| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1961 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Jeppesen Stadium Attendance: 27874 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 79 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Stinnette 9 pass from George Herring (Jack Hill kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Charley Hennigan 10 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Tolar 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mark Johnston 62 blocked field goal recovery (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 9 FG | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Doug Cline EZ opponents fumble recovery (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 15 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Claude King 44 pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | George Herring 19 run (Jack Hill kick) | 14 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 16 | QB | George Herring |
| 34 | HB | Donnie Stone |
| 42 | FL | Al Frazier |
| 36 | FB | Jim Stinnette |
| 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 |
| 62 | RLB | Jerry Stalcup |
| 41 | LCB | Bob McNamara |
| 15 | LS | Phil Nugent |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Bill Groman |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 63 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 88 | TE | Willard Dewveall |
| 16 | QB | George Blanda |
| 20 | HB | Billy Cannon |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Dalva Allen |
| 74 | LDT | George Shirkey |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 50 | MLB | Dennit Morris |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 43 | LS | Jim Norton |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 |
| George Herring | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 17 | 25 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Claude King | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| George Herring | 40 | 17 | 42.5 | 6 | 167 | 4.2 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 23.6 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 3 | 209 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 50.2 | |
| Jacky Lee | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 59 | 11.8 | 44t | 2 | 140.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Charley Hennigan | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Willard Dewveall | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Claude King | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Julian Spence | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dennit Morris | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Doug Cline | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 57 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| Claude King | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Ames | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 0 | ||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Jack Laraway | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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