| Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 19, 1971 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 54061 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 77 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Warren McVea 6 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Ed Podolak 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Montgomery 39 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Garrett 26 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jerry LeVias 37 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Otis Taylor |
| 17 | WR | Elmo Wright |
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer |
| 71 | LOG | Ed Budde |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 76 | ROG | Mo Moorman |
| 70 | ROT | Sid Smith |
| 88 | TE | Morris Stroud |
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson |
| 38 | RB | Wendell Hayes |
| 14 | RB | Ed Podolak |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Marvin Upshaw |
| 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 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Chuck Dicus |
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 32 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| 47 | RB | Jeff Queen |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | John Tanner |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 79 | RDT | Andy Rice |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 66 | LLB | Rick Redman |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 43 | LS | Jim Tolbert |
| 39 | RS | Jim Hill |
| 40 | RCB | Joe Beauchamp |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Ed Podolak | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Warren McVea | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Garrett | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 26 | 1 |
| Jeff Queen | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 2 | 152 | 6.9 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 34.7 |
| Ed Podolak | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 37 | 17 | 45.9 | 1 | 260 | 7.0 | 2 | 76.4 | |||
| Mike Montgomery | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Otis Taylor | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Podolak | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Elmo Wright | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Warren McVea | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Morris Stroud | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Garrison | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Parks | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Mike Garrett | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chuck Dicus | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Walker Gillette | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Emmitt Thomas | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jim Hill | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 8 | 367 | 45.9 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 6 | 263 | 43.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Mike Sensibaugh | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | ||
| Ed Podolak | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | ||
| Chris Fletcher | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Bruce Bergey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
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