| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1961 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 54259 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 90 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| Baltimore Colts | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Colts | Steve Myhra 42 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 30 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Safety, Jim Ninowski tackled in end zone by Gino Marchetti | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 28 FG | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Terry Barr 28 pass from Earl Morrall (Jim Martin kick) | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | Baltimore Colts | Steve Myhra 12 FG | 13 | 8 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Lenny Moore 8 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 49 FG | 16 | 15 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 73 | LOT | Ollie Spencer |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Bob Scholtz |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 70 | ROT | Willie McClung |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 45 | HB | Danny Lewis |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 57 | LLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 81 | LCB | Dick Lane |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Jimmy Orr |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Parker |
| 62 | LOG | Palmer Pyle |
| 52 | C | Dick Szymanski |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 60 | ROT | George Preas |
| 84 | TE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 27 | HB | Tom Matte |
| 24 | FL | Lenny Moore |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | Gino Marchetti | |
| 70 | Art Donovan | |
| 75 | Jim Colvin | |
| 81 | Ordell Braase | |
| 36 | Bill Pellington | |
| 64 | Marv Matuszak | |
| 66 | Don Shinnick | |
| 40 | Bobby Boyd | |
| 80 | Andy Nelson | |
| 20 | Bob Harrison | |
| 23 | Carl Taseff | |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 16 | 86 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Danny Lewis | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Joe Perry | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 2 | 100 | 6.3 | 28 | 1 | 26 | 56.2 | |
| Jim Ninowski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 1 | 105 | 6.6 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 76.3 | |
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | |
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Nick Pietrosante | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jimmy Orr | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 209 | 52.2 | 67 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Tom Gilburg | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Bobby Boyd | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bob Harrison | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jim Steffen | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Lenny Lyles | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
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