| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1973 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 44954 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 78 F Humidty: 19% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 42 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Robert Holmes 1 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 24 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 25 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 11 pass from Dan Fouts (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 35 FG | 20 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Joe Dawkins 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 27 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 15 FG | 30 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Safety, Dennis Partee punt blocked out of end zone by Ken Criter | 32 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 15 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 39 | 14 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Cid Edwards 1 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 39 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jerry LeVias 69 pass from Dan Fouts (Dennis Partee kick) | 39 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 29 FG | 42 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 68 | LOT | Larron Jackson |
| 66 | LOG | Mike Schnitker |
| 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 |
| 57 | LLB | Tom Jackson |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 56 | RLB | Ray May |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 36 | LS | Billy Thompson |
| 23 | RS | Maurice Tyler |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 25 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 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 |
| 37 | RB | Cid Edwards |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 30 | LS | Bryant Salter |
| 44 | RS | Chris Fletcher |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 18 | 88 | 4.9 | 32 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Oliver Ross | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Robert Holmes | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 1 | |
| Cid Edwards | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| Mike Garrett | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Holliday | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 0 | 216 | 8.3 | 2 | 110.4 | |||
| Steve Ramsey | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 87.5 | |||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 2 | 254 | 8.2 | 2 | 65.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Haven Moses | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jerry LeVias | 5 | 149 | 29.8 | 1 | |
| Gary Garrison | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| Ron Holliday | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Calvin Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 256 | 51.2 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 6 | 206 | 34.3 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Tyler | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Tyler | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | ||
| Ron East | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ralph Wenzel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 2.0 |
| Paul Smith | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
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