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Denver Broncos 24 at San Diego Chargers 55
Sunday, October 20, 1968
Stadium: San Diego Stadium, Surface: grass,
Weather: 65 degrees, relative humidity 76%, wind 7 mph
Weather: 65 degrees, relative humidity 76%, wind 7 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (2-4-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| San Diego Chargers (5-1-0) | 3 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 55 |
Scoring
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chargers | Dennis Partee 18 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Broncos | Bobby Howfield 15 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Chargers | Lance Alworth 74 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 10 |
| Chargers | Gary Garrison 21 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 17 | |
| Chargers | Joe Beauchamp 35 yard interception return (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 24 | |
| Chargers | Jacque MacKinnon 50 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 3 | 31 | |
| Broncos | Jim Jones 60 yard pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 10 | 31 | |
| 3rd | Chargers | Gary Garrison 55 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 10 | 38 |
| Broncos | Billy Van Heusen 28 yard pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 38 | |
| Chargers | Dennis Partee 27 yard field goal | 17 | 41 | |
| 4th | Chargers | Dickie Post 62 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 48 |
| Chargers | Jacque MacKinnon 17 yard pass from Jon Brittenum (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 55 | |
| Broncos | Jim Jones 6 yard pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 24 | 55 |
Team Stats
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-181-0 | 32-211-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-44-321-3-3 | 13-24-387-5-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-26 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 295 | 370 |
| Total yards | 476 | 581 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-34 | 4-50 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Marlin Briscoe | DEN | 17 | 30 | 237 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Jones | DEN | 8 | 128 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Garrett Ford | DEN | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Erwin | DEN | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eric Crabtree | DEN | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | DEN | 6 | 14 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Van Heusen | DEN | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alex Moore | DEN | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Beer | DEN | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Hub Lindsey | DEN | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Haffner | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jacque MacKinnon | SDG | 6 | 172 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 9 | 18 | 321 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lance Alworth | SDG | 4 | 131 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dickie Post | SDG | 11 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 2 | 77 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Foster | SDG | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Russ Smith | SDG | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jon Brittenum | SDG | 3 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Allison | SDG | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Pete Jaquess | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hub Lindsey | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tommy Luke | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alex Moore | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 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 | |||
| Joe Beauchamp | SDG | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenny Graham | SDG | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dickie Post | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Russ Smith | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Staggs | SDG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Howfield | DEN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | DEN | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 149 | 49.7 | 0 |