CLE 38 @ DAL 17 - 1961 NFL

1961 Week 12

Cleveland BrownsCLE

38-17

Dallas CowboysDAL

Sun, December 3, 1961 · Cotton Bowl

Surface: grassLine: Cleveland Browns -13.5

CLE: Paul Brown · DAL: Tom Landry

CLE

Team Stats

DAL

1st Downs

35-230

Rushing

32-174

10-13-143

Passing

14-27-202

373

Total Yards

376

Scoring

1st Quarter

Bernie Parrish 34 yard defensive fumble return (Lou Groza kick)

Vince Costello 30 yard defensive fumble return (Lou Groza kick)

14-

Jim Brown 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick)

21-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
CLE
Passing
Milt Plum	10/13	143	1	0	0	137.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Milt Plum	5	4	1	8	0
Bobby Mitchell	12	140	0	27	0
Jim Brown	18	86	1	25	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Bobby Mitchell		2	20	0	12
Jim Brown		4	51	1	21
Gern Nagler		2	41	0	21
Ray Renfro		2	31	0	24
DAL
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Eddie LeBaron	14/27	202	2	3	0	61.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Eddie LeBaron	3	7	0	8	0
Don Perkins	20	123	0	33	0
Amos Marsh	6	25	0	9	0
J.W. Lockett	3	19	0	11	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Don Perkins		2	15	0	9
Amos Marsh		1	-4	0	-4
Frank Clarke		2	76	0	44
Billy Howton		5	63	0	27
Jim Doran		3	50	2	29
Dick Bielski		1	2	0	2

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
CLE
Bernie Parrish			0	3			0	0
DAL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
CLE
Lou Groza	5/5	1/1	0	0	-	-
Sam Baker	-	-	1	44	44.0	-
DAL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Dick Bielski	1/1	1/1	0	0	-	-
Allen Green	1/1	-	0	0	-	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
CLE
Jim Brown	0	26	0	0	0	0
Bobby Mitchell	0	30	0	0	0	0
DAL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Amos Marsh	3	66	0	0	0	0
Don Perkins	1	30	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

CLE

QBMilt Plum

HBBobby Mitchell

FBJim Brown

FLRay Renfro

SERich Kreitling

TEGern Nagler

LTDick Schafrath

LGJim Ray Smith

CJohn Morrow

RGJohn Wooten

RTMike McCormack

CLE at DAL, 1961 NFL game