| Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 10, 1961 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 16636 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 84 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 50 pass from Gene Mingo (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Elbert Dubenion 65 run (Richie Lucas run) | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Frazier 23 pass from Frank Tripucka (Al Frazier run) | 15 | 8 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 52 pass from Gene Mingo (Gene Mingo kick) | 22 | 8 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Safety, George Herring ran out of end zone | 22 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Gene Prebola |
| 72 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 51 | C | Mike Nichols |
| 77 | ROG | Carl Larpenter |
| 76 | ROT | Jack Mattox |
| 87 | TE | Lionel Taylor |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 21 | HB | Gene Mingo |
| 42 | FL | Al Frazier |
| 33 | FB | Fred Bukaty |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | John Cash |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Hudson |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 36 | RLB | Jim Stinnette |
| 41 | LCB | Bob McNamara |
| 35 | LS | Jimmy Sears |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 83 | RCB | Johnny Pyeatt |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Dan Chamberlain |
| 75 | LOT | Ken Rice |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 70 | ROG | Ed Muelhaupt |
| 74 | ROT | Harold Olson |
| 80 | TE | Monte Crockett |
| 14 | QB | Tommy O'Connell |
| 46 | HB | Fred Brown |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 30 | FB | Wray Carlton |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck McMurtry |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Sorey |
| 87 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 57 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 64 | RLB | Stew Barber |
| 45 | LCB | Richie McCabe |
| 22 | LS | Jim Wagstaff |
| 20 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 25 | RCB | Billy Majors |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Traynham | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Buddy Allen | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 65t | 1 |
| Fred Brown | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Art Baker | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Willmer Fowler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Richie Lucas | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 93 | 4.9 | 23t | 1 | 2 | 16 | 66.3 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 102 | 51.0 | 52t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Richie Lucas | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 1 | 134 | 6.4 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 48.5 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 11 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 52t | 2 |
| Al Frazier | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Traynham | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tom Rychlec | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Archie Matsos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 8 | 331 | 41.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 8 | 332 | 41.5 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Al Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Fred Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Wray Carlton | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Art Baker | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ken Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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