| Cleveland Browns at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1961 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 38717 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 30 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 77 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bobby Crespino 13 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Willie Galimore 3 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Angelo Coia 64 pass from Ed Brown (Roger LeClerc kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roger LeClerc 9 FG | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Rich Kreitling |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 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 |
| 20 | RCB | Ross Fichtner |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | SE | Angelo Coia |
| 70 | LOT | Herm Lee |
| 78 | LOG | Stan Jones |
| 50 | C | Mike Pyle |
| 60 | ROG | Roger Davis |
| 79 | ROT | Art Anderson |
| 89 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 28 | HB | Willie Galimore |
| 43 | FL | Jim Dooley |
| 38 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Maury Youmans |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 76 | RDT | John Mellekas |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 31 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 71 | MLB | Bill George |
| 33 | RLB | Larry Morris |
| 25 | LCB | J.C. Caroline |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 87 | RS | Harlon Hill |
| 23 | RCB | Dave Whitsell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 18 | 62 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 7 | 15 | 26.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Willie Galimore | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 14 | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 1 | 281 | 10.0 | 77t | 2 | 36 | 103.4 | |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 2 | 222 | 7.2 | 64t | 1 | 6 | 58.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 77t | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 52 | 2.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Rich Kreitling | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Crespino | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Dooley | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Angelo Coia | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 64t | 1 |
| Willie Galimore | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Richie Petitbon | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Johnny Morris | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Rosey Taylor | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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