Sunday, October 1, 1972
Kansas City Chiefs 45, Denver Broncos 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (2-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 45 |
| Denver Broncos (1-2-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| KAN | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Floyd Little 35 yard pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 11 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | KAN | Jeff Kinney 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 10 | 7 |
| DEN | Jim Turner 16 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | KAN | Willie Frazier 16 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick) | 17 | 10 |
| DEN | Bobby Anderson 15 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| KAN | Dennis Homan 9 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick) | 24 | 17 | |
| 4th | KAN | Otis Taylor 29 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick) | 31 | 17 |
| KAN | Jim Kearney 43 yard interception return (Jan Stenerud kick) | 38 | 17 | |
| DEN | Floyd Little 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 38 | 24 | |
| KAN | Jim Kearney 32 yard interception return (Jan Stenerud kick) | 45 | 24 |
| KAN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-130-1 | 31-148-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-23-194-3-1 | 13-36-247-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-19 | 8-63 |
| Net pass yards | 175 | 184 |
| Total yards | 305 | 332 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-76 | 5-43 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Livingston | KAN | 4 | 7 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Otis Taylor | KAN | 5 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Len Dawson | KAN | 7 | 16 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Frazier | KAN | 2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Homan | KAN | 2 | 47 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Kinney | KAN | 17 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 11 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Morris Stroud | KAN | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Adamle | KAN | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Floyd Little | DEN | 21 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Ramsey | DEN | 13 | 35 | 247 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Krieg | DEN | 3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Anderson | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | DEN | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | DEN | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Simmons | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 1 | 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 | |||
| Jim Kearney | KAN | 2 | 75 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Kinney | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Marshall | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Sensibaugh | KAN | 1 | 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 | |||
| Joe Dawkins | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Greer | DEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod Sherman | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||