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Philadelphia Eagles 35 at Pittsburgh Steelers 24

Sunday, December 3, 1961

Philadelphia Eagles 35, Pittsburgh Steelers 24

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Philadelphia Eagles (9-3-0)1477735
Pittsburgh Steelers (5-7-0)737724

Scoring

PHIPIT
1stPHIBobby Walston 17 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick)70
PHIClarence Peaks 1 yard rush (Bobby Walston kick)140
PITPreston Carpenter 7 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick)147
2ndPITLou Michaels 37 yard field goal1410
PHIDick Lucas 7 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick)2110
3rdPHITimmy Brown 66 yard punt return (Bobby Walston kick)2810
PITJohn Henry Johnson 7 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick)2817
4thPITBob Schnelker 8 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Lou Michaels kick)2824
PHITimmy Brown 42 yard rush (Bobby Walston kick)3524

Team Stats

PHIPIT
First downs1220
Rush-yards-TDs22-92-247-161-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-31-211-2-014-34-203-3-6
Sacked-yards2-190-3
Net pass yards192200
Total yards284361
Fumbles-lost4-32-1
Turnovers37
Penalties-yards2-201-5

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Sonny Jurgensen PHI 14 31 211 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ted Dean PHI 3 13 0 0 3 40 0 0
Pete Retzlaff PHI 5 48 0 0
Clarence Peaks PHI 9 35 1 0 2 9 0 0
Timmy Brown PHI 3 42 1 0
Bobby Walston PHI 2 35 1 0
Dick Lucas PHI 1 7 1 0
Tommy McDonald PHI 1 7 0 0
Billy Ray Barnes PHI 6 2 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bob Schnelker PIT 5 95 1 0
Bobby Layne PIT 13 29 179 3 3 0 3 1 0 0
John Henry Johnson PIT 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 72 0 0 3 15 1 0
Preston Carpenter PIT 2 12 0 0 3 43 1 0
Tom Tracy PIT 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 51 0 0
Buddy Dial PIT 2 43 0 0
Dick Hoak PIT 5 25 0 0 1 7 0 0
Rudy Bukich PIT 1 3 24 0 2 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Chuck Bednarik PHI 2 33 0 0
Timmy Brown PHI 0 0 0 0 2 28 14.0 0 0 2 65 32.5 1 0
Don Burroughs PHI 3 49 0 0
Jimmy Carr PHI 1 0 0 0
Ted Dean PHI 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dick Haley PIT 0 0 0 0 2 44 22.0 0 0
Brady Keys PIT 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 0
Johnny Sample PIT 0 0 0 0 2 15 7.5 0 0 5 26 5.2 0 0
Charlie Scales PIT 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 0 0