| Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1961 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 55662 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 45 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 13 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 34 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 1 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 16 FG | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 1 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 14 | 9 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 9 FG | 17 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Max McGee |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Skoronski |
| 63 | LOG | Fuzzy Thurston |
| 51 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 78 | ROG | Norm Masters |
| 75 | ROT | Forrest Gregg |
| 88 | TE | Ron Kramer |
| 15 | QB | Bart Starr |
| 5 | HB | Paul Hornung |
| 86 | FL | Boyd Dowler |
| 31 | FB | Jim Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Willie Davis |
| 79 | LDT | Dave Hanner |
| 74 | RDT | Henry Jordan |
| 83 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 58 | LLB | Dan Currie |
| 65 | MLB | Tom Bettis |
| 71 | RLB | Bill Forester |
| 46 | LCB | Hank Gremminger |
| 27 | LS | John Symank |
| 24 | RS | Willie Wood |
| 47 | RCB | Jesse Whittenton |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 79 | LOT | John Gonzaga |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Bob Scholtz |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 77 | ROT | Danny LaRose |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 15 | QB | Jim Ninowski |
| 45 | HB | Danny Lewis |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 57 | LLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 81 | LCB | Dick Lane |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jim Taylor | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 23 | 2 |
| Paul Hornung | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 1 | 159 | 7.2 | 53 | 0 | 8 | 62.5 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 3 | 152 | 5.1 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 22.5 | |
| Earl Morrall | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 27 | 4.5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Max McGee | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Ron Kramer | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gail Cogdill | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Hank Gremminger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Max McGee | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Willie Wood | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| John Symank | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
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