1961 Pittsburgh Steelers 10-4 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Pittsburgh 72 65 68 68 0 273 Opponent 58 60 30 40 0 188 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 273 188 1-0 14 @Dallas 0 First Downs 242 214 1-1 14 New York 20 Rush 97 79 2-1 24 @Los Angeles 7 Pass 135 120 3-1 17 @Philadelphia 7 Pen 10 15 4-1 16 Washington 0 Penalties 79 85 4-2 14 Cleveland 26 Yards 642 734 5-2 13 San Francisco 10 5-3 7 @Cleveland 21 Rushing Att 560 421 6-3 37 Dallas 10 Yards 1844 1767 6-4 0 @New York 40 Ave 3.3 4.2 7-4 23 St. Louis 14 TD 12 5 8-4 44 Philadelphia 20 9-4 26 @Washington 3 Passing Att 376 459 10-4 24 @St. Louis 10 Comp 205 193 % 54.5 42.0 Int 26 24 % 6.9 5.2 TD 15 10 % 4.0 2.2 Yards 2863 2555 Sacked 35 33 Punt Return 29 20 Yards 271 194 Ave 9.3 9.7 Kick Return 22 4 Yards 473 80 Ave 21.5 20.0 Punts 82 90 Yards 3722 3693 Ave 45.4 41.0 FG Att 31 26 Made 15 13 % 48.4 50.0 Third Downs 219 207 Made 76 57 % 34.7 27.5 Fourth Downs 13 23 Made 14 8 % 107.7 34.8 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 27 40 Lost 14 25 Turnovers 40 49 Net Offense 4471 4091 Per Play 4.6 4.5 1961 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Johnson 248 888 3.6 17 49 44 7 Dial 60 3 975 16.3 10 39 56 3 Tracy 157 537 3.4 10 27 24 4 Carpenter 37 2 623 16.8 7 28 49 5 Hoak 73 234 3.2 4 12 14 1 Johnson 33 5 320 9.7 0 19 24 2 Scales 33 114 3.5 1 5 10 0 Schnelker 32 1 461 14.4 3 20 57 4 Layne 17 28 1.6 0 0 6 0 Tracy 19 1 158 8.3 0 10 20 0 Carpenter 7 17 2.4 2 1 10 0 Mack 11 0 152 13.8 1 8 32 0 Bukich 12 14 1.2 0 3 7 0 Scales 5 0 39 7.8 0 2 15 1 Dial 3 11 3.7 0 0 6 0 Clement 4 2 52 13.0 0 4 20 0 Keys 8 3 0.4 0 0 6 0 Hoak 2 1 21 10.5 0 2 15 0 Nofsinger 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Haley 1 0 31 31.0 1 1 31 0 560 1844 3.3 34 97 44 12 Meilinger 1 0 31 31.0 1 1 31 0 205 15 2863 14.0 23135 57 15 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bukich 171 101 59.1 1148 11.4 56 12 6 9 5.3 16 5 2.9 67.1 Layne 195 102 52.3 1663 16.3 57 15 16 17 8.7 18 10 5.1 62.0 Tracy 9 2 22.2 52 26.0 32 0 1 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 51.2 Nofsinger 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 376 205 54.5 2863 14.0 57 27 23 26 6.9 35 15 4.0 63.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Tracy 4 4 100.0 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4 Michaels 29 26 89.7 26 15 57.7 50.0 0.0 44 71 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Green,BJ 82 3722 61 11 1 25 20 194 40.3 45.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Sample 19 420 22.1 39 0 Sample 29 37 271 9.3 50 1 Haley 3 53 17.7 28 0 29 37 271 9.3 50 1 Nutter 1 0 0.0 0 0 22 473 21.5 39 0 Fumbles Scales 4 Dial 3 Haley 2 Carpente 2 Tracy 2 Sample 1 Johnson 4 Bukich 3 Layne 2 Mack 2 Sandusky 1 Hoak 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Lipscomb 12 Lipscomb 15 Reger 10 Haley 13 Reger 8 Reger 5 Stautner 9 Michaels 12 Tarasovi 10 Sample 13 Stautner 5 Sample 5 Michaels 8 Stautner 7 Michaels 9 Butler 10 Michaels 4 Stautner 4 Krupa 4 Reger 1 Stautner 8 Lipscomb 9 Keys 4 Krupa 4 Pottios 7 Keys 9 Sample 4 Tracy 3 Lipscomb 4 Daniel 6 Tarasovi 3 Michaels 2 Krupa 1 Stautner 5 Lipscomb 3 Pottios 2 Daniel 1 Pottios 4 Haley 2 Carpente 2 Henry 1 Simpson 3 Butler 2 Butler 2 Tarasovi 2 Pottios 2 James 2 Michaels 2 Daniel 1 Scales 1 Reger 2 Mack 1 Tarasovi 1 Krupa 1 Kapele 1 Haley 1 Schnelke 1 Bradshaw 1 Nisby 1 Bukich 1 Tackles Haley 85 Pottios 65 Michaels 46 Daniel 14 Burnett 4 Demko 2 Sample 78 Tarasovi 62 Butler 33 Scott 10 Clement 4 Reger 76 Stautner 61 Krupa 21 Mack 7 Henry 2 Keys 67 Lipscomb 55 Kapele 19 Coronado 5 Simpson 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Sample 8 183 22.9 58 1 Butler 3 131 43.7 49 2 Daniel 3 66 22.0 48 0 Pottios 2 24 12.0 15 0 Haley 2 0 0.0 0 0 Reger 2 33 16.5 33 1 Keys 2 15 7.5 15 0 Tarasovic 1 11 11.0 11 0 Simpson 1 9 9.0 9 0 24 472 19.7 58 4 1961 Pittsburgh Steelers Coach:Buddy Parker Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Layne,Bobby 3 B 2 3 K QB Bukich,Rudy 4 B 2 3 QB Nofsinger,Terry 2 B 2 3 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Tracy,Tom 1 0 5 B 3 3 K RB Hoak,Dick 0 0 5 B 1 3 RB Scales,Charley 0 0 5 B 1 3 KR RB Keys,Brady 0 0 4 B 2 3 RET RB Johnson,John Henry 2 0 5 B 4 3 WR Haley,Dick 0 0 4 O 2 3 KR WR Dial,Buddy 0 0 5 O 2 3 WR Mack,Billy Red 0 0 4 O 2 3 WR Clement,Henry 0 0 5 O 2 3 WR Coronado,Bob 0 0 2 O 1 3 TE Schnelker,Bob 1 0 5 O 2 3 TE Meilinger,Steve 0 0 2 O 2 3 TE-WR Carpenter,Preston 1 0 4 O 2 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Nisby,John 6 6 4 C Nutter,Buzz 6 6 5 C Tarasovic,George 3 3 4 G-T Bradshaw,Charlile 3 3 4 G-T Sandusky,Mike 5 5 4 C-G-T James,Dan 5 5 5 G-T Stautner,Ernie 3 3 5 G-T Schmitz,Bob 2 2 5 G-T Stehouwer,Ron 2 2 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Lipscomb,Big Daddy 8 5 0 3 5 DT Krupa,Joe 4 4 0 0 5 DL Stautner,Ernie 8 6 0 2 5 DL Michaels,Lou Toe 7 5 0 2 5 K DL Demko,George 4 3 0 1 1 DL Kapele,John 2 2 0 0 5 ILB Pottios,Myron Mo 6 3 3 0 5 LB Tarasovic,George 8 5 3 0 4 LB Henry,Mike Tarzan 5 4 1 0 4 LB Schmitz,Bob 5 4 1 0 5 LB Scott,Wilbert 5 4 1 0 2 OLB Reger,John 9 5 3 1 5 CB Daniel,Bill 5 0 5 0 5 DB Keys,Brady 8 0 8 0 4 RET DB Haley,Dick 7 0 7 0 4 KR DB Butler,Bill 9 0 9 0 4 KR DB Burnett,Len 4 0 4 0 2 DB Simpson,Jackie 5 0 5 0 3 S Sample,Johnny 10 0 10 0 5 RET Special Teams P Green,Bobby Joe