| Pittsburgh Steelers at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1961 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Stadium Attendance: 16298 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 41 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Sonny Randle 3 pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Stacy 25 opponents fumble recovery (Gerry Perry kick failed) | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | John David Crow 15 pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick) | 0 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 19 | 43 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Nofsinger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Sam Etcheverry | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Prentice Gautt | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| John David Crow | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Frank Mestnik | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 2 | 139 | 7.3 | 0 | 27 | 32.5 | ||
| Terry Nofsinger | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | 73.6 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Sam Etcheverry | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 0 | 98 | 4.7 | 2 | 89.0 | |||
| John David Crow | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 81.2 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Red Mack | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 0 | |
| Buddy Dial | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| John Henry Johnson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Skip Clement | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| John David Crow | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Frank Mestnik | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Taz Anderson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Stacy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jerry Norton | 6 | 303 | 50.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Brady Keys | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willie West | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Pat Fischer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Brady Keys | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Frank Mestnik | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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