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Sunday September 20, 1970
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NFL game summary for 09/20/1970:



Jim O'Brien kicked three field goals in his first professional appearance, including a final one in the last 56 seconds for the Colts' victory. Gary Garrison caught two long TD passes from veteran Charger quarterback John Hadl, but Lance Alworth's record for consecutive games in which he had caught one or more passes ended at 96.

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Team1234F
Baltimore Colts (1-0-0)037616
San Diego Chargers (0-1-0)007714

( 3- 0) BAL Jim O'Brien 25 yard field goal
( 3- 7) SD  Gary Garrison 65 yard pass from John Hadl (Mike Mercer kick)
(10- 7) BAL Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick)
(13- 7) BAL Jim O'Brien 34 yard field goal
(13-14) SD  Gary Garrison 43 yard pass from John Hadl (Mike Mercer kick)
(16-14) BAL Jim O'Brien 28 yard field goal
                     BAL             SD
First Downs:         19              15
Rushes-yards:        28-101          22-83
Yards/rush:          3.6             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-32-221-1     17-37-255-0
Sacked-yards:        2-19            6-50
Net pass yards:      202             205
Net yards/pass:      5.9             4.8
Total net yards:     303             288
Total plays:         62 (45% run)    65 (33% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             2-1
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     7-68            9-85

Attendance: 47,782
Passing:
BAL: Johnny Unitas, 15 of 31 for 202 yards (1 int); Earl Morrall, 1 of 1 for 19 yards
SD: John Hadl, 17 of 36 for 255 yards and 2 TDs; Gene Foster, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
BAL: Tom Matte, 12 for 43 yards; Norm Bulaich, 10 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Sam Havrilak, 4 for 4 yards; Roy Jefferson, 1 for 11 yards; Johnny Unitas, 1 for 0 yards
SD: Gene Foster, 12 for 31 yards; Russ Smith, 4 for 15 yards; Brad Hubbert, 2 for 10 yards; Jeff Queen, 2 for 9 yards; John Hadl, 1 for 12 yards; Willie Frazier, 1 for 6 yards

Receiving:
BAL: Roy Jefferson, 5 for 83 yards; Eddie Hinton, 5 for 74 yards; Norm Bulaich, 2 for 22 yards; John Mackey, 2 for 16 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 24 yards; Tom Matte, 1 for 2 yards
SD: Willie Frazier, 4 for 55 yards; Gene Foster, 4 for 24 yards; Gary Garrison, 3 for 122 yards and 2 TDs; Brad Hubbert, 3 for 23 yards; Russ Smith, 2 for 22 yards; Jeff Queen, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
BAL: Jim Duncan, 2 for 61 yards; Sam Havrilak, 1 for 20 yards
SD: Speedy Duncan, 5 for 93 yards

Punt returns:
BAL: Ron Gardin, 4 for 54 yards
SD: Russ Smith, 1 for 3 yards

Interceptions:
SD: Steve DeLong, 1 for 5 yards

Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 4 for 194 yards
SD: Mike Mercer, 8 for 283 yards

Field Goals:
BAL: Jim O'Brien, 3/4
SD: Mike Mercer, 0/1




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