| Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1971 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51200 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 49 F Humidty: 11% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 34 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 33 FG | 3 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 45 | WR | Dick Gordon |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 73 | ROT | Steve Wright |
| 89 | TE | Bob Wallace |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 22 | RB | Cyril Pinder |
| 34 | RB | Bill Tucker |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman |
| 67 | LDT | George Seals |
| 71 | RDT | Tony McGee |
| 87 | RDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 18 | RS | Jerry Moore |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Taylor |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | WR | Jack Gehrke |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Paul Smith |
| 76 | LDT | Tom Domres |
| 62 | RDT | Jerry Inman |
| 63 | RDE | Dave Costa |
| 54 | LLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 50 | RLB | Olen Underwood |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Douglass | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Tucker | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Cyril Pinder | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Moore | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 29 | 125 | 4.3 | 40 | 0 |
| John Mosier | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Clem Turner | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 25 | 6 | 24.0 | 2 | 50 | 2.0 | 0 | 6.2 | |||
| Kent Nix | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 13 | 2.2 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 2 | 81 | 5.1 | 0 | 25.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bill Tucker | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Dick Gordon | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| George Farmer | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Gehrke | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Bowdell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Mosier | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Charlie Ford | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fred Forsberg | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Olen Underwood | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 7 | 325 | 46.4 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 6 | 214 | 35.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Turner | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Greer | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Cecil Turner | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Denver Broncos | |
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