| Boston Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1968 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 37024 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 60 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Bobby Howfield 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Boston Patriots | Jim Whalen 14 pass from Mike Taliaferro (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Fran Lynch 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Boston Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 22 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Larry Garron 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Boston Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 7 FG | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Marlin Briscoe 12 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Jim Colclough |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 63 | LOG | Justin Canale |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 71 | ROT | Don Oakes |
| 82 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 17 | QB | Mike Taliaferro |
| 13 | RB | R.C. Gamble |
| 40 | RB | Larry Garron |
| 29 | FL | Aaron Marsh |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Dennis Byrd |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 52 | LLB | Ed Philpott |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 58 | RLB | Doug Satcher |
| 41 | LDH | Leroy Mitchell |
| 42 | LS | Don Webb |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 23 | RDH | Daryl Johnson |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Billy Van Heusen |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 58 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 64 | ROG | George Gaiser |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 10 | QB | Jim LeClair |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| 22 | RB | Fran Lynch |
| 41 | FL | Eric Crabtree |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 75 | LDT | Rex Mirich |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 58 | RLB | Frank Richter |
| 20 | LCB | Charlie Greer |
| 43 | LS | Pete Jaquess |
| 28 | RS | Jack Lentz |
| 23 | RCB | Drake Garrett |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 20 | 34 | 1.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Gene Thomas | 16 | 34 | 2.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 10 | 0 |
| R.C. Gamble | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Terry Erwin | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim LeClair | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 0 | 153 | 5.1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 65.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Jim LeClair | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 2 | 92 | 5.4 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 10.0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 43 | 7.2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Whalen | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Thomas | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Aaron Marsh | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Eric Crabtree | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ed Philpott | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 9 | 347 | 38.6 | 87 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 8 | 358 | 44.8 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Willie Porter | 4 | 1 | 38 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Van Heusen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Daryl Johnson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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