| Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1961 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: D.C. Stadium Attendance: 21451 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 36 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick James 5 run (John Aveni kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dick Bielski 27 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick James 3 run (John Aveni kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Frank Clarke 80 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Dick Bielski kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick James 1 pass from Norm Snead (John Aveni kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick James 39 run (John Aveni kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Frank Clarke 66 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Dick Bielski kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Norm Snead 1 run (John Aveni kick failed) | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Howton 11 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Dick Bielski kick) | 24 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Billy Howton |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Grottkau |
| 53 | C | Mike Connelly |
| 63 | ROG | Mike Falls |
| 67 | ROT | John Houser |
| 36 | TE | Dick Bielski |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 43 | HB | Don Perkins |
| 82 | FL | Frank Clarke |
| 31 | FB | Amos Marsh |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Bob Lilly |
| 78 | LDT | Don Healy |
| 79 | RDT | Ken Frost |
| 87 | RDE | Nate Borden |
| 50 | LLB | Jerry Tubbs |
| 56 | MLB | Jack Patera |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dowdle |
| 40 | LCB | Jimmy Harris |
| 21 | LS | Glynn Gregory |
| 42 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
| 44 | RCB | Don Bishop |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Fred Dugan |
| 73 | LOT | Riley Mattson |
| 61 | LOG | Fran O'Brien |
| 51 | C | Jim Schrader |
| 65 | ROG | Vin Promuto |
| 70 | ROT | Ray Lemek |
| 42 | TE | Bill Anderson |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 47 | HB | Dick James |
| 84 | FL | Tom Osborne |
| 30 | FB | Jim Cunningham |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Gene Cronin |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Toneff |
| 72 | RDT | Joe Rutgens |
| 71 | RDE | Andy Stynchula |
| 88 | LLB | Dick Lasse |
| 50 | MLB | Fred Hageman |
| 63 | RLB | Rod Breedlove |
| 40 | LCB | Sam Horner |
| 46 | LS | Dale Hackbart |
| 43 | RS | Jim Kerr |
| 41 | RCB | Jim Steffen |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Amos Marsh | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| J.W. Lockett | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick James | 27 | 146 | 5.4 | 39t | 3 |
| Jim Cunningham | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Sam Horner | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 1 | 245 | 9.1 | 80t | 3 | 0 | 98.5 | |
| Buddy Humphrey | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 77.1 | |
| J.W. Lockett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 194 | 7.2 | 41 | 1 | 9 | 90.7 | |
| John Aveni | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Dick James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Howton | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 34 | 1 |
| Frank Clarke | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 80t | 2 |
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick James | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Fred Dugan | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Osborne | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Anderson | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Jim Cunningham | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Wulff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dale Hackbart | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Allen Green | 6 | 193 | 32.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Horner | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Amos Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Jim Steffen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Amos Marsh | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Don Perkins | 2 | 52 | 36.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Jim Steffen | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Jim Cunningham | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Junker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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