| Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1961 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: D.C. Stadium Attendance: 21134 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 37 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| Washington Redskins | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Red Mack 10 pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Fred Dugan 9 pass from Norm Snead (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lou Michaels 42 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Preston Carpenter 40 pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Red Mack 6 pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | Fred Dugan 11 pass from George Izo (John Aveni kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Buddy Dial 5 pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick failed) | 30 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Preston Carpenter | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | Dick Hoak | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| PIT | Charley Scales | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| WAS | Dick James | 13 | 68 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| WAS | Don Bosseler | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| WAS | Norm Snead | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| WAS | George Izo | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| WAS | Jim Cunningham | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 0 | 226 | 11.9 | 4 | 12 | 148.2 | ||
| WAS | Norm Snead | 36 | 16 | 44.4 | 2 | 181 | 5.0 | 1 | 46.2 | |||
| WAS | George Izo | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 76 | 12.7 | 1 | 109.7 | |||
| WAS | Dick James | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 50.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Buddy Dial | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PIT | Red Mack | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 2 | |
| PIT | Preston Carpenter | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| WAS | Fred Dugan | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 2 | |
| WAS | Bill Anderson | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| WAS | Dick James | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| WAS | John Aveni | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| WAS | Steve Junker | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | |
| WAS | Tom Osborne | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| WAS | Jim Cunningham | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Myron Pottios | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PIT | Jackie Simpson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Brady Keys | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Bobby Joe Green | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| WAS | Sam Horner | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Jim Steffen | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PIT | Dick Haley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PIT | Bob Schmitz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| WAS | Jim Steffen | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | |
| WAS | Dick James | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
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