| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 13, 1970 Location: Denver, CO Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 50959 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 46 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 63 pass from John Hadl (Mike Mercer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Mercer 42 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Willie Frazier EZ own fumble recovery (Mike Mercer kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 53 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Clem Turner 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Willis Crenshaw 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 51 | LOG | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 83 | TE | Willie Frazier |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 25 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| 47 | RB | Jeff Queen |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Joe Owens |
| 86 | LDT | Ron Billingsley |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 56 | LLB | Bob Bruggers |
| 81 | LB | Jeff Staggs |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 43 | LS | Jim Tolbert |
| 39 | RS | Jim Hill |
| 40 | RCB | Joe Beauchamp |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 81 | WR | Billy Masters |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 83 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 12 | QB | Al Pastrana |
| 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 |
| 76 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 28 | LCB | Cornell Gordon |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 47 | RS | Paul Martha |
| 37 | RCB | Bob Wade |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff Queen | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Marty Domres | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Anderson | 12 | 64 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Pastrana | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 0 | 144 | 7.6 | 63t | 1 | 1 | 10 | 86.3 |
| Marty Domres | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 40 | 6.7 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 71.5 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 2 | 95 | 5.6 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15.2 |
| Al Pastrana | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Lance Alworth | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Jeff Queen | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 63t | 1 | ||||||
| Dave Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Al Denson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.8 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Jim Whalen | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 8 | 337 | 42.1 | 53 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Fletcher | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Greer | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Jerry Hendren | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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