| Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1961 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 21653 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 42 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bobby Walston 17 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles | Clarence Peaks 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Preston Carpenter 7 pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lou Michaels 37 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Eagles | Dick Lucas 7 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eagles | Timmy Brown 66 punt return (Bobby Walston kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Henry Johnson 7 pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bob Schnelker 8 pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick) | 28 | 24 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | Timmy Brown 42 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 35 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PHI | Timmy Brown | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| PHI | Clarence Peaks | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| PHI | Ted Dean | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| PHI | Billy Ray Barnes | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| PHI | Sonny Jurgensen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Preston Carpenter | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| PIT | Dick Hoak | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PHI | Sonny Jurgensen | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 0 | 211 | 6.8 | 2 | 89.6 | |||
| PIT | Bobby Layne | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 3 | 179 | 6.2 | 3 | 3 | 60.1 | ||
| PIT | Rudy Bukich | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23.6 | |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| PIT | Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PHI | Pete Retzlaff | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| PHI | Ted Dean | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| PHI | Bobby Walston | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 1 |
| PHI | Clarence Peaks | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| PHI | Dick Lucas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| PHI | Tommy McDonald | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Bob Schnelker | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 44 | 1 |
| PIT | John Henry Johnson | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 1 |
| PIT | Buddy Dial | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Preston Carpenter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Dick Hoak | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PHI | Don Burroughs | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| PHI | Chuck Bednarik | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| PHI | John Nocera | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PHI | King Hill | 9 | 432 | 48.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 282 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PHI | Timmy Brown | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 1 | ||
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | ||
| PIT | Brady Keys | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PHI | Timmy Brown | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| PHI | Ted Dean | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PIT | Dick Haley | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Johnny Sample | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Charley Scales | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
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