| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1961 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Pitt Stadium Attendance: 35587 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 85 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Henry Johnson 1 run (Tom Tracy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Del Shofner 16 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 19 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morrison 5 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 4 pass from Bobby Layne (Tom Tracy kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Del Shofner |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 62 | LOG | Darrell Dess |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 53 | ROT | Greg Larson |
| 80 | TE | Joe Walton |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 40 | HB | Joe Morrison |
| 29 | FL | Alex Webster |
| 35 | FB | Bob Gaiters |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 82 | RLB | Tom Scott |
| 49 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 25 | LS | Dick Nolan |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 22 | RCB | Dick Lynch |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Buddy Dial |
| 77 | LOT | Dan James |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 51 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 65 | ROG | John Nisby |
| 71 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 40 | TE | Preston Carpenter |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 30 | HB | Tom Tracy |
| 23 | FL | Red Mack |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Lou Michaels |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Krupa |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 70 | RDE | Ernie Stautner |
| 37 | LLB | Mike Henry |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 44 | LCB | Willie Daniel |
| 86 | LS | Len Burnett |
| 24 | RS | Johnny Sample |
| 20 | RCB | Bill Butler |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 11 | 82 | 7.5 | 59 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 17 | 55 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 0 | 47 | 2.9 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 66.7 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 0 | 123 | 10.3 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 137.2 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 2 | 111 | 5.8 | 1 | 18 | 35.1 | ||
| Tom Tracy | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 63.5 | ||
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Del Shofner | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Joe Walton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Preston Carpenter | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 38 | 1 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Steve Meilinger | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Erich Barnes | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 8 | 384 | 48.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 7 | 363 | 51.9 | 71 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bill Stits | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dick Lynch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Joel Wells | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Butler | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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