| Denver Broncos at Dallas Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1962 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 19137 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 52 F Humidty: 18% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Dallas TexansDAL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Curtis McClinton 69 run (Tommy Brooker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas TexansDAL | Abner Haynes 2 run (Tommy Brooker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 47 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas TexansDAL | Tommy Brooker 44 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim McMillin 9 opponents fumble recovery (Gene Mingo kick) | 10 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 71 | LOT | Jim Perkins |
| 65 | LOG | John Denvir |
| 52 | C | Jim Barton |
| 67 | ROG | Bob McCullough |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 88 | TE | Gene Prebola |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 34 | HB | Donnie Stone |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 35 | FB | Bo Dickinson |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Ike Lassiter |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 53 | LLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 55 | RLB | Jim Fraser |
| 43 | LCB | Chuck Marshall |
| 46 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| Dallas Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Tommy Brooker |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 63 | LOG | Marv Terrell |
| 65 | C | Jon Gilliam |
| 60 | ROG | Al Reynolds |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry Cornelison |
| 84 | TE | Fred Arbanas |
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson |
| 28 | HB | Abner Haynes |
| 10 | FL | Jimmy Saxton |
| 32 | FB | Curtis McClinton |
| Defense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Curt Merz |
| 82 | 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 |
| 20 | LS | Bobby Hunt |
| 42 | RS | Johnny Robinson |
| 45 | RCB | Dave Grayson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bo Dickinson | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Curtis McClinton | 15 | 105 | 7.0 | 69t | 1 |
| Abner Haynes | 24 | 98 | 4.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Jack Spikes | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 1 | 187 | 5.2 | 26 | 0 | 63.1 | ||
| George Shaw | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 3 | 96 | 9.6 | 41 | 0 | 52.5 | ||
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 3 | 118 | 5.9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bo Dickinson | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 41 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Tarr | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Curtis McClinton | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 2 | 24 | 22.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Miller | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim McMillin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Erlandson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Bobby Ply | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 3 | 132 | 44.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Dallas Texans | |||||
| Jimmy Saxton | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dallas Texans | ||||||
| Dave Grayson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 32 | 0 | |
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