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Denver Broncos 17 at Boston Patriots 45

Saturday, September 16, 1961

Denver Broncos 17, Boston Patriots 45

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Denver Broncos (1-1-0)307717
Boston Patriots (1-1-0)37211445

Scoring

DENBOS
1stDENGene Mingo 34 yard field goal30
BOSGino Cappelletti 35 yard field goal33
2ndBOSJim Colclough 14 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)310
3rdDENGene Mingo 69 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick)1010
BOSGino Cappelletti 52 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)1017
BOSJim Colclough 18 yard pass from Tom Yewcic (Gino Cappelletti kick)1024
BOSThomas Stephens 8 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)1031
4thBOSTom Yewcic 1 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick)1038
DENLionel Taylor 3 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick)1738
BOSBilly Lott 28 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)1745

Team Stats

DENBOS
First downs1019
Rush-yards-TDs20-69-021-46-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-49-222-2-018-35-353-5-0
Sacked-yards2-211-7
Net pass yards201346
Total yards270392
Fumbles-lost4-45-1
Turnovers41
Penalties-yards5-559-94

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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