| Denver Broncos at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1960 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Boston University Field Attendance: 21597 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Carmichael 59 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 76 punt return (Gene Mingo kick failed) | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 10 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 13 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Billy Jessup |
| 73/74 | LOT | Gordy Holz |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 51 | C | Mike Nichols |
| 71 | ROG | Willie Smith |
| 75/72 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 85 | TE | Don Carothers |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 20 | HB | Henry Bell |
| 41 | FL | Bob McNamara |
| 36 | FB | J.W. Brodnax |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Joe Young |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 67 | RDT | John Hatley |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 33/23 | LLB | Pete Mangum |
| 34 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 84 | RLB | Al Day |
| 43 | LCB | Frank Bernardi |
| 42 | LS | Al Romine |
| 45 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 83 | RCB | Johnny Pyeatt |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Jim Colclough |
| 75 | LOT | George McGee |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54/56 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 65 | ROG | Jack Davis |
| 76 | ROT | Tony Discenzo |
| 86 | TE | Oscar Lofton |
| 11 | QB | Butch Songin |
| 24 | HB | Walt Livingston |
| 87 | FL | Mike Long |
| 30 | FB | Jim Crawford |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 71 | LDT | Al Crow |
| 73 | RDT | Harry Jagielski |
| 79 | RDE | Al Richardson |
| 80 | LLB | Jack Rudolph |
| 64 | MLB | Tony Sardisco |
| 52 | RLB | Phil Bennett |
| 40 | LCB | Chuck Shonta |
| 33 | LS | Fred Bruney |
| 25 | RS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 42 | RCB | Bob Soltis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gene Mingo | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Dave Rolle | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Al Carmichael | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Henry Bell | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Stransky | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| J.W. Brodnax | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Crawford | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Larry Garron | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Livingston | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Alan Miller | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Butch Songin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Greene | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 1 | 180 | 12.0 | 59t | 1 | 1 | 6 | 102.1 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 145 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 48.1 | |
| Tom Greene | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Carmichael | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 59t | 1 |
| Don Carothers | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Rolle | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| J.W. Brodnax | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Colclough | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Alan Miller | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Crawford | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Lofton | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Green | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Long | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Chuck Shonta | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 8 | 321 | 40.1 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Greene | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 76 | 76.0 | 76t | 1 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Larry Garron | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Walt Livingston | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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