| Cleveland Browns at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1961 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 61084 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 33 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Joel Wells 7 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leon Clarke 35 pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 72 | RDT | Floyd Peters |
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Del Shofner |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 62 | LOG | Darrell Dess |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 53 | ROT | Greg Larson |
| 12 | TE | Pete Hall |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 28 | HB | Joel Wells |
| 44 | FL | Kyle Rote |
| 29 | FB | Alex Webster |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 82 | RLB | Tom Scott |
| 49 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 40 | LS | Joe Morrison |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 22 | RCB | Dick Lynch |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 24 | 102 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 5 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 21 | 91 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 25 | 7 | 28.0 | 1 | 91 | 3.6 | 38 | 1 | 20 | 38.9 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 116 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 88.9 | |
| Charley Conerly | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 46 | 5.1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 20.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leon Clarke | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 38 | 1 |
| Rich Kreitling | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 4 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Del Shofner | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Joel Wells | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Shofner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Sam Baker | 9 | 363 | 40.3 | 61 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 8 | 348 | 43.5 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Joel Wells | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Joel Wells | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
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