| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1961 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Balboa Stadium Attendance: 32584 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 67 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | George Blair 16 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bob Laraba 57 interception return (George Blair kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Allen 59 interception return (George Blair kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | George Blair 13 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Don Norton 33 pass from Jack Kemp (George Blair kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | George Blair 42 FG | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Keith Lincoln 34 pass from Hunter Enis (George Blair kick) | 0 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Gene Prebola |
| 76 | LOT | Jack Mattox |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 52 | C | Jim Barton |
| 63 | ROG | Buzz Guy |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 87 | TE | Lionel Taylor |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 34 | HB | Donnie Stone |
| 42 | FL | Al Frazier |
| 33 | FB | Fred Bukaty |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Art Hauser |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 73 | RDE | Bob Konovsky |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Hudson |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 36 | RLB | Jim Stinnette |
| 41 | LCB | Bob McNamara |
| 15 | LS | Phil Nugent |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Don Norton |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 68 | LOG | Orlando Ferrante |
| 52 | C | Don Rogers |
| 60 | ROG | Sam DeLuca |
| 70 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 83 | TE | Dave Kocourek |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 23 | HB | Paul Lowe |
| 24 | FL | Luther Hayes |
| 41 | FB | Charlie Flowers |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Earl Faison |
| 79 | LDT | Billy Hudson |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 80 | RDE | Ron Nery |
| 56 | LLB | Emil Karas |
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Laraba |
| 25 | LCB | Claude Gibson |
| 34 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 27 | RS | Charlie McNeil |
| 36 | RCB | Dick Harris |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Sturm | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| George Herring | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bo Roberson | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 1 | 110 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.1 |
| George Herring | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 3 | 124 | 8.3 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 30.3 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 28 | 11 | 39.3 | 4 | 162 | 5.8 | 33t | 1 | 31.2 | ||
| Hunter Enis | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 63 | 12.6 | 34t | 1 | 127.1 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Hill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Don Norton | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 33t | 1 |
| Dave Kocourek | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Howard Clark | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 34t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Phil Nugent | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Lamberti | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bob Laraba | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Chuck Allen | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Charlie McNeil | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| George Blair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 47 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Ames | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Ames | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Stone | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 76 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
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