| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (5-6-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| Denver Broncos (8-3-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Mile High Stadium |
| Start Time | 2:00pm |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 32 degrees, relative humidity 66%, wind 7 mph, wind chill 25 |
| Vegas Line | Denver Broncos -4.0 |
| Over/Under | 47.5 (over) |
| SDG | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chargers | Gary W. Anderson 98 yard kickoff return (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Broncos | Steve Watson 4 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Chargers | Lionel James 6 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4th | Broncos | Gene Lang 2 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 14 |
| Broncos | Gene Lang 4 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| Chargers | Bob Thomas 36 yard field goal | 17 | 21 | |
| Chargers | Tim Spencer 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 24 | 21 | |
| Broncos | Rich Karlis 34 yard field goal | 24 | 24 | |
| OT | Broncos | Louis Wright 60 yard blocked field goal return | 24 | 30 |
| SDG | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-95-1 | 25-91-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-45-245-1-2 | 28-50-261-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-21 |
| Net pass yards | 245 | 240 |
| Total yards | 340 | 331 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-34 | 4-39 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lionel James | SDG | 15 | 64 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 93 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 23 | 45 | 245 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kellen Winslow | SDG | 4 | 64 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 3 | 32 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Gary W. Anderson | SDG | 11 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | SDG | 2 | 28 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Tim Spencer | SDG | 7 | 18 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Eric Sievers | SDG | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 28 | 50 | 261 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 15 | 51 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 4 | 48 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| James Wright | DEN | 4 | 38 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Kay | DEN | 3 | 38 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 4 | 37 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Steve Sewell | DEN | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gary W. Anderson | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chuck Ehin | SDG | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lionel James | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Woodrow Lowe | SDG | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Miles McPherson | SDG | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Robinson | SDG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Williams | SDG | 0.5 | 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 | |||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Lang | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Robbins | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Sewell | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gerald Willhite | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Louis Wright | DEN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | SDG | 4 | 191 | 47.8 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Thomas | SDG | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Rich Karlis | DEN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Norman | DEN | 7 | 226 | 32.3 | 0 | ||||