| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (4-6-1) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| San Diego Chargers (5-6-0) | 14 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | San Diego Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 60 degrees, relative humidity 53%, wind 7 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Al Denson 6 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Chargers | Dickie Post 7 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Chargers | Dickie Post 1 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Broncos | Al Denson 38 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 14 |
| Chargers | Dennis Partee 33 yard field goal | 14 | 17 | |
| Broncos | Bobby Howfield 22 yard field goal | 17 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Chargers | Marty Domres 10 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 24 |
| Chargers | Dickie Post 10 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 31 | |
| Broncos | John Embree 10 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 24 | 31 | |
| Chargers | Marty Domres 8 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 24 | 38 | |
| 4th | Chargers | Gene Foster 14 yard pass from Marty Domres (Dennis Partee kick) | 24 | 45 |
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 27 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 11-34-0 | 40-235-5 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 26-36-363-3-3 | 11-22-235-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-34 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 329 | 227 |
| Total yards | 363 | 462 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-87 | 8-87 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Tensi | DEN | 19 | 26 | 301 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Al Denson | DEN | 6 | 140 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Embree | DEN | 9 | 122 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Quayle | DEN | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Pivec | DEN | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Liske | DEN | 7 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wandy Williams | DEN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Marty Domres | SDG | 11 | 20 | 235 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Dickie Post | SDG | 17 | 128 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Russ Smith | SDG | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Foster | SDG | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lance Alworth | SDG | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Queen | SDG | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Sayers | SDG | 2 | 9 | 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 | |||
| Grady Cavness | DEN | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wandy Williams | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 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 | |||
| Bob Bruggers | SDG | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Speedy Duncan | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenny Graham | SDG | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Russ Smith | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gus Hollomon | DEN | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Howfield | DEN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 |