| Denver Broncos at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1962 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Boston University Field Attendance: 21038 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 52 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 17 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Crawford 13 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 7 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 33 FG | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Fred Bruney 33 interception return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jerry Tarr 31 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Ronnie Hall 47 interception return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jerry Tarr 97 pass from George Shaw (George Shaw run failed) | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Claude King 71 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 16 | 41 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 72 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 52 | C | Jim Barton |
| 67 | ROG | Bob McCullough |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 88 | TE | Gene Prebola |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 0 | HB | Johnny Olszewski |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 35 | FB | Bo Dickinson |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | John Cash |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 68 | LLB | Bill Roehnelt |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 62 | RLB | Jerry Stalcup |
| 33 | LCB | Justin Rowland |
| 46 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 73 | ROG | Billy Neighbors |
| 70 | ROT | Milt Graham |
| 86 | TE | Tony Romeo |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 30 | FB | Jim Crawford |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 62 | LDT | Dick Klein |
| 75 | RDT | Jesse Richardson |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 80 | RLB | Jack Rudolph |
| 24 | LCB | Dick Felt |
| 33 | LS | Fred Bruney |
| 25 | RS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 34 | RCB | Chuck Shonta |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gene Mingo | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Claude King | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 71t | 1 |
| Ron Burton | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 47 | 22 | 46.8 | 2 | 275 | 5.9 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 54.8 |
| George Shaw | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 174 | 19.3 | 97t | 1 | 2 | 21 | 137.5 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 2 | 143 | 7.5 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68.4 |
| Tom Yewcic | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 48 | 12.0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 75.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 12 | 119 | 9.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jerry Tarr | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 97t | 2 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tony Romeo | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 62 | 0 |
| Claude King | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Ron Burton | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ronnie Hall | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47t | 1 |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 6 | 217 | 36.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Tommy Minter | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Burton | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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