| Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 19, 1965 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 30682 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 45 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 18 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Billy Joe 7 pass from Jack Kemp (Pete Gogolak kick) | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Hewritt Dixon 15 pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gary Kroner kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jack Kemp 2 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 13 FG | 30 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lionel Taylor 25 pass from Mickey Slaughter (Goose Gonsoulin pass from Mickey Slaughter) | 30 | 15 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Glenn Bass |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 60 | C | Dave Behrman |
| 50 | ROG | Al Bemiller |
| 79 | ROT | Dick Hudson |
| 84 | TE | Ernie Warlick |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 30 | HB | Wray Carlton |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 33 | FB | Billy Joe |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 70 | RDT | Tom Sestak |
| 88 | RDE | Tom Day |
| 51 | LLB | John Tracey |
| 64 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 22 | LCB | Charley Warner |
| 23 | LS | Gene Sykes |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Breitenstein |
| 72 | LOG | Jerry Sturm |
| 52 | C | Ray Kubala |
| 67 | ROG | Bob McCullough |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 30 | TE | Hewritt Dixon |
| 14 | QB | Mickey Slaughter |
| 29 | HB | Wendell Hayes |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 2 | FB | Cookie Gilchrist |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Ed Cooke |
| 83 | LDT | Ray Jacobs |
| 70 | RDT | Charlie Janerette |
| 78 | RDE | Leroy Moore |
| 53 | LLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Hopkins |
| 56 | RLB | John Bramlett |
| 24 | LCB | Willie Brown |
| 47 | LS | John McGeever |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 44 | RCB | Miller Farr |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Joe | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 10 | 1 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 49 | 20 | 40.8 | 2 | 280 | 5.7 | 48 | 1 | 49.7 | ||
| Daryle Lamonica | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 | 53.5 | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Mickey Slaughter | 42 | 22 | 52.4 | 5 | 291 | 6.9 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Glenn Bass | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 51 | 1 |
| Abner Haynes | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 15t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Charley Warner | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Hagood Clarke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Miller Farr | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ed Rutkowski | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Odell Barry | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Charley Warner | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Odell Barry | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 0 | ||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
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