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Denver Broncos 17 at Boston Patriots 45
Saturday, September 16, 1961
Stadium: Nickerson Field, Surface: grass,
Weather: 59 degrees, relative humidity 62%, wind 13 mph
Weather: 59 degrees, relative humidity 62%, wind 13 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (1-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Boston Patriots (1-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 45 |
Scoring
| DEN | BOS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Gene Mingo 34 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 35 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Jim Colclough 14 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 3rd | Broncos | Gene Mingo 69 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 10 | 10 |
| Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 52 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| Patriots | Jim Colclough 18 yard pass from Tom Yewcic (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 24 | |
| Patriots | Thomas Stephens 8 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 31 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Tom Yewcic 1 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 38 |
| Broncos | Lionel Taylor 3 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 17 | 38 | |
| Patriots | Billy Lott 28 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 17 | 45 |
Team Stats
| DEN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-69-0 | 21-46-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-49-222-2-0 | 18-35-353-5-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-21 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 201 | 346 |
| Total yards | 270 | 392 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-4 | 5-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-55 | 9-94 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Frank Tripucka | DEN | 19 | 47 | 206 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 1 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Prebola | DEN | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | DEN | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Traynham | DEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Butch Songin | BOS | 13 | 26 | 250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 7 | 123 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Yewcic | BOS | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 2 | 57 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Stephens | BOS | 4 | 55 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | BOS | 4 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Lott | BOS | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Mel West | BOS | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Garron | BOS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 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 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 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 | |||
| Walter Beach | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Bruney | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Garron | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel West | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| George Herring | DEN | 8 | 293 | 36.6 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Yewcic | BOS | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||