Sunday, September 24, 1961
St. Louis Cardinals 17, Cleveland Browns 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (1-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Cleveland Browns (1-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| STL | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Sonny Randle 5 yard pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | STL | Sonny Randle 7 yard pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick) | 14 | 0 |
| CLE | Tom Watkins 16 yard pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| CLE | Lou Groza 12 yard field goal | 14 | 10 | |
| 4th | STL | Gerry Perry 10 yard field goal | 17 | 10 |
| CLE | Leon Clarke 41 yard pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| CLE | Lou Groza 19 yard field goal | 17 | 20 |
| STL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-95-0 | 30-111-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-30-137-2-2 | 16-32-134-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-47 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 90 | 134 |
| Total yards | 185 | 245 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-52 | 4-32 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | STL | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Prentice Gautt | STL | 16 | 62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Etcheverry | STL | 9 | 19 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sonny Randle | STL | 4 | 44 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Stacy | STL | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | STL | 4 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Taz Anderson | STL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hugh McInnis | STL | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Brown | CLE | 22 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Milt Plum | CLE | 16 | 32 | 134 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | CLE | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leon Clarke | CLE | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Kreitling | CLE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pat Fischer | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dale Meinert | STL | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Norton | STL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie West | STL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 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 | |||
| Johnny Brewer | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walt Michaels | CLE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Preston Powell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Shofner | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||