1961 Denver Broncos 3-11 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Denver 40 81 49 51 0 221 Opponent 91 144 59 98 0 392 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 221 392 0-1 14 @Buffalo 19 First Downs 243 249 0-2 0 @Boston 37 Rush 59 87 0-3 19 @New York 30 Pass 167 148 0-4 10 @Oakland 27 Pen 17 14 0-5 27 Dallas 34 Penalties 86 91 1-5 17 Oakland 10 Yards 863 810 2-5 26 New York 9 2-6 17 @San Diego 28 Rushing Att 350 479 2-7 17 Houston 42 Yards 1399 2159 2-8 7 San Diego 29 Ave 4.0 4.5 2-9 20 Buffalo 41 TD 2 18 2-10 0 @Houston 45 2-11 16 Boston 20 Passing Att 601 429 3-11 31 @Dallas 21 Comp 293 208 % 48.8 48.5 Int 26 26 % 4.3 6.1 TD 15 25 % 2.5 5.8 Yards 3281 3089 Sacked 36 32 Punt Return 61 71 Yards 797 1026 Ave 13.1 14.5 Kick Return 68 47 Yards 1345 948 Ave 19.8 20.2 Punts 93 85 Yards 3611 3536 Ave 38.8 41.6 FG Att 42 32 Made 20 21 % 47.6 65.6 Third Downs 209 193 Made 44 53 % 21.1 27.5 Fourth Downs 18 11 Made 7 6 % 38.9 54.5 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 50 25 Lost 21 14 Turnovers 47 40 Net Offense 4423 4994 Per Play 4.5 5.3 1961 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Stone 132 540 4.1 10 24 34 0 Taylor 106 1 1265 11.9 13 66 48 6 Bukaty 90 374 4.2 8 12 45 1 Frazier 49 9 624 12.7 5 30 73 4 Frazier 29 171 5.9 3 7 18 0 Stone 40 3 380 9.5 1 20 28 3 Herring 19 83 4.4 1 2 11 0 Prebola 37 11 490 13.2 5 25 35 1 Carmichael 7 68 9.7 4 4 16 0 Bukaty 21 0 162 7.7 0 10 24 1 Mingo 22 60 2.7 0 3 9 1 Mingo 16 1 149 9.3 0 6 19 0 Ames 6 40 6.7 2 2 11 0 Stinnette 12 0 110 9.2 0 6 18 0 Stinnette 24 33 1.4 0 3 8 0 Ames 6 0 43 7.2 0 2 11 0 Tripucka 11 20 1.8 0 1 6 0 Carmichael 5 0 51 10.2 0 1 17 0 Sturm 1 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Sturm 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Traynham 5 2 0.4 0 0 9 0 293 25 3281 11.2 24166 73 15 Allen 2 1 0.5 0 0 2 0 Hill 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0 0 350 1399 4.0 28 59 45 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tripucka 411 209 50.9 2262 10.8 73 43 18 13 3.2 20 11 2.7 63.1 Herring 188 84 44.7 1019 12.1 48 18 6 13 6.9 16 4 2.1 40.2 Mingo 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 601 293 48.8 3281 11.2 73 61 24 26 4.3 36 15 2.5 55.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Hill 23 23 100.0 42 20 47.6 16.7 0.0 40 83 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Herring 93 3611 56 3 0 14 71 1026 27.2 38.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Stone 1 27 27.0 27 0 Gavin 2 0 83 41.5 75 1 Frazier 31 635 20.5 35 0 McNamara 7 0 100 14.3 75 1 Carmichael 26 512 19.7 36 0 Frazier 40 0 538 13.5 27 0 Ames 10 171 17.1 32 0 Ames 3 0 13 4.3 9 0 68 1345 19.8 36 0 Carmichael 9 0 63 7.0 12 0 61 0 797 13.1 75 2 Fumbles Frazier 11 Tripucka 7 Bukaty 2 Allen 1 Prebola 1 Herring 8 Mingo 4 Ames 2 McFadin 1 Carmicha 8 Stone 3 Stinnett 2 Taylor 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Cash 9 McFadin 7 McFadin 12 Gonsouli 14 McDaniel 5 Adamson 4 McFadin 8 Holz 7 Holz 8 McNamara 14 McFadin 5 Larpente 4 Holz 5 Cash 6 Cash 8 Nugent 11 Hudson 3 Nichols 4 Gavin 4 Gavin 4 McDaniel 7 McMillin 7 McNamara 3 Cash 4 Hudson 3 McDaniel 2 Stinnett 6 McFadin 6 Roehnelt 2 Gavin 3 McDaniel 2 Konovsky 2 Hudson 5 Cash 4 Nugent 2 McFadin 3 Stinnett 1 Hudson 1 Gavin 5 Gavin 3 Gonsouli 1 Holz 3 Roehnelt 3 McDaniel 2 Holz 1 Taylor 3 Konovsky 1 Roehnelt 1 Ames 1 Herring 2 Hauser 1 Konovsky 1 McMillin 1 Gonsouli 2 Gonsouli 1 Smith,D 1 Gavin 1 Mattox 2 Holz 1 Stinnett 2 Danenhau 2 Bukaty 1 McDaniel 1 Konovsky 1 Carmicha 1 Hudson 1 Frazier 1 Prebola 1 Tackles McDaniel 89 Nugent 64 Ames 38 Gavin 25 Konovsky 16 Hauser 2 McNamara 87 Cash 53 Gonsouli 36 Smith,D 24 Lamberti 15 Stalcup 2 McFadin 84 Holz 49 Roehnelt 30 Eifrid 19 Sears 9 McMillin 76 Hudson 47 Stinnett 29 Simpson 17 Young 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Nugent 7 75 10.7 24 0 McMillin 6 95 15.8 24 1 Gonsoulin 6 127 21.2 40 0 Hudson 3 6 2.0 5 0 McNamara 3 71 23.7 41 1 Stinnette 1 34 34.0 34 1 26 408 15.7 41 3 1961 Denver Broncos Coach:Frankie Filchock Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Herring,George 5 B 2 2 P QB Tripucka,Frank 5 B 1 3 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Allen,Buddy 0 0 2 I 4 1 RB Bukaty,Fred 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Mingo,Gene 2 0 4 I 4 2 ALL RB Traynham,Jerry 0 0 2 O 1 1 RB Carmichael,Al 0 0 2 O 3 4 RET RB Evans,Dale 0 0 2 O 1 1 RB Ames,Dave 0 0 2 O 1 1 RET RB Stinnette,Jim 0 0 5 O 1 1 KR RB StoneDonnie 0 0 5 I 5 2 KR RB Sturm,Jerry 0 0 5 O 1 3 RB Hill,Jack 1 0 5 O 3 3 ALL WR Taylor,Lionel 0 0 5 O 1 3 TE Prebola,Gene 2 0 5 O 1 3 KR RB-WR Frazier,Al 0 0 5 B 4 2 RET Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Adamson,Ken 7 7 5 G Guy,Buzz 3 3 3 G Reed,Leo 3 3 2 G Larpenter,Carl 4 4 5 T Sturm,Jerry 3 3 5 T Danenhauer,Eldon 5 5 5 T Mattox,Jack 4 4 3 C Barton,Jim 4 4 5 C Nichols,Mike 5 5 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Mattox,Jack 3 2 0 1 3 DT McFadin,Bud 9 7 0 2 5 DT Holz,Gordy 6 5 0 1 5 DT Hauser,Art 6 5 0 1 5 DE Young,Joe 3 2 0 1 4 DE Gavin,Chuck 5 4 0 1 3 PR DE Konovsky,Bob 3 2 0 1 5 DE Cash,John 6 4 0 2 5 ILB McDaniel,Wahoo 7 4 2 1 5 LB Lamberti,Pat 3 2 1 0 2 LB Stinnette,Jim 4 2 1 1 5 KR LB Hudson,Bob 5 3 1 1 5 LB Simpson,Jackie 3 2 1 0 2 LB Eifrid,Jim 3 2 1 0 2 LB Stalcup,Jerry 4 3 1 0 3 OLB Roehnelt,Bill 4 3 1 0 3 DB Smith,Dan 3 0 3 0 2 DB Sears,Jimmy 3 0 3 0 2 DB Ames,Dave 3 0 3 0 2 RET DB Pyeatt,John 4 0 4 0 2 DB McNamara,Bob 5 0 5 0 5 PR DB McMillin,Jim 5 0 5 0 5 DB Nugent,Phil 6 0 6 0 5 S Gonsoulin,Goose 6 0 6 0 5 KR Special Teams