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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions - October 8th, 1961
Chicago Bears 31 at Detroit Lions 17
Sunday, October 8, 1961
Chicago Bears 31, Detroit Lions 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (2-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 31 |
| Detroit Lions (2-2-0) | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| CHI | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Jim Martin 32 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DET | Terry Barr 61 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | CHI | Bo Farrington 98 yard pass from Billy Wade (Roger LeClerc kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3rd | CHI | Roger LeClerc 50 yard field goal | 10 | 10 |
| DET | Pat Studstill 100 yard kickoff return (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| 4th | CHI | Mike Ditka 37 yard pass from Billy Wade (Roger LeClerc kick) | 17 | 17 |
| CHI | Billy Wade 1 yard rush (Roger LeClerc kick) | 24 | 17 | |
| CHI | Willie Galimore 53 yard rush (Roger LeClerc kick) | 31 | 17 |
Team Stats
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-173-2 | 30-165-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-25-330-2-1 | 11-30-190-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-49 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 281 | 174 |
| Total yards | 454 | 339 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-30 | 7-47 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Wade | CHI | 13 | 25 | 330 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Galimore | CHI | 8 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Ditka | CHI | 5 | 120 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bo Farrington | CHI | 2 | 105 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Bivins | CHI | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rick Casares | CHI | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | CHI | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Adams | CHI | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Nick Pietrosante | DET | 12 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Barr | DET | 5 | 101 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | DET | 11 | 30 | 190 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howard Cassady | DET | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gail Cogdill | DET | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | DET | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Gibbons | DET | 1 | 6 | 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 | |||
| Charlie Bivins | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Fortunato | CHI | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Whitsell | CHI | 2 | 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 | |||
| Johnny Olszewski | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Schmidt | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Steffen | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 59.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||