Box Score

1961 Chicago 31, 1961 Pittsburgh 27
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1961 Chicago	7	0	17	7	0	31
1961 Pittsburgh	0	10	0	17	0	27

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Team	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	0:35	1961 Chicago	M.Ditka 17 yd. pass from B.Wade (R.LeClerc kick)	7-0 CHN
2	13:50	1961 Pittsburgh	L.Michaels 34 yd. field goal	7-3 CHN
2	0:37	1961 Pittsburgh	J.Sample 77 yd. return (L.Michaels kick)	10-7 PIN
3	13:25	1961 Chicago	M.Ditka 7 yd. pass from B.Wade (R.LeClerc kick)	14-10 CHN
3	10:30	1961 Chicago	R.LeClerc 19 yd. field goal	17-10 CHN
3	6:05	1961 Chicago	R.Casares 14 yd. run (R.LeClerc kick)	24-10 CHN
4	14:07	1961 Pittsburgh	L.Michaels 31 yd. field goal	24-13 CHN
4	6:25	1961 Pittsburgh	T.Tracy 1 yd. run (L.Michaels kick)	24-20 CHN
4	1:45	1961 Chicago	C.Bivins 1 yd. run (R.LeClerc kick)	31-20 CHN
4	0:45	1961 Pittsburgh	B.Dial 7 yd. pass from R.Bukich (L.Michaels kick)	31-27 CHN

Other Highlights
Qtr	Clock	Team	Event	Player	Yards
1	11:18	1961 Chicago	Intercept	J.C. Caroline	24
1	10:11	1961 Pittsburgh	QBSack	Doug Atkins	-6
1	9:54	1961 Pittsburgh	QBSack	Bill George	-8
1	9:01	1961 Pittsburgh	Missed Field Goal	Lou Michaels	32
1	8:45	1961 Chicago	Fumble	Willie Galimore
1	8:09	1961 Pittsburgh	Fumble	Charlie Scales
1	0:19	1961 Pittsburgh	Return	Johnny Sample	59
2	11:25	1961 Pittsburgh	Pass	Buddy Dial	40
2	9:41	1961 Pittsburgh	Missed Field Goal	Lou Michaels	31
2	8:26	1961 Chicago	QBSack	Lou Michaels	-6
2	5:05	1961 Pittsburgh	Missed Field Goal	Lou Michaels	28
2	3:52	1961 Pittsburgh	Intercept	Brady Keys	0
2	1:52	1961 Pittsburgh	Missed Field Goal	Lou Michaels	50
2	1:00	1961 Chicago	QBSack	John Reger	-8
2	0:08	1961 Chicago	QBSack	Ernie Stautner	-9
3	14:41	1961 Pittsburgh	Fumble	Dick Haley
3	11:42	1961 Pittsburgh	QBSack Fumble	Bob Kilcullen	-8
3	7:59	1961 Pittsburgh	QBSack Fumble	Fred Williams	-3
3	6:24	1961 Chicago	Pass	Bo Farrington	46
3	4:09	1961 Pittsburgh	Pass	Buddy Dial	40
3	0:29	1961 Chicago	Fumble	Willie Galimore
4	14:43	1961 Pittsburgh	QBSack	Larry Morris	-9

Team Statistics
	1961 Chicago	1961 Pittsburgh
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	4-11-0-15	6-15-1-22
Third Down Efficiency	7-14-50%	4-13-31%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1-100%	0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	31-35-89%	17-42-40%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	284-60-4.7	390-69-5.7
Total Net Yards Rushing	113	130
Total Rushes	31	38
Average Per Rush	3.6	3.4
Passes Completed/Attempted	13/26 (50.0%)	21/26 (80.8%)
Net Yards Passing	171	260
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.5	11.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	3/23	5/34
Punts/Average	5/44.6	0/0.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	0/0	2/89
Kickoffs/Returns	4/93	5/128
Interceptions/Returns	1/24	1/0
Penalties/Yards	4/48	3/25
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	5/3	6/4
Time of Possession	28 mins 17 secs	31 mins 43 secs
Average Drive Start	CHN 33	PIN 39

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1961 Chicago
Billy Wade	26	13	194	50.0	7.5	2	7.7	1	3.8	46	3/23	84.5
1961 Pittsburgh
Rudy Bukich	26	21	294	80.8	11.3	1	3.8	1	3.8	40	5/34	110.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1961 Chicago
Willie Galimore	15	56	3.7	14	0	0	2/2
Billy Wade	8	20	2.5	8	0	0	1/0
Rick Casares	6	32	5.3	14	1	0	1/0
Charlie Bivins	2	5	2.5	4	1	0	0/0
1961 Pittsburgh
John Henry Johnson	20	64	3.2	15	0	0	1/0
Tom Tracy	9	42	4.7	17	1	0	1/0
Dick Hoak	6	22	3.7	18	0	0	0/0
Charlie Scales	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	1/1
Rudy Bukich	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	2/2

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1961 Chicago
Mike Ditka	4	56	14.0	19	2	0
Willie Galimore	3	28	9.3	10	0	0
Bo Farrington	2	62	31.0	46	0	0
Johnny Morris	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0
Angelo Coia	1	16	16.0	16	0	0
Rick Casares	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Jim Dooley	1	25	25.0	25	0	0
1961 Pittsburgh
Buddy Dial	8	154	19.3	40	1	0
John Henry Johnson	7	72	10.3	23	0	0
Preston Carpenter	3	31	10.3	13	0	0
Bob Schnelker	3	37	12.3	15	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1961 Chicago
Roger LeClerc	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
1961 Pittsburgh
Lou Michaels	0/0	0/1	2/4	0/0	0/1	2/6	33.3

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1961 Chicago
Ed Brown	5	44.6	26.8	0	1	49	0
1961 Pittsburgh

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1961 Chicago
Charlie Bivins	3	66	22.0	24	0
Rosey Taylor	1	27	27.0	27	0
1961 Pittsburgh
Dick Haley	3	48	16.0	21	0
Johnny Sample	2	80	40.0	59	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1961 Chicago
1961 Pittsburgh
Johnny Sample	2	3	89	44.5	77	1

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1961 Chicago
Joe Fortunato	13	0	1
Bill George	10	1	1
Richie Petitbon	6	0	0
Larry Morris	6	1	1
J.C. Caroline	5	0	0
Maury Youmans	5	0	0
Bob Kilcullen	4	1	1
Dave Whitsell	4	0	0
Doug Atkins	3	1	0
Rosey Taylor	3	0	0
Harlon Hill	2	0	0
Fred Williams	1	1	0
Billy Wade	0	0	1
Willie Galimore	0	0	1
1961 Pittsburgh
George Tarasovic	9	0	1
Myron Pottios	6	0	0
Lou Michaels	6	1	0
Willie Daniel	3	0	0
Brady Keys	3	0	0
Ernie Stautner	3	1	0
Johnny Sample	3	0	0
Big Daddy Lipscomb	2	0	0
John Reger	2	1	0
Len Burnett	1	0	0
Bill R. Butler	1	0	0
Joe Krupa	1	0	1
Tom Tracy	0	0	1
Mike Sandusky	0	0	1
Charlie Bradshaw	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1961 Chicago
J.C. Caroline	1	24	24.0	24	0
1961 Pittsburgh
Brady Keys	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story
In a close battle the visitors from Chicago defeated Pittsburgh by the score of 31 to 27. Chicago had 194 yards passing and 113 yards running for the game. Pittsburgh led at halftime 10 to 7. Chicago led after three quarters 24 to 10. Rudy Bukich threw 26 times for 294 yards adding a touchdown for Pittsburgh, in a losing effort.

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