Sunday, October 3, 1971
Kansas City Chiefs 16, Denver Broncos 3| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (2-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Denver Broncos (0-2-1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| KAN | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Jim Turner 37 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | KAN | Aaron Brown 68 yard interception return (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 3 |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 20 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| 4th | KAN | Jan Stenerud 26 yard field goal | 13 | 3 |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 16 yard field goal | 16 | 3 |
| KAN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-93-0 | 27-62-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-21-91-0-1 | 14-28-168-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-25 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 66 | 160 |
| Total yards | 159 | 222 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-55 | 7-85 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 15 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Morris Stroud | KAN | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Len Dawson | KAN | 9 | 21 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elmo Wright | KAN | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Holmes | KAN | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Warren McVea | KAN | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Otis Taylor | KAN | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wendell Hayes | KAN | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Otis | KAN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Horn | DEN | 14 | 27 | 168 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Whalen | DEN | 3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Anderson | DEN | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Simmons | DEN | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Harrison | DEN | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clem Turner | DEN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Gehrke | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Aaron Brown | KAN | 1 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wendell Hayes | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Homan | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Kearney | KAN | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Robinson | KAN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Stein | KAN | 1 | 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 | |||
| Dickie Post | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Washington | DEN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||