| Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1960 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 15229 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 63 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 1 run (Darrell Harper kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 31 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 27 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Elbert Dubenion 53 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Darrell Harper kick failed) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | J.W. Brodnax 8 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dave Rolle 2 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Elbert Dubenion 40 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Bob Brodhead run) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Johnny Pyeatt 40 interception return (Gene Mingo kick) | 27 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Billy Jessup |
| 73/74 | LOT | Gordy Holz |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 51 | C | Mike Nichols |
| 71 | ROG | Willie Smith |
| 75/72 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 85 | TE | Jim Greer |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 20 | HB | Henry Bell |
| 40 | FL | Al Carmichael |
| 35 | FB | Dave Rolle |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Joe Young |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 67 | RDT | John Hatley |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 33/23 | LLB | Pete Mangum |
| 34 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 62 | RLB | Buddy Alliston |
| 43 | LCB | Frank Bernardi |
| 42 | LS | Al Romine |
| 45 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 83 | RCB | Johnny Pyeatt |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Tom Rychlec |
| 74 | LOT | Harold Olson |
| 60 | LOG | Phil Blazer |
| 52 | C | Dan McGrew |
| 77 | ROG | Don Chelf |
| 75 | ROT | Bob Sedlock |
| 88 | TE | Dick Brubaker |
| 14 | QB | Tommy O'Connell |
| 11 | HB | Richie Lucas |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 30 | FB | Wray Carlton |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Charlie Rutkowski |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck McMurtry |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Sorey |
| 87 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 53 | LLB | Dennis Remmert |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 55 | RLB | Bernie Buzyniski |
| 45 | LCB | Richie McCabe |
| 22 | LS | Jim Wagstaff |
| 24 | RS | Billy Kinard |
| 20 | RCB | Billy Atkins |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Henry Bell | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Al Carmichael | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Stransky | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Dave Rolle | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| J.W. Brodnax | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bob McNamara | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Freddie Ford | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Kulbacki | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Bob Brodhead | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 2 | 156 | 6.0 | 2 | 65.5 | |||
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 5 | 218 | 9.5 | 2 | 78.1 | |||
| Bob Brodhead | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Carmichael | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Greer | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| J.W. Brodnax | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Dave Rolle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tom Rychlec | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 2 | |
| Dick Brubaker | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Kulbacki | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Freddie Ford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Alliston | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Johnny Pyeatt | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Archie Matsos | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Joe Kulbacki | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Freddie Ford | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Carl Smith | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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