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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears - December 3rd, 1961
Detroit Lions 16 at Chicago Bears 15
Sunday, December 3, 1961
Detroit Lions 16, Chicago Bears 15| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (7-4-1) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Chicago Bears (6-6-0) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
Scoring
| DET | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI | Roger LeClerc 12 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | DET | Jim Gibbons 4 yard pass from Jim Ninowski (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 3 |
| DET | Safety, Galimore tackled in end zone by Lowe | 9 | 3 | |
| CHI | Roger LeClerc 30 yard field goal | 9 | 6 | |
| 3rd | CHI | Roger LeClerc 12 yard field goal | 9 | 9 |
| CHI | Roger LeClerc 32 yard field goal | 9 | 12 | |
| 4th | CHI | Roger LeClerc 15 yard field goal | 9 | 15 |
| DET | Terry Barr 5 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Jim Martin kick) | 16 | 15 |
Team Stats
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-73-0 | 32-127-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-34-221-2-2 | 9-24-82-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-49 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 172 | 66 |
| Total yards | 245 | 193 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-87 | 5-29 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Gibbons | DET | 6 | 77 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Ninowski | DET | 10 | 19 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gail Cogdill | DET | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | DET | 13 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | DET | 8 | 15 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Lewis | DET | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Barr | DET | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Willie Galimore | CHI | 14 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Ditka | CHI | 6 | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Wade | CHI | 8 | 23 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Bivins | CHI | 15 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Brown | CHI | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 1 | -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 | |||
| Howard Cassady | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Gibbons | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Yale Lary | DET | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 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 | |||
| Charlie Bivins | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill George | CHI | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| J.D. Smith | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||