| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1996 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75058 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Carney 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Terrell Fletcher 5 pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Tony Martin 6 pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Shannon Sharpe 20 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Shannon Sharpe 20 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Shannon Sharpe 3 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ed McCaffrey 9 pass from John Elway (Jason Elam kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | 'OMar Ellison |
| 81 | WR | Tony Martin |
| 70 | LOT | Vaughn Parker |
| 77 | LOG | Eric Moten |
| 53 | C | Courtney Hall |
| 73 | ROG | Ike Davis |
| 75 | ROT | Tony Berti |
| 89 | TE | Shannon Mitchell |
| 86 | TE | Al Pupunu |
| 12 | QB | Stan Humphries |
| 42 | RB | Leonard Russell |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Chris Mims |
| 98 | LDT | Shawn Lee |
| 93 | RDT | Reuben Davis |
| 90 | RDE | Marco Coleman |
| 58 | OLB | Lew Bush |
| 54 | LILB | Kurt Gouveia |
| 55 | RILB | Junior Seau |
| 28 | LCB | Dwayne Harper |
| 37 | SS | Rodney Harrison |
| 36 | FS | Kevin Ross |
| 29 | RCB | Terrance Shaw |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Ed McCaffrey |
| 83 | WR | Anthony Miller |
| 65 | LOT | Gary Zimmerman |
| 69 | LOG | Mark Schlereth |
| 66 | C | Tom Nalen |
| 75 | ROG | Brian Habib |
| 76 | ROT | Broderick Thompson |
| 89 | TE | Dwayne Carswell |
| 84 | TE | Shannon Sharpe |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 30 | HB | Terrell Davis |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Dan Williams |
| 97 | LDT | Mike Lodish |
| 95 | RDT | Michael Dean Perry |
| 91 | RDE | Alfred Williams |
| 51 | LLB | John Mobley |
| 57 | MLB | Allen Aldridge |
| 53 | RLB | Bill Romanowski |
| 39 | LCB | Ray Crockett |
| 37 | SS | Tyrone Braxton |
| 27 | FS | Steve Atwater |
| 48 | RCB | Lionel Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Leonard Russell | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Aaron Hayden | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Stan Humphries | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Terrell Davis | 17 | 50 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 |
| John Elway | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Stan Humphries | 35 | 23 | 65.7 | 0 | 237 | 6.8 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 104.1 |
| Sean Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 41 | 32 | 78.0 | 1 | 323 | 7.9 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 121.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Terrell Fletcher | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Al Pupunu | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Tony Martin | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Brian Roche | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Andre Coleman | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Shannon Sharpe | 13 | 153 | 11.8 | 24 | 3 |
| Terrell Davis | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 31 | 1 |
| Mike Sherrard | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rodney Harrison | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Bennett | 6 | 340 | 56.7 | 66 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Rouen | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Darrien Gordon | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Todd Kinchen | 5 | 0 | 73 | 14.6 | 26 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| John Carney | 4 | 303 | 75.8 | 2 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Jason Elam | 5 | 339 | 67.8 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Andre Coleman | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Shawn Lee | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Jumpy Geathers | 1.0 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 1.0 |
| Alfred Williams | 1.0 |
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