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Dallas Texans 19 at Denver Broncos 12

Sunday, October 8, 1961

Dallas Texans 19, Denver Broncos 12

1234Final
Dallas Texans (3-1-0)973019
Denver Broncos (1-4-0)0001212

Scoring

DTXDEN
1stDTXBo Dickinson 1 yard rush (kick failed)60
DTXJack Spikes 21 yard field goal90
2ndDTXChris Burford 24 yard pass from Cotton Davidson (Jack Spikes kick)160
3rdDTXJack Spikes 18 yard field goal190
4thDENAl Frazier 12 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (run failed)196
DENLionel Taylor 22 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (pass failed)1912

Team Stats

DTXDEN
First downs1819
Rush-yards-TDs50-191-125-57-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT5-17-44-1-116-27-227-2-3
Sacked-yards1-51-13
Net pass yards39214
Total yards230271
Fumbles-lost0-03-3
Turnovers16
Penalties-yards11-766-60

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