| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1972 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 49048 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 70 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 13 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Randy Montgomery 94 kickoff return (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 45 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 11 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Garrett 41 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 9 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dave Williams 31 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Joe Beauchamp 47 interception return (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Ramsey 8 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bill McClard 47 FG | 14 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Rod Sherman |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 67 | C | George Goeddeke |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 10 | QB | Steve Ramsey |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 58 | LLB | Billy McKoy |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 21 | RCB | Randy Montgomery |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 84 | WR | Dave Williams |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 89 | TE | John Mackey |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 60 | LLB | Bob Babich |
| 51 | MLB | Pete Lazetich |
| 66 | RLB | Rick Redman |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 40 | LS | Joe Beauchamp |
| 30 | RS | Bryant Salter |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fran Lynch | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Ramsey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Garrett | 21 | 104 | 5.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Lee White | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Oscar Dragon | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Jesse Taylor | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 3 | 192 | 7.7 | 0 | 41.2 | |||
| Charley Johnson | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 3 | 66 | 5.5 | 0 | 27.1 | |||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 1 | 188 | 5.9 | 2 | 73.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rod Sherman | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Jerry Simmons | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Garrison | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Dave Williams | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Mike Garrett | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Lee White | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Randy Montgomery | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Joe Beauchamp | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 1 | |
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bryant Salter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 1 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Jim Krieg | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Randy Montgomery | 6 | 201 | 33.5 | 1 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jesse Taylor | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| San Diego Chargers | |
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