Chargers 16-10 Broncos (22 Dec, 1996) Box Score

Denver Broncos

13-3, 5-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN					10
SD					16

San Diego Chargers

8-8, 5-3 home

Denver Passing


Bill Musgrave
Jeff Lewis
John Elway
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
11/18	69	3.8	1	1-9	45.8
8/14	53	3.8	1	1-7	35.7
6/11	46	4.2	0	1-4	65.0
25/43	148	3.9	2	3-20	47.4

San Diego Passing


Stan Humphries
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/36	170	4.7	1	3	1-7	35.6
17/36	163	4.7	1	3	1-7	35.6

Denver Rushing


Jeff Lewis
Terrell Davis
Vaughn Hebron
John Elway
Bill Musgrave
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	35	11.7	0	18
9	21	2.3	1	13
6	9	1.5	0	3
1	3	3.0	0	3
2	-2	-1.0	0	0
21	66	3.1	1	18

San Diego Rushing


Freddie Lee Bradley Jr.
Terrell Fletcher
Aaron Hayden
Stan Humphries
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
19	60	3.2	15
3	21	7.0	14
1	1	1.0	1
4	-1	-0.3	1
27	81	3.0	15

Denver Receiving


Aaron Craver
Rod Smith
Anthony Miller
Dwayne Carswell
Byron Chamberlain
Vaughn Hebron
Ed McCaffrey
Terrell Davis
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	32	5.3	11
4	31	7.8	11
3	27	9.0	12
3	24	8.0	11
3	22	7.3	9
3	13	4.3	9
2	10	5.0	7
1	9	9.0	9
25	168	6.7	12

San Diego Receiving


Tony Martin
Charlie Jones
Brian Roche
Freddie Lee Bradley Jr.
Terrell Fletcher
Deems May
Andre Coleman
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	50	12.5	0	20
4	40	10.0	1	17
3	23	7.7	0	13
1	20	20.0	0	20
2	17	8.5	0	13
2	15	7.5	0	12
1	5	5.0	0	5
17	170	10.0	1	20

Denver Fumbles


John Elway
Bill Musgrave
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
2	2	0

San Diego Fumbles


Stan Humphries
Andre Coleman
Junior Seau
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	2
2	0	2

Denver Defense



Tyrone Braxton
Allen Aldridge
Steve Atwater
Mike Lodish
Tory James
John Mobley
Bill Romanowski
Harald Hasselbach
Maa Tanuvasa
Tim Hauck
Glenn Cadrez
Ernest Jones
Lionel Washington
Randy Hilliard
Rondell Jones
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	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	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	1	0	3	0	0

San Diego Defense



Lewis Bush
Junior Seau
Kurt Gouveia
Rodney Harrison
Raylee Johnson
Mark Montreuil
Vernon Edwards
Marco Coleman
Darrien Gordon
Kevin Ross
Terrance Shaw
Patrick Sapp
Willie Clark
John Parrella
Eric Castle
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	3	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	1	0	1	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	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	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
58	46	3	0	7	0	0

Denver Interceptions


Lionel Washington
Tory James
Bill Romanowski
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	23	0
1	15	0
1	0	0
3	38	0

San Diego Interceptions


Rodney Harrison
Willie Clark
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	21	0
1	0	0
2	21	0

Denver Kick Returns


Vaughn Hebron
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	105	26.3	44	0
4	105	26.3	44	0

San Diego Kick Returns


Andre Coleman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	43	14.3	17	0
3	43	14.3	17	0

Denver Punt Returns


Rod Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	39	13.0	18	0
3	39	13.0	18	0

San Diego Punt Returns


Charlie Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	21	21.0	21	0
1	21	21.0	21	0

Denver Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	51	1/1	4
1/2	50.0	51	1/1	4

San Diego Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	50	1/1	10
3/3	100.0	50	1/1	10

Denver Punting


Tom Rouen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	207	41.4	1	2	52
5	207	41.4	1	2	52

San Diego Punting


Darren Bennett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	276	46.0	0	1	58
6	276	46.0	0	1	58

5:00 AM, 22 December 1996

Attendance: 46,801

Referees:
Thomas White

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City	8	0	1.000	203	147
Los Angeles	5	3	.625	159	101
Denver	5	4	.556	183	161
Las Vegas	2	7	.222	168	251

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REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	32	5.3	11
4	31	7.8	11
3	27	9.0	12
3	24	8.0	11
3	22	7.3	9
3	13	4.3	9
2	10	5.0	7
1	9	9.0	9
25	168	6.7	12

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	32	5.3	11
4	31	7.8	11
3	27	9.0	12
3	24	8.0	11
3	22	7.3	9
3	13	4.3	9
2	10	5.0	7
1	9	9.0	9
25	168	6.7	12

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	32	5.3	11
4	31	7.8	11
3	27	9.0	12
3	24	8.0	11
3	22	7.3	9
3	13	4.3	9
2	10	5.0	7
1	9	9.0	9
25	168	6.7	12