| Denver Broncos at New York Titans |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 24, 1961 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 14381 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 81 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| New York TitansNY | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York TitansNY | Dick Christy 70 punt return (Bill Shockley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York TitansNY | Don Maynard 34 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Donnie Stone 5 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York TitansNY | Dick Christy 64 punt return (Bill Shockley kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New York TitansNY | Don Maynard 39 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | New York TitansNY | Art Powell 11 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Donnie Stone 9 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Bukaty 3 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Bukaty 1 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 28 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Gene Prebola |
| 76 | LOT | Jack Mattox |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 52 | C | Jim Barton |
| 77 | ROG | Carl Larpenter |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 87 | TE | Lionel Taylor |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 34 | HB | Donnie Stone |
| 42 | FL | Al Frazier |
| 36 | FB | Jim Stinnette |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | John Cash |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Hudson |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 68 | RLB | Bill Roehnelt |
| 41 | LCB | Bob McNamara |
| 15 | LS | Phil Nugent |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 83 | RCB | Johnny Pyeatt |
| New York Titans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Art Powell |
| 78 | LOT | Jack Klotz |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Mischak |
| 56 | C | Roger Ellis |
| 68 | ROG | John McMullan |
| 70 | ROT | Gene Cockrell |
| 88 | TE | Thurlow Cooper |
| 12 | QB | Al Dorow |
| 45 | HB | Dick Christy |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 31 | FB | Bill Mathis |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ed Cooke |
| 75 | LDT | Tom Saidock |
| 76 | RDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 74 | RDE | Nick Mumley |
| 50 | LLB | Jim Furey |
| 57 | MLB | Hubert Bobo |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 23 | LCB | Dick Felt |
| 22 | LS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RS | Dainard Paulson |
| 25 | RCB | Dave Ames |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | / | / | 6 | 50 | 1 | 1 | |
| NY | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | / | / | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fred Bukaty | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 28 | 2 |
| Donnie Stone | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Al Frazier | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| George Herring | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 28 | 3 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Christy | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Shockley | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Dewey Bohling | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 0 | 110 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 |
| George Herring | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 135 | 6.8 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 71.9 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 28 | 51.9 | 1 | 245 | 4.5 | 50 | 1 | 22 | 62.7 | |
| New York Titans | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 3 | 121 | 4.8 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 52.2 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 3 | 121 | 4.8 | 39 | 3 | 26 | 52.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Gene Prebola | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 245 | 8.8 | 50 | 1 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Art Powell | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Don Maynard | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 39 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 39 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Phil Nugent | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Dick Felt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 54 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 54 | |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 52 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Dick Christy | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 70t | 2 | |
| Bill Shockley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gene Cockrell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 70t | 2 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | ||
| Al Carmichael | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Gene Prebola | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bill Shockley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Tom Saidock | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tom Budrewicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||