| New York Giants at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1961 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 80455 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 56 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 0 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 37 |
| Cleveland Browns | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Ray Renfro 43 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Y.A. Tittle 5 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Bob Gaiters 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Jim Brown 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Pat Summerall 34 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Pat Summerall 17 FG | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Bob Gaiters 11 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Erich Barnes 35 interception return (Pat Summerall kick) | 34 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Ray Renfro 15 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 34 | 21 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Pat Summerall 11 FG | 37 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Rich Kreitling |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 60 | ROG | John Wooten |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | TE | Gern Nagler |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 49 | HB | Bobby Mitchell |
| 26 | FL | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jim Houston |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 72 | RDT | Floyd Peters |
| 84 | RDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 52 | MLB | Dave Lloyd |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 20 | LCB | Ross Fichtner |
| 46 | LS | Don Fleming |
| 24 | RS | Bobby Franklin |
| 44 | RCB | Jim Shofner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Gaiters | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 11t | 2 |
| Alex Webster | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 2 | 10.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 1 | 233 | 9.0 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 77.9 | |
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 1 | 284 | 8.6 | 57 | 2 | 10 | 93.5 | |
| Len Dawson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Del Shofner | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 7 | 166 | 23.7 | 57 | 2 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 5 | 54 | 1.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Leon Clarke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Sam Baker | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Joel Wells | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Jim Shofner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Joel Wells | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0 | ||
| Allan Webb | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 0 | ||
| Sam Baker | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Larry Stephens | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ross Fichtner | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Errol Linden | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
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