| Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1961 Location: Milwaukee, WI |
| Venue: County Stadium Attendance: 44307 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 74 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 1 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 1 run (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 15 run (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 15 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 26 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 44 FG | 17 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 73 | LOT | Ollie Spencer |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Bob Scholtz |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 70 | ROT | Willie McClung |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 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 |
| 21 | RCB | Bruce Maher |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Max McGee |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Skoronski |
| 63 | LOG | Fuzzy Thurston |
| 51 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Kramer |
| 75 | ROT | Forrest Gregg |
| 88 | TE | Ron Kramer |
| 15 | QB | Bart Starr |
| 5 | HB | Paul Hornung |
| 86 | FL | Boyd Dowler |
| 31 | FB | Jim Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Willie Davis |
| 79 | LDT | Dave Hanner |
| 74 | RDT | Henry Jordan |
| 83 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 58 | LLB | Dan Currie |
| 66 | MLB | Ray Nitschke |
| 71 | RLB | Bill Forester |
| 46 | LCB | Hank Gremminger |
| 27 | LS | John Symank |
| 24 | RS | Willie Wood |
| 47 | RCB | Jesse Whittenton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 15t | 2 |
| Danny Lewis | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jim Taylor | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 45 | 1 |
| Paul Hornung | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Bart Starr | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 1 | 145 | 6.3 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 50.1 | |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 2 | 173 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 42.6 | |
| Paul Hornung | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Max McGee | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick Lane | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| John Symank | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 132 | 44.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Willie Wood | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jim Steffen | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Tom Moore | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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