1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 1st place Western Conference 11-3-0 .786 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/31/1961 | H | New York Giants | 37-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 39029 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 26 | Herb Adderley | DB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Ben Agajanian | K | 6-0 | 195 | 42 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Tom Bettis | LB | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Lew Carpenter | RB | 6-2 | 209 | 29 | Arkansas | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Dan Currie | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 |
| 72 | Ben Davidson | DL | 6-8 | 272 | 21 | East Los Angeles JC; Washington | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Willie Davis | LDE | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Grambling State | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Boyd Dowler | FL | 6-5 | 224 | 24 | Colorado | 1 | 1 |
| 81 | Lee Folkins | OL | 6-5 | 219 | 22 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Bill Forester | RLB | 6-3 | 237 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Forrest Gregg | ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Hank Gremminger | LCB | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Baylor | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Dave Hanner | LDT | 6-2 | 257 | 31 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Paul Hornung | HB | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| 53 | Ken Iman | OL | 6-1 | 236 | 22 | Southeast Missouri State | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Henry Jordan | RDT | 6-3 | 249 | 26 | Virginia | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Gary Knafelc | OL | 6-4 | 217 | 29 | Colorado | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Ron Kostelnik | DL | 6-4 | 260 | 21 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Ron Kramer | TE | 6-3 | 234 | 26 | Michigan | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Norm Masters | ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 28 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | Max McGee | SE | 6-3 | 210 | 29 | Tulane | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Tom Moore | RB | 6-2 | 213 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | Ray Nitschke | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Illinois | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Elijah Pitts | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 23 | Philander Smith | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Bill Quinlan | RDE | 6-3 | 248 | 29 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Jim Ringo | C | 6-1 | 232 | 30 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | John Roach | QB | 6-4 | 197 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Bob Skoronski | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 27 | Indiana | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Bart Starr | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | John Symank | LS | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Arlington State JC; Florida | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Jim Taylor | FB | 6-0 | 214 | 26 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Fuzzy Thurston | LOG | 6-1 | 247 | 28 | Valparaiso | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | Nelson Toburen | DL | 6-3 | 232 | 23 | Wichita State | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Emlen Tunnell | DB | 6-1 | 193 | 37 | Toledo; Iowa | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Jesse Whittenton | RCB | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Texas-El Paso | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Willie Wood | RS | 5-10 | 189 | 25 | Coalinga JC; Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 37 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | / % | / % | 4 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | / % | / % | 4 | 38 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Ron Kramer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Boyd Dowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 37 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hornung | 20 | 89 | 4.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Jim Taylor | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| John Roach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 181 | 4.1 | 33 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Starr | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 7 | 164 | 9.6 | 16.4 | 37 | 3 | 17.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 130.9 |
| Paul Hornung | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 19 | 47.5 | 21 | 164 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 3 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 83.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 10 | 34.5 | 15 | 119 | 4.1 | 11.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.8 | 3 | 20 | 99 | 8.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Kramer | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 37 | 2 |
| Paul Hornung | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 164 | 8.6 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Hank Gremminger | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Dowler | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 200 | 40.0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 198 | 39.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 192 | 38.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Hanner | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Gregg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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