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Philadelphia Eagles 27 at Detroit Lions 24
Sunday, December 17, 1961
Philadelphia Eagles 27, Detroit Lions 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles (10-4-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Detroit Lions (8-5-1) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Scoring
| PHI | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PHI | Bobby Walston 21 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Martin 49 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | PHI | Tommy McDonald 1 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 3rd | DET | Gail Cogdill 84 yard pass from Jim Ninowski (Jim Martin kick) | 10 | 10 |
| PHI | Pete Retzlaff 11 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| 4th | DET | Jim Ninowski 14 yard rush (Jim Martin kick) | 17 | 17 |
| DET | Nick Pietrosante 1 yard rush (Jim Martin kick) | 17 | 24 | |
| PHI | Dick Lucas 16 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Bobby Walston kick) | 24 | 24 | |
| PHI | Bobby Walston 10 yard field goal | 27 | 24 |
Team Stats
| PHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-91-0 | 23-130-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 27-42-403-3-2 | 16-26-285-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 394 | 266 |
| Total yards | 485 | 396 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-41 | 3-50 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sonny Jurgensen | PHI | 27 | 42 | 403 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clarence Peaks | PHI | 20 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Retzlaff | PHI | 9 | 105 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy McDonald | PHI | 6 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Brown | PHI | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ted Dean | PHI | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Lucas | PHI | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Walston | PHI | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Ninowski | DET | 16 | 26 | 285 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gail Cogdill | DET | 7 | 171 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Lewis | DET | 7 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Barr | DET | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | DET | 11 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Gibbons | DET | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Williams | DET | 1 | 10 | 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 | |||
| Timmy Brown | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Burroughs | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Dean | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Howard Cassady | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Lowe | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Maher | DET | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||