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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers - September 24th, 1961
New York Giants 17 at Pittsburgh Steelers 14
Sunday, September 24, 1961
New York Giants 17, Pittsburgh Steelers 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (1-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Scoring
| NYG | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | John Henry Johnson 1 yard rush (Tom Tracy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NYG | Del Shofner 16 yard pass from Charlie Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3rd | NYG | Pat Summerall 19 yard field goal | 10 | 7 |
| NYG | Joe Morrison 5 yard pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| PIT | Buddy Dial 4 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Tom Tracy kick) | 17 | 14 |
Team Stats
| NYG | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-142-0 | 38-124-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-28-170-2-0 | 10-24-158-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-34 | 3-30 |
| Net pass yards | 136 | 128 |
| Total yards | 278 | 252 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-65 | 7-51 |
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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | ||||