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Dallas Cowboys 7 at Cleveland Browns 25
Sunday, October 1, 1961
Dallas Cowboys 7, Cleveland Browns 25| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (2-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cleveland Browns (2-1-0) | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
Scoring
| DAL | CLE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | Jim Brown 7 yard rush (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| CLE | Lou Groza 28 yard field goal | 0 | 9 |
| CLE | Rich Kreitling 16 yard pass from Milt Plum (kick failed) | 0 | 15 |
| CLE | Lou Groza 27 yard field goal | 0 | 18 |
| CLE | Rich Kreitling 8 yard pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 25 |
| DAL | Don Perkins 7 yard pass from Don Meredith (Allen Green kick) | 7 | 25 |
Team Stats
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 9 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-52-0 | 41-216-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-25-129-1-2 | 8-17-100-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 100 | 100 |
| Total yards | 152 | 316 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-43 | 5-42 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Meredith | DAL | 11 | 23 | 128 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Amos Marsh | DAL | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Bielski | DAL | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Clarke | DAL | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Howton | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| L.G. Dupre | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | DAL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Brown | CLE | 22 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Watkins | CLE | 14 | 92 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Milt Plum | CLE | 8 | 17 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Kreitling | CLE | 3 | 29 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gern Nagler | CLE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Preston Powell | CLE | 1 | 5 | 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 | |||
| Don Bishop | DAL | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Warren Livingston | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Amos Marsh | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 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 | |||
| Don Fleming | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preston Powell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Shofner | CLE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Watkins | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||