| Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1972 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 66725 |
| Weather: Temp: 21 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jim Kearney 29 interception return (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 41 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 1 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Ed Podolak 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Bobby Bell 61 interception return (Jan Stenerud kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fran Lynch 8 run (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 84 | WR | Rod Sherman |
| 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 |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 55 | LDT | Pete Duranko |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 57 | LLB | Bob Geddes |
| 83 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 23 | RS | Steve Preece |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | Bruce Jankowski |
| 26 | WR | Robert West |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 71 | LOG | Ed Budde |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 76 | ROG | Mo Moorman |
| 73 | ROT | Dave Hill |
| 83 | TE | Willie Frazier |
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson |
| 38 | RB | Wendell Hayes |
| 14 | RB | Ed Podolak |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Marvin Upshaw |
| 61 | LDT | Curley Culp |
| 86 | RDT | Buck Buchanan |
| 87 | RDE | Aaron Brown |
| 78 | LLB | Bobby Bell |
| 51 | MLB | Jim Lynch |
| 54 | RLB | Clyde Werner |
| 40 | LCB | Jim Marsalis |
| 46 | LS | Jim Kearney |
| 20 | RS | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 18 | RCB | Emmitt Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 22 | 86 | 3.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Ed Podolak | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Jeff Kinney | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 2 | 211 | 6.0 | 1 | 55.8 | |||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 100.0 | ||
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 1 | 77 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Floyd Little | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rod Sherman | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Ed Podolak | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Otis Taylor | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Jankowski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Graham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 61t | 1 |
| Jim Kearney | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rod Sherman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Ed Podolak | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Montgomery | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Krieg | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Mike Adamle | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Kinney | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ed Podolak | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
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