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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles - September 17th, 1961
Cleveland Browns 20 at Philadelphia Eagles 27
Sunday, September 17, 1961
Cleveland Browns 20, Philadelphia Eagles 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (0-1-0) | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Philadelphia Eagles (1-0-0) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
Scoring
| CLE | PHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PHI | Timmy Brown 105 yard kickoff return (Bobby Walston kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CLE | Lou Groza 20 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| CLE | Charley Ferguson 60 yard pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| PHI | Bobby Walston 22 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 2nd | PHI | Bobby Walston 18 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3rd | CLE | Lou Groza 21 yard field goal | 13 | 17 |
| PHI | Tommy McDonald 6 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 13 | 24 | |
| 4th | PHI | Bobby Walston 18 yard field goal | 13 | 27 |
| CLE | Bobby Mitchell 12 yard pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 20 | 27 |
Team Stats
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-103-0 | 33-147-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-30-329-2-1 | 11-17-183-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-25 |
| Net pass yards | 329 | 158 |
| Total yards | 432 | 305 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-20 | 1-36 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Milt Plum | CLE | 18 | 30 | 329 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Brown | CLE | 19 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 4 | 104 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Ferguson | CLE | 2 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Leon Clarke | CLE | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gern Nagler | CLE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sonny Jurgensen | PHI | 11 | 17 | 183 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Ray Barnes | PHI | 13 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Retzlaff | PHI | 3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Peaks | PHI | 13 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tommy McDonald | PHI | 4 | 53 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ted Dean | PHI | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Walston | PHI | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Theron Sapp | PHI | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bernie Parrish | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Shofner | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Watkins | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tom Brookshier | PHI | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Timmy Brown | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 65.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ted Dean | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clarence Peaks | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||