18
QB  Butch Songin (Boston College) 11
QB  Lee Grosscup (Utah) 17
HB Dick Christy (North Carolina State) 45
HB Mel West (Missouri) 25
FB  Bill Mathis (Clemson) 31
FB  Charlie Flowers (Mississippi) 41
FB  Bob Brooks (Ohio) 37
FL  Don Maynard (Texas Western) 13
FL  Alan Goldstein (North Carolina) 81
SE  Art Powell (San Jose State) 84
TE  Thurlow Cooper (Maine) 88
C  Mike Hudock (Miami) 52
G  Bob Mischak (Army) 67
G  John McMullan (Notre Dame) 68
T   Jack Klotz (Pennsylvania Military College) 78
T   Gene Cockrell (Hardin-Simmons) 70

DT  Sid Youngelman (Alabama) 71
DT  Tom Saidock (Michigan State) 75
DE  Nick Mumley (Purdue) 74
DE  LaVerne Torczon (Nebraska) 87
MLB Hubert Bobo (Ohio State) 57
LB  Larry Grantham (Mississippi) 60
LB  Ed Cooke (Maryland) 82
CB  Dainard Paulson (Oregon State) 40
CB  Jack Johnson (Miami) 32
S     Billy Atkins (Auburn) 2
S     Lee Riley (Detroit) 22

K    Billy Atkins (Auburn) 2
P     Billy Atkins (Auburn) 2