| Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1961 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 44231 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 37 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 21 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 49 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tommy McDonald 1 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 84 pass from Jim Ninowski (Jim Martin kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Pete Retzlaff 11 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Ninowski 14 run (Jim Martin kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 1 run (Jim Martin kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Dick Lucas 16 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 10 FG | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | SE | Pete Retzlaff |
| 75 | LOT | Jim McCusker |
| 62 | LOG | John Wittenborn |
| 61 | C | Howard Keys |
| 67 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 76 | ROT | J.D. Smith |
| 83 | TE | Bobby Walston |
| 9 | QB | Sonny Jurgensen |
| 35 | HB | Ted Dean |
| 25 | FL | Tommy McDonald |
| 26 | FB | Clarence Peaks |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Leo Sugar |
| 72 | LDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 73 | RDT | Eddie Khayat |
| 78 | RDE | Marion Campbell |
| 29 | LLB | John Nocera |
| 60 | MLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 55 | RLB | Maxie Baughan |
| 21 | LCB | Jimmy Carr |
| 41 | LS | Bobby Freeman |
| 45 | RS | Don Burroughs |
| 27 | RCB | Irv Cross |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Clarence Peaks | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Timmy Brown | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Ted Dean | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Danny Lewis | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 9 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 42 | 27 | 64.3 | 2 | 403 | 9.6 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 99.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 1 | 285 | 11.0 | 84t | 1 | 19 | 95.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Pete Retzlaff | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Tommy McDonald | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Clarence Peaks | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Timmy Brown | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ted Dean | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Dick Lucas | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gail Cogdill | 7 | 171 | 24.4 | 84t | 1 |
| Terry Barr | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Sam Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Don Burroughs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| King Hill | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Ted Dean | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Timmy Brown | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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