Sunday, November 26, 1961
Denver Broncos 14, Houston Oilers 45| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (3-9-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Houston Oilers (7-3-1) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 45 |
| DEN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | James Stinnette 9 yard pass from George Herring (Jack Hill kick) | 7 | 0 |
| HOU | Charley Hennigan 10 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Charley Tolar 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 14 |
| HOU | Mark Johnston 62 yard field goal return (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| 4th | HOU | George Blanda 9 yard field goal | 7 | 24 |
| HOU | Doug Cline 0 yard fumble return (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 31 | |
| HOU | Billy Cannon 15 yard pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 38 | |
| HOU | Claude King 44 yard pass from Jacky Lee (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 45 | |
| DEN | George Herring 19 yard rush (Jack Hill kick) | 14 | 45 |
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 13-44-1 | 34-60-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-42-167-1-6 | 18-33-268-3-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-52 | 1-17 |
| Net pass yards | 115 | 251 |
| Total yards | 159 | 311 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 9-95 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Herring | DEN | 17 | 40 | 167 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 8 | 97 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| James Stinnette | DEN | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Fred Bukaty | DEN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Prebola | DEN | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Blanda | HOU | 15 | 28 | 209 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charley Hennigan | HOU | 4 | 82 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Claude King | HOU | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Willard Dewveall | HOU | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Tolar | HOU | 17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jacky Lee | HOU | 3 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Smith | HOU | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Julian Spence | HOU | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob McLeod | HOU | 1 | 10 | 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 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Hudson | DEN | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob McNamara | DEN | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 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 | |||
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Cline | HOU | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Glick | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Johnston | HOU | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Claude King | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack Laraway | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennit Morris | HOU | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Norton | HOU | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||