Saturday, September 23, 1961
Chicago Bears 21, Los Angeles Rams 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (1-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Los Angeles Rams (0-2-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| CHI | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI | Mike Ditka 47 yard pass from Ed Brown (Roger LeClerc kick) | 7 | 0 |
| RAM | Danny Villanueva 38 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | RAM | Jon Arnett 1 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3rd | CHI | Billy Wade 3 yard rush (Roger LeClerc kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4th | CHI | Bo Farrington 34 yard pass from Billy Wade (Roger LeClerc kick) | 21 | 10 |
| RAM | Jon Arnett 1 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 21 | 17 |
| CHI | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-134-1 | 30-80-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-22-258-2-2 | 18-31-245-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 7-64 | 3-26 |
| Net pass yards | 194 | 219 |
| Total yards | 328 | 299 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-60 | 4-30 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Ditka | CHI | 5 | 130 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Galimore | CHI | 15 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Wade | CHI | 6 | 7 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Brown | CHI | 7 | 15 | 160 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bo Farrington | CHI | 2 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Adams | CHI | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Angelo Coia | CHI | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | CHI | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Bivins | CHI | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Red Phillips | RAM | 9 | 163 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | RAM | 18 | 29 | 245 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jon Arnett | RAM | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | RAM | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Bass | RAM | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ollie Matson | RAM | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Wilson | RAM | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | RAM | 1 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Charlie Bivins | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| J.C. Caroline | CHI | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Richie Petitbon | CHI | 1 | 4 | 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 | |||
| Jon Arnett | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Bass | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clendon Thomas | RAM | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||