| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (7-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| San Diego Chargers (3-6-0) | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Balboa Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 62 degrees, relative humidity 77%, wind 8 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Donnie Stone 1 yard rush (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Chargers | George Blair 27 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| Chargers | Jerry Robinson 72 yard pass from John Hadl (George Blair kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| Chargers | Jacque MacKinnon 9 yard pass from John Hadl (George Blair kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Chargers | George Blair 14 yard field goal | 7 | 20 |
| Broncos | Donnie Stone 6 yard rush (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 20 | |
| 4th | Broncos | Donnie Stone 13 yard pass from Frank Tripucka (Gene Mingo kick) | 21 | 20 |
| Broncos | Safety, ball snapped out of end zone | 23 | 20 |
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-51-2 | 33-151-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-35-218-1-2 | 10-26-198-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-18 | 3-36 |
| Net pass yards | 200 | 162 |
| Total yards | 251 | 313 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-77 | 8-70 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Frank Tripucka | DEN | 17 | 32 | 202 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Donnie Stone | DEN | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Prebola | DEN | 5 | 73 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bo Dickinson | DEN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| James Stinnette | DEN | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Shaw | DEN | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Al Frazier | DEN | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Hadl | SDG | 10 | 26 | 198 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Robinson | SDG | 3 | 125 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jacque MacKinnon | SDG | 11 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Jackson | SDG | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Kocourek | SDG | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hezekiah Braxton | SDG | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Norton | SDG | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Eldon Danenhauer | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John McGeever | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Minter | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Stinnette | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Zeman | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bobby Bethune | SDG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Claude Gibson | SDG | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Harris | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry Robinson | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Jim Fraser | DEN | 7 | 350 | 50.0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| George Blair | SDG | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Maguire | SDG | 5 | 221 | 44.2 | 0 | ||||