Broncos 28-17 Chargers (6 Oct, 1996) Box Score

San Diego Chargers

4-2, 1-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SD					17
DEN					28

Denver Broncos

5-1, 3-0 home

San Diego Passing


Stan Humphries
Sean Salisbury
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
23/35	237	6.8	2	3-27	104.1
1/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	79.2
24/36	210	6.6	2	3-27	103.6

Denver Passing


John Elway
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
32/41	323	7.9	4	1	1-11	121.9
32/41	312	7.9	4	1	1-11	121.8

San Diego Rushing


Leonard Russell
Aaron Hayden
Stan Humphries
Terrell Fletcher
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
11	24	2.2	5
3	8	2.7	6
1	2	2.0	2
1	1	1.0	1
16	35	2.2	6

Denver Rushing


Terrell Davis
John Elway
Vaughn Hebron
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
17	50	2.9	8
8	37	4.6	14
1	7	7.0	7
26	94	3.6	14

San Diego Receiving


Alfred Pupunu
Terrell Fletcher
Andre Coleman
Tony Martin
Brian Roche
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	81	16.2	0	38
10	60	6.0	1	14
2	39	19.5	0	34
4	36	9.0	1	19
3	21	7.0	0	15
24	237	9.9	2	38

Denver Receiving


Shannon Sharpe
Ed McCaffrey
Mike Sherrard
Terrell Davis
Byron Chamberlain
Anthony Miller
Dwayne Carswell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	153	11.8	3	24
5	58	11.6	1	31
4	45	11.3	0	22
6	42	7.0	0	12
2	18	9.0	0	12
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	3	3.0	0	3
32	323	10.1	4	31

San Diego Fumbles


Alfred Pupunu
Leonard Russell
Andre Coleman
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
3	0	0

Denver Fumbles


Todd Kinchen
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

San Diego Defense



Junior Seau
Rodney Harrison
Lewis Bush
Terrance Shaw
Kevin Ross
Willie Clark
Shawn Lee
Kurt Gouveia
Chris Mims
Marco Coleman
Reuben Davis
Dwayne Harper
Raylee Johnson
David Hendrix
John Parrella
Terrell Fletcher
Patrick Sapp
Eric Castle
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	0	0	1	0	0
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
58	52	1	0	6	0	0

Denver Defense



Ray Crockett
Lionel Washington
Alfred Williams
Bill Romanowski
Michael Dean Perry
Steve Atwater
Jumpy Geathers
Allen Aldridge
Tyrone Braxton
Dan Williams
Maa Tanuvasa
Tim Hauck
Glenn Cadrez
Mike Lodish
Randy Hilliard
Tory James
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	1	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44	34	3	0	7	0	0

San Diego Interceptions


Rodney Harrison
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	29	0
1	29	0

Denver Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Denver Interceptions

San Diego Kick Returns


Andre Coleman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	78	19.5	24	0
4	78	19.5	24	0

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	65	32.5	33	0
2	65	32.5	33	0

San Diego Punt Returns


Darrien Gordon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	2	1.0	7	0
2	2	1.0	7	0

Denver Punt Returns


Todd Kinchen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	73	14.6	26	0
5	73	14.6	26	0

San Diego Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	27	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	27	2/2	5

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

San Diego Punting


Darren Bennett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	340	56.7	0	1	66
6	340	56.7	0	1	66

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	205	41.0	0	2	50
5	205	41.0	0	2	50

5:00 AM, 6 October 1996

Attendance: 75,058

Referees:
Robert McElwee

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Kansas City	14	1	.933	356	278
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	328	274
Denver	9	6	.600	363	281
Las Vegas	3	12	.200	264	390

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