| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1961 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 47394 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 55 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roger LeClerc 12 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Gibbons 4 pass from Jim Ninowski (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Willie Galimore tackled in end zone by Gary Lowe | 9 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roger LeClerc 30 FG | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roger LeClerc 12 FG | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roger LeClerc 32 FG | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roger LeClerc 15 FG | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 5 pass from Earl Morrall (Jim Martin kick) | 16 | 15 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Glenn Davis |
| 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 |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 89 | SB | Gail Cogdill |
| 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 |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | SE | Angelo Coia |
| 70 | LOT | Herm Lee |
| 78 | LOG | Stan Jones |
| 50 | C | Mike Pyle |
| 60 | ROG | Roger Davis |
| 79 | ROT | Art Anderson |
| 89 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 9 | QB | Billy Wade |
| 28 | HB | Willie Galimore |
| 47 | FL | Johnny Morris |
| 49 | FB | Charlie Bivins |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Maury Youmans |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 76 | RDT | John Mellekas |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 31 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 71 | MLB | Bill George |
| 33 | RLB | Larry Morris |
| 25 | LCB | J.C. Caroline |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 87 | RS | Harlon Hill |
| 23 | RCB | Dave Whitsell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 13 | 37 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Willie Galimore | 14 | 71 | 5.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 2 | 113 | 5.9 | 22 | 1 | 45 | 48.7 | |
| Earl Morrall | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 0 | 108 | 7.2 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 98.8 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Billy Wade | 23 | 8 | 34.8 | 2 | 76 | 3.3 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 8.6 | |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 36 | 1 |
| Gail Cogdill | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Mike Ditka | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bill George | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 54 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 7 | 313 | 44.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Charlie Bivins | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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