Saturday, September 11, 1965
Denver Broncos 31, San Diego Chargers 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (0-1-0) | 14 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| San Diego Chargers (1-0-0) | 3 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Abner Haynes 2 yard rush (Gary Kroner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| SDG | Herb Travenio 32 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| DEN | Bob Scarpitto 33 yard pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gary Kroner kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 2nd | SDG | Gene Foster 2 yard rush (Herb Travenio kick) | 14 | 10 |
| SDG | Herb Travenio 25 yard field goal | 14 | 13 | |
| SDG | Paul Lowe 41 yard rush (Herb Travenio kick) | 14 | 20 | |
| SDG | Gene Foster 17 yard rush (Herb Travenio kick) | 14 | 27 | |
| DEN | Gary Kroner 37 yard field goal | 17 | 27 | |
| 4th | DEN | Cookie Gilchrist 29 yard pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gary Kroner kick) | 24 | 27 |
| SDG | Lance Alworth 38 yard pass from John Hadl (Herb Travenio kick) | 24 | 34 | |
| DEN | Bob Scarpitto 13 yard pass from Mickey Slaughter (Gary Kroner kick) | 31 | 34 |
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-151-1 | 32-166-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-27-214-3-0 | 13-27-309-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-35 | 1-16 |
| Net pass yards | 179 | 293 |
| Total yards | 330 | 459 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-44 | 6-66 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mickey Slaughter | DEN | 16 | 27 | 214 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 5 | 108 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | DEN | 17 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Wendell Hayes | DEN | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | DEN | 8 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hewritt Dixon | DEN | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lance Alworth | SDG | 7 | 211 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Lowe | SDG | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hadl | SDG | 11 | 25 | 246 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gene Foster | SDG | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Kocourek | SDG | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Norton | SDG | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Allison | SDG | 3 | -7 | 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 | |||
| Odell Barry | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Carmichael | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goose Gonsoulin | DEN | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wendell Hayes | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 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 | |||
| Speedy Duncan | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Foster | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jacque MacKinnon | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||