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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns - October 8th, 1961
Washington Redskins 7 at Cleveland Browns 31
Sunday, October 8, 1961
Washington Redskins 7, Cleveland Browns 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins (0-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland Browns (3-1-0) | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Scoring
| WAS | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Lou Groza 34 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | CLE | Bobby Mitchell 52 yard pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 10 |
| CLE | Bobby Mitchell 64 yard punt return (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| WAS | Tom Osborne 6 yard pass from Norm Snead (John Aveni kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| 4th | CLE | Bobby Mitchell 31 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 24 |
| CLE | Ray Renfro 17 yard pass from Len Dawson (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 31 |
Team Stats
| WAS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-44-0 | 27-91-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-29-231-1-2 | 17-27-201-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-30 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 201 | 194 |
| Total yards | 245 | 285 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-26 | 5-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fred Dugan | WAS | 7 | 120 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norm Snead | WAS | 13 | 27 | 200 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Anderson | WAS | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Osborne | WAS | 3 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Cunningham | WAS | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Bosseler | WAS | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Izo | WAS | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dick James | WAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sam Horner | WAS | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 4 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Milt Plum | CLE | 16 | 26 | 184 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Brown | CLE | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Kreitling | CLE | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Watkins | CLE | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gern Nagler | CLE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Len Dawson | CLE | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Dick James | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Kerr | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 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 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preston Powell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Shofner | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||