| Dallas Texans at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1961 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 14500 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 46 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas TexansDAL | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Bo Dickinson 1 run (Jack Spikes kick blocked) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Jack Spikes 21 FG | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Chris Burford 24 pass from Cotton Davidson (Jack Spikes kick) | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Jack Spikes 18 FG | 19 | 0 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Frazier 12 pass from Frank Tripucka (Frank Tripucka sacked) | 19 | 6 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 22 pass from Frank Tripucka (Fred Bukaty pass failed) | 19 | 12 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 60 | LOG | Al Reynolds |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 64 | ROG | Billy Krisher |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 81 | TE | Max Boydston |
| 19 | QB | Cotton Davidson |
| 28 | HB | Abner Haynes |
| 42 | FL | Johnny Robinson |
| 32 | FB | Bo Dickinson |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 71 | RDT | Ray Collins |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 55 | LLB | E.J. Holub |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 35 | RLB | Smokey Stover |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 18 | LS | Don Flynn |
| 21 | RS | Dave Webster |
| 44 | RCB | Ed Kelley |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Gene Prebola |
| 76 | LOT | Jack Mattox |
| 73 | LOG | Bob Konovsky |
| 51 | C | Mike Nichols |
| 77 | ROG | Carl Larpenter |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 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 |
| 71 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Hudson |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 62 | RLB | Jerry Stalcup |
| 41 | LCB | Bob McNamara |
| 15 | LS | Phil Nugent |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 26 | 139 | 5.3 | 59 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 11 | 27 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 6 | 1 |
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 1 | 44 | 2.6 | 24t | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34.7 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 1 | 147 | 9.8 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115.8 |
| George Herring | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 2 | 62 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21.7 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Chris Burford | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Johnny Robinson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 34 | 1 |
| Al Frazier | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Don Flynn | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Smokey Stover | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Phil Nugent | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Frank Jackson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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