| Pittsburgh Steelers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1961 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 23500 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 74 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Frank Clarke 44 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Allen Green kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Henry Johnson 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Buddy Dial 44 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Allen Green 15 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Howton 45 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Allen Green kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lou Michaels 12 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Johnny Sample 39 interception return (Bobby Layne kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Dick Bielski 17 pass from Don Meredith (Allen Green kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Allen Green 27 FG | 24 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Charley Scales | 17 | 70 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 11 | 1 |
| PIT | Preston Carpenter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PIT | Buddy Dial | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Frank Clarke | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| DAL | L.G. Dupre | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| DAL | Amos Marsh | 13 | 24 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| DAL | Don Perkins | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DAL | Don Meredith | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 3 | 252 | 10.1 | 1 | 15 | 71.2 | ||
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| DAL | Don Meredith | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 2 | 161 | 6.2 | 1 | 40.7 | |||
| DAL | Eddie LeBaron | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 0 | 166 | 12.8 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 151.4 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Buddy Dial | 5 | 137 | 27.4 | 1 | |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PIT | Charley Scales | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Red Mack | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | Billy Howton | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| DAL | Amos Marsh | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| DAL | Dick Bielski | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| DAL | Don Perkins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| PIT | Willie Daniel | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| DAL | Bob Bercich | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| DAL | Don Bishop | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DAL | Jerry Tubbs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Bobby Joe Green | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Allen Green | 6 | 187 | 31.2 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Bill Butler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Warren Livingston | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PIT | Bill Butler | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DAL | Mike Dowdle | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Amos Marsh | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
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