STL 17 @ CLE 20 - 1961 NFL

1961 Week 2

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

17-20

Cleveland BrownsCLE

Sun, September 24, 1961 · Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Cleveland Browns -10.5

STL: Pop Ivy · CLE: Paul Brown

STL

Team Stats

CLE

1st Downs

26-95

Rushing

30-111

13-30-137

Passing

16-32-134

185

Total Yards

245

Scoring

1st Quarter

Sonny Randle 5 yard pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick)

2nd Quarter

Sonny Randle 7 yard pass from Sam Etcheverry (Gerry Perry kick)

14-

Tom Watkins 16 yard pass from Milt Plum (Lou Groza kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
STL
CLE
Passing
Milt Plum	16/32	134	2	3	0	43.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Milt Plum	2	-16	0	2	0
Jim Brown	22	94	0	30	0
Tom Watkins	5	27	0	18	0
Bobby Mitchell	1	6	0	6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jim Brown		7	17	0	13
Tom Watkins		2	21	1	16
Bobby Mitchell		1	0	0	0
Ray Renfro		4	46	0	17
Leon Clarke		1	41	1	41
Rich Kreitling		1	9	0	9

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
STL
CLE
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Walt Michaels			0	1			0	0
Jim Shofner			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
STL
CLE
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Lou Groza	2/2	2/3	0	0	-	-
Sam Baker	-	-	3	120	40.0	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
STL
CLE
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Jim Shofner	0	0	0	2	26	0
Bobby Mitchell	1	23	0	1	4	0
Preston Powell	2	35	0	0	0	0
Johnny Brewer	1	2	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

STL

QBSam Etcheverry

HBBobby Joe Conrad

FBPrentice Gautt

SESonny Randle

TEHugh McInnis

LTEd Cook

LGMike McGee

CDon Gillis

RGKen Gray

RTErnie McMillan

LDERon McDole

ARI at CLE, 1961 NFL game