| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1962 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 34496 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 75 F Humidty: 17% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 25 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | George Blanda 18 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Cannon 2 run (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bob Scarpitto 3 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Donnie Stone 20 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 10 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Bill Groman |
| 70 | LOT | Al Jamison |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 52 | C | Bob Schmidt |
| 53 | ROG | Hogan Wharton |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Michael |
| 81 | TE | Bob McLeod |
| 15 | QB | George Blanda |
| 32 | HB | Dave Smith |
| 87 | FL | Charley Hennigan |
| 44 | FB | Charlie Tolar |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gary Cutsinger |
| 78 | LDT | Ed Culpepper |
| 82 | RDT | Ed Husmann |
| 75 | RDE | Don Floyd |
| 31 | LLB | Doug Cline |
| 33 | MLB | Gene Babb |
| 30 | RLB | Mike Dukes |
| 40 | LCB | Tony Banfield |
| 23 | LS | Bobby Jancik |
| 27 | RS | Freddy Glick |
| 41 | RCB | Mark Johnston |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 71 | LOT | Jim Perkins |
| 72 | LOG | Jerry Sturm |
| 52 | C | Jim Barton |
| 67 | ROG | Bob McCullough |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 88 | TE | Gene Prebola |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 42 | HB | Al Frazier |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 35 | FB | Bo Dickinson |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | John Cash |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 68 | LLB | Bill Roehnelt |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 62 | RLB | Jerry Stalcup |
| 33 | LCB | Justin Rowland |
| 46 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Tolar | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gene Mingo | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 46 | 24 | 52.2 | 0 | 201 | 4.4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 63.8 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 40 | 26 | 65.0 | 1 | 308 | 7.7 | 34 | 1 | 86.2 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dave Smith | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gene Mingo | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Lionel Taylor | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Al Frazier | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Gene Babb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Norton | 6 | 298 | 49.7 | 58 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 3 | 164 | 54.7 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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