| Boston Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1961 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 9303 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 22% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Patriots | Billy Lott 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston Patriots | Billy Lott 6 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Donnie Stone 23 pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Gene Mingo 18 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Al Frazier 55 punt return (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Boston Patriots | Larry Garron 51 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Boston Patriots | Babe Parilli 7 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Al Frazier 90 kickoff return (Gene Mingo kick) | 28 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Butch Songin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 1 | |
| Ger Schwedes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 21 | 57 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Stinnette | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| George Herring | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 2 | 99 | 4.7 | 1 | 25.8 | |||
| Babe Parilli | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 81 | 9.0 | 51 | 1 | 113.7 | ||
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 1 | 237 | 5.6 | 1 | 61.3 | |||
| George Herring | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 18.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Billy Lott | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Larry Garron | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 9 | 137 | 15.2 | 1 | |
| Lionel Taylor | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Stinnette | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Don Webb | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Addison | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Austin Gonsoulin | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim McMillin | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 9 | 335 | 37.2 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Charlie Long | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 1 | ||
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Ger Schwedes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 1 | ||
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