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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at Dallas Cowboys - December 3rd, 1961
Cleveland Browns 38 at Dallas Cowboys 17
Sunday, December 3, 1961
Cleveland Browns 38, Dallas Cowboys 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (8-4-0) | 21 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
| Dallas Cowboys (4-7-1) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| CLE | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Bernie Parrish 34 yard fumble return (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Vince Costello 30 yard fumble return (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| CLE | Jim Brown 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 21 | 0 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Jim Doran 16 yard pass from Eddie LeBaron (Dick Bielski kick) | 21 | 7 |
| CLE | Lou Groza 20 yard field goal | 24 | 7 | |
| DAL | Dick Bielski 36 yard field goal | 24 | 10 | |
| 4th | CLE | Jim Brown 21 yard pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick) | 31 | 10 |
| DAL | Jim Doran 5 yard pass from Eddie LeBaron (Allen Green kick) | 31 | 17 | |
| CLE | Milt Plum 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 38 | 17 |
Team Stats
| CLE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-230-2 | 32-174-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-13-143-1-0 | 14-27-202-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 143 | 202 |
| Total yards | 373 | 376 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-43 | 4-26 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 12 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Brown | CLE | 18 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Milt Plum | CLE | 10 | 13 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gern Nagler | CLE | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Perkins | DAL | 20 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | DAL | 14 | 27 | 202 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Clarke | DAL | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Howton | DAL | 5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Doran | DAL | 3 | 50 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Amos Marsh | DAL | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| J.W. Lockett | DAL | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Bielski | DAL | 1 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Bernie Parrish | CLE | 3 | 25 | 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 | |||
| Amos Marsh | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||