| San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1973 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 43755 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 24 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 10 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Ed Podolak 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 22 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 45 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 36 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 20 FG | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 26 FG | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jeff Kinney 5 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Wendell Hayes 2 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 27 FG | 6 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 80 | WR | Gary Parris |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| 38 | RB | Robert Holmes |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Pete Lazetich |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 53 | LLB | Mel Rogers |
| 54 | MLB | Carl Gersbach |
| 57 | RLB | Floyd Rice |
| 45 | LCB | Reggie Berry |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 30 | RS | Bryant Salter |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 35 | WR | Dave Smith |
| 89 | WR | Otis Taylor |
| 75 | LOT | Francis Peay |
| 71 | LOG | Ed Budde |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 60 | ROG | George Daney |
| 73 | ROT | Dave Hill |
| 88 | TE | Morris Stroud |
| 10 | QB | Mike Livingston |
| 24 | RB | Willie Ellison |
| 14 | RB | Ed Podolak |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Marvin Upshaw |
| 61 | LDT | Curley Culp |
| 86 | RDT | Buck Buchanan |
| 74 | RDE | Pat Holmes |
| 78 | LLB | Bobby Bell |
| 63 | MLB | Willie Lanier |
| 51 | RLB | Jim Lynch |
| 48 | LCB | Nate Allen |
| 46 | LS | Jim Kearney |
| 20 | RS | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 18 | RCB | Emmitt Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Robert Holmes | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Wayne Clark | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Ed Podolak | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Jeff Kinney | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Willie Ellison | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 0 | 97 | 6.9 | 0 | 84.5 | |||
| Wayne Clark | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 3 | 26 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.6 | |||
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Ron Holliday | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Mike Livingston | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 123 | 5.6 | 0 | 67.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Pettis Norman | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Gary Garrison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jeff Kinney | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Podolak | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Otis Taylor | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Gary Butler | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Ellison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Emmitt Thomas | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Kerry Reardon | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Marsalis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | ||
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Ed Podolak | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 0 | ||
| Willie McGee | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Larry Marshall | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| George Seals | 1.0 |
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