STL 21 @ NYG 10 - 1961 NFL

1961 Week 1

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

21-10

New York GiantsNYG

Sun, September 17, 1961 · Yankee Stadium

Surface: grassLine: New York Giants -12.0

STL: Pop Ivy · NYG: Allie Sherman

STL

Team Stats

NYG

1st Downs

38-163

Rushing

28-83

11-24-119

Passing

12-32-118

239

Total Yards

157

Scoring

2nd Quarter

Willie West defensive fumble recovery in end zone (Gerry Perry kick)

Pat Summerall 46 yard field goal

3rd Quarter

Larry Hayes special teams fumble recovery in end zone (Pat Summerall kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
STL
NYG
Passing
Charlie Conerly	9/21	75	0	2	6	13.1
Lee Grosscup	3/11	43	0	0	0	43.4
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Charlie Conerly	3	11	0	9	0
Lee Grosscup	2	10	0	10	0
Bob Gaiters	16	35	0	11	0
Alex Webster	5	25	0	9	0
Joe Morrison	2	2	0	1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Bob Gaiters		3	10	0	9
Alex Webster		1	6	0	6
Joe Morrison		1	15	0	15
Del Shofner		6	77	0	25
Kyle Rote		1	10	0	10

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
STL
NYG
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
STL
NYG
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Pat Summerall	1/1	1/4	0	0	-	-
Don Chandler	-	-	3	126	42.0	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
STL
NYG
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Joel Wells	2	30	0	3	24	0
Bill Stits	2	36	0	1	0	0

Starting Lineups

STL

QBSam Etcheverry

HBPrentice Gautt

FBFrank Mestnik

FLBilly Stacy

SESonny Randle

TEHugh McInnis

LTEd Cook

LGMike McGee

CDon Gillis

RGKen Gray

RTErnie McMillan

ARI at NYG, 1961 NFL game