| Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1961 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Franklin Field Attendance: 60671 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 71 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lou Michaels 23 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rudy Bukich 1 run (Lou Michaels kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Eagles | Pete Retzlaff 17 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eagles | Clarence Peaks 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Buddy Dial 13 pass from Rudy Bukich (Lou Michaels kick blocked) | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | Pete Retzlaff 2 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 16 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 19 | 53 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Dick Hoak | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| PIT | Rudy Bukich | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Steve Meilinger | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PHI | Clarence Peaks | 14 | 71 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| PHI | Billy Ray Barnes | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| PHI | Sonny Jurgensen | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PHI | Ted Dean | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Rudy Bukich | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 1 | 171 | 6.1 | 1 | 47 | 78.1 | ||
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| PHI | Sonny Jurgensen | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 3 | 109 | 5.0 | 2 | 55.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Buddy Dial | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | Steve Meilinger | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Skip Clement | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Dick Hoak | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PHI | Bobby Walston | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PHI | Tommy McDonald | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| PHI | Pete Retzlaff | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 2 | |
| PHI | Clarence Peaks | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| PHI | Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| PHI | Tom Brookshier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Bobby Joe Green | 7 | 293 | 41.9 | 0 | |
| PHI | King Hill | 5 | 238 | 47.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | ||
| PHI | Ted Dean | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Bill Butler | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Charley Scales | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| PHI | Timmy Brown | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | |
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