Sunday, December 10, 1972
| SDG | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Floyd Little 2 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Chargers | Bill McClard 26 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| Broncos | Joe Dawkins 4 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| Broncos | Charlie Greer 65 yard punt return (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 21 | |
| 3rd | Chargers | Bill McClard 48 yard field goal | 6 | 21 |
| Broncos | Jim Turner 12 yard field goal | 6 | 24 | |
| Broncos | Haven Moses 11 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 6 | 31 | |
| Broncos | Haven Moses 7 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 6 | 38 | |
| 4th | Chargers | Gary Garrison 23 yard pass from John Hadl (Bill McClard kick) | 13 | 38 |
| SDG | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-99-0 | 32-172-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-44-288-1-2 | 6-12-85-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-52 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 236 | 85 |
| Total yards | 335 | 257 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-88 | 3-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 10 | 156 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 22 | 44 | 288 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 15 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pettis Norman | SDG | 5 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cid Edwards | SDG | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave L. Williams | SDG | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Taylor | SDG | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Krieg | DEN | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 9 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 3 | 43 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | DEN | 6 | 10 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 9 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | DEN | 10 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rod Sherman | DEN | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | DEN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clem Turner | DEN | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Joe Beauchamp | SDG | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Berry | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bryant Salter | SDG | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Sykes | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jesse Taylor | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie Greer | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Leroy Mitchell | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Randy Montgomery | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bill McClard | SDG | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Turner | DEN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | DEN | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 0 | ||||