| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 7, 1962 Location: Denver, CO Venue: University of Denver Stadium Attendance: 28000 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 68 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 5 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 12 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Don Norton 7 pass from Jack Kemp (George Blair kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bo Dickinson 2 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bob Scarpitto 49 pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 41 FG | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Mingo 53 FG | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Claude Gibson 37 interception return (George Blair kick) | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bob Jackson 15 pass from John Hadl (George Blair kick) | 21 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Don Norton |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 61 | LOG | Ernie Barnes |
| 51 | C | Wayne Frazier |
| 74 | ROG | Ron Mix |
| 70 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 83 | TE | Dave Kocourek |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 26 | HB | Bert Coan |
| 24 | FL | Lance Alworth |
| 40 | FB | Bob Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Hank Schmidt |
| 79 | LDT | Billy Hudson |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 80 | RDE | Ron Nery |
| 56 | LLB | Emil Karas |
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 84 | RLB | Paul Maguire |
| 25 | LCB | Claude Gibson |
| 22 | LS | Keith Lincoln |
| 27 | RS | Charlie McNeil |
| 36 | RCB | Dick Harris |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 72 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 60 | LOG | Ken Adamson |
| 52 | C | Jim Barton |
| 67 | ROG | Bob McCullough |
| 75 | ROT | Eldon Danenhauer |
| 88 | TE | Gene Prebola |
| 18 | QB | Frank Tripucka |
| 21 | HB | Gene Mingo |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 35 | FB | Bo Dickinson |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | John Cash |
| 64 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 74 | RDT | Gordy Holz |
| 61 | RDE | Chuck Gavin |
| 68 | LLB | Bill Roehnelt |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 62 | RLB | Jerry Stalcup |
| 33 | LCB | Justin Rowland |
| 46 | LS | Bob Zeman |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 45 | RCB | Jim McMillin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bobby Jackson | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bert Coan | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Frazier | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jack Kemp | 27 | 8 | 29.6 | 1 | 108 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 40.7 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Frank Tripucka | 47 | 28 | 59.6 | 2 | 376 | 8.0 | 49t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81.5 |
| Hunter Enis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.4 |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dave Kocourek | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Norton | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Taylor | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Gene Prebola | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Al Frazier | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Stinnette | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Gene Mingo | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Charlie McNeil | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Emil Karas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Dick Harris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Al Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 37 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Robinson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Tarr | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
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