| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (1-7-0) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| San Diego Chargers (5-2-1) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Balboa Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 64 degrees, relative humidity 79%, wind 10 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Max Choboian 2 yard rush (Gary Kroner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Chargers | Keith Lincoln 5 yard rush (Dick Van Raaphorst kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Broncos | Bob Scarpitto 63 yard rush (Gary Kroner kick) | 14 | 7 |
| Chargers | Gary Garrison 1 yard pass from John Hadl (Dick Van Raaphorst kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| Broncos | Gary Kroner 23 yard field goal | 17 | 14 | |
| Chargers | Jacque MacKinnon 1 yard pass from John Hadl (Dick Van Raaphorst kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| 4th | Chargers | Dick Van Raaphorst 26 yard field goal | 17 | 24 |
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-125-2 | 33-154-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-31-162-0-0 | 19-26-180-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 155 | 180 |
| Total yards | 280 | 334 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-56 | 6-24 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 2 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John McCormick | DEN | 9 | 18 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Max Choboian | DEN | 6 | 13 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Al Denson | DEN | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eric Crabtree | DEN | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lionel Taylor | DEN | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Mitchell | DEN | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Abner Haynes | DEN | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Darrell Lester | DEN | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lonnie Wright | DEN | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Keith Lincoln | SDG | 17 | 95 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Foster | SDG | 12 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 6 | 73 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 19 | 26 | 180 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | SDG | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jacque MacKinnon | SDG | 4 | 45 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Abner Haynes | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lew Scott | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Goldie Sellers | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 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 | |||
| Speedy Duncan | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenny Graham | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Lowe | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Plump | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gary Kroner | DEN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Rick Redman | SDG | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Van Raaphorst | SDG | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |