| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 22, 1996 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 46801 |
| Weather: Rain Temp: 57 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jason Elam 51 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Terrell Davis 1 run (Jason Elam kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Charlie Jones 9 pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Carney 50 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Carney 21 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Carney 22 FG | 10 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Ed McCaffrey |
| 83 | WR | Anthony Miller |
| 65 | LOT | Gary Zimmerman |
| 63 | LOG | David Diaz-Infante |
| 66 | C | Tom Nalen |
| 75 | ROG | Brian Habib |
| 76 | ROT | Broderick Thompson |
| 89 | TE | Dwayne Carswell |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 30 | HB | Terrell Davis |
| 29 | FB | Aaron Craver |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Dan Williams |
| 97 | LDT | Mike Lodish |
| 98 | RDT | Maa Tanuvasa |
| 91 | RDE | Alfred Williams |
| 51 | LLB | John Mobley |
| 57 | MLB | Allen Aldridge |
| 53 | RLB | Bill Romanowski |
| 21 | LCB | Randy Hilliard |
| 37 | SS | Tyrone Braxton |
| 27 | FS | Steve Atwater |
| 48 | RCB | Lionel Washington |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Andre Coleman |
| 81 | WR | Tony Martin |
| 70 | LOT | Vaughn Parker |
| 77 | LOG | Eric Moten |
| 60 | C | Greg Engel |
| 68 | ROG | Joe Cocozzo |
| 75 | ROT | Tony Berti |
| 88 | TE | Deems May |
| 89 | TE | Shannon Mitchell |
| 12 | QB | Stan Humphries |
| 35 | RB | Freddie Bradley |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Raylee Johnson |
| 96 | LDT | Don Sasa |
| 97 | RDT | John Parrella |
| 95 | RDE | Vernon Edwards |
| 58 | OLB | Lew Bush |
| 54 | LILB | Kurt Gouveia |
| 55 | RILB | Junior Seau |
| 31 | LCB | Willie Clark |
| 37 | SS | Rodney Harrison |
| 36 | FS | Kevin Ross |
| 29 | RCB | Terrance Shaw |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jeff Lewis | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Terrell Davis | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| John Elway | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Musgrave | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Freddie Bradley | 19 | 60 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Aaron Hayden | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stan Humphries | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Bill Musgrave | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 1 | 69 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 45.8 |
| Jeff Lewis | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 1 | 53 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 35.7 |
| John Elway | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 46 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 65.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Stan Humphries | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 3 | 170 | 4.7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Aaron Craver | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Vaughn Hebron | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terrell Davis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Tony Martin | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Jones | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Brian Roche | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Deems May | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Freddie Bradley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Andre Coleman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lionel Washington | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tory James | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Romanowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rodney Harrison | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Willie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Rouen | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 52 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Darren Bennett | 6 | 276 | 46.0 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rod Smith | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Charlie Jones | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Jason Elam | 3 | 198 | 66.0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| John Carney | 5 | 347 | 69.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Vaughn Hebron | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 44 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Andre Coleman | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Vernon Edwards | 1.0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 1.0 |
| Raylee Johnson | 1.0 |
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