| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1961 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 27874 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 79 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Jim Stinnette 9 pass from George Herring (Jack Hill kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Charley Hennigan 10 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Charlie Tolar 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Mark Johnston 62 blocked field goal recovery (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 9 FG | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Doug Cline EZ opponents fumble recovery (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Billy Cannon 15 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Claude King 44 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | George Herring 19 run (Jack Hill kick) | 14 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| George Herring | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 17 | 25 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| George Herring | 40 | 17 | 42.5 | 6 | 167 | 4.2 | 1 | 23.6 | |||
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 3 | 209 | 7.5 | 1 | 50.2 | |||
| Jacky Lee | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 59 | 11.8 | 2 | 140.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Stinnette | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Charley Hennigan | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 1 | |
| Willard Dewveall | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Julian Spence | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Austin Gonsoulin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | |
| Dennit Morris | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Doug Cline | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| Claude King | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Ames | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 0 | ||
| Austin Gonsoulin | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Jack Laraway | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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