Sunday, October 8, 1972
San Diego Chargers 23, Baltimore Colts 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (2-1-1) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| Baltimore Colts (1-3-0) | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| SDG | BAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Mike Garrett 1 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | BAL | Jim O'Brien 22 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 51 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| 3rd | BAL | Don Nottingham 13 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick) | 10 | 10 |
| BAL | Jim O'Brien 20 yard field goal | 10 | 13 | |
| BAL | Don Nottingham 3 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick) | 10 | 20 | |
| 4th | SDG | Mike Garrett 2 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 20 |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 40 yard field goal | 20 | 20 | |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 28 yard field goal | 23 | 20 |
| SDG | BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 49-213-2 | 33-145-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-20-148-0-3 | 14-22-130-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 137 | 120 |
| Total yards | 350 | 265 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-78 | 7-83 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 27 | 132 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 12 | 20 | 148 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lee White | SDG | 11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Mackey | SDG | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Dicus | SDG | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cid Edwards | SDG | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Nottingham | BAL | 17 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Johnny Unitas | BAL | 14 | 22 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Matte | BAL | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sam Havrilak | BAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cotton Speyrer | BAL | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Mitchell | BAL | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | BAL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marty Domres | BAL | 1 | 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 | |||
| Chuck Detwiler | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 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 | |||
| Mike Curtis | BAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Laird | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Stukes | BAL | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||