| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 17, 1971 Location: Denver, CO Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51200 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 63 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Anderson 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 41 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 49 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 20 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 10 FG | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 21 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 35 FG | 16 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 32 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| 47 | RB | Jeff Queen |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Tom Williams |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 80 | RDT | Kevin Hardy |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 53 | LLB | Mel Rogers |
| 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 | ||
| 40 | WR | Jack Gehrke |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 75 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 72 | LOG | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | C | George Goeddeke |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 13 | QB | Don Horn |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 23 | RB | Dickie Post |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 54 | LLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 56 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Billy Parks | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Queen | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Anderson | 25 | 106 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 17 | 62 | 3.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Dickie Post | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Dwight Harrison | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Horn | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 44 | 18 | 40.9 | 1 | 236 | 5.4 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 56.6 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Don Horn | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 71 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Billy Parks | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Garrison | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 38 | 1 | ||||||
| Mike Montgomery | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Jeff Queen | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Garrett | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 28 | 0 | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chip Myrtle | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 5 | 243 | 48.6 | 73 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 7 | 322 | 46.0 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Fletcher | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Bryant Salter | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Leon Burns | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Clem Turner | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jay Bachman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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