| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 1, 1968 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 35312 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 41 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 21 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 47 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 2 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Russ Smith 35 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 30 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 79 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 1 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 19 FG | 31 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Eric Crabtree 14 pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Brendan McCarthy 11 pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Eric Crabtree 24 pass from Marlin Briscoe (Mike Haffner pass failed) | 31 | 23 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 9 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 38 | 23 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Safety, Marlin Briscoe tackled in end zone by Steve DeLong and Russ Washington | 40 | 23 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 4 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 47 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 86 | LDE | Ron Billingsley |
| 85 | LDT | Russ Washington |
| 70 | RDT | Scott Appleton |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 57 | LLB | Bob Print |
| 61 | MLB | Jim Fetherston |
| 58 | RLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham |
| 40 | RS | Joe Beauchamp |
| 43 | RCB | Jim Tolbert |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Al Denson |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 58 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 15 | QB | Marlin Briscoe |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| 40 | RB | Brendan McCarthy |
| 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 |
| 52 | RLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 20 | LCB | Charlie Greer |
| 34 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 27 | RS | Tom Oberg |
| 23 | RCB | Drake Garrett |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Russ Smith | 18 | 106 | 5.9 | 35t | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Allison | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 35 | 21 | 60.0 | 1 | 325 | 9.3 | 79t | 5 | 1 | 8 | 118.5 |
| Gene Foster | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.2 |
| Russ Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 0 | 218 | 6.6 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 97.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lance Alworth | 9 | 171 | 19.0 | 79t | 4 |
| Gary Garrison | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 31 | 1 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Eric Crabtree | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 48 | 2 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 11t | 1 |
| Al Denson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Garrett Ford | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Pete Jaquess | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 247 | 49.4 | 68 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Russ Smith | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Russ Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jesse Stokes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Wallace Dickey | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
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