| 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 Giants | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Henry Johnson 1 run (Tom Tracy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Del Shofner 16 pass from Charley Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Pat Summerall 19 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Joe Morrison 5 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Buddy Dial 4 pass from Bobby Layne (Tom Tracy kick) | 17 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Alex Webster | 11 | 82 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| NYG | Bob Gaiters | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| NYG | Joe Morrison | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| NYG | Charley Conerly | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NYG | Y.A. Tittle | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 17 | 55 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 |
| PIT | Preston Carpenter | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Brady Keys | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NYG | Charley Conerly | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 0 | 47 | 2.9 | 1 | 28 | 66.7 | ||
| NYG | Y.A. Tittle | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 0 | 123 | 10.3 | 1 | 6 | 137.2 | ||
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 2 | 111 | 5.8 | 1 | 18 | 35.1 | ||
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 63.5 | |||
| PIT | Rudy Bukich | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Del Shofner | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 1 | |
| NYG | Kyle Rote | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 29 | 0 |
| NYG | Joe Morrison | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| NYG | Joe Walton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NYG | Alex Webster | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PIT | Buddy Dial | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | Preston Carpenter | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PIT | Steve Meilinger | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Erich Barnes | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NYG | Don Chandler | 8 | 384 | 48.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bobby Joe Green | 7 | 360 | 51.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Bill Stits | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | ||
| NYG | Joel Wells | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| PIT | Bill Butler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Joel Wells | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bill Butler | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
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