Sunday, October 1, 1961
New York Giants 24, Washington Redskins 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (2-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Washington Redskins (0-3-0) | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| NYG | WAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYG | Kyle Rote 14 yard pass from Charlie Conerly (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 0 |
| WAS | Don Bosseler 4 yard pass from Norm Snead (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| WAS | Dale Hackbart 48 yard interception return (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| WAS | Dick James 29 yard pass from Norm Snead (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| 2nd | NYG | Del Shofner 1 yard pass from Y.A. Tittle (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3rd | NYG | Pat Summerall 28 yard field goal | 17 | 21 |
| 4th | NYG | Y.A. Tittle 1 yard rush (Pat Summerall kick) | 24 | 21 |
| NYG | WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 30 | 8 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-91-1 | 23-42-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 27-46-350-2-3 | 12-24-123-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-25 | 2-20 |
| Net pass yards | 325 | 103 |
| Total yards | 416 | 145 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-55 | 3-32 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Y.A. Tittle | NYG | 24 | 41 | 315 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Kyle Rote | NYG | 7 | 105 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Del Shofner | NYG | 8 | 103 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alex Webster | NYG | 20 | 98 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Walton | NYG | 7 | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 6 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Conerly | NYG | 3 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Gaiters | NYG | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Norm Snead | WAS | 12 | 24 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick James | WAS | 2 | 47 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Bosseler | WAS | 8 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Anderson | WAS | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Horner | WAS | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Cunningham | WAS | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 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 | |||
| Bob Gaiters | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Patton | NYG | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Stits | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joel Wells | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 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 | |||
| Dale Hackbart | WAS | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick James | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Kerr | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Paluck | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||