| Pittsburgh Steelers at St. Louis Cardinals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| 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 SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Sonny Randle 2 pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Billy Stacy 25 opponents fumble recovery (Gerry Perry kick failed) | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | John David Crow 15 pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick) | 0 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Buddy Dial |
| 77 | LOT | Dan James |
| 68 | LOG | Ron Stehouwer |
| 51 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 62 | ROG | Mike Sandusky |
| 65 | ROT | John Nisby |
| 40 | TE | Preston Carpenter |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 30 | HB | Tom Tracy |
| 23 | FL | Red Mack |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Lou Michaels |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Krupa |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 70 | RDE | Ernie Stautner |
| 37 | LLB | Mike Henry |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 27 | LS | Dick Haley |
| 44 | RS | Willie Daniel |
| 26 | RCB | Brady Keys |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Sonny Randle |
| 75 | LOT | Ed Cook |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Redmond |
| 79 | C | Gerry Perry |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 66 | ROT | Ron McDole |
| 85 | TE | Taz Anderson |
| 14 | QB | Sam Etcheverry |
| 44 | HB | John David Crow |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 22 | FB | Prentice Gautt |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 70 | LDT | Don Owens |
| 72 | RDT | Frank Fuller |
| 80 | RDE | Ed Henke |
| 51 | LLB | Ted Bates |
| 62 | MLB | Dale Meinert |
| 34 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 24 | LCB | Billy Stacy |
| 25 | LS | Jerry Norton |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 41 | RCB | Jimmy Hill |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | / | / | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | |
| STL | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | / | / | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 19 | 43 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 83 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Sam Etcheverry | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| John David Crow | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Mestnik | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 134 | 4.3 | 44 | 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 | 39 | 0 | 27 | 32.5 | |
| Terry Nofsinger | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 43 | 7.2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 73.6 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 2 | 182 | 7.3 | 39 | 0 | 27 | 39.1 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Sam Etcheverry | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 0 | 98 | 4.7 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 89.0 | |
| John David Crow | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 81.2 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 0 | 116 | 5.0 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 88.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Red Mack | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 11 | 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 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 182 | 15.2 | 39 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| John David Crow | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Mestnik | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Taz Anderson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 21 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Stacy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 48 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jerry Norton | 6 | 303 | 50.5 | 65 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 303 | 50.5 | 65 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willie West | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pat Fischer | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Brady Keys | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Frank Mestnik | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||