Today in 1967, the Denver Broncos went to San Diego Stadium to
take on the San Diego Chargers in a Week 12 contest.
The Broncos provided the only scoring in the first quarter on a
9 yard touchdown pass from Steve Tensi to Al Denson. They added to their lead in the second
quarter Al Crabtree caught a 5 yard touchdown pass from Tensi. The San Diego answered on a 7 yard touchdown
run by Dickie Post. Then Bob Humphreys
kicked a 13 yard field goal to increase Denver’s lead. The Broncos led at halftime 17-7.
San Diego scored in the third quarter on a 24 yard field goal by
Dick Van Raaphorst. Humphreys answered
for Denver with a 16 yard field goal and Denver led 20-10.
In the fourth quarter, Speedy Duncan ran a blocked Humphreys
field goal attempt 72 yards for a touchdown and cut Denver’s lead to 3. Post put the game away for the Chargers on an
8 yard touchdown run. The San Diego
Chargers beat the Denver Broncos 24-20.
For the Broncos, Steve Tensi passed 18-41 for 253 yards with 2
touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Floyd
Little had 22 rushes for 79 yards. Eric
Crabtree had 8 receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown. Al Denson had 7 receptions for 97 yards and a
touchdown. Jack Lentz had an
interception for the defense.
For the Chargers, John Hadl passed 13-26 for 202 yards and in
interception. Dickie Post had 21 rushes
for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also
had 3 catches for 26 yards. Gary
Garrison had 4 receptions for 119 yards.
Chuck Allen picked off 2 Tensi passes.
The Broncos fell to 2-10 with the loss. They finished the season at 3-11, fourth in
the AFL West. The Chargers went to
8-1-1. They finished the season at 8-5-1,
third in the AFL West.
Trivia
- There were 5 Hall of Famers present: Floyd Little for the
Broncos, and Lance Alworth, Larry Little, Ron Mix, and head coach Sid Gillman
for the Chargers.
- This was Sid Gillman’s eighth season coaching the Chargers. He coached the team from 1960-71 and led the
team to an AFL Championship in 1963.
- This was Lou Saban’s first season coaching the Broncos. He coached the team from 1967-71. He also was the head coach of the Buffalo
Bills from 1962-65 and 1972-76. He led
the Bills to two AFL Championships in 1964 and 1965.
- Saban played for the Cleveland Browns from 1946-49.
- Denver had eleven rookies in their starting lineup, six on defense and five on offense, including
Hall of Famer Floyd Little.
- San Diego backup quarterback Kay Stephenson coached the Buffalo Bills from 1983-85.
Here are some historical scores on this day for teams facing
each other this week, on November 23,
1941 – Chicago Cardinals 7 – Cleveland Rams 0
1961 – Green Bay 17 – Detroit 9
1961 – New York Titans (Jets) 21 – Buffalo 14
1969 – Detroit 16 – Green Bay 10
1969 – San Diego 45 – Denver 24
1975 – Cleveland 35 – Cincinnati 23
1980 – Cleveland 31 – Cincinnati 7
1981 – Atlanta 31 – Minnesota 30
2003 – St. Louis 30 – Arizona 27 OT
2008 – Washington 20 – Seattle 17
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