Sunday October 22, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/22/1972:



Charley Johnson included a pair of TD passes in his 361 yards against the Raiders to give the Broncos a 30-23 victory. RB Floyd Little caught one TD and passed to Jerry Simmons for another, and Jim Turner kicked three FGs to pass Don Hutson into ninth place on the all-time NFL scoring Iist.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE154.6  (7)170.6  (7)325.2  (5)15
DEFENSE108.8  (4)155.6  (16)264.4  (11)7
OFFENSE152.4  (10)170.2  (8)322.6  (7)13
DEFENSE150.2  (19)86.4  (1)236.6  (2)15

Line: Raiders by 12

Team1234F
Denver Broncos (2-4-0)7170630
Oakland Raiders (3-2-1)03101023

( 7- 0) DEN Billy Masters 21 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) ( 7- 3) OAK George Blanda 32 yard field goal (14- 3) DEN Floyd Little 37 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) (21- 3) DEN Jerry Simmons 35 yard pass from Floyd Little (Jim Turner kick) (24- 3) DEN Jim Turner 44 yard field goal (24- 6) OAK George Blanda 35 yard field goal (24-13) OAK Charlie Smith 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick) (27-13) DEN Jim Turner 8 yard field goal (27-20) OAK Mike Siani 4 yard pass from Ken Stabler (George Blanda kick) (30-20) DEN Jim Turner 27 yard field goal (30-23) OAK George Blanda 40 yard field goal
                     DEN             OAK
First Downs:         15              23
Rushes-yards:        24-13           27-127
Yards/rush:          0.5             4.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     21-29-396-0     22-40-242-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             6-53
Net pass yards:      396             189
Net yards/pass:      13.7            4.1
Total net yards:     409             316
Total plays:         53 (45% run)    73 (36% run)  
Yards/play:          7.7             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        4-1             1-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     11-95           9-75

Attendance: 53,551

Passing:
DEN: Charley Johnson, 20 of 28 for 361 yards and 2 TDs; Floyd Little, 1 of 1 for 35 yards and 1 TD OAK: Ken Stabler, 13 of 22 for 165 yards and 1 TD; Daryle Lamonica, 8 of 15 for 64 yards; George Blanda, 1 of 3 for 13 yards
Rushing:
DEN: Floyd Little, 9 for 15 yards; Bobby Anderson, 8 for 3 yards; Fran Lynch, 5 for 3 yards; Charley Johnson, 1 for 0 yards; Billy Masters, 1 for -8 yards OAK: Marv Hubbard, 15 for 61 yards; Pete Banaszak, 4 for 19 yards; Clarence Davis, 4 for 12 yards; Charlie Smith, 3 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Ken Stabler, 1 for 9 yards
Receiving:
DEN: Jerry Simmons, 6 for 118 yards and 1 TD; Floyd Little, 3 for 92 yards and 1 TD; Billy Masters, 3 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Fran Lynch, 3 for 41 yards; Riley Odoms, 2 for 46 yards; Rod Sherman, 2 for 22 yards; Bobby Anderson, 2 for 11 yards OAK: Fred Biletnikoff, 5 for 74 yards; Raymond Chester, 5 for 56 yards; Charlie Smith, 4 for 47 yards; Mike Siani, 2 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Clarence Davis, 2 for 19 yards; Pete Banaszak, 2 for 12 yards; Marv Hubbard, 2 for 8 yards
Kick returns:
DEN: Randy Montgomery, 2 for 114 yards; Joe Dawkins, 2 for 55 yards; Mike Simone, 1 for -6 yards OAK: Clarence Davis, 5 for 135 yards; Cliff Branch, 1 for 21 yards
Punt returns:
OAK: George Atkinson, 1 for 1 yard
Interceptions:

Punting:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 3 for 122 yards OAK: Jerry DePoyster, 3 for 94 yards
Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 3/4 OAK: George Blanda, 3/4


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