| Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1970 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 50705 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 19% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 12 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Willis Crenshaw 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 55 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Masters 2 pass from Pete Liske (Bobby Howfield kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 11 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Wendell Hayes 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 12 FG | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 47 FG | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 28 FG | 13 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 30 | WR | Gloster Richardson |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 71 | LOG | Ed Budde |
| 55 | C | E.J. Holub |
| 76 | ROG | Mo Moorman |
| 73 | ROT | Dave Hill |
| 84 | TE | Fred Arbanas |
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson |
| 38 | RB | Wendell Hayes |
| 6 | RB | Warren McVea |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jerry Mays |
| 61 | LDT | Curley Culp |
| 86 | RDT | Buck Buchanan |
| 87 | RDE | Aaron Brown |
| 78 | LLB | Bobby Bell |
| 63 | MLB | Willie Lanier |
| 51 | RLB | Jim Lynch |
| 40 | LCB | Jim Marsalis |
| 46 | LS | Jim Kearney |
| 42 | RS | Johnny Robinson |
| 18 | RCB | Emmitt Thomas |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 84 | WR | Mike Haffner |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 83 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 14 | QB | Pete Liske |
| 31 | RB | Willis Crenshaw |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 78 | RLB | Ken Criter |
| 28 | LCB | Cornell Gordon |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Warren McVea | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Ed Podolak | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 22 | 75 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Pete Liske | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 3 | 109 | 4.2 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 76 | 12.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 135 | 5.4 | 1 | 87.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Ed Podolak | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Otis Taylor | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Whalen | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Haffner | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Cornell Gordon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 5 | 250 | 50.0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 243 | 48.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Ed Podolak | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Warren McVea | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Washington | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Denver Broncos | |
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