Sunday December 5, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/05/1971:



The Broncos defense got to the Bears passer nine times but their offense could only generate a pair of field goals by Jim Turner. Floyd Little, with his fourth 100-plus rushing game of the season, took over the AFC rushing leadership pushing toward his first 1,000 yard season.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE108.7  (22)137.9  (22)246.6  (21)35
DEFENSE155.8  (21)176.2  (23)332.0  (25)36
OFFENSE145.5  (10)148.8  (16)294.4  (11)31
DEFENSE132.5  (15)135.1  (4)267.6  (9)31

Line: Even

Team1234F
Chicago Bears (6-6-0)03003
Denver Broncos (4-7-1)03036

( 0- 3) DEN Jim Turner 37 yard field goal ( 3- 3) CHI Mac Percival 34 yard field goal ( 3- 6) DEN Jim Turner 33 yard field goal
                     CHI             DEN
First Downs:         9               10
Rushes-yards:        19-73           42-170
Yards/rush:          3.8             4.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-31-63-3       8-16-81-2
Sacked-yards:        9-70            3-27
Net pass yards:      -7              54
Net yards/pass:      -0.2            2.8
Total net yards:     66              224
Total plays:         59 (32% run)    61 (68% run)  
Yards/play:          1.1             3.7
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             3-2
Turnovers:           4               4
Penalties-yards:     12-100          7-100

Attendance: 51,200

Passing:
CHI: Bobby Douglass, 6 of 25 for 50 yards (2 int); Kent Nix, 1 of 6 for 13 yards (1 int) DEN: Steve Ramsey, 8 of 16 for 81 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
CHI: Bill Tucker, 8 for 11 yards; Cyril Pinder, 5 for 9 yards; Bobby Douglass, 4 for 45 yards; Joe Moore, 2 for 8 yards DEN: Floyd Little, 29 for 125 yards; Bobby Anderson, 4 for 8 yards; Fran Lynch, 3 for 8 yards; Clem Turner, 2 for 5 yards; Steve Ramsey, 2 for 0 yards; John Mosier, 1 for 29 yards; Billy Masters, 1 for -5 yards
Receiving:
CHI: Bill Tucker, 3 for 16 yards; Dick Gordon, 2 for 25 yards; George Farmer, 2 for 22 yards DEN: Jack Gehrke, 2 for 29 yards; Bobby Anderson, 2 for 2 yards; Gordon Bowdell, 1 for 19 yards; Jerry Simmons, 1 for 13 yards; Billy Masters, 1 for 13 yards; John Mosier, 1 for 5 yards
Kick returns:
CHI: Cecil Turner, 2 for 54 yards
Punt returns:
CHI: Ron Smith, 4 for 60 yards; Cecil Turner, 1 for -3 yards DEN: Bill Thompson, 2 for 16 yards; Charlie Greer, 1 for -2 yards
Interceptions:
CHI: Charlie Ford, 2 for 29 yards DEN: Fred Forsberg, 1 for 29 yards; Olen Underwood, 1 for 5 yards; Charlie Greer, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CHI: Bobby Joe Green, 7 for 325 yards DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 6 for 214 yards
Field Goals:
CHI: Mac Percival, 1/4 DEN: Jim Turner, 2/4


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