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Boston Patriots 28 at Denver Broncos 24
Sunday, December 3, 1961
Stadium: Bears Stadium, Surface: grass,
Weather: 47 degrees, relative humidity 41%, wind 15 mph
Weather: 47 degrees, relative humidity 41%, wind 15 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots (7-4-1) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Denver Broncos (3-10-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
Scoring
| BOS | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Billy Lott 1 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Patriots | Billy Lott 6 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | Broncos | Donnie Stone 23 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3rd | Broncos | Gene Mingo 18 yard field goal | 14 | 10 |
| 4th | Broncos | Al Frazier 55 yard punt return (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 17 |
| Patriots | Larry Garron 51 yard pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 17 | |
| Patriots | Babe Parilli 7 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 28 | 17 | |
| Broncos | Al Frazier 90 yard kickoff return (Gene Mingo kick) | 28 | 24 |
Team Stats
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-71-2 | 32-64-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-31-180-2-2 | 22-48-257-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 4-40 |
| Net pass yards | 173 | 217 |
| Total yards | 244 | 281 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-25 | 3-16 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Garron | BOS | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Butch Songin | BOS | 7 | 21 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Babe Parilli | BOS | 4 | 9 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Lott | BOS | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Burton | BOS | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Thomas Stephens | BOS | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gerhard Schwedes | BOS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Yewcic | BOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 21 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Tripucka | DEN | 19 | 42 | 237 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 5 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Stinnette | DEN | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Prebola | DEN | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Herring | DEN | 3 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Bukaty | DEN | 1 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Tom Addison | BOS | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Bruney | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charley Long | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gerhard Schwedes | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Webb | BOS | 2 | 80 | 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 Frazier | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | DEN | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim McMillin | DEN | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob McNamara | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Yewcic | BOS | 9 | 335 | 37.2 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| George Herring | DEN | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Hill | DEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |