| Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1961 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 46186 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 75 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 52 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 64 punt return (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Tom Osborne 6 pass from Norm Snead (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Mitchell 31 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 17 pass from Len Dawson (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Fred Dugan |
| 73 | LOT | Riley Mattson |
| 61 | LOG | Fran O'Brien |
| 51 | C | Jim Schrader |
| 65 | ROG | Vin Promuto |
| 70 | ROT | Ray Lemek |
| 80 | TE | Steve Junker |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 47 | HB | Dick James |
| 42 | FL | Bill Anderson |
| 31 | FB | Don Bosseler |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | John Paluck |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Toneff |
| 72 | RDT | Joe Rutgens |
| 71 | RDE | Andy Stynchula |
| 88 | LLB | Dick Lasse |
| 63 | MLB | Rod Breedlove |
| 83 | RLB | Roy Wilkins |
| 48 | LCB | Ben Scotti |
| 25 | LS | Joe Krakoski |
| 32 | RS | Jim Wulff |
| 46 | RCB | Dale Hackbart |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Rich Kreitling |
| 78 | LOT | Ed Nutting |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 60 | ROG | John Wooten |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | TE | Gern Nagler |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 49 | HB | Bobby Mitchell |
| 26 | FL | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jim Houston |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 72 | RDT | Floyd Peters |
| 84 | RDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 52 | MLB | Dave Lloyd |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 46 | LS | Don Fleming |
| 24 | RS | Bobby Franklin |
| 44 | RCB | Jim Shofner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Don Bosseler | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Cunningham | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Sam Horner | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 4 | 41 | 20.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Tommy Watkins | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 17 | 24 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Milt Plum | 0 | -4 | -4L | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 2 | 200 | 7.4 | 42 | 1 | 30 | 54.6 | |
| George Izo | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 184 | 7.1 | 52t | 1 | 7 | 95.7 | |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Fred Dugan | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Tom Osborne | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Bill Anderson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Jim Cunningham | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 60 | 10.3 | 52t | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Rich Kreitling | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Fleming | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Horner | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Sam Baker | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick James | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 64t | 1 | |
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick James | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kerr | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Preston Powell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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