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Dallas Texans 19 at Denver Broncos 12
Sunday, October 8, 1961
Stadium: Bears Stadium, Surface: grass,
Weather: 43 degrees, relative humidity 70%, wind 6 mph
Weather: 43 degrees, relative humidity 70%, wind 6 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Texans (3-1-0) | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Denver Broncos (1-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
Scoring
| DTX | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Texans | Bo Dickinson 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| Texans | Jack Spikes 21 yard field goal | 9 | 0 | |
| 2nd | Texans | Chris Burford 24 yard pass from Cotton Davidson (Jack Spikes kick) | 16 | 0 |
| 3rd | Texans | Jack Spikes 18 yard field goal | 19 | 0 |
| 4th | Broncos | Al Frazier 12 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (run failed) | 19 | 6 |
| Broncos | Lionel Taylor 22 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (pass failed) | 19 | 12 |
Team Stats
| DTX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 50-191-1 | 25-57-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 5-17-44-1-1 | 16-27-227-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 1-13 |
| Net pass yards | 39 | 214 |
| Total yards | 230 | 271 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-76 | 6-60 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Abner Haynes | DTX | 26 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chris Burford | DTX | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Jackson | DTX | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cotton Davidson | DTX | 5 | 17 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bo Dickinson | DTX | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Robinson | DTX | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 7 | 120 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Tripucka | DEN | 11 | 15 | 147 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| George Herring | DEN | 4 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gene Prebola | DEN | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Bukaty | DEN | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 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 | |||
| Don Flynn | DTX | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Grayson | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Frank Jackson | DTX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Smokey Stover | DTX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Duane Wood | DTX | 1 | 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 | |||
| Al Carmichael | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Phil Nugent | DEN | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Cotton Davidson | DTX | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Spikes | DTX | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||