| Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1971 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 49945 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 42 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Morris Stroud 39 pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Elmo Wright 69 pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 12 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Ed Podolak 17 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jim Otis 12 pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 26 run (Clem Turner kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Dwight Harrison |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 75 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 67 | C | George Goeddeke |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 10 | QB | Steve Ramsey |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDT | Tom Domres |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 62 | RDE | Jerry Inman |
| 54 | LLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 56 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Otis Taylor |
| 17 | WR | Elmo Wright |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 71 | LOG | Ed Budde |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 76 | ROG | Mo Moorman |
| 73 | ROT | Dave Hill |
| 88 | TE | Morris Stroud |
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson |
| 38 | RB | Wendell Hayes |
| 14 | RB | Ed Podolak |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Marvin Upshaw |
| 61 | LDT | Curley Culp |
| 86 | RDT | Buck Buchanan |
| 87 | RDE | Aaron Brown |
| 78 | LLB | Bobby Bell |
| 63 | MLB | Willie Lanier |
| 51 | RLB | Jim Lynch |
| 40 | LCB | Jim Marsalis |
| 46 | LS | Jim Kearney |
| 42 | RS | Johnny Robinson |
| 18 | RCB | Emmitt Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 26 | 1 |
| Bobby Anderson | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| John Mosier | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Ed Podolak | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Jim Otis | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 37 | 17 | 45.9 | 3 | 231 | 6.2 | 0 | 32.6 | |||
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 294 | 15.5 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 120.1 |
| Mike Livingston | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | -6 | -2.0 | -6 | 0 | 42.4 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Anderson | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Jerry Simmons | 6 | 153 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Gehrke | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Morris Stroud | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 1 | |
| Otis Taylor | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | |
| Elmo Wright | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 1 | |
| Ed Podolak | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Hadley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 6 | 240 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Greer | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Ed Podolak | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Reardon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Kerry Reardon | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | ||
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
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