| Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 24, 1965 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 45046 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Billy Joe 78 pass from Jack Kemp (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gary Kroner 33 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Charley Ferguson 8 pass from Jack Kemp (Pete Gogolak kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gary Kroner 20 FG | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Pete Gogolak 22 FG | 6 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Abner Haynes 30 pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gary Kroner kick) | 13 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 74 | LOT | Lee Bernet |
| 72 | LOG | Jerry Sturm |
| 52 | C | Ray Kubala |
| 67 | ROG | Bob McCullough |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 30 | TE | Hewritt Dixon |
| 10 | QB | John McCormick |
| 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 |
| 46 | RCB | John Griffin |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Charley Ferguson |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 60 | C | Dave Behrman |
| 50 | ROG | Al Bemiller |
| 79 | ROT | Dick Hudson |
| 82 | TE | Paul Costa |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 30 | HB | Wray Carlton |
| 46 | FL | Bo Roberson |
| 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 |
| 24 | LCB | Booker Edgerson |
| 45 | LS | Hagood Clarke |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 21 | 87 | 4.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 20 | 2 |
| Donnie Stone | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John McCormick | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 1 | 138 | 6.0 | 34 | 0 | 45.2 | ||
| Mickey Slaughter | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 137 | 8.1 | 31 | 1 | 104.3 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 0 | 280 | 12.7 | 78t | 2 | 137.5 | ||
| Daryle Lamonica | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 16 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | 48.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Hewritt Dixon | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Joe | 6 | 156 | 26.0 | 78t | 1 |
| Charley Ferguson | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Bo Roberson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Costa | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Odell Barry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Butch Byrd | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Odell Barry | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 41 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Charley Warner | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
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