1960 Denver Broncos (AFL)

4th place Western Division 4-9-1 .308

Jim Cason	Backfield
Dale Dodrill	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/5/1960	A	Boston Patriots	6-43	L	Providence, RI	Mount Pleasant High School Stadium	4706
Sat	8/13/1960	A	Buffalo Bills	14-31	L	Rochester, NY	Aquinas Stadium	6200
Sat	8/20/1960	A	Houston Oilers	3-42	L	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	19500
Sat	8/27/1960	N	Dallas Texans	0-48	L	Little Rock, AR	War Memorial Stadium	5500
Fri	9/2/1960	A	Los Angeles Chargers	30-36	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	21516
Fri	9/9/1960	A	Boston Patriots	13-10	W	Boston, MA	Boston University Field	21597
Sun	9/18/1960	A	Buffalo Bills	27-21	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	15229
Fri	9/23/1960	A	New York Titans	24-28	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	20462
Sun	10/2/1960	H	Oakland Raiders	31-14	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	18732
Sun	10/16/1960	H	Los Angeles Chargers	19-23	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	19141
Sun	10/23/1960	H	Boston Patriots	31-24	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	12683
Sun	10/30/1960	H	Dallas Texans	14-17	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	13102
Sun	11/6/1960	H	Houston Oilers	25-45	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	14489
Sun	11/13/1960	A	Dallas Texans	7-34	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	21000
Sun	11/20/1960	A	Houston Oilers	10-20	L	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	20778
Sun	11/27/1960	H	Buffalo Bills	38-38	T	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	7785
Sun	12/4/1960	H	New York Titans	27-30	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	5861
Sat	12/10/1960	A	Los Angeles Chargers	33-41	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	9928
Sat	12/17/1960	A	Oakland Raiders	10-48	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	5159

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Ken Adamson	LOG	6-2	222	22	Notre Dame	14	13
24	Don Allen	FB	6-0	200	21	Texas	10	2
62	Buddy Alliston	RLB-MLB-LLB	6-0	218	27	Mississippi	11	2
20	Henry Bell	HB	5-10	210	23	none	10	5
43	Frank Bernardi	LCB	5-9	181	27	Colorado	6	3
36	J.W. Brodnax	FB	6-0	208	24	Louisiana State	14	2
50	Fred Broussard	C	6-3	235	27	Texas A&M; Northwestern State (Louisiana)	1	0
34	Hardy Brown	MLB	6-0	193	36	Southern Methodist; Tulsa	13	8
40	Al Carmichael	FL-SE	6-1	192	32	Santa Ana JC; Southern California	9	5
85	Don Carothers	TE	6-5	225	26	Iowa; Bradley	3	1
89	Ken Carpenter	FL-SE-HB	6-0	195	34	Oregon State	6	3
76	Bill Danenhauer	RDE	6-4	245	26	College of Emporia	4	0
75/72	Eldon Danenhauer	ROT	6-4	242	25	College of Emporia; Pittsburg State	14	14
62	Jack Davis	LOG-ROG	6-2	235	27	Oklahoma; Arizona	2	0
84	Al Day	RLB	6-2	216	22	Eastern Michigan	14	11
15	Skip Doyle	RCB	5-11	195	30	Ohio State	6	2
14	Tom Dublinski	QB	6-2	197	30	Utah	3	0
88	Pat Epperson	SE	6-3	225	25	Los Angeles Valley JC; Adams State	9	5
61	Chuck Gavin	RDE	6-0	243	27	Tennessee State	11	14
45	Goose Gonsoulin	RS	6-3	209	22	Baylor	14	1
85	Jim Greer	TE	6-3	215	29	Elizabeth City State	14	1
67	Johnny Hatley	RDT	6-3	249	30	Baylor; Southwest Texas JC; Sul Ross State	14	14
16	George Herring	P-QB	6-2	200	27	Jones County JC; Southern Mississippi	14	0
73/74	Gordy Holz	LOT-RDE	6-4	264	27	Minnesota	14	9
53	Bob Hudson	LLB	6-4	225	30	Clemson	2	1
81	Billy Jessup	SE	6-1	195	31	Long Beach CC; Southern California	9	8
70	Don King	RDE-LDE-LDT	6-3	260	31	Kentucky	14	1
52	Frank Kuchta	MLB	6-2	225	24	Notre Dame	12	5
77	Carl Larpenter	LOT-LOG	6-4	240	24	Texas	14	5
33/23	Pete Mangum	LLB	6-0	219	29	Mississippi	14	13
64	Bud McFadin	LDT	6-3	260	32	Texas	14	14
41	Bob McNamara	LCB-FL	6-0	189	29	Minnesota	14	13
21	Gene Mingo	HB-K	6-1	199	22	none	14	3
51	Mike Nichols	C	6-3	230	22	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
83	Johnny Pyeatt	RCB	6-3	204	27	none	14	12
35	Dave Rolle	FB	6-0	215	23	Oklahoma	14	10
42	Al Romine	LS	6-2	191	28	North Alabama	14	14
72	Hal Smith	DT	6-5	250	25	UCLA	3	0
71	Willie Smith	ROG	6-2	257	23	Michigan	14	14
22	Bob Stransky	HB-FL	6-1	190	24	Colorado	14	5
63	Dave Strickland	LLB-LOG	5-11	215	29	Northeast Mississippi CC; Memphis	14	2
87	Lionel Taylor	TE-FL	6-2	215	25	New Mexico Highlands	12	12
18	Frank Tripucka	QB	6-2	192	33	Notre Dame	14	14
40	Ted Wegert	HB	5-11	202	28	none	4	0
76	Billy Yelverton	RDE	6-4	220	27	Mississippi	10	9
65	Joe Young	LDE	6-2	235	27	Marquette; Arizona	14	14

DRAFT LIST - FIRST SELECTIONS
Player	Pos	College
Harry Ball	T	Boston College
Charley Britt	QB	Georgia
David Canary	E	Cincinnati
Paul Cancro	HB	Boston University
Bill Carrico	G	North Texas
Larry Cundiff	C	Michigan State
Bernie Darre	T	Tulane
Roger Davis	T	Syracuse
Lonnie Dennis	G	Brigham Young
John Dingens	T-G	Detroit Mercy
Maurice Doke	G	Texas
Mike Dowdle	FB	Texas
Wayne Hawkins	T	Pacific
Gary Huber	C	Miami (Ohio)
Dave Hudson	E	Florida
Claude King	HB	Houston
Don Klochak	FB	North Carolina
Roger LeClerc	C	Trinity (Connecticut)
Dean Look	QB	Michigan State
Bill Mathis	HB	Clemson
Ken McNeece	T-G	San Jose State
James Monroe	QB	Arkansas
Ray Norton	HB	San Jose State
Bob Rosbaugh	HB	Miami (Florida)
Mel Semenko	E	Colorado
LeBron Shields	T	Tennessee
Jack Spikes	FB	Texas Christian
Howard Turley	E	Louisville
Jimmy Walden	QB	Wyoming
Willie West	HB	Oregon
John Willener	G	Oregon
Bob Yates	T	Syracuse
Ken Young	E	Valparaiso
Bob Zimpfer	T-G	Bowling Green State

DRAFT LIST - SECOND SELECTIONS
Player	Pos	College
Mel Branch	T-G	Louisiana State
Ronnie Cain	E	Kentucky
Jack Campbell	E	Toledo
Tom Chapman	E	Detroit Mercy
Lovell Coleman	HB	Western Michigan
Jim Colvin	T-G	Houston
Teddy Foret	T-G	Auburn
Bobby Joe Green	HB	Florida
Jack Hanlon	HB	Pennsylvania
George Hershberger	T-G	Wichita State
Sam Horner	HB	Virginia Military Institute
Bobby Hudson	E	Louisiana Tech
Vic Jones	HB	Indiana
Billy Luplow	T-G	Arkansas
George Phelps	HB	Cornell (Iowa)
Tom Roberts	T-G	Georgia Tech
Sam Stenger	C	Denver
Olen Treadway	QB	Iowa
John Wilkins	T-G	Southern California
Emmett Wilson	T-G	Georgia Tech

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	42	93	86	88
Opponents Totals	96	108	90	99

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		248	84	141	23	/ %	/ %	54	501
Opponents Totals		254	112	123	19	/ %	/ %	62	633

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Gene Mingo	6	33	36	91.7	0	0	18	28	64.3	123
Lionel Taylor	12	0	0		0	0	0	0		72
Al Carmichael	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		42
Dave Rolle	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		18
Bob McNamara	2	0	0		0	1	0	0		12
Don Allen	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
J.W. Brodnax	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Ken Carpenter	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Jim Greer	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Billy Jessup	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Johnny Pyeatt	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Billy Yelverton	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Team Totals	37	33	36	91.7	0	1	18	28	64.3	309
Opponents Totals	49	44	47	93.6	2	2	17	28	60.7	393

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gene Mingo	18	28	64.3	7/9	2/5	6/7	2/5	1/2
Team Totals	18	28	64.3	7/9	2/5	6/7	2/4	1/2
Opponents Totals	17	28	60.7	6/	5/	3/	3/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Rolle	130	501	3.9	57t	2
Gene Mingo	83	323	3.9	39	4
Henry Bell	43	238	5.5	68	0
Al Carmichael	41	211	5.1	47t	2
Bob Stransky	28	78	2.8	16	0
Ted Wegert	5	37	7.4	32	0
Bob McNamara	17	33	1.9	7	1
J.W. Brodnax	15	18	1.2	7	0
Don Allen	30	18	0.6	4	1
Ken Carpenter	4	13	3.3	9	0
Mike Nichols	0	3		3L	0
Frank Tripucka	10	0	0.0	3	0
Lionel Taylor	2	-6	-3.0	-2	0
Team Totals	423	1541	3.6	68	10
Opponents Totals	541	2145	4.0		19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Frank Tripucka	478	248	51.9	196	3038	6.4	12.3	80t	24	5.0	34	7.1	27	226	2812	58.9
George Herring	22	9	40.9	12	137	6.2	15.2	21	0	0.0	1	4.5	10	120	17	43.2
Al Carmichael	1	1	100.0	0	26	26.0	26.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	26	118.8
Gene Mingo	7	1	14.3	6	46	6.6	46.0	46	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	46	54.5
Team Totals	508	259	51.0	214	3247	6.4	12.5	80t	24	4.7	35	6.9	37	346	2901	58.2
Opponents Totals	387	189	48.8	171	2987	7.7	15.8	92t	25	6.5	27	7.0	35	361	2626	67.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lionel Taylor	92	1235	13.4	80t	12
Al Carmichael	32	616	19.3	59t	5
Ken Carpenter	29	350	12.1	36	1
Jim Greer	22	284	12.9	33	1
Dave Rolle	21	122	5.8	33	1
Gene Mingo	19	156	8.2	18	1
Pat Epperson	11	99	9.0	16	0
Billy Jessup	9	120	13.3	26	1
Bob McNamara	7	143	20.4	55t	1
J.W. Brodnax	5	39	7.8	19	1
Don Allen	5	34	6.8	17	0
Bob Stransky	3	11	3.7	11	0
Don Carothers	2	25	12.5	20	0
Henry Bell	2	13	6.5	11	0
Team Totals	259	3247	12.5	80t	24
Opponents Totals	189	2987	15.8		25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Goose Gonsoulin	11	98	8.9	25	0
Bob McNamara	4	63	15.8	26	0
Johnny Pyeatt	4	60	15.0	40t	1
Al Romine	3	69	23.0	20	0
Don King	2	18	9.0	15	0
Buddy Alliston	1	65	65.0	65	0
Skip Doyle	1	24	24.0	24	0
Billy Yelverton	1	20	20.0	20t	1
Team Totals	27	417	15.4	65	2
Opponents Totals	35	343	9.8		3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	RYDS	NET
George Herring	70	2610	37.3	70	149
Team Totals	70	2610	37.3	70	149	35.2
Opponents Totals	67	2611	39.0		261

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Carmichael	15	101	6.7		0
Bob McNamara	11	68	6.2	19	0
Gene Mingo	3	92	30.7	76t	1
Team Totals	29	261	9.0		1
Opponents Totals	20	149	7.5		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Carmichael	22	581	26.4	58	0
Gene Mingo	9	209	23.2		0
Bob McNamara	9	192	21.3		0
Bob Stransky	7	153	21.9		0
Ted Wegert	6	143	23.8		0
J.W. Brodnax	5	117	23.4	34	0
Don Allen	5	72	14.4		0
Henry Bell	2	60	30.0		0
Jim Greer	1	11	11.0	11	0
Dave Strickland	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	67	1547	23.1	58	0
Opponents Totals	54	1087	20.1		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Don Allen	2					0
Henry Bell	1					0
Al Carmichael	3					0
George Herring	1					0
Bob McNamara	2					0
Gene Mingo	3					0
Dave Rolle	9					0
Bob Stransky	2					0
Lionel Taylor	2					0
Frank Tripucka	7					0
Team Totals	32	17	15	17	32	0
Opponents Totals	26	17	9	17	26	1