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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos - November 5th, 1961
Houston Oilers 55 at Denver Broncos 14
Sunday, November 5, 1961
Houston Oilers 55, Denver Broncos 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (4-3-1) | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 55 |
| Denver Broncos (3-6-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Scoring
| HOU | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | George Blanda 48 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Bob McLeod 14 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 0 |
| HOU | Bill Groman 2 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 0 | |
| HOU | Bill Groman 14 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 24 | 0 | |
| HOU | George Blanda 33 yard field goal | 27 | 0 | |
| 3rd | DEN | George Herring 1 yard rush (Jack Hill kick) | 27 | 7 |
| HOU | Billy Cannon 31 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 34 | 7 | |
| HOU | Billy Cannon 3 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 41 | 7 | |
| 4th | HOU | Claude King 17 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 48 | 7 |
| DEN | Donnie Stone 14 yard rush (Jack Hill kick) | 48 | 14 | |
| HOU | Bill Groman 80 yard pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 55 | 14 |
Team Stats
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-234-3 | 17-74-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-37-348-4-1 | 20-47-171-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 5-41 |
| Net pass yards | 348 | 130 |
| Total yards | 582 | 204 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-111 | 6-52 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 11 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Groman | HOU | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| George Blanda | HOU | 17 | 35 | 263 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 6 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 12 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 4 | 47 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jacky Lee | HOU | 2 | 2 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Claude King | HOU | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 7 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 8 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | DEN | 11 | 23 | 103 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| George Herring | DEN | 9 | 24 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Prebola | DEN | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Bukaty | DEN | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Hill | DEN | 1 | 15 | 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 | |||
| Tony Banfield | HOU | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Claude King | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Milstead | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Julian Spence | HOU | 1 | 23 | 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 | |||
| Dave Ames | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Phil Nugent | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||