| Denver Broncos at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: November 3, 1968 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Fenway Park Attendance: 18304 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 55 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tom Beer 5 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fran Lynch 3 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Van Heusen 50 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Art Graham 1 pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 55 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Garrett Ford 17 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 35 | 7 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Nance 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 35 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Billy Van Heusen |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 58 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 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 |
| 52 | RLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 20 | LCB | Charlie Greer |
| 27 | LS | Tom Oberg |
| 23 | RS | Drake Garrett |
| 43 | RCB | Pete Jaquess |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Art Graham |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 63 | LOG | Justin Canale |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 17 | QB | Mike Taliaferro |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| 22 | RB | Gene Thomas |
| 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 |
| 45 | MLB | Ray Ilg |
| 58 | RLB | Doug Satcher |
| 41 | LDH | Leroy Mitchell |
| 25 | LS | John Charles |
| 42 | RS | Don Webb |
| 23 | RDH | Daryl Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 30 | 147 | 4.9 | 55t | 1 |
| Garrett Ford | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Fran Lynch | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 21 | 51 | 2.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Aaron Marsh | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Thomas | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Sherman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| R.C. Gamble | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 1 | 206 | 12.1 | 50t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121.2 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Sherman | 32 | 11 | 34.4 | 4 | 119 | 3.7 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 17.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Beer | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 31 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Art Graham | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Jim Whalen | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Thomas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| R.C. Gamble | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Oberg | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Drake Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 6 | 200 | 33.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Terry Swanson | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 6 | 0 | 62 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Art Graham | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Aaron Marsh | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Charlie Long | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
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