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1961 Denver Broncos Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-11-0, 3rd in AFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Frank Filchock (3-11-0)

Points For: 251 (17.9/g) 7th of 8

Points Against: 432 (30.9/g) 7th of 8

Expected W-L: 3.0-11.0

SRS: -11.31 (7th of 8), SOS: 1.62

Stadium: Bears Stadium

Partial Owner/President: Calvin Kunz

Partial Owner/Chairman of the Board of Directors: Gerald Phipps

General Manager: Dean Griffing

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	251	3824	933	4.1	68	23	219	265	568	2720	18	45	4.5	127	332	1104	11	3.3	66	60	560	26
Opp. Stats	432	4418	901	4.9	40	14	233	194	433	2785	30	26	6.0	127	435	1633	17	3.8	83	98	799	23
Lg Rank Offense	7	7			8	8	6		1	3	4	8	7		8	8	7	8
Lg Rank Defense	7	6			7	7	3		3	5	8	4	6		7	5	4	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 10		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	22	10	12	279	179	100	2	13	284	118	166	3
2	Sat	September 16		boxscore	L		1-1	@	Boston Patriots	17	45	10	270	201	69	4	19	392	346	46	1
3	Sun	September 24		boxscore	L		1-2	@	New York Titans	28	35	18	286	223	63	2	13	203	95	108	3
4	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		1-3	@	Oakland Raiders	19	33	14	288	164	124	3	14	256	103	153
5	Sun	October 8		boxscore	L		1-4		Dallas Texans	12	19	19	271	214	57	6	18	230	39	191	1
6	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		2-4		Oakland Raiders	27	24	14	294	212	82	3	21	388	247	141	5
7	Sun	October 22		boxscore	W		3-4		New York Titans	27	10	20	338	205	133	4	17	359	281	78	6
8	Sun	October 29		boxscore	L		3-5	@	San Diego Chargers	0	37	14	304	228	76	7	13	312	211	101	5
9	Sun	November 5		boxscore	L		3-6		Houston Oilers	14	55	19	204	130	74	6	24	582	348	234	2
10	Sun	November 12		boxscore	L		3-7		San Diego Chargers	16	19	19	358	272	86	5	13	209	153	56	3
11	Sun	November 19		boxscore	L		3-8		Buffalo Bills	10	23	11	273	161	112	9	13	235	155	80
12	Sun	November 26		boxscore	L		3-9	@	Houston Oilers	14	45	11	159	115	44	8	21	311	251	60	6
13	Sun	December 3		boxscore	L		3-10		Boston Patriots	24	28	19	281	217	64	4	11	244	173	71	2
14	Sun	December 10		boxscore	L		3-11	@	Dallas Texans	21	49	19	219	199	20	5	23	413	265	148	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Frank Tripucka	34	QB	14	11	3-8-0	167	344	48.5	1690	10	2.9	21	6.1	87	4.9	2.7	10.1	120.7	47.3	12	118	3.37	4.42	2.3	1	1
2	George Herring	28	QB	14	3	0-3-0	93	211	44.1	1160	5	2.4	22	10.4	54	5.5	1.3	12.5	82.9	30.0	21	166	9.05	4.28	0.4	0	1
3	Gene Mingo	23	LHB	10	3		4	8	50.0	136	2	25.0	0	0.0	52	17.0	22.0	34.0	13.6	135.4						0	0
4	Donnie Stone	24	LHB	14	12		1	2	50.0	18	1	50.0	0	0.0	18	9.0	19.0	18.0	1.3	120.8						0	0	PB
5	Al Frazier	26	RHB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0						0	0
6	Lionel Taylor	26	RE	14	14		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0						0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			14	14	3-11-0	265	568	46.7	2720	18	3.2	45	7.9	87	5.3	2.4	11.3	194.3	40.6	33	284	5.61	4.53	1.76	1	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Lionel Taylor	26	RE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	100	1176	11.8	4	52	7.1	84.0	100	11.8	1176	4	0	PB,AP-1
2	Al Frazier	26	RHB	14	14	23	110	0	43	4.8	7.9	1.6	47	799	17.0	6	87	3.4	57.1	70	13.0	909	6	9
3	Donnie Stone	24	LHB	14	12	127	505	4	34	4.0	36.1	9.1	38	344	9.1	4	37	2.7	24.6	165	5.1	849	8	3	PB
4	Gene Prebola	23	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	349	12.0	1	54	2.1	24.9	29	12.0	349	1	0
5	Fred Bukaty	25	FB	14	8	76	187	5	45	2.5	13.4	5.4	14	94	6.7	0	13	1.0	6.7	90	3.1	281	5	3
6	Gene Mingo	23	LHB	10	3	18	51	0	15	2.8	5.1	1.8	8	110	13.8	2	69	0.8	11.0	26	6.2	161	2	2
7	Dave Ames	24	HB	7	1	19	114	0	26	6.0	16.3	2.7	6	20	3.3	0	9	0.9	2.9	25	5.4	134	0	2
8	George Herring	28	QB	14	3	15	74	2	20	4.9	5.3	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	4.9	74	2	4
9	James Stinnette	23	RLB	14	10	18	8	0	9	0.4	0.6	1.3	11	58	5.3	1	15	0.8	4.1	29	2.3	66	1	1
10	Al Carmichael	33	HB	6	0	15	24	0	8	1.6	4.0	2.5	5	23	4.6	0	14	0.8	3.8	20	2.4	47	0	4
11	Jack Hill	29	K	14	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	33	8.3	0	15	0.3	2.4	4	8.3	33	0	0
12	Jerry Sturm	25	LT	14	5	8	31	0	9	3.9	2.2	0.6	2	-1	-0.5	0		0.1	-0.1	10	3.0	30	0	1
13	Jerry Traynham	22	K	2	0	6	12	0	8	2.0	6.0	3.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.5	-0.5	7	1.6	11	0	0
14	Buddy Allen	24	HB	1	0	3	-4	0	2	-1.3	-4.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-1.3	-4	0	1
15	Frank Tripucka	34	QB	14	11	4	-8	0		-2.0	-0.6	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-2.0	-8	0	3
	Team Totals			14	14	332	1104	11	45	3.3	78.9	23.7	265	3004	11.3	18	87	18.9	214.6	597	6.9	4108	29	33

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Al Frazier	26	RHB	14	14	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Goose Gonsoulin	23	FS	14	14	6	76	0	38	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Bob Hudson	31	LLB	14	14	3	16	0	13	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
4	Wahoo McDaniel	23	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
5	Bud McFadin	33	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Bob McNamara	30	LCB	14	14	3	85	0	34	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Donnie Stone	24	LHB	14	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	John Cash	25	LDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0
9	Art Hauser	32	RDT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
10	Jim McMillin	22	RCB	14	11	5	56	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Frank Tripucka	34	QB	14	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Bob Konovsky	27	RDE	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
13	Phil Nugent	22	SS	12	10	7	77	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	James Stinnette	23	RLB	14	10	1	40	0	40	1	0	0	0	2.0	0
15	Fred Bukaty	25	FB	14	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Gordy Holz	28	RDT	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
17	Chuck Gavin	28	RDE	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Jerry Sturm	25	LT	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	George Herring	28	QB	14	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Gene Mingo	23	LHB	10	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Dave Ames	24	HB	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Buddy Allen	24	HB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Al Carmichael	33	HB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Pat Lamberti	24	LB	7	0	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	26	355	0	40	33	0	0	0	26.0	0

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