| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51656 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 18% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 45 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Ramsey 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Masters 25 pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 57 pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mark Moseley 20 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 29 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 40 FG | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Jim Beirne 18 pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Van Heusen 66 run (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 60 | LOG | Tom Regner |
| 51 | C | Calvin Hunt |
| 64 | ROG | Ron Saul |
| 63 | ROT | Levert Carr |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 15 | RB | Al Johnson |
| 32 | RB | Ward Walsh |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 78 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 82 | RDT | Ron Billingsley |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 58 | MLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 90 | RLB | George Webster |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Dwight Harrison |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 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 | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 58 | LLB | Billy McKoy |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 21 | RCB | Randy Montgomery |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Rodgers | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Ward Walsh | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66t | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ramsey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Rod Sherman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 1 | 203 | 6.2 | 2 | 70.6 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 1 | 261 | 10.9 | 1 | 82.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Al Johnson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Robert Holmes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rod Sherman | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 7 | 354 | 50.6 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rod Sherman | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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