| Boston Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 14, 1969 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 43769 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 20% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tommie Smiley 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tommie Smiley 17 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 3 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Denson 9 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Denson 3 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Carl Garrett 4 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Charlie Frazier |
| 29 | WR | Aaron Marsh |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 76 | LOG | Charlie Long |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 17 | QB | Mike Taliaferro |
| 13 | RB | R.C. Gamble |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| Defense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Johnny Cagle |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 52 | LLB | Ed Philpott |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 57 | RLB | John Bramlett |
| 41 | LCB | Larry Carwell |
| 21 | LS | Tommy Janik |
| 42 | RS | Don Webb |
| 23 | RCB | Daryl Johnson |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 84 | WR | Mike Haffner |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| 39 | RB | Tommie Smiley |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 62 | LDT | Jerry Inman |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 58 | RLB | Frank Richter |
| 40 | LCB | Grady Cavness |
| 34 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 27 | RS | Tom Oberg |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 12 | 70 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
| R.C. Gamble | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Sid Blanks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 21 | 105 | 5.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Tommie Smiley | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 3 | 1 |
| Bobby Burnett | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 38 | 19 | 50.0 | 4 | 257 | 6.8 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 32.3 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 205 | 13.7 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 149.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| R.C. Gamble | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Aaron Marsh | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Denson | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 43 | 2 |
| Mike Haffner | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Carl Cunningham | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Huard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| George Burrell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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