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New York Giants 17 at Pittsburgh Steelers 14

Sunday, September 24, 1961

New York Giants 17, Pittsburgh Steelers 14

1234Final
New York Giants (1-1-0)0710017
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-2-0)707014

Scoring

NYGPIT
1stPITJohn Henry Johnson 1 yard rush (Tom Tracy kick)07
2ndNYGDel Shofner 16 yard pass from Charlie Conerly (Pat Summerall kick)77
3rdNYGPat Summerall 19 yard field goal107
NYGJoe Morrison 5 yard pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick)177
PITBuddy Dial 4 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Tom Tracy kick)1714

Team Stats

NYGPIT
First downs1819
Rush-yards-TDs33-142-038-124-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-28-170-2-010-24-158-1-2
Sacked-yards4-343-30
Net pass yards136128
Total yards278252
Fumbles-lost2-12-2
Turnovers14
Penalties-yards4-657-51

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Del Shofner NYG 7 97 1 0
Alex Webster NYG 11 82 0 0 1 -7 0 0
Kyle Rote NYG 5 68 0 0
Y.A. Tittle NYG 10 12 123 1 0 0 2 -3 0 0
Bob Gaiters NYG 9 48 0 0
Charlie Conerly NYG 6 16 47 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Joe Morrison NYG 10 14 0 0 2 4 1 0
Joe Walton NYG 1 8 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Henry Johnson PIT 17 55 1 0 1 28 0 0
Bobby Layne PIT 7 19 111 1 2 0 1 3 0 0
Tom Tracy PIT 2 4 19 0 0 0 11 28 0 0 1 14 0 0
Buddy Dial PIT 3 48 1 0
Preston Carpenter PIT 2 -9 0 0 4 53 0 0
Bobby Joe Green PIT 1 33 0 0
Steve Meilinger PIT 1 15 0 0
Rudy Bukich PIT 1 1 28 0 0 0
Brady Keys PIT 6 14 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
Erich Barnes NYG 2 19 0 0
Bill Stits NYG 0 0 0 0 3 17 5.7 0 0
Joel Wells NYG 0 0 0 0 2 42 21.0 0 0 1 3 3.0 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
Bill Butler PIT 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0 1 9 9.0 0 0
Johnny Sample PIT 0 0 0 0 2 48 24.0 0 0 2 31 15.5 0 0