1961 Denver Broncos

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 3rd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 251 points (17.9/g), 7th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 432 points (30.9/g), 7th.
Differential of -181 points (-12.9/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 3.0-11.0.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -28 (-2.0/g), 8th.

Coached by Frank Filchock (3-11-0)

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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 10	box	W	1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	22	10	12	279	179	100	2	13	284	118	166	3
2	Sat	September 16	box	L	1-1	@	Boston Patriots	17	45	10	270	201	69	4	19	392	346	46	1
3	Sun	September 24	box	L	1-2	@	New York Titans	28	35	18	286	223	63	2	13	203	95	108	3
4	Sun	October 1	box	L	1-3	@	Oakland Raiders	19	33	14	275	164	111	3	14	256	103	153
5	Sun	October 8	box	L	1-4		Dallas Texans	12	19	19	271	214	57	6	18	230	39	191	1
6	Sun	October 15	box	W	2-4		Oakland Raiders	27	24	14	294	212	82	3	21	388	247	141	5
7	Sun	October 22	box	W	3-4		New York Titans	27	10	20	338	205	133	4	17	359	281	78	6
8	Sun	October 29	box	L	3-5	@	San Diego Chargers	0	37	14	304	228	76	7	13	312	211	101	5
9	Sun	November 5	box	L	3-6		Houston Oilers	14	55	19	204	130	74	6	24	582	348	234	2
10	Sun	November 12	box	L	3-7		San Diego Chargers	16	19	19	358	272	86	5	13	209	153	56	3
11	Sun	November 19	box	L	3-8		Buffalo Bills	10	23	11	273	161	112	9	13	235	155	80
12	Sun	November 26	box	L	3-9	@	Houston Oilers	14	45	11	159	115	44	8	21	311	251	60	6
13	Sun	December 3	box	L	3-10		Boston Patriots	24	28	19	281	217	64	4	11	244	173	71	2
14	Sun	December 10	box	L	3-11	@	Dallas Texans	21	49	19	219	199	20	5	23	413	265	148	3

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	251	3811	934	4.1	219	265	568	2720	18	45	4.5	127	333	1091	11	3.3	66	68	23	26
Team Defense	432	4418	901	4.9	383	194	433	2785	30	26	6.0	127	435	1633	17	3.8	233	40	14	23
Lg Rank Offense	7	7			6		1	3	4	8	6		8	8	7	8		8	8
Lg Rank Defense	7	6			3		3	5	8	4	6		7	5	4	4		7	7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
Frank Tripucka	34	QB	14	10	3-7-0	167	344	48.5	1690	10	2.9	21	6.1	87	4.9	2.5	10.1	120.7	47.3
George Herring	27	qb	14	4	0-4-0	93	211	44.1	1160	5	2.4	22	10.4	54	5.5	1.0	12.5	82.9	30.0
Gene Mingo	23		10	0		4	8	50.0	136	2	25.0	0	0.0	52	17.0	19.5	34.0	13.6	135.4
Donnie Stone*	24	HB	14	0		1	2	50.0	18	1	50.0	0	0.0	18	9.0	14.0	18.0	1.3	120.8
Lionel Taylor*+	26	SE	14	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0
Al Frazier	26	FL	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
Team Total	25.8		14		3-11-0	265	568	46.7	3004	18	3.2	45	7.9	87	5.3	2.0	11.3	214.6	40.6
Opp Total			14			194	433	44.8	2785	30	6.9	26	6.0		6.4	4.4	14.4	198.9	64.3	33	275	6.0	3.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Donnie Stone*	24	HB	14	0	127	505	4	34	4.0	36.1	9.1	38	344	9.1	4	37	2.7	24.6	849	8	3
Fred Bukaty	25	FB	14	0	76	187	5	45	2.5	13.4	5.4	14	94	6.7	0	13	1.0	6.7	281	5	3
Al Frazier	26	FL	14	0	23	110	0	43	4.8	7.9	1.6	47	799	17.0	6	87	3.4	57.1	909	6	9
Dave Ames	24		7	0	19	114	0	26	6.0	16.3	2.7	6	20	3.3	0	9	0.9	2.9	134	0	2
James Stinnette	23		14	0	18	8	0	9	0.4	0.6	1.3	11	58	5.3	1	15	0.8	4.1	66	1	1
Gene Mingo	23		10	0	18	51	0	15	2.8	5.1	1.8	8	110	13.8	2	69	0.8	11.0	161	2	2
Al Carmichael	33		6	0	15	24	0	8	1.6	4.0	2.5	5	23	4.6	0	14	0.8	3.8	47	0	4
George Herring	27	qb	14	4	15	74	2	20	4.9	5.3	1.1								74	2	4
Jerry Sturm	25		14	0	8	31	0	9	3.9	2.2	0.6	2	-1	-0.5	0	0	0.1	-0.1	30	0	1
Jerry Traynham	22		2	0	6	12	0	8	2.0	6.0	3.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.5	-0.5	11	0	0
Frank Tripucka	34	QB	14	10	4	-8	0	0	-2.0	-0.6	0.3								-8	0	3
Buddy Allen	24		1	0	3	-4	0	2	-1.3	-4.0	3.0								-4	0	1
Lionel Taylor*+	26	SE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	100	1176	11.8	4	52	7.1	84.0	1176	4	0
Gene Prebola	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	29	349	12.0	1	54	2.1	24.9	349	1	0
Jack Hill	29	K	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	33	8.3	0	15	0.3	2.4	33	0	0
Team Total	25.8		14		332	1104	11	45	3.3	78.9	23.7	265	3004	11.3	18	87	18.9	214.6	4108	29	33
Opp Total			14		435	1633	17		3.8	116.6	31.1	194	2785	14.4	30		13.9	198.9	4418	47	25

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Al Frazier	26	FL	14	0	18	231	1	55	12.8	18	504	1	90	28.0	1644
Al Carmichael	33		6	0	7	58	0	29	8.3	16	310	0	31	19.4	415
Dave Ames	24		7	0	2	17	0	13	8.5	12	240	0	30	20.0	391
Donnie Stone*	24	HB	14	0						9	215	0	76	23.9	1064
Gene Mingo	23		10	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	4	120	0	30	30.0	282
Bob McNamara	30	LCB	14	0	4	17	0	9	4.3						17
Fred Bukaty	25	FB	14	0						3	41	0	20	13.7	322
Goose Gonsoulin*	23	RS	14	0						1	34	0	34	34.0	34
Jack Hill	29	K	14	0						1	23	0	23	23.0	56
Gene Prebola	23	TE	14	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	357
James Stinnette	23		14	0						1	6	0	6	6.0	72
Team Total	25.8		14		32	324	1	55	10.1	66	1501	1	90	22.7	5933
Opp Total			14		26		2			42	720	0		17.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
George Herring	27	qb	14	4																	80	3149	63	0	39.4
Jack Hill	29	K	14	0	3	2	5	2	1	1	5		1		15	5	33.3%	16	16	100.0%
Gene Mingo	23		10	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	2		2		10	3	30.0%	11	11	100.0%
Team Total	25.8		14		4	3	7	3	4	2	7		3		25	8	32.0%	27	27	100.0%	80	3149	63	0	39.4
Opp Total			14												26	13	50.0%	55	51	92.7%	77	3142			40.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Buddy Allen	24		1	0								1	0	0	0
Dave Ames	24		7	0								2	0	0	0
Fred Bukaty	25	FB	14	0								3	0	0	0
Al Carmichael	33		6	0								4	0	0	0
Al Frazier	26	FL	14	0								9	0	0	0
Goose Gonsoulin*	23	RS	14	0		6	76	0	38
George Herring	27	qb	14	4								4	0	0	0
Bob Hudson	31	LLB	14	0		3	16	0	13
Pat Lamberti	24		7	0		1	5	0	5
Jim McMillin	22	RCB	14	0		5	56	0	26
Bob McNamara	30	LCB	14	0		3	85	0	34
Gene Mingo	23		10	0								2	0	0	0
Phil Nugent	22	LS	12	0		7	77	0	30
James Stinnette	23		14	0		1	40	0	40			1	0	0	0
Donnie Stone*	24	HB	14	0								3	0	0	0
Jerry Sturm	25		14	0								1	0	0	0
Frank Tripucka	34	QB	14	10								3	0	0	0
Team Total	25.8		14			26	355	0	40			33	0	0	0
Opp Total			14		33							25	11					2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	OthTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Al Frazier	26	FL	14	0		6	1	1		1				50
Donnie Stone*	24	HB	14	0	4	4								48
Fred Bukaty	25	FB	14	0	5					1				32
Gene Mingo	23		10	0		2					11	3		32
Jack Hill	29	K	14	0							16	5		31
Lionel Taylor*+	26	SE	14	0		4								24
George Herring	27	qb	14	4	2									12
Gene Prebola	23	TE	14	0		1				1				8
Chuck Gavin	28	RDE	8	0					1					6
James Stinnette	23		14	0		1								6
Team Total	25.8		14		11	18	1	1	1	3	27	8		249
Opp Total			14		17	30	2				51	13	2	432

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