| San Diego Chargers at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 22, 1972 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54371 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 49 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 25 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Cid Edwards 1 run (Dennis Partee kick blocked) | 6 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 41 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 2 run (Errol Mann kick) | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 24 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Greg Landry 5 run (Errol Mann kick) | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 15 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 5 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 20 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chuck Dicus |
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 89 | TE | John Mackey |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 37 | RB | Cid Edwards |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 60 | LLB | Bob Babich |
| 50 | MLB | Lee Roy Caffey |
| 66 | RLB | Rick Redman |
| 23 | LCB | Ray Jones |
| 40 | LS | Joe Beauchamp |
| 30 | RS | Bryant Salter |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 87 | TE | Craig Cotton |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 70 | LDT | Larry Woods |
| 84 | RDT | Joe Schmiesing |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2/7 | / | 7 | 47 | 2 | 1 | |
| DET | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 11/16 | / | 6 | 48 | 4 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Cid Edwards | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Mike Garrett | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 82 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 22 | 96 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| Greg Landry | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Altie Taylor | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 182 | 4.1 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 2 | 161 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 57.8 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 2 | 161 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 57.8 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 1 | 151 | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 66.5 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 151 | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 49.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Garrison | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 2 | |
| John Mackey | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Chuck Dicus | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 161 | 13.4 | 2 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Walton | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 1 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 12 | 151 | 12.6 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bryant Salter | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 43 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jesse Taylor | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Lenny Dunlap | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 0 | 50 | 50L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |