1960 Cleveland 34, 1960 Denver 13

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1960 Cleveland

0

27

7

0

0

34
1960 Denver

3

7

3

0

0

13
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 12:18 1960 Denver G.Mingo 37 yd. field goal 3-0 DEA
2 13:12 1960 Cleveland M.Plum 1 yd. run (S.Baker kick) 7-3 CLN
2 9:54 1960 Denver B.Jessup 12 yd. pass from F.Tripucka (G.Mingo kick) 10-7 DEA
2 4:12 1960 Cleveland G.Nagler 10 yd. pass from M.Plum (kick failed) 13-10 CLN
2 2:00 1960 Cleveland J.Caleb 1 yd. run (S.Baker kick) 20-10 CLN
2 0:15 1960 Cleveland J.Brown 2 yd. run (S.Baker kick) 27-10 CLN
3 6:36 1960 Cleveland M.Plum 1 yd. run (S.Baker kick) 34-10 CLN
3 0:36 1960 Denver G.Mingo 32 yd. field goal 34-13 CLN

Team Statistics
1960 Cleveland 1960 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 17-11-1-29 4-11-0-15
Third Down Efficiency 9-13-69% 4-9-44%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 35-49-71% 7-14-50%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 406-74-5.5 260-47-5.5
Total Net Yards Rushing 238 54
Total Rushes 55 21
Average Per Rush 4.3 2.6
Passes Completed/Attempted 14/18 (77.8%) 17/26 (65.4%)
Net Yards Passing 168 206
Avg Yards Per Pass 9.7 7.9
Sacked/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
Punts/Average 1/42.0 2/36.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 0/0 1/2
Kickoffs/Returns 3/45 6/93
Interceptions/Returns 2/29 1/0
Penalties/Yards 4/20 3/26
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 5/2 4/2
Time of Possession 36 mins 46 secs 23 mins 14 secs
Average Drive Start CLN 40 DEA 27

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1960 Cleveland
Milt Plum 18 14 174 77.8 9.7 1 5.6 1 5.6 28 1/6 102.3
1960 Denver
Frank Tripucka 26 17 206 65.4 7.9 1 3.8 2 7.7 30 0/0 70.4

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1960 Cleveland
Jim Brown 21 57 2.7 9 1 0 4/2
Bobby Mitchell 11 100 9.1 18 0 0 1/0
Prentice Gautt 11 49 4.5 14 0 0 0/0
Jamie Caleb 5 31 6.2 15 1 0 0/0
Len Dawson 4 -2 -0.5 1 0 0 0/0
Milt Plum 3 3 1.0 1 2 0 0/0
1960 Denver
Al Carmichael 8 23 2.9 12 0 0 2/1
Dave Rolle 5 18 3.6 5 0 0 0/0
Henry Bell 3 3 1.0 3 0 0 0/0
Gene Mingo 2 8 4.0 6 0 0 0/0
Bob Stransky 2 6 3.0 6 0 0 0/0
Bob McNamara 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0 0 1/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1960 Cleveland
Ray Renfro 4 62 15.5 28 0 0
Jim Brown 4 33 8.3 11 0 0
Bobby Mitchell 3 37 12.3 18 0 0
Gern Nagler 2 25 12.5 15 1 0
Leon Clarke 1 17 17.0 17 0 0
1960 Denver
Ken Carpenter 4 33 8.3 13 0 0
Lionel Taylor 3 61 20.3 30 0 0
Bill Jessup 3 39 13.0 15 1 0
Dave Rolle 3 26 8.7 13 0 0
Gene Mingo 1 16 16.0 16 0 0
Al Carmichael 1 14 14.0 14 0 0
Bob McNamara 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
Henry Bell 1 4 4.0 4 0 0

Field Goals and Extra Points
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made XPs
1960 Cleveland
Sam Baker 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0.0 4/5
1960 Denver
Gene Mingo 0/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 0/0 2/2 100 1/1

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1960 Cleveland
Sam Baker 1 42.0 40.0 0 0 42 0
1960 Denver
George Herring 2 36.0 36.0 0 0 36 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1960 Cleveland
Bobby Mitchell 2 31 15.5 17 0
Jim Brown 1 14 14.0 14 0
1960 Denver
Al Carmichael 5 93 18.6 23 0
Ken Carpenter 1 0 0.0 0 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1960 Cleveland
Jim Shofner 0 2 0 0 0
1960 Denver
Al Carmichael 1 0 2 2.0 2 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1960 Cleveland
Galen Fiss 7 0 1
Walt Michaels 6 0 0
Vince Costello 5 0 0
Paul Wiggin 5 0 0
Jim Shofner 4 0 0
Don Fleming 3 0 0
Jim Marshall 2 0 0
Rich Mostardo 2 0 0
Bob Gain 1 0 0
Bernie Parrish 1 0 1
Ross Fichtner 1 0 0
Dick Schafrath 0 0 1
Bobby Mitchell 0 0 2
1960 Denver
Goose Gonsoulin 11 0 0
Al Romine 10 0 0
Hardy Brown 8 0 1
Frank Bernardi 7 0 0
Bud McFadin 6 0 0
Al Day 5 0 0
Pete Mangum 5 0 1
Chuck Gavin 4 1 0
John Hatley 3 0 0
John Pyeatt 3 0 0
Billy Yelverton 1 0 0
Ken Adamson 0 0 1
Eldon Danenhauer 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1960 Cleveland
Jim Shofner 1 13 13.0 13 0
Bernie Parrish 1 16 16.0 16 0
1960 Denver
Goose Gonsoulin 1 0 0.0 0 0

Game Story
With a solid effort the visitors from Cleveland topped Denver by the score of 34 to 13. Bobby Mitchell carried the ball 11 times for 100 yards. Cleveland consistently beat Denver on third down, converting on 9 of 13 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing Denver 238 to 54 yards. Cleveland controlled the ball for 36:46. Cleveland was on top at the half 27 to 10. They led after three quarters 34 to 13.