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 |
| WAS | CLE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | Lou Groza 34 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Fred Dugan | WAS | 7 | 120 | 0 | ||||||||