| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1968 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 42953 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 69 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| San Diego Chargers | 3 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 55 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Dennis Partee 18 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Bobby Howfield 15 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Lance Alworth 74 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Gary Garrison 21 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Joe Beauchamp 35 interception return (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Jacque MacKinnon 50 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Jimmy Jones 60 pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Gary Garrison 56 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Billy Van Heusen 28 pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Dennis Partee 27 FG | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Dickie Post 62 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 48 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Jacque MacKinnon 17 pass from Jon Brittenum (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 55 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Jimmy Jones 6 pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 24 | 55 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Billy Van Heusen |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 58 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 64 | ROG | George Gaiser |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 46 | RB | Terry Erwin |
| 32 | RB | Garrett Ford |
| 41 | FL | Eric Crabtree |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 75 | LDT | Rex Mirich |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 58 | RLB | Frank Richter |
| 20 | LCB | Charlie Greer |
| 43 | LS | Pete Jaquess |
| 28 | RS | Jack Lentz |
| 23 | RCB | Drake Garrett |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Gary Garrison |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 72 | LOG | Gary Kirner |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 74 | ROT | Ron Mix |
| 38 | TE | Jacque MacKinnon |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 20 | HB | Russ Smith |
| 19 | FL | Lance Alworth |
| 37 | FB | Gene Foster |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Houston Ridge |
| 85 | LDT | Russ Washington |
| 70 | RDT | Scott Appleton |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 81 | LLB | Jeff Staggs |
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 62 | RLB | Bernie Erickson |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham |
| 40 | RS | Joe Beauchamp |
| 43 | RCB | Jim Tolbert |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Terry Erwin | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Garrett Ford | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Alex Moore | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Hub Lindsey | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dickie Post | 11 | 121 | 11.0 | 62t | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Allison | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 2 | 237 | 7.9 | 60t | 3 | 2 | 19 | 87.8 |
| Steve Tensi | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 1 | 84 | 6.0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 33.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 1 | 321 | 17.8 | 74t | 4 | 0 | 0 | 112.3 |
| Jon Brittenum | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 38 | 7.6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 123.3 |
| Gene Foster | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jimmy Jones | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 60t | 2 |
| Tom Beer | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Garrett Ford | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Alex Moore | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Terry Erwin | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jacque MacKinnon | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 50t | 2 |
| Lance Alworth | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 74t | 1 |
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 56t | 2 |
| Dickie Post | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Pete Jaquess | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeff Staggs | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 50 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 3 | 149 | 49.7 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Tommy Luke | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Russ Smith | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Hub Lindsey | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Alex Moore | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Dickie Post | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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