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Boston Patriots 7 at Denver Broncos 35
Sunday, September 14, 1969
Stadium: Mile High Stadium, Surface: grass,
Weather: 64 degrees, relative humidity 46%, wind 6 mph
Weather: 64 degrees, relative humidity 46%, wind 6 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Denver Broncos (1-0-0) | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Scoring
| BOS | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Tommie Smiley 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Broncos | Tommie Smiley 17 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Broncos | Floyd Little 3 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 21 |
| Broncos | Al Denson 9 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 28 | |
| 3rd | Broncos | Al Denson 3 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 4th | Patriots | Carl Garrett 4 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 35 |
Team Stats
| BOS | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-89-1 | 33-135-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-38-257-0-4 | 10-15-205-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-20 | 3-19 |
| Net pass yards | 237 | 186 |
| Total yards | 326 | 321 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-74 | 4-51 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Taliaferro | BOS | 19 | 38 | 257 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| R.C. Gamble | BOS | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Nance | BOS | 12 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | BOS | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Whalen | BOS | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Marsh | BOS | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Frazier | BOS | 1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sid Blanks | BOS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Tensi | DEN | 10 | 15 | 205 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 21 | 105 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Haffner | DEN | 3 | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Denson | DEN | 5 | 68 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | DEN | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommie Smiley | DEN | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Burnett | DEN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | 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 | |||
| Sid Blanks | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 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 | |||
| George Burrell | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Cunningham | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gus Hollomon | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Huard | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Janik | BOS | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Howfield | DEN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Van Heusen | DEN | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | ||||