| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 12, 1971 Location: San Diego, CA Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 44347 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 59 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jeff Queen 9 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 13 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Dicus 13 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 77 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jeff Queen 2 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 12 run (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 9 FG | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fran Lynch 40 pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Garrett 1 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 38 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Walker Gillette 25 pass from Marty Domres (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Paul Smith |
| 76 | LDT | Tom Domres |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 50 | LLB | Olen Underwood |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 25 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| 47 | RB | Jeff Queen |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ron East |
| 87 | LDT | Tom Williams |
| 80 | RDT | Kevin Hardy |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 66 | LLB | Rick Redman |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 30 | LS | Bryant Salter |
| 44 | RS | Chris Fletcher |
| 40 | RCB | Joe Beauchamp |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 18 | 96 | 5.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Fran Lynch | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Garrett | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 36 | 1 |
| Jeff Queen | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Eddie Ray | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dennis Partee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Leon Burns | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 3 | 169 | 6.8 | 40t | 1 | 1 | 6 | 37.3 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 0 | 332 | 9.2 | 77t | 4 | 2 | 14 | 126.2 |
| Marty Domres | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Masters | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| John Mosier | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jerry LeVias | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Jeff Queen | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 54 | 2 |
| Pettis Norman | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 77t | 1 |
| Walker Gillette | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 25t | 1 |
| Chuck Dicus | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Joe Beauchamp | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 6 | 263 | 43.8 | 58 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Randy Montgomery | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Fletcher | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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