Sunday, September 24, 1972
Denver Broncos 14, San Diego Chargers 37| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (1-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| San Diego Chargers (1-1-0) | 13 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 37 |
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Randy Montgomery 94 yard kickoff return (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 45 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 11 yard field goal | 7 | 6 | |
| SDG | Mike Garrett 41 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 13 | |
| 2nd | SDG | Gary Garrison 9 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 20 |
| SDG | Dave L. Williams 31 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 27 | |
| SDG | Joe Beauchamp 47 yard interception return (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 34 | |
| 4th | DEN | Steve Ramsey 8 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 34 |
| SDG | Bill McClard 47 yard field goal | 14 | 37 |
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-95-1 | 35-142-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-37-258-0-6 | 15-32-188-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-40 | 1-13 |
| Net pass yards | 218 | 175 |
| Total yards | 313 | 317 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-58 | 8-70 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Ramsey | DEN | 14 | 25 | 192 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rod Sherman | DEN | 6 | 95 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | DEN | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Masters | DEN | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Simmons | DEN | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | DEN | 6 | 12 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 21 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 15 | 32 | 188 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 6 | 69 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave L. Williams | SDG | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lee White | SDG | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Mackey | SDG | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | SDG | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Dragon | SDG | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Taylor | SDG | 4 | 8 | 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 | |||
| Charlie Greer | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Krieg | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Montgomery | DEN | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 201 | 33.5 | 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 | |||
| Bob Babich | SDG | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Beauchamp | SDG | 3 | 95 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | SDG | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bryant Salter | SDG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jesse Taylor | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||