DAL 7 @ CLE 25 - 1961 NFL

1961 Week 3

Dallas CowboysDAL

7-25

Cleveland BrownsCLE

Sun, October 1, 1961 · Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Cleveland Browns -12.5

DAL: Tom Landry · CLE: Paul Brown

DAL

Team Stats

CLE

1st Downs

26-52

Rushing

41-216

12-25-129

Passing

8-17-100

152

Total Yards

316

Scoring

1st Quarter

Jim Brown 7 yard rush

Lou Groza 28 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

Rich Kreitling 16 yard pass from Milt Plum

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DAL
Passing
Don Meredith	11/23	128	1	2	3	43.4
Eddie LeBaron	1/2	1	0	0	0	56.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Don Meredith	1	3	0	3	0
Don Perkins	16	36	0	9	0
Amos Marsh	8	11	0	3	0
L.G. Dupre	1	2	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Don Perkins		2	27	1	20
Amos Marsh		6	53	0	46
Dick Bielski		1	23	0	23
Frank Clarke		2	12	0	8
Billy Howton		1	4	0	4
CLE
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Milt Plum	8/17	100	2	1	0	80.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Milt Plum	4	21	0	14	0
Jim Brown	22	98	1	22	0
Tom Watkins	14	92	0	21	0
Preston Powell	1	5	0	5	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jim Brown		1	28	0	28
Ray Renfro		3	36	0	16
Rich Kreitling		3	29	2	16
Gern Nagler		1	7	0	7

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DAL
Don Bishop			0	1			0	0
CLE
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Don Fleming			0	1			0	0
Jim Shofner			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DAL
Allen Green	1/1	-	5	192	38.4	-
CLE
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Lou Groza	1/2	2/2	0	0	-	-
Sam Baker	-	-	2	76	38.0	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DAL
Warren Livingston	0	0	0	1	0	0
Amos Marsh	4	76	0	0	0	0
Don Perkins	2	31	0	0	0	0
CLE
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Bobby Mitchell	0	0	0	1	23	0
Preston Powell	1	33	0	0	0	0
Tom Watkins	1	31	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

DAL

QBEddie LeBaron

HBDon Perkins

FBAmos Marsh

FLFrank Clarke

SEBilly Howton

TEDick Bielski

LTBob Fry

LGAndy Cvercko

CMike Connelly

RGMike Falls

RTCharley Granger

DAL at CLE, 1961 NFL game