| Denver Broncos at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1973 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 46567 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Don Shy 5 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 47 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 28 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Donny Anderson 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 12 FG | 17 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 45 | LLB | Bill Laskey |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 56 | RLB | Ray May |
| 21 | LCB | Randy Montgomery |
| 36 | LS | Billy Thompson |
| 20 | RS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Walker Gillette |
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 72 | LOT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 54 | LOG | Tom Banks |
| 50 | C | Wayne Mulligan |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 44 | RB | Donny Anderson |
| 31 | RB | Don Shy |
| Offense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Dave Butz |
| 71 | LDT | John Richardson |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 27 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 53 | MLB | Jamie Rivers |
| 58 | RLB | Terry Miller |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 41 | LS | Clarence Duren |
| 45 | RS | Jim Tolbert |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Don Shy | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Donny Anderson | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Jim Otis | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 1 | 205 | 8.9 | 1 | 89.9 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 2 | 184 | 5.9 | 1 | 59.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 47 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Donny Anderson | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Walker Gillette | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Calvin Jones | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jamie Rivers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Gary Keithley | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Don Shy | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jim McFarland | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Lyle Alzado | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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