| Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1961 Location: Milwaukee, WI |
| Venue: County Stadium Attendance: 44307 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 74 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay Packers | Jim Taylor 1 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Nick Pietrosante 1 run (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Nick Pietrosante 15 run (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Hornung 15 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Hornung 26 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 44 FG | 17 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Danny Lewis | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jim Taylor | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 45 | 1 |
| Paul Hornung | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Tom Moore | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Bart Starr | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 1 | 145 | 6.3 | 0 | 50.1 | |||
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 2 | 173 | 6.7 | 0 | 42.6 | |||
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Gail Cogdill | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Max McGee | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Gary Knafelc | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick Lane | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| John Symank | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 132 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Willie Wood | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jim Steffen | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Tom Moore | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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