1961 Denver Broncos (AFL)

3rd place Western Division 3-11-0 .214

Ken Carpenter	Assistant Coach
Dale Dodrill	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/12/1961	A	Dallas Texans	13-31	L	Midland, TX	Midland High School Stadium	10000
Sat	8/19/1961	N	Oakland Raiders	48-21	W	Spokane, WA	Memorial Stadium	6500
Fri	8/25/1961	A	Dallas Texans	27-29	L	Fort Worth, TX	Farrington Field	21710
Sat	9/1/1961	A	Houston Oilers	10-42	L	Mobile, AL	Ladd Memorial Stadium	10087
Mon	9/4/1961	A	Oakland Raiders	12-49	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	6300
Sun	9/10/1961	A	Buffalo Bills	22-10	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	16636
Sat	9/16/1961	A	Boston Patriots	17-45	L	Boston, MA	Boston University Field	14479
Sun	9/24/1961	A	New York Titans	28-35	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	14381
Sun	10/1/1961	A	Oakland Raiders	19-33	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	8361
Sun	10/8/1961	H	Dallas Texans	12-19	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	14500
Sun	10/15/1961	H	Oakland Raiders	27-24	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	11129
Sun	10/22/1961	H	New York Titans	27-10	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	12508
Sun	10/29/1961	A	San Diego Chargers	0-37	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	32584
Sun	11/5/1961	H	Houston Oilers	14-55	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	11564
Sun	11/12/1961	H	San Diego Chargers	16-19	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	7859
Sun	11/19/1961	H	Buffalo Bills	10-23	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	7642
Sun	11/26/1961	A	Houston Oilers	14-45	L	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	27874
Sun	12/3/1961	H	Boston Patriots	24-28	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	9303
Sun	12/10/1961	A	Dallas Texans	21-49	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	8000

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Ken Adamson	LOG	6-2	222	23	Notre Dame	14	12
22	Buddy Allen	HB	5-11	193	24	Oakland JC; Utah State	1	0
22	Dave Ames	HB-LCB	6-0	185	24	Richmond	7	1
52	Jim Barton	C	6-5	250	27	Marshall	14	10
33	Fred Bukaty	FB	5-11	195	25	Kansas	14	8
40	Al Carmichael	FL	6-1	192	33	Santa Ana JC; Southern California	6	0
66	John Cash	LDE	6-2	235	25	Allen	14	11
75	Eldon Danenhauer	ROT	6-4	242	26	College of Emporia; Pittsburg State	14	12
62	Jim Eifrid	LB	6-0	240	23	Colorado State	1	0
40	Dale Evans	FL-TE	6-3	210	22	Kansas State	5	0
42	Al Frazier	FL	5-11	180	26	Florida A&M	14	14
61	Chuck Gavin	RDE	6-0	243	28	Tennessee State	8	5
23	Goose Gonsoulin	RS	6-3	209	23	Baylor	14	14
63	Buzz Guy	ROG	6-3	248	25	Duke	9	9
71	Art Hauser	RDT-LDE	6-0	237	32	Xavier (Ohio)	14	11
16	George Herring	P-QB	6-2	200	28	Jones County JC; Southern Mississippi	14	3
84	Jack Hill	LS-K-SE	6-1	185	29	Utah State	14	2
74	Gordy Holz	RDT	6-4	264	28	Minnesota	14	6
53	Bob Hudson	LLB	6-4	225	31	Clemson	14	14
73	Bob Konovsky	RDE-LOG-ROG	6-2	246	27	Wisconsin	13	10
50	Pat Lamberti	LB	6-2	225	24	Richmond	7	0
77	Carl Larpenter	ROG-LOT	6-4	240	25	Texas	14	5
76	Jack Mattox	LOT-ROT	6-4	240	23	Fresno State	8	8
54	Wahoo McDaniel	MLB	6-0	235	23	Oklahoma	14	14
64	Bud McFadin	LDT	6-3	260	33	Texas	14	14
45	Jim McMillin	RCB	5-11	190	22	Diablo Valley JC; Colorado State	14	11
41	Bob McNamara	LCB	6-0	189	30	Minnesota	14	14
21	Gene Mingo	K-HB	6-1	199	23	none	10	3
51	Mike Nichols	C	6-3	230	23	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	4
15	Phil Nugent	LS	6-2	195	22	Tulane	12	10
88	Gene Prebola	SE	6-3	220	23	Boston University	14	14
83	Johnny Pyeatt	RCB	6-3	204	28	none	3	3
76	Leo Reed	LOT	6-3	260	22	Colorado State	4	4
68	Bill Roehnelt	RLB	6-1	227	25	Bradley	4	1
35	Jimmy Sears	LS	5-10	183	30	El Camino JC; Southern California	2	2
67	Jacki Simpson	RLB	6-0	225	25	Mississippi	6	0
20	Dan Smith	S	5-10	180	26	Northeastern State	4	0
62	Jerry Stalcup	RLB	6-0	230	23	Wisconsin	8	7
36	Jim Stinnette	RLB-FB	6-1	230	23	Oregon State	14	10
34	Donnie Stone	HB-FB-K	6-2	205	24	Arkansas	14	12
72	Jerry Sturm	LOG-LOT-FB	6-3	257	25	Illinois	14	5
87	Lionel Taylor	TE	6-2	215	26	New Mexico Highlands	14	14
20	Jerry Traynham	HB	5-10	190	22	Southern California	2	0
18	Frank Tripucka	QB	6-2	192	34	Notre Dame	14	11
28	Joe Young	LLB	6-2	235	28	Marquette; Arizona	6	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Bob Gaiters	HB	New Mexico State
2	12	Jerry Hill	HB	Wyoming
3	20	Bo Strange	C	Louisiana State
4	26	Sonny Davis	E	Baylor
4	28	Ron McDole	T	Nebraska
5	36	Charlie Cowan	E	New Mexico Highlands
6	43	Dale Evans	HB	Kansas State
7	49	Pat Patchen	E	Florida
9	65	Phil Nugent	QB	Tulane
10	73	Charley Sturgeon	HB	Kentucky
11	81	John Simko	E	Augustana (South Dakota)
12	89	Jerry Miller	E	Howard Payne
13	97	Ron Greene	G	Washington State
14	105	Bill Cooper	FB	Muskingum
15	113	Willie Crafts	G	Texas A&M-Kingsville
16	121	Jim Larkin	T	Hillsdale
17	129	Chuck Weiss	FB	Colorado
18	137	Chick Graning	HB	Georgia Tech
19	145	John Hobbs	G	Maryland-Eastern Shore
20	153	Buck McLeod	T	Baylor
21	161	Jim Morgan	HB	Northern Iowa
22	169	Tommy Hackler	E	Tennessee Tech
23	177	Tom Jewell	T	Idaho State
24	185	E.A. Sims	E	New Mexico State
25	193	Pete Samms	T	Central Oklahoma
26	201	Sammy Smith	HB	North Alabama
27	209	Don Olson	HB	Nebraska
28	217	Wayne Lee	G	Northern Colorado
29	225	Archie Cobb	T	Nebraska
30	233	Dale Mills	HB	Truman State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	52	34	37	128
Opponents Totals	75	143	95	119

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		219	66	127	26	/ %	/ %	60	560
Opponents Totals		233	83	127	23	/ %	/ %	98	799

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Al Frazier	8	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	50
Donnie Stone	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	48
Fred Bukaty	5	0	0		1	2	0	0		0	32
Gene Mingo	2	11	11	100.0	0	0	3	10	30.0	0	32
Jack Hill	0	16	16	100.0	0	0	5	15	33.3	0	31
Lionel Taylor	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
George Herring	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Gene Prebola	1	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	8
Chuck Gavin	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jim Stinnette	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Frank Tripucka	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	0
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	32	27	27	100.0	3	5	8	25	32.0	1	251
Opponents Totals	56	51	55	92.7	0	0	13	26	50.0	2	432

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jack Hill	5	15	33.3	2/3	2/5	1/1	0/5	0/1
Gene Mingo	3	10	30.0	1/1	1/2	1/3	0/2	0/2
Team Totals	8	25	32.0	1/1	1/2	1/3	0/2	0/2
Opponents Totals	13	26	50.0	6/	1/	3/	2/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Donnie Stone	127	505	4.0	34	4
Fred Bukaty	76	187	2.5	45t	5
Dave Ames	19	114	6.0	26	0
Al Frazier	23	110	4.8	43	0
George Herring	15	74	4.9	20	2
George Herring	15	74	4.9	20	0
Gene Mingo	18	51	2.8	15	0
Jerry Sturm	8	31	3.9	9	0
Al Carmichael	15	24	1.6	8	0
Jerry Traynham	6	12	2.0	8	0
Jim Stinnette	18	8	0.4	9	0
Buddy Allen	3	-4	-1.3	2	0
Frank Tripucka	4	-8	-2.0	0	0
Team Totals	333	1091	3.3	45	11
Opponents Totals	435	1633	3.8		17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Frank Tripucka	344	167	48.5	156	1690	4.9	10.1	87t	10	2.9	21	6.1				47.3
George Herring	211	93	44.1	96	1160	5.5	12.5	54	5	2.4	22	10.4				30.0
Gene Mingo	8	4	50.0	4	136	17.0	34.0	52t	2	25.0	0	0.0				135.4
Donnie Stone	2	1	50.0	1	18	9.0	18.0	18t	1	50.0	0	0.0				120.8
Al Frazier	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0				0.0
Lionel Taylor	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0				0.0
Team Totals	568	265	46.7	258	3004	5.3	11.3	87	18	3.2	45	7.9	33	284	2720	40.6
Opponents Totals	433	194	44.8	213	3060	7.1	15.8	91t	30	6.9	26	6.0	33	275	2785	66.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lionel Taylor	100	1176	11.8	52t	4
Al Frazier	47	799	17.0	87t	6
Donnie Stone	38	344	9.1	37	4
Gene Prebola	29	349	12.0	54	1
Fred Bukaty	14	94	6.7	13	0
Jim Stinnette	11	58	5.3	15	1
Gene Mingo	8	110	13.8	69t	2
Dave Ames	6	20	3.3	9	0
Al Carmichael	5	23	4.6	14	0
Jack Hill	4	33	8.3	15	0
Jerry Sturm	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Jerry Traynham	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	265	3004	11.3	87t	18
Opponents Totals	194	3060	15.8		30

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Phil Nugent	7	77	11.0	30	0
Goose Gonsoulin	6	76	12.7	38	0
Jim McMillin	5	56	11.2	26	0
Bob McNamara	3	85	28.3	34	0
Bob Hudson	3	16	5.3	13	0
Jim Stinnette	1	40	40.0	40	0
Pat Lamberti	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	26	355	13.7	40	0
Opponents Totals	45	818	18.2		5

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	RYDS	NET
George Herring	80	3149	39.4	63	368
Team Totals	80	3149	39.4	63	368	39.4
Opponents Totals	77	3141	40.8		369

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Frazier	18	231	12.8	55Lt	1
Al Carmichael	7	58	8.3	29	0
Bob McNamara	4	17	4.3	9	0
Dave Ames	2	17	8.5	13	0
Gene Mingo	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	32	324	10.1	64t	1
Opponents Totals	26	368	14.2	70t	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Frazier	18	504	28.0	90t	1
Al Carmichael	16	310	19.4	31	0
Dave Ames	12	240	20.0	30	0
Donnie Stone	9	215	23.9	76	0
Gene Mingo	4	120	30.0	30	0
Fred Bukaty	3	41	13.7	20	0
Goose Gonsoulin	1	34	34.0	34	0
Jack Hill	1	23	23.0	23	0
Gene Prebola	1	8	8.0	8	0
Jim Stinnette	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	66	1501	22.7	90t	1
Opponents Totals	42	720	17.1		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Buddy Allen	1					0
Dave Ames	2					0
Fred Bukaty	3					0
Al Carmichael	4					0
Al Frazier	9					0
George Herring	4					0
Gene Mingo	2					0
Jim Stinnette	1					0
Donnie Stone	3					0
Jerry Sturm	1					0
Frank Tripucka	3					0
Team Totals	33	20	13	14	27	0
Opponents Totals	25	14	11	20	31	1