| Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 19, 1961 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 7642 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 29 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Bukaty 45 run (Jack Hill kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Billy Atkins 39 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Elbert Dubenion 34 pass from Johnny Green (Billy Atkins kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jack Hill 13 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Perry Richards 43 pass from Johnny Green (Billy Atkins kick failed) | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Stew Barber 21 interception return (Billy Atkins kick) | 23 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Glenn Bass |
| 75 | LOT | Ken Rice |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 70 | ROG | Ed Muelhaupt |
| 74 | ROT | Harold Olson |
| 80 | TE | Monte Crockett |
| 18 | QB | Johnny Green |
| 26 | HB | Dewey Bohling |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 33 | FB | Art Baker |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck McMurtry |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Sorey |
| 87 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 57 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 64 | RLB | Stew Barber |
| 46 | LCB | Jim Crotty |
| 22 | LS | Jim Wagstaff |
| 20 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 25 | RCB | Vern Valdez |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Gene Prebola |
| 76 | LOT | Leo Reed |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 52 | C | Jim Barton |
| 63 | ROG | Buzz Guy |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 87 | TE | Lionel Taylor |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 22 | HB | Dave Ames |
| 42 | FL | Al Frazier |
| 33 | FB | Fred Bukaty |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | John Cash |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 71 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 73 | RDE | Bob Konovsky |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Hudson |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 36 | RLB | Jim Stinnette |
| 41 | LCB | Bob McNamara |
| 15 | LS | Phil Nugent |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Green | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Art Baker | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Dewey Bohling | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fred Bukaty | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 45t | 1 |
| Dave Ames | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 26 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Johnny Green | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 0 | 209 | 8.4 | 43t | 2 | 9 | 66 | 106.9 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 4 | 69 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | |
| George Herring | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 2 | 102 | 6.4 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Monte Crockett | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 34 | 1 |
| Tom Rychlec | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Perry Richards | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dewey Bohling | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Fred Bukaty | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Ames | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Crotty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stew Barber | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 9 | 378 | 42.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| George Herring | 7 | 223 | 31.9 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dewey Bohling | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Dave Ames | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
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