| New York Giants at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1961 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Stadium Attendance: 23713 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 77 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Safety, Don Chandler punt blocked out of end zone by Larry Wilson | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Del Shofner 44 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 2 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Sam Huff 12 opponents fumble recovery (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Billy Stacy 80 pass from Ralph Guglielmi (Gerry Perry kick) | 21 | 9 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Pat Summerall 37 FG | 24 | 9 |
| 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 |
| 72 | ROT | Charlie Janerette |
| 80 | TE | Joe Walton |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 40 | HB | Joe Morrison |
| 44 | FL | Kyle Rote |
| 29 | FB | Alex Webster |
| 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 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Sonny Randle |
| 75 | LOT | Ed Cook |
| 68 | LOG | Mike McGee |
| 50 | C | Don Gillis |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 40 | TE | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 14 | QB | Sam Etcheverry |
| 22 | HB | Prentice Gautt |
| 24 | FL | Billy Stacy |
| 85 | FB | Taz Anderson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Ed Henke |
| 70 | LDT | Don Owens |
| 72 | RDT | Frank Fuller |
| 78 | RDE | Luke Owens |
| 51 | LLB | Ted Bates |
| 62 | MLB | Dale Meinert |
| 34 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 49 | LCB | Willie West |
| 25 | LS | Jerry Norton |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 41 | RCB | Jimmy Hill |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 17 | 45 | 2.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Joel Wells | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Phil King | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Prentice Gautt | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Frank Mestnik | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Taz Anderson | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 0 | 105 | 5.8 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 95.8 | |
| Charley Conerly | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 2 | 87 | 5.4 | 37 | 0 | 39 | 11.2 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Ralph Guglielmi | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 3 | 178 | 13.7 | 80t | 1 | 22 | 65.9 | |
| Sam Etcheverry | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 42 | 39.6 | ||
| Prentice Gautt | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Walton | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Del Shofner | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Billy Stacy | 3 | 161 | 53.7 | 80t | 1 |
| Sonny Randle | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dick Lynch | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 11 | 485 | 44.1 | 66 | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jerry Norton | 10 | 434 | 43.4 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bill Stits | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Billy Stacy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Willie West | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bill Stits | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Billy Stacy | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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