| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (9-3-0) | 21 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 47 |
| Denver Broncos (5-7-0) | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Mile High Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 29 degrees, relative humidity 54%, wind 9 mph, wind chill 21 |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| SDG | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chargers | Lance Alworth 2 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Chargers | Russ Smith 35 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| Broncos | Bobby Howfield 30 yard field goal | 14 | 3 | |
| Chargers | Lance Alworth 79 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 21 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Chargers | Lance Alworth 1 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 28 | 3 |
| Chargers | Dennis Partee 19 yard field goal | 31 | 3 | |
| Broncos | Eric Crabtree 14 yard pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 31 | 10 | |
| Broncos | Brendan McCarthy 11 yard pass from Marlin Briscoe (Bobby Howfield kick) | 31 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Broncos | Eric Crabtree 24 yard pass from Marlin Briscoe (pass failed) | 31 | 23 |
| 4th | Chargers | Gary Garrison 9 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 38 | 23 |
| Chargers | Safety, Briscoe tackled in end zone | 40 | 23 | |
| Chargers | Lance Alworth 4 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 47 | 23 |
| SDG | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-161-1 | 23-110-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-38-343-5-1 | 15-33-218-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 4-41 |
| Net pass yards | 335 | 177 |
| Total yards | 496 | 287 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-6 | 6-64 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lance Alworth | SDG | 9 | 171 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 21 | 35 | 325 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Russ Smith | SDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 5 | 96 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Foster | SDG | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | SDG | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Allison | SDG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Marlin Briscoe | DEN | 15 | 33 | 218 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Crabtree | DEN | 4 | 98 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 12 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | DEN | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Denson | DEN | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brendan McCarthy | DEN | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Haffner | DEN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Garrett Ford | DEN | 1 | 10 | 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 | |||
| Russ Smith | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 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 | |||
| Wallace Dickey | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gus Hollomon | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pete Jaquess | DEN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jesse Stokes | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 0 |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Howfield | DEN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | DEN | 5 | 247 | 49.4 | 0 | ||||