| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1972 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51478 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 9 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bill McClard 26 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Joe Dawkins 4 run (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Charlie Greer 65 punt return (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bill McClard 48 FG | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 12 FG | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 11 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 6 | 31 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 7 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 6 | 38 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 23 pass from John Hadl (Bill McClard kick) | 13 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Mike Carter |
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 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 |
| 37 | RB | Cid Edwards |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 68 | LDT | Greg Wojcik |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 50 | LLB | Lee Roy Caffey |
| 82 | MLB | Tim Rossovich |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 40 | LCB | Joe Beauchamp |
| 30 | LS | Bryant Salter |
| 35 | RS | Chuck Detwiler |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| 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 |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Offense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 57 | LLB | Bob Geddes |
| 83 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 23 | RS | Steve Preece |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Garrett | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Jesse Taylor | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Krieg | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Fran Lynch | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 44 | 22 | 50.0 | 2 | 288 | 6.5 | 1 | 59.7 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 85 | 8.5 | 2 | 87.5 | |||
| Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Garrison | 10 | 156 | 15.6 | 1 | |
| Pettis Norman | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Haven Moses | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 2 | |
| Rod Sherman | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bryant Salter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | t | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Greer | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Reggie Berry | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| John Sykes | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jesse Taylor | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Randy Montgomery | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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| San Diego Chargers | |
| Denver Broncos | |
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