| Denver Broncos at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1961 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 8000 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 39 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Bo Dickinson 1 run (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Johnny Robinson 45 pass from Cotton Davidson (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas TexansDAL | Frank Jackson 49 run (Cotton Davidson kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Donnie Stone 7 pass from George Herring (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Frank Jackson 8 run (Cotton Davidson kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Frank Jackson 20 pass from Cotton Davidson (Cotton Davidson kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Chuck Gavin 23 blocked punt recovery (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Frazier 18 pass from Donnie Stone (Gene Mingo kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Frank Jackson 30 run (Cotton Davidson kick) | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | Dallas TexansDAL | Sherrill Headrick 31 interception return (Cotton Davidson kick) | 21 | 49 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 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 |
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Chris Burford |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 60 | LOG | Al Reynolds |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 64 | ROG | Billy Krisher |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 81 | TE | Max Boydston |
| 19 | QB | Cotton Davidson |
| 26 | HB | Frank Jackson |
| 42 | FL | Johnny Robinson |
| 32 | FB | Bo Dickinson |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 75 | RDT | Jerry Mays |
| 87 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 55 | LLB | E.J. Holub |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 35 | RLB | Smokey Stover |
| 48 | LCB | Duane Wood |
| 21 | LS | Dave Webster |
| 25 | RS | Doyle Nix |
| 45 | RCB | Dave Grayson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 |
| George Herring | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 4 | -14 | -3.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Frank Jackson | 16 | 106 | 6.6 | 49t | 3 |
| Bo Dickinson | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Cotton Davidson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| George Herring | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 3 | 140 | 5.0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 33.9 |
| Frank Tripucka | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 63 | 3.7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 275 | 10.2 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 124.8 |
| Randy Duncan | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 12 | 1.7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 10 | 1 |
| Gene Prebola | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 18t | 1 |
| Jim Stinnette | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Johnny Robinson | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 46 | 1 |
| Chris Burford | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Max Boydston | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim McMillin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Smokey Stover | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 31t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 5 | 162 | 32.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Fred Bukaty | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Stinnette | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
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