| Denver Broncos at Philadelphia Eagles |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 31, 1971 Location: Philadelphia, PA Venue: Veterans Stadium Attendance: 65358 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 66 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Happy Feller 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Ben Hawkins 18 pass from Rick Arrington (Happy Feller kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Billy Hobbs 6 blocked punt recovery (Happy Feller kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 37 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 42 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 42 FG | 16 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | WR | Jack Gehrke |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 75 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 67 | C | George Goeddeke |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 13 | QB | Don Horn |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Ben Hawkins |
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 72 | LOT | Wade Key |
| 65 | LOG | Hank Allison |
| 59 | C | Mike Evans |
| 68 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 74 | ROT | Steve Smith |
| 17 | TE | Harold Carmichael |
| 11 | QB | Rick Arrington |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Bull |
| 34 | RB | Larry Watkins |
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Rich Harris |
| 83 | LDT | Don Hultz |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Calloway |
| 99 | RDE | Mel Tom |
| 89 | LLB | Steve Zabel |
| 82 | MLB | Tim Rossovich |
| 50 | RLB | Ron Porter |
| 26 | LCB | Al Nelson |
| 20 | LS | Leroy Keyes |
| 28 | RS | Bill Bradley |
| 24 | RCB | Nate Ramsey |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 24 | 123 | 5.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Bobby Anderson | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dwight Harrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tom Woodeshick | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Rick Arrington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Don Horn | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 127 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 34.0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Rick Arrington | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 129 | 7.6 | 65 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 63.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Billy Masters | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| Dwight Harrison | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Simmons | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Gehrke | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Schnitker | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 | ||||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Ben Hawkins | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 65 | 1 | ||||||
| Harold Carmichael | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Watkins | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 53 | 1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 9 | 420 | 46.7 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 5 | 0 | 70 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Ken Criter | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Al Nelson | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 51 | 0 | |
| Al Davis | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Thrower | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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