| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1961 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 29266 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 59 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Lou Groza 24 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Bobby Mitchell 6 run (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Buddy Dial 12 pass from Rudy Bukich (Lou Michaels kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Tom Tracy 1 run (Lou Michaels kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Lou Groza 36 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Bobby Mitchell 9 run (Lou Groza kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Tom Tracy 1 run (Lou Michaels kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Bobby Mitchell 18 run (Lou Groza kick) | 27 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Lou Groza 12 FG | 30 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Buddy Dial 88 pass from Rudy Bukich (Lou Michaels kick) | 30 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 14 | 119 | 11.8 | 48 | 3 |
| Jim Brown | 29 | 114 | 3.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Milt Plum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 2 | |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Charley Scales | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | 27.8 | |||
| Milt Plum | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 88 | 11.0 | 0 | 110.4 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Rudy Bukich | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 1 | 275 | 11.5 | 2 | 53 | 112.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 4 | 47 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Rich Kreitling | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Leon Clarke | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Gern Nagler | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Buddy Dial | 9 | 235 | 26.1 | 2 | |
| Charley Scales | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Coronado | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bill Butler | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Sam Baker | 3 | 156 | 52.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 291 | 48.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jim Shofner | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Preston Powell | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
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