Sunday, November 5, 1961
Pittsburgh Steelers 17, Cleveland Browns 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (3-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Cleveland Browns (5-3-0) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| PIT | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Jim Brown 3 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | CLE | Lou Groza 27 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| PIT | Rudy Bukich 1 yard rush (Lou Michaels kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| PIT | Lou Michaels 10 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 4th | CLE | Lou Groza 37 yard field goal | 10 | 13 |
| PIT | Bob Schnelker 26 yard pass from Rudy Bukich (Lou Michaels kick) | 17 | 13 |
| PIT | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-160-1 | 32-148-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-18-203-1-2 | 10-19-140-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 4-36 |
| Net pass yards | 196 | 104 |
| Total yards | 356 | 252 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-14 | 3-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Schnelker | PIT | 7 | 160 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Henry Johnson | PIT | 22 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rudy Bukich | PIT | 12 | 18 | 203 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Tracy | PIT | 17 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Buddy Dial | PIT | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | PIT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Hoak | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Brown | CLE | 18 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Watkins | CLE | 10 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Milt Plum | CLE | 10 | 19 | 140 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich Kreitling | CLE | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gern Nagler | CLE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 4 | -8 | 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 | |||
| Willie Daniel | PIT | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Haley | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brady Keys | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Sample | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 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 | |||
| Galen Fiss | CLE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bernie Parrish | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Preston Powell | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Shofner | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Watkins | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||