| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1961 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 11564 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 37 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 55 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 48 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Bob McLeod 14 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Bill Groman 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Bill Groman 14 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | George Blanda 33 FG | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | George Herring 1 run (Jack Hill kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Billy Cannon 31 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 34 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Billy Cannon 3 run (George Blanda kick) | 41 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Claude King 17 run (George Blanda kick) | 48 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Donnie Stone 14 run (Jack Hill kick) | 48 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Bill Groman 80 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 55 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 1 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Bill Groman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 1 | |
| Fred Bukaty | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| George Herring | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 35 | 17 | 48.6 | 1 | 263 | 7.5 | 3 | 90.5 | |||
| Jacky Lee | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 85 | 42.5 | 1 | 158.3 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| George Herring | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 1 | 68 | 2.8 | 0 | 28.5 | |||
| Frank Tripucka | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 3 | 103 | 4.5 | 0 | 21.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charley Hennigan | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Bob McLeod | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 1 | |
| Bill Groman | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 2 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Gene Prebola | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Donnie Stone | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Fred Bukaty | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Hill | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Julian Spence | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Charley Milstead | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Phil Nugent | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 8 | 382 | 47.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Claude King | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Donnie Stone | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Ames | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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