| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 19, 1961 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62592 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 15 pass from Rudy Bukich (Lou Michaels kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Walton 9 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Gaiters 3 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 23 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 20 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 9 pass from Bob Gaiters (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Preston Carpenter 13 pass from Dick Hoak (Lou Michaels kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Buddy Dial 3 pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 32 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Bob Schnelker |
| 77 | LOT | Dan James |
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky |
| 51 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 65 | ROG | John Nisby |
| 71 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 28 | TE | Skip Clement |
| 10 | QB | Rudy Bukich |
| 30 | HB | Tom Tracy |
| 84 | FL | Buddy Dial |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Lou Michaels |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Krupa |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 70 | RDE | Ernie Stautner |
| 82 | LLB | George Tarasovic |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 50 | RLB | John Reger |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 20 | LS | Bill Butler |
| 44 | RS | Willie Daniel |
| 26 | RCB | Brady Keys |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Del Shofner |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 62 | LOG | Darrell Dess |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 65 | ROG | Mickey Walker |
| 53 | ROT | Greg Larson |
| 80 | TE | Joe Walton |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 35 | HB | Bob Gaiters |
| 44 | FL | Kyle Rote |
| 29 | FB | Alex Webster |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 82 | RLB | Tom Scott |
| 49 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 21 | LS | Allan Webb |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 22 | RCB | Dick Lynch |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tom Tracy | 18 | 47 | 2.6 | 18 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 32t | 1 |
| Bob Gaiters | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Rudy Bukich | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 3 | 115 | 6.8 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 59.3 | |
| Bobby Layne | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 100 | 12.5 | 53 | 1 | 14 | 156.2 | |
| Terry Nofsinger | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | -5 | -2.5 | -5 | 0 | 8 | 56.2 | |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 0 | 314 | 11.2 | 57 | 3 | 19 | 141.1 | |
| Lee Grosscup | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 | 0 | 143.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Buddy Dial | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 53 | 2 |
| Preston Carpenter | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 22 | 1 |
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 57 | 2 |
| Del Shofner | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 38 | 1 |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Haley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dick Lynch | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 282 | 47.0 | 65 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 3 | 147 | 49.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Johnny Sample | 6 | 147 | 24.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bob Simms | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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