| Denver Broncos at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62689 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 6 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Tucker 13 run (Pete Gogolak kick blocked) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Orduna 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Jimmy Files 37 interception return (bad snap) | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 14 pass from Bobby Anderson (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 40 FG | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 11 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 55 run (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 27 FG | 17 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Rod Sherman |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 58 | LLB | Billy McKoy |
| 83 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 36 | RS | Billy Thompson |
| 21 | RCB | Randy Montgomery |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 72 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 31 | RB | Charlie Evans |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 75 | LDT | Larry Jacobson |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 56 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 44 | LS | Richmond Flowers |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 14 | 124 | 8.9 | 55 | 1 |
| Bobby Anderson | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 25 | 92 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Orduna | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Charlie Evans | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 3 | 126 | 5.3 | 0 | 22.6 | |||
| Steve Ramsey | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 68.7 | |||
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 14t | 1 | 112.5 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 1 | 178 | 7.4 | 1 | 71.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Rod Sherman | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Rich Houston | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Charlie Evans | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Joe Orduna | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jimmy Files | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Richmond Flowers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rod Sherman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bob Grim | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Randy Montgomery | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Fran Lynch | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Orduna | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| New York Giants | |
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