| Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1972 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 65398 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 64 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jerry Simmons 7 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jack Snow 4 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 12 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 38 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 12 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 36 FG | 16 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 84 | WR | Rod Sherman |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Tom Domres |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 56 | LLB | Don Parish |
| 83 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 23 | RS | Steve Preece |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 73 | LOT | Charlie Cowan |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 76 | ROT | Harry Schuh |
| 80 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 45 | RB | Jim Bertelsen |
| 33 | RB | Willie Ellison |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Purnell |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 24 | LCB | Clancy Williams |
| 42 | LS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 19 | RS | Jim Nettles |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 22 | 79 | 3.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 2 | 121 | 5.3 | 1 | 42.1 | |||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 2 | 110 | 4.8 | 1 | 47.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Anderson | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Jerry Simmons | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| Rod Sherman | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Preece | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Marlin McKeever | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 4 | 190 | 47.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Sherman | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dave Elmendorf | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Randy Montgomery | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Willie Ellison | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Thomas | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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