| Boston Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1961 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 9303 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 22% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Billy Lott 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Billy Lott 6 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Donnie Stone 23 pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 18 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Frazier 55 lateral from Bob McNamara 9 punt return (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Larry Garron 51 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Babe Parilli 7 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Frazier 90 kickoff return (Gene Mingo kick) | 28 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 64 | ROG | Tony Sardisco |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 45 | TE | Tom Stephens |
| 11 | QB | Butch Songin |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 32 | FB | Billy Lott |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 62 | LDT | Dick Klein |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 61 | RDE | Leroy Moore |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 51 | MLB | Frank Robotti |
| 60 | RLB | Rommie Loudd |
| 31 | LCB | Clyde Washington |
| 23 | LS | Ronnie Hall |
| 33 | RS | Fred Bruney |
| 48 | RCB | Don Webb |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Gene Prebola |
| 72 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 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 |
| 84 | LS | Jack Hill |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Butch Songin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Ger Schwedes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 21 | 57 | 2.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| George Herring | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 2 | 99 | 4.7 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 25.8 |
| Babe Parilli | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 81 | 9.0 | 51t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113.7 |
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 1 | 237 | 5.6 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 61.3 |
| George Herring | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 20 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Billy Lott | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 51t | 1 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 9 | 137 | 15.2 | 37 | 1 |
| Lionel Taylor | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Don Webb | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Tommy Addison | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim McMillin | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 9 | 335 | 37.2 | 58 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 55Lt | 1 | |
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Charlie Long | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ger Schwedes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 90t | 1 | |
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