| Green Bay Packers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 15, 1961 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 75042 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 14 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 26 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 1 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 27 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 3 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 45 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gern Nagler 21 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 4 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 35 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 13 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 35 | 17 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Max McGee 45 pass from Bart Starr (Paul Hornung kick) | 42 | 17 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | John Roach 1 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 49 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Max McGee |
| 78 | LOT | Norm Masters |
| 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 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Rich Kreitling |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 64 | LOG | Jim Ray Smith |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 60 | ROG | John Wooten |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | TE | Gern Nagler |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 49 | HB | Bobby Mitchell |
| 26 | FL | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jim Houston |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 68 | RDT | Larry Stephens |
| 84 | RDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 35 | LLB | Galen Fiss |
| 52 | MLB | Dave Lloyd |
| 34 | RLB | Walt Michaels |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 46 | LS | Don Fleming |
| 24 | RS | Bobby Franklin |
| 44 | RCB | Jim Shofner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jim Taylor | 21 | 158 | 7.5 | 45 | 4 |
| Paul Hornung | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Elijah Pitts | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Roach | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 9 | 39 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rich Kreitling | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Milt Plum | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 17 | 15 | 88.2 | 0 | 272 | 16.0 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 138.4 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 1 | 187 | 7.2 | 21t | 2 | 16 | 96.2 | |
| Len Dawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Max McGee | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 48 | 1 |
| Ron Kramer | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Boyd Dowler | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 4 | 18 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Rich Kreitling | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Willie Wood | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Tom Moore | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 | |
| Bill Forester | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Preston Powell | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Sam Baker | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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