| St. Louis Cardinals at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1961 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 58059 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 66 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| New York Giants | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Willie West EZ opponents fumble recovery (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Pat Summerall 46 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Larry Hayes EZ blocked punt recovery (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mal Hammack 28 run (Gerry Perry kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Frank Mestnik 5 pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick) | 21 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Mal Hammack | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| STL | Frank Mestnik | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| STL | Prentice Gautt | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| STL | Sam Etcheverry | 5 | -14 | -2.8 | 0 | |
| NYG | Bob Gaiters | 16 | 35 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| NYG | Alex Webster | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Charley Conerly | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| NYG | Lee Grosscup | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Joe Morrison | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| STL | Sam Etcheverry | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 0 | 97 | 4.2 | 1 | 70.4 | |||
| STL | Prentice Gautt | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| NYG | Charley Conerly | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 2 | 75 | 3.6 | 0 | 44 | 13.1 | ||
| NYG | Lee Grosscup | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 43 | 3.9 | 0 | 43.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Hugh McInnis | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Billy Stacy | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| STL | Prentice Gautt | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| STL | Mal Hammack | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| STL | Frank Mestnik | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| NYG | Del Shofner | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| NYG | Bob Gaiters | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| NYG | Joe Morrison | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| NYG | Kyle Rote | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NYG | Alex Webster | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Jimmy Hill | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| STL | Jerry Norton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| STL | Jerry Norton | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | 1 | |
| NYG | Don Chandler | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Joel Wells | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| NYG | Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Frank Mestnik | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| NYG | Bill Stits | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Joel Wells | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
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