1961 Denver Broncos Statistics

American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Frank Filchock (3-11)
Location: Denver, Colorado

1961 Denver Broncos Roster
1961 Denver Broncos Results

The Denver Broncos of the American Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing third in the AFL's West Division.

The Broncos labored to change the scoreboard with just 251 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 432. Frank Tripucka tossed for 1,690 yards, and George Herring took a significant amount of snaps also. Lionel Taylor paced pass catchers, hauling in 100 passes for 1,176 yards.

Donnie Stone ran for a team-best 505 yards for Denver.

Phil Nugent picked off 7 errant tosses from the opposition.

Frank Filchock coached the team.

Click on column headings to sort.

Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Frank Tripucka	344	167	48.5	1690	4.9	10	2.9	21	6.1	87	47.3
George Herring	211	93	44.1	1160	5.5	5	2.4	22	10.4	54	30.0
Gene Mingo	8	4	50.0	136	17.0	2	25.0	0	0.0	52	135.4
Donnie Stone	2	1	50.0	18	9.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	18	120.8
Lionel Taylor	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0
Al Frazier	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	568	265	46.7	3004	5.3	18	3.2	45	7.9	87

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Donnie Stone	127	505	4.0	34	4
Fred Bukaty	76	187	2.5	45	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
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
James Stinnette	18	8	0.4	9	0
Buddy Allen	3	-4	-1.3	2	0
Frank Tripucka	4	-8	-2.0	0	0
Totals	332	1104	3.3	45	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lionel Taylor	100	1176	11.8	52	4
Al Frazier	47	799	17.0	87	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
James Stinnette	11	58	5.3	15	1
Gene Mingo	8	110	13.8	69	2
Dave Ames	6	20	3.3	9	0
Al Carmichael	5	23	4.6	14	0
Jack Hill	4	33	8.2	15	0
Jerry Sturm	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Jerry Traynham	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	265	3004	11.3	87	18

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Jack Hill	16	16	100.0	15	5	33.3	31
Gene Mingo	11	11	100.0	10	3	30.0	20
Totals	27	27	100.0	25	8	32.0	51

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
George Herring	80	3149	39.4	63
Totals	80	3149	39.4	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Frazier	18	231	12.8	55	1
Al Carmichael	7	58	8.3	29	0
Dave Ames	2	17	8.5	13	0
Bob McNamara	4	17	4.2	9	0
Gene Mingo	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	32	324	10.1	55	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Al Frazier	18	504	28.0	90	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
James Stinnette	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	66	1501	22.7	90	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Phil Nugent	7	77	11.0	30
Goose Gonsoulin	6	76	12.7	38
Jim McMillin	5	56	11.2	26
Bob McNamara	3	85	28.3	34
Bob Hudson	3	16	5.3	13
James Stinnette	1	40	40.0	40
Pat Lamberti	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	26	355	13.7	40

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FTD
Gene Mingo			2
James Stinnette		0	1
Buddy Allen			1	0
Fred Bukaty			3
Jerry Sturm			1	0
Al Frazier			9
Donnie Stone			3
Frank Tripucka			3	0
Dave Ames			2	0
George Herring			4
Al Carmichael			4	0
Totals	0	0	33	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Al Frazier	0	6	1	1					0	0	0	1		50
Donnie Stone	4	4		0					0	0	0			48
Fred Bukaty	5	0		0					0	0	0	1		32
Gene Mingo	0	2	0	0					3	11	0			32
Jack Hill		0		0					5	16	0			31
Lionel Taylor		4							0	0	0			24
George Herring	2								0	0	0			12
Gene Prebola		1		0					0	0	0	1		8
James Stinnette	0	1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Chuck Gavin								1	0	0	0			6
Totals	11	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	27	0	3	0	249