| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1961 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 54259 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 90 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| Baltimore Colts | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Colts | Steve Myhra 42 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 30 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Safety, Jim Ninowski tackled in end zone by Gino Marchetti | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 28 FG | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Terry Barr 28 pass from Earl Morrall (Jim Martin kick) | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | Baltimore Colts | Steve Myhra 12 FG | 13 | 8 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Lenny Moore 8 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 49 FG | 16 | 15 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Nick Pietrosante | 16 | 86 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| DET | Danny Lewis | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Earl Morrall | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| BAL | Joe Perry | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| BAL | Tom Matte | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BAL | Mark Smolinski | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Earl Morrall | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 2 | 100 | 6.3 | 1 | 56.2 | |||
| DET | Jim Ninowski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 1 | 105 | 6.6 | 1 | 76.3 | |||
| BAL | Lamar McHan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 56.2 | ||
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jim Gibbons | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| DET | Nick Pietrosante | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| DET | Terry Barr | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| DET | Gail Cogdill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| BAL | Jimmy Orr | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 8 | 1 |
| BAL | Joe Perry | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Lowe | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BAL | Carl Taseff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| BAL | Bobby Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Yale Lary | 4 | 209 | 52.2 | 67 | 0 |
| BAL | Tom Gilburg | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Bobby Boyd | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| BAL | Bob Harrison | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jim Steffen | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Pat Studstill | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| BAL | Lenny Lyles | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| BAL | Mark Smolinski | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
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