| Denver Broncos at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1961 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Boston University Field Attendance: 14479 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 63 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 3 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 34 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 35 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 14 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 69 pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 52 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 18 pass from Tom Yewcic (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Tom Stephens 8 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Tom Yewcic 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 3 pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 17 | 38 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Billy Lott 28 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 17 | 45 |
| 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 |
| 34 | FB | Donnie Stone |
| 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 |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 64 | ROG | Tony Sardisco |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 45 | TE | Tom Stephens |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 24 | HB | Mel West |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 32 | FB | Billy Lott |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 73 | LDT | Harry Jagielski |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 83 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 51 | RLB | Frank Robotti |
| 31 | LCB | Clyde Washington |
| 25 | LS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 33 | RS | Fred Bruney |
| 41 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerry Traynham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Butch Songin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Mel West | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Garron | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 47 | 19 | 40.4 | 0 | 206 | 4.4 | 69t | 2 | 1 | 11 | 68.2 |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 0 | 250 | 9.6 | 52t | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123.4 |
| Babe Parilli | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 85 | 10.6 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 88.0 |
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 40 | 1 |
| Gene Mingo | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 69t | 1 |
| Gene Prebola | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Colclough | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 44 | 2 |
| Tom Stephens | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 52t | 1 |
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Mel West | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 8 | 293 | 36.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Mel West | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | ||
| Larry Garron | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Walter Beach | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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