| Washington Redskins at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1961 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 56077 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 69 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 9 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 53 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Safety, Norm Snead tackled in end zone by Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Del Shofner 35 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Gaiters 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Gaiters 2 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Safety, Norm Snead tackled in end zone by Jim Katcavage | 0 | 25 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Del Shofner 13 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 32 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Del Shofner 32 pass from Lee Grosscup (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Jimmy Patton 51 interception return (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 46 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Joel Wells 2 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 53 |
| 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 |
| 50 | MLB | Fred Hageman |
| 63 | RLB | Rod Breedlove |
| 48 | LCB | Ben Scotti |
| 25 | LS | Joe Krakoski |
| 32 | RS | Jim Wulff |
| 46 | RCB | Dale Hackbart |
| 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 |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 35 | HB | Bob Gaiters |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Horner | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Cunningham | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Izo | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Bill Anderson | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Mike Sommer | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Gaiters | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 2 | 83 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 | 48 | 9.0 | |
| George Izo | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 16 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 2 | 192 | 6.9 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 81.2 | |
| Lee Grosscup | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 44 | 4.9 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 44.9 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Fred Dugan | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Anderson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Junker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Osborne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Del Shofner | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 38 | 3 |
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Joel Wells | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Joe Krakoski | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Wulff | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ben Scotti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 51t | 1 |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Horner | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Jim Cunningham | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Sommer | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Allan Webb | 2 | 1 | 60 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Sommer | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Allan Webb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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