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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills - September 10th, 1961
Denver Broncos 22 at Buffalo Bills 10
Sunday, September 10, 1961
Denver Broncos 22, Buffalo Bills 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (1-0-0) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-1-0) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Scoring
| DEN | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Lionel Taylor 50 yard pass from Gene Mingo (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Elbert Dubenion 65 yard rush ( run) | 7 | 8 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Al Frazier 23 yard pass from Frank Tripucka ( run) | 15 | 8 |
| 3rd | DEN | Lionel Taylor 52 yard pass from Gene Mingo (Gene Mingo kick) | 22 | 8 |
| 4th | BUF | Safety, Herring ran out of end zone | 22 | 10 |
Team Stats
| DEN | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-100-0 | 31-166-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-21-195-3-1 | 11-27-145-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 3-27 |
| Net pass yards | 179 | 118 |
| Total yards | 279 | 284 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-35 | 2-10 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 7 | 132 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 2 | 2 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | DEN | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Tripucka | DEN | 11 | 19 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | DEN | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Traynham | DEN | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fred Bukaty | DEN | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Buddy Allen | DEN | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 2 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wray Carlton | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Lucas | BUF | 10 | 21 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Rychlec | BUF | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Brown | BUF | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Glenn Bass | BUF | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Baker | BUF | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | BUF | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willmer Fowler | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Al Carmichael | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | DEN | 2 | 26 | 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 | |||
| Art Baker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Brown | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wray Carlton | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Archie Matsos | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Rice | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||