1961 Philadelphia Eagles 6-8 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Philadelphia 109 101 39 125 0 374 Opponent 69 162 78 90 0 399 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 374 399 1-0 47 Cleveland 31 First Downs 284 298 2-0 34 Washington 17 Rush 82 106 3-0 19 St. Louis 14 Pass 188 185 3-1 7 Pittsburgh 17 Pen 14 7 4-1 37 @St. Louis 27 Penalties 84 71 4-2 30 @Dallas 38 Yards 703 610 5-2 44 @Washington 31 5-3 34 Chicago 45 Rushing Att 431 461 5-4 14 @New York 34 Yards 1683 2037 5-5 24 @Cleveland 28 Ave 3.9 4.4 6-5 27 Dallas 21 TD 10 18 6-6 20 @Pittsburgh 44 6-7 20 New York 24 Passing Att 474 419 6-8 17 @Detroit 28 Comp 275 247 % 58.0 58.9 Int 25 19 % 5.3 4.5 TD 30 31 % 6.3 7.4 Yards 4351 3972 Sacked 27 41 Punt Return 21 21 Yards 113 170 Ave 5.4 8.1 Kick Return 54 72 Yards 1314 1580 Ave 24.3 21.9 Punts 61 63 Yards 2570 2741 Ave 42.1 43.5 FG Att 31 29 Made 23 14 % 74.2 48.3 Third Downs 183 171 Made 71 62 % 38.8 36.3 Fourth Downs 10 13 Made 2 5 % 20.0 38.5 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 33 18 Lost 13 9 Turnovers 38 28 Net Offense 5821 5721 Per Play 6.2 6.2 1961 Philadelphia Eagles Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Peaks 154 604 3.9 14 26 37 4 McDonald 68 7 1099 16.2 12 49 71 9 Barnes 109 348 3.2 7 17 42 1 Retzlaff 58 6 893 15.4 7 42 66 7 Dean 78 336 4.3 10 17 18 2 Walston 43 3 759 17.7 7 31 71 6 Brown 55 332 6.0 14 19 46 3 Peaks 35 0 483 13.8 5 23 43 1 Jurgenson 28 37 1.3 1 1 12 0 Dean 24 0 439 18.3 6 16 68 2 Sapp 6 16 2.7 1 1 12 0 Barnes 20 1 366 18.3 5 13 58 3 Retzlaff 1 10 10.0 1 1 10 0 Brown 17 0 224 13.2 3 9 39 2 431 1683 3.9 48 82 46 10 Lucas 8 2 63 7.9 0 3 24 0 Sapp 2 0 25 12.5 0 1 19 0 275 19 4351 15.8 45187 71 30 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Jurgenson 474 275 58.0 4351 15.8 71 37 45 25 5.3 27 30 6.3 87.8 474 275 58.0 4351 15.8 71 37 45 25 5.3 27 30 6.3 87.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Walston 43 43 100.0 31 23 74.2 33.3 0.0 41 112 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Hill 61 2570 56 4 0 17 21 170 38.0 42.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Brown 39 1066 27.3 101 2 Dean 21 24 113 5.4 28 0 Dean 14 238 17.0 42 0 21 24 113 5.4 28 0 Cross 1 10 10.0 10 0 54 1314 24.3 101 2 Fumbles Dean 10 Barnes 7 Sapp 3 Retzlaff 1 Jurgenso 8 Brown 3 Peaks 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Sugar 12 Sugar 16 Baughan 11 Baughan 9 Weber 4 Campbell 5 Richards 9 Gunnels 7 Bednarik 10 Carr 9 Carr 3 McDonald 3 Campbell 8 Campbell 4 Campbell 8 Burrough 8 Campbell 2 Sugar 3 Gunnels 8 Bednarik 3 Weber 7 Freeman 4 Richards 2 Baughan 3 Bednarik 2 Richards 2 Sugar 7 Brookshi 4 Sugar 1 Retzlaff 2 Baughan 1 Richards 4 Cross 3 Baughan 1 Jurgenso 2 Gossage 1 Gossage 2 Sugar 2 Bednarik 1 Richards 2 Campbell 2 Gunnels 1 Barnes 2 Bednarik 1 Freeman 1 Cross 2 Richards 1 Khayat 1 Smith 1 Gossage 1 Brookshi 1 Wittenbo 1 Weber 1 Weber 1 Gunnels 1 Walston 1 McCusker 1 Tackles Bednarik 119 Cross 63 Burrough 55 Campbell 44 Gunnels 22 Gossage 9 Baughan 111 Sugar 59 Brookshi 52 Richards 43 Khayat 18 Nocera 2 Carr 79 Weber 57 Freeman 49 Pellegri 32 Amerson 18 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Burroughs 6 99 16.5 31 0 Cross 3 65 21.7 31 0 Carr 3 19 6.3 10 0 Bednarik 3 37 12.3 30 0 Weber 2 3 1.5 3 0 Baughan 1 23 23.0 23 1 Freeman 1 0 0.0 0 0 19 246 12.9 31 1 1961 Philadelphia Eagles Coach:Nick Sorich Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Jurgensen,Sonny 5 B 2 3 QB Hill,King 5 B 2 3 P Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Barnes,Billy Ray 1 0 4 B 1 3 RB Peaks,Clarence Hi 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Dean,Ted 0 0 5 B 1 3 RET RB Brown,Timmy 0 0 5 B 1 3 RET RB Sapp,Theron 0 0 5 B 2 3 WR Walston,Bobby 0 0 5 O 2 3 K WR McDonald,Tommy 0 0 5 O 2 3 TE Retzlaff,Pete 2 0 5 O 2 3 TE Lucas,Dick 0 0 5 O 2 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Wittenborn,John 4 5 5 T McCusker,Jim 5 5 4 T Campbell,Marion Fox 5 5 5 T Oakes,Don 3 3 5 C Bednarick,Chuck 4 4 5 G-T Smith,Jesse David 8 8 5 C-G-T Keys,Howard 4 4 5 G-T Campbell,Stan 6 6 4 G-T Gunnels,John Riley 3 3 5 G-T Gossage,Eugene 5 5 5 G-T Renfro,Will 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT McCusker,Jim 5 4 0 1 4 DT Richardson,Jesse 6 5 0 1 5 DL Gunnels,John Riley 3 2 0 1 5 DL Campbell,Marion Fox 5 4 0 1 5 DL Gossage,Eugene 5 5 0 0 5 DL Khayat,Ed 5 4 0 1 5 DL Renfro,Will 5 5 0 0 5 DE Sugar,Leo 6 4 0 2 5 ILB Bednarick,Chuck 8 5 2 1 5 LB Weber,Chuck 5 4 1 0 5 LB Pellegrini,Bob 5 4 1 0 5 OLB Baughan,Maxie 8 6 2 0 5 PR OLB Nocera,John Nose 4 4 0 0 5 CB Cross,Irv 3 0 3 0 4 RET DB Carr,Jimmy 4 0 4 0 4 DB Brookshier,Tommy 4 0 4 0 3 DB Amerson,Glen 3 0 3 0 5 S Burroughs,Don 7 0 7 0 4 S Freeman,Bobby 4 0 4 0 5 Special Teams