| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (2-0-0) | 0 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-2-0) | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 63 degrees, relative humidity 79%, wind 12 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| DEN | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Bills | Wray Carlton 1 yard rush (Darrell Harper kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Broncos | Gene Mingo 31 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| Broncos | Gene Mingo 27 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| Bills | Elbert Dubenion 53 yard pass from Tommy O'Connell (kick failed) | 6 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Broncos | J.W. Brodnax 8 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 13 | 13 |
| Broncos | Dave Rolle 2 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 20 | 13 | |
| Bills | Elbert Dubenion 40 yard pass from Tommy O'Connell ( run) | 20 | 21 | |
| 4th | Broncos | Johnny Pyeatt 40 yard interception return (Gene Mingo kick) | 27 | 21 |
| DEN | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 44-117-0 | 33-68-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-27-156-2-2 | 13-25-218-2-6 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-9 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 147 | 211 |
| Total yards | 264 | 279 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-68 | 3-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Al Carmichael | DEN | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Tripucka | DEN | 14 | 26 | 156 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Greer | DEN | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Henry Bell | DEN | 10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Jessup | DEN | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Rolle | DEN | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Stransky | DEN | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| J.W. Brodnax | DEN | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob McNamara | DEN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 3 | 112 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | BUF | 13 | 23 | 218 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Rychlec | BUF | 6 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wray Carlton | BUF | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Ford | BUF | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Kulbacki | BUF | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Brubaker | BUF | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Brodhead | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Buddy Alliston | DEN | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Carmichael | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | DEN | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob McNamara | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Pyeatt | DEN | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Ford | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Kulbacki | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Archie Matsos | BUF | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Rychlec | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Smith | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| George Herring | DEN | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Billy Atkins | BUF | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||
| Darrell Harper | BUF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||