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Detroit Lions 17 at Green Bay Packers 13

Sunday, September 17, 1961

Detroit Lions 17, Green Bay Packers 13

1234Final
Detroit Lions (1-0-0)770317
Green Bay Packers (0-1-0)730313

Scoring

DETGNB
1stGNBJim Taylor 1 yard rush (Paul Hornung kick)07
DETNick Pietrosante 1 yard rush (Jim Martin kick)77
2ndDETNick Pietrosante 15 yard rush (Jim Martin kick)147
GNBPaul Hornung 15 yard field goal1410
4thGNBPaul Hornung 26 yard field goal1413
DETJim Martin 44 yard field goal1713

Team Stats

DETGNB
First downs1517
Rush-yards-TDs38-128-228-132-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT11-23-145-0-114-27-173-0-2
Sacked-yards1-71-11
Net pass yards138162
Total yards266294
Fumbles-lost1-01-0
Turnovers12
Penalties-yards5-452-29

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Nick Pietrosante DET 16 56 2 0 4 49 0 0
Earl Morrall DET 11 23 145 0 1 0 3 5 0 0
Gail Cogdill DET 3 65 0 0
Terry Barr DET 4 31 0 0
Howard Cassady DET 5 25 0 0
Dan Lewis DET 12 25 0 0
Yale Lary DET 1 14 0 0
Johnny Olszewski DET 1 3 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Max McGee GNB 7 127 0 0
Jim Taylor GNB 15 85 1 0 3 18 0 0
Bart Starr GNB 14 26 173 0 2 0 2 8 0 0
Paul Hornung GNB 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 24 0 0 3 17 0 0
Tom Moore GNB 4 15 0 0
Gary Knafelc GNB 1 11 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
Howard Cassady DET 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.0 0 0
Night Train Lane DET 2 10 0 0
Jim Steffen DET 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.5 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
Tom Moore GNB 0 0 0 0 1 30 30.0 0 0
Elijah Pitts GNB 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
John Symank GNB 1 17 0 0
Willie Wood GNB 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 0