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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Boston Patriots at Denver Broncos - September 29th, 1968
Boston Patriots 20 at Denver Broncos 17
Sunday, September 29, 1968
Boston Patriots 20, Denver Broncos 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots (2-1-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Denver Broncos (0-3-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| BOS | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Bobby Howfield 27 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| BOS | Jim Whalen 14 yard pass from Mike Taliaferro (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | DEN | Fran Lynch 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 10 |
| BOS | Gino Cappelletti 22 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | BOS | Larry Garron 1 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4th | BOS | Gino Cappelletti 7 yard field goal | 20 | 10 |
| DEN | Marlin Briscoe 12 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 20 | 17 |
Team Stats
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-69-1 | 32-149-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-30-153-1-0 | 7-23-135-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 6-50 |
| Net pass yards | 143 | 85 |
| Total yards | 212 | 234 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-84 | 6-103 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Taliaferro | BOS | 11 | 30 | 153 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Thomas | BOS | 16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Whalen | BOS | 4 | 62 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Garron | BOS | 20 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Aaron Marsh | BOS | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| R.C. Gamble | BOS | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Marlin Briscoe | DEN | 2 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Van Heusen | DEN | 2 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim M. LeClair | DEN | 5 | 17 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eric Crabtree | DEN | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Erwin | DEN | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | DEN | 1 | 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 | |||
| Daryl Johnson | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leroy Mitchell | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Philpott | BOS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Porter | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 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 | |||
| Charlie Greer | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||