| Boston Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1960 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 12683 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 72 F Humidty: 23% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 12 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 10 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Billy Wells 6 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Alan Miller 47 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Carmichael 21 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Jessup 19 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Carmichael 50 lateral from Lionel Taylor 5 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 8 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 9 FG | 24 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Jim Colclough |
| 75 | LOT | George McGee |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54/56 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 65 | ROG | Jack Davis |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 10 | TE | Harvey White |
| 11 | QB | Butch Songin |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 21 | FL | Billy Wells |
| 32 | FB | Alan Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 73 | LDT | Harry Jagielski |
| 70 | RDT | Hal Smith |
| 64 | RDE | Tony Sardisco |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 51/54 | MLB | Bill Brown |
| 83 | RLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 31 | LCB | Clyde Washington |
| 20 | LS | Gino Cappelletti |
| 25 | RS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 42 | RCB | Bob Soltis |
| 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 |
| 87 | TE | Lionel Taylor |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 21 | HB | Gene Mingo |
| 40 | FL | Al Carmichael |
| 35 | FB | Dave Rolle |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Joe Young |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 67 | RDT | John Hatley |
| 76 | RDE | Billy Yelverton |
| 33/23 | LLB | Pete Mangum |
| 34 | MLB | Hardy Brown |
| 84 | RLB | Al Day |
| 41 | LCB | Bob McNamara |
| 42 | LS | Al Romine |
| 45 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 83 | RCB | Johnny Pyeatt |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 16 | 127 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Alan Miller | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Jake Crouthamel | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walter Beach | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Rolle | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Al Carmichael | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Don Allen | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Stransky | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| J.W. Brodnax | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 3 | 223 | 6.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60.5 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 37 | 20 | 54.1 | 2 | 287 | 7.8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 93.0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Burton | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 1 | |
| Billy Wells | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| Harvey White | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Alan Miller | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47t | 1 |
| Walter Beach | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 1 | |
| Al Carmichael | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 35 | 2 |
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Rolle | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ross O'Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Don King | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Greene | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 5 | 163 | 32.6 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Al Carmichael | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Jake Crouthamel | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Walter Beach | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Carmichael | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
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