1961 Cleveland Browns 12-2 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Cleveland 127 129 57 97 0 410 Opponent 40 74 32 72 0 218 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 410 218 0-1 31 @Philadelphia 47 First Downs 288 244 1-1 19 St. Louis 0 Rush 133 76 2-1 73 Dallas 14 Pass 149 151 3-1 48 Washington 3 Pen 6 17 3-2 27 Green Bay 29 Penalties 86 74 4-2 26 @Pittsburgh 14 Yards 742 552 5-2 9 @St. Louis 3 6-2 21 Pittsburgh 7 Rushing Att 554 367 7-2 26 @Washington 10 Yards 2672 1531 8-2 28 Philadelphia 24 Ave 4.8 4.2 9-2 35 New York 20 TD 22 5 10-2 20 @Dallas 10 11-2 23 @Chicago 20 Passing Att 331 429 12-2 24 @New York 17 Comp 200 224 % 60.4 52.2 Int 11 20 % 3.3 4.7 TD 20 17 % 6.0 4.0 Yards 2807 3275 Sacked 14 43 Punt Return 17 18 Yards 218 83 Ave 12.8 4.6 Kick Return 40 45 Yards 785 1128 Ave 19.6 25.1 Punts 56 64 Yards 2313 2675 Ave 41.3 41.8 FG Att 32 34 Made 25 19 % 78.1 55.9 Third Downs 182 173 Made 80 52 % 44.0 30.1 Fourth Downs 9 11 Made 4 5 % 44.4 45.5 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 27 25 Lost 11 16 Turnovers 22 36 Net Offense 5387 4489 Per Play 6.0 5.4 1961 Cleveland Browns Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Brown 329 1673 5.1 38 76 40 8 Renfro 54 7 910 16.9 8 44 57 6 Mitchell 117 638 5.5 22 37 56 10 Brown 48 4 653 13.6 5 34 45 4 Watkins 55 272 4.9 8 16 22 3 Mitchell 31 2 333 10.7 0 22 23 1 Plum 41 55 1.3 2 3 14 1 Nagler 25 3 306 12.2 2 17 39 1 Franklin 2 30 15.0 2 1 16 0 Kreitling 20 2 272 13.6 2 15 52 3 Powell 10 4 0.4 0 0 3 0 Clarke 17 1 265 15.6 3 15 41 5 554 2672 4.8 72 133 56 22 Watkins 5 0 68 13.6 1 2 25 0 200 19 2807 14.0 21149 57 20 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Plum 330 200 60.6 2807 14.0 57 25 21 11 3.3 14 20 6.1 94.3 Brown 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 331 200 60.4 2807 14.0 57 25 21 11 3.3 14 20 6.0 94.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Groza 48 47 97.9 32 25 78.1 44.4 0.0 48 122 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross S Baker 56 2313 60 3 0 14 18 83 38.8 41.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Watkins 2 44 22.0 27 0 Shofner 1 3 10 10.0 10 0 Mitchell 35 716 20.5 97 1 Mitchell 16 32 208 13.0 61 1 Powell 3 25 8.3 11 0 17 35 218 12.8 61 1 40 785 19.6 97 1 Fumbles Mitchell 10 Brown 4 Franklin 1 Renfro 1 Plum 7 Watkins 2 Nagler 1 Clarke 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Wiggin 13 Wiggin 17 Michaels 14 Parrish 21 Wiggin 5 Fiss 5 Houston 9 Gain 12 Gain 8 Franklin 13 Houston 3 Houston 3 Gain 9 Michaels 5 Fiss 7 Fleming 11 Fiss 3 Clarke 3 Michaels 6 Houston 5 Wiggin 5 Shofner 9 Parrish 3 Gain 3 Peters 3 Lloyd 4 Gain 5 Gain 3 Wiggin 2 Smith 1 Houston 3 Michaels 3 Crespino 2 Smith 2 Lloyd 1 Peters 3 Brewer 3 Peters 1 Renfro 2 Brewer 1 Brewer 2 Wiggin 2 Fleming 1 Peters 2 Shofner 2 Fiss 1 Fichtner 1 Nagler 1 Franklin 1 Peters 1 Michaels 1 Lloyd 1 Costello 1 Houston 1 Franklin 1 Kreitlin 1 Lloyd 1 Plum 1 McCormac 1 Fleming 1 Michaels 1 Brown 1 Ferguson 1 Wooten 1 Tackles Michaels 113 Gain 59 Franklin 44 Houston 35 Peters 30 Smith 4 Shofner 78 Parrish 57 Wiggin 44 Nagler 34 Fichtner 8 Morrow 3 Fiss 69 Crespino 54 Lloyd 37 Fleming 34 Brewer 5 Costello 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Fleming 5 78 15.6 37 0 Shofner 5 0 0.0 0 0 Parrish 4 20 5.0 7 0 Franklin 3 50 16.7 24 0 Michaels 2 11 5.5 7 0 Fiss 1 9 9.0 9 0 20 168 8.4 37 0 1961 Cleveland Browns Coach:Paul Brown Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Plum,Milt 5 B 2 3 QB Dawson,Len 3 B 2 3 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Mitchell,Bobby 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Brown,Jimmy 1 0 5 B 5 3 RB Watkins,Tommy 1 1 4 B 2 3 KR RB Powell,Preston 0 0 4 B 2 3 KR RB Franklin,Bobby 1 1 5 B 2 3 K WR Nagler,Gern 0 0 4 O 2 3 WR Kreitling,Rich 0 0 4 O 2 3 WR Renfro,Ray 0 0 5 O 2 3 WR Crespino,Bob 0 0 4 O 2 3 TE Clarke,Leon 2 0 4 O 2 3 TE Ferguson,Charley 1 1 4 O 2 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Wooten,John 5 4 5 T McCormack,Mike 9 9 5 T Wiggin,Paul 3 3 5 T Stephens,Larry 3 3 5 T Groza,Lou The Toe 3 3 5 K C Lloyd,Dave 3 3 5 C Peters,Floyd 3 3 4 G-T Smith,Jim Ray 9 9 5 C-G Morrow,John 8 8 5 G-T Schafrath,Dick 4 5 4 G-T Brewer,John 3 4 5 G-T Linden,Errol 3 3 4 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Peters,Floyd 4 4 0 0 4 DT Gain,Bob 9 7 0 2 5 DL Brewer,John 5 3 0 2 5 DL Houston,Jim 5 3 0 2 5 DE Smith,Jim Ray 5 3 0 2 5 DE Morrow,John 5 4 0 1 5 DE Wiggin,Paul 8 5 0 3 5 LB Lloyd,Dave 4 4 0 0 5 LB Fiss,Galen 5 4 1 0 4 LB Costello,Vince 5 4 1 0 5 LB Michaels,Walt 8 4 2 2 5 CB Franklin,Bobby 5 0 5 0 5 K CB Parrish,Bernie 7 0 7 0 5 DB Fichtner,Ross 5 0 5 0 4 S Fleming,Don 5 0 5 0 5 S Shofner,Jim 6 0 6 0 5 PR Special Teams P Baker,Sam