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Pittsburgh Steelers 24 at Dallas Cowboys 27

Sunday, September 17, 1961

Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Dallas Cowboys 27

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Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1-0)01401024
Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0)7371027

Scoring

PITDAL
1stDALFrank Clarke 44 yard pass from Eddie LeBaron (Allen Green kick)07
2ndPITJohn Henry Johnson 1 yard rush (Bobby Layne kick)77
PITBuddy Dial 44 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick)147
DALAllen Green 15 yard field goal1410
3rdDALBilly Howton 45 yard pass from Eddie LeBaron (Allen Green kick)1417
4thPITLou Michaels 12 yard field goal1717
PITJohnny Sample 39 yard interception return (Bobby Layne kick)2417
DALDick Bielski 17 yard pass from Don Meredith (Allen Green kick)2424
DALAllen Green 27 yard field goal2427

Team Stats

PITDAL
First downs1520
Rush-yards-TDs34-105-129-96-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-26-252-1-319-39-327-3-2
Sacked-yards2-152-20
Net pass yards237307
Total yards342403
Fumbles-lost2-12-0
Turnovers42
Penalties-yards2-206-46

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bobby Layne PIT 16 25 252 1 3 0 2 5 0 0
Buddy Dial PIT 2 -9 0 0 5 137 1 0
John Henry Johnson PIT 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 36 1 0 3 54 0 0
Charlie Scales PIT 17 70 0 0 2 9 0 0
Tom Tracy PIT 1 3 0 0 4 32 0 0
Red Mack PIT 1 11 0 0
Preston Carpenter PIT 1 9 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Billy Howton DAL 6 138 1 0
Don Meredith DAL 10 26 161 1 2 0 4 23 0 0
Frank Clarke DAL 6 98 1 0
Eddie LeBaron DAL 9 13 166 2 0 0
Amos Marsh DAL 13 24 0 0 3 55 0 0
Dick Bielski DAL 3 35 1 0
L.G. Dupre DAL 8 25 0 0
Don Perkins DAL 4 24 0 0 1 1 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Bill Butler PIT 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Willie Daniel PIT 1 30 0 0
John Henry Johnson PIT 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 0
Johnny Sample PIT 1 39 1 0 1 28 28.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Bob Bercich DAL 1 28 0 0
Don Bishop DAL 1 13 0 0
Mike Dowdle DAL 0 0 0 0 2 33 16.5 0 0
Warren Livingston DAL 0 0 0 0 3 7 2.3 0 0
Amos Marsh DAL 0 0 0 0 1 58 58.0 0 0
Don Perkins DAL 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.0 0 0
Jerry Tubbs DAL 1 0 0 0