| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1966 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Balboa Stadium Attendance: 25819 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 68 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Max Choboian 2 run (Gary Kroner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Keith Lincoln 5 run (Dick Van Raaphorst kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bob Scarpitto 63 run (Gary Kroner kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 1 pass from John Hadl (Dick Van Raaphorst kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gary Kroner 23 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jacque MacKinnon 1 pass from John Hadl (Dick Van Raaphorst kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dick Van Raaphorst 26 FG | 17 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Lionel Taylor |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Breitenstein |
| 79 | LOG | John Gonzaga |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 72 | ROG | Jerry Sturm |
| 74 | ROT | Lee Bernet |
| 88 | TE | Al Denson |
| 15 | QB | Max Choboian |
| 27 | HB | Charlie Mitchell |
| 82 | FL | Bob Scarpitto |
| 26 | FB | Darrell Lester |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Danny LaRose |
| 66 | LDT | Larry Cox |
| 61 | RDT | Bill Keating |
| 81 | RDE | Max Leetzow |
| 50 | LLB | Jerry Hopkins |
| 55 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 56 | RLB | John Bramlett |
| 24 | LCB | Willie Brown |
| 42 | LS | Lonnie Wright |
| 23 | RS | Goose Gonsoulin |
| 43 | RCB | Bob Richardson |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Gary Garrison |
| 72 | LOT | Gary Kirner |
| 60 | LOG | Ed Mitchell |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 74 | ROT | Ron Mix |
| 38 | TE | Jacque MacKinnon |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 22 | HB | Keith Lincoln |
| 19 | FL | Lance Alworth |
| 37 | FB | Gene Foster |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Howard Kindig |
| 79 | LDT | George Gross |
| 71 | RDT | Fred Moore |
| 85 | RDE | Bob Petrich |
| 66 | LLB | Rick Redman |
| 61 | MLB | Jack Milks |
| 55 | RLB | Frank Buncom |
| 41 | LCB | Nat Whitmyer |
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham |
| 34 | RS | Bob Zeman |
| 45 | RCB | Speedy Duncan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 63t | 1 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Darrell Lester | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Max Choboian | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 1 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Keith Lincoln | 17 | 95 | 5.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John McCormick | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 91 | 5.1 | 38 | 0 | 64.8 | ||
| Max Choboian | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 0 | 71 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 | 63.3 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 26 | 19 | 73.1 | 0 | 180 | 6.9 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lionel Taylor | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Darrell Lester | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lonnie Wright | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Garrison | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Lance Alworth | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 55 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rick Redman | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Goldie Sellers | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 53 | 0 | |
| Lew Scott | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Paul Lowe | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 54 | 0 | |
| Dave Plump | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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