| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1961 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 7859 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 30 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Bukaty 1 run (Jack Hill kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Safety, Paul Maguire fumbled ball out of end zone | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Keith Lincoln 91 pass from Jack Kemp (run failed) | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dick Harris 30 interception return (Bob Laraba kick failed) | 12 | 9 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Frazier 87 pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bob Scarpitto 16 pass from Jack Kemp (Bob Laraba kick) | 19 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 87 | TE | Howard Clark |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 23 | HB | Paul Lowe |
| 83 | FL | Dave Kocourek |
| 22 | FB | Keith Lincoln |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Earl Faison |
| 79 | LDT | Billy Hudson |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 80 | RDE | Ron Nery |
| 81 | LLB | Maury Schleicher |
| 56 | MLB | Emil Karas |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Laraba |
| 25 | LCB | Claude Gibson |
| 34 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 27 | RS | Charlie McNeil |
| 36 | RCB | Dick Harris |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Gene Prebola |
| 76 | LOT | Leo Reed |
| 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 | ||
| 66 | LDE | John Cash |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 71 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Keith Lincoln | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 18 | 15 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Ames | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 18 | 6 | 0.3 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 31 | 11 | 35.5 | 3 | 201 | 6.5 | 91t | 2 | 40.6 | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 49 | 23 | 46.9 | 5 | 285 | 5.8 | 87t | 1 | 1 | 13 | 32.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 91t | 1 |
| Dave Kocourek | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Don Norton | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 44 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 5 | 125 | 25.0 | 87t | 1 |
| Dave Ames | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Hill | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Charlie McNeil | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Harris | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Emil Karas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Phil Nugent | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 8 | 341 | 42.6 | 57 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 6 | 189 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Ames | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Emil Karas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jack Hill | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
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