Sunday November 10, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/10/1974:



San Diego won its second straight and split the season series with Kansas City on a 71-yard touchdown pass to Gary Garrison by rookie Jesse Freitas, making his first appearance in a league game after Dan Fouts was injured. The winning score came two plays after the Chiefs had tied the score on an 84-yard pass from Len Dawson to Larry Brunson, who caught eight for 193 yards. Dawson set a club record with 26 completions in 44 attempts, topping his own mark of 25 in 1963 and 1966.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE159.1  (8)184.5  (5)343.6  (3)22
DEFENSE180.4  (24)168.5  (16)348.9  (25)12
OFFENSE126.0  (16)133.4  (19)259.4  (20)23
DEFENSE129.8  (12)174.9  (19)304.6  (15)26

Line: Chiefs by 5

Team1234F
San Diego Chargers (3-6-0)070714
Kansas City Chiefs (3-6-0)00077

( 7- 0) SD Bo Matthews 1 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) ( 7- 7) KC Larry Brunson 84 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) (14- 7) SD Gary Garrison 71 yard pass from Jesse Freitas (Dennis Partee kick)
                     SD              KC
First Downs:         13              17
Rushes-yards:        47-143          30-81
Yards/rush:          3.0             2.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-21-122-2      26-45-381-1
Sacked-yards:        2-11            5-34
Net pass yards:      111             347
Net yards/pass:      4.8             6.9
Total net yards:     254             428
Total plays:         70 (67% run)    80 (37% run)  
Yards/play:          3.6             5.3
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-2
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     8-59            7-69

Attendance: 48,551

Passing:
SD: Jesse Freitas, 6 of 15 for 120 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Dan Fouts, 1 of 6 for 2 yards KC: Len Dawson, 26 of 44 for 381 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Jerrel Wilson, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
SD: Bo Matthews, 21 for 73 yards and 1 TD; Glen Bonner, 21 for 59 yards; Cid Edwards, 3 for 9 yards; Jesse Freitas, 1 for 3 yards; Dan Fouts, 1 for -1 yards KC: Woody Green, 19 for 54 yards; Ed Podolak, 8 for 27 yards; Len Dawson, 2 for 2 yards; Larry Brunson, 1 for -2 yards
Receiving:
SD: Gary Garrison, 2 for 84 yards and 1 TD; Harrison Davis, 2 for 26 yards; Bo Matthews, 1 for 6 yards; Cid Edwards, 1 for 4 yards; Glen Bonner, 1 for 2 yards KC: Larry Brunson, 8 for 193 yards and 1 TD; Ed Podolak, 8 for 75 yards; Barry Pearson, 4 for 56 yards; Woody Green, 3 for 27 yards; Morris Stroud, 1 for 16 yards; Cleo Miller, 1 for 8 yards; Andy Hamilton, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
SD: Tom Thompson, 2 for 54 yards KC: Cleo Miller, 3 for 80 yards
Punt returns:
SD: Danny Colbert, 3 for 26 yards KC: Ed Podolak, 8 for 56 yards
Interceptions:
SD: Sam Williams, 1 for 25 yards KC: Clyde Werner, 1 for 7 yards; Kerry Reardon, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
SD: Dennis Partee, 11 for 492 yards KC: Jerrel Wilson, 8 for 319 yards
Field Goals:
SD: Ray Wersching, 0/1 KC: Jan Stenerud, 0/1


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