| New York Titans at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1961 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 12508 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 57 F Humidty: 30% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York TitansNY | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Frazier 58 pass from Frank Tripucka (Jack Hill kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York TitansNY | Dick Christy 51 pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York TitansNY | Bill Shockley 17 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jack Hill 32 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Donnie Stone 5 pass from George Herring (Jack Hill kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jack Hill 22 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 10 lateral from Gene Prebola 8 pass from George Herring (Jack Hill kick) | 10 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 76 | LDE | Sid Youngelman |
| 73 | LDT | Proverb Jacobs |
| 72 | RDT | Dick Guesman |
| 74 | RDE | Nick Mumley |
| 82 | LLB | Ed Cooke |
| 57 | MLB | Hubert Bobo |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 23 | LCB | Dick Felt |
| 22 | LS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RS | Dainard Paulson |
| 33 | RCB | Paul Hynes |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Gene Prebola |
| 76 | LOT | Jack Mattox |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 52 | C | Jim Barton |
| 63 | ROG | Buzz Guy |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 87 | TE | Lionel Taylor |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 34 | HB | Donnie Stone |
| 42 | FL | Al Frazier |
| 33 | FB | Fred Bukaty |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Art Hauser |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 73 | RDE | Bob Konovsky |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Hudson |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 62 | RLB | Jerry Stalcup |
| 15 | LS | Phil Nugent |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| 41 | RCB | Bob McNamara |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Mel West | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Christy | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Apple | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Donnie Stone | 12 | 78 | 6.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| George Herring | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Sturm | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 36 | 14 | 38.9 | 3 | 226 | 6.3 | 51t | 1 | 35.2 | ||
| Bob Scrabis | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 73 | 7.3 | 35 | 0 | 74.2 | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| George Herring | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 2 | 133 | 6.7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.5 |
| Frank Tripucka | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 1 | 72 | 4.2 | 58t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.8 |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||
| Art Powell | 12 | 160 | 13.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Bill Shockley | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Christy | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 51t | 1 |
| Thurlow Cooper | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Frazier | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 58t | 1 |
| Lionel Taylor | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Sturm | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 10 | 10Lt | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||
| Lee Riley | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Cooke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim McMillin | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 7 | 319 | 45.6 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Dick Christy | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 63 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Dick Christy | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jim Apple | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mel West | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 12 | 12L | 0 | ||
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