Sunday October 14, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/14/1973:



Wilbur Young blocked two FG attempts by Chester Marcol and Jan Stenerud booted a 36-yard FG in the fourth quarter to enable Kansas City to tie Green Bay. The Chiefs had a chance to win in the final minutes until a penalty and a sack of Len Dawson took them out of FG range. John Brockington gained 106 yards and Jim Del Gaizo, who took over for injured Scott Hunter before halftime, threw a 26-yard TD pass to Jon Staggers.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Kansas City ChiefsOFFENSE134.2  (15)155.0  (9)289.2  (13)5
DEFENSE138.2  (10)106.5  (5)244.8  (7)8
Green Bay PackersOFFENSE136.5  (14)86.0  (26)222.5  (25)6
DEFENSE110.5  (5)133.5  (12)244.0  (6)14

Line: Packers by 3

Team1234F
Kansas City Chiefs (3-1-1)700310
Green Bay Packers (2-1-2)0100010

( 7- 0) KC  Morris Stroud 8 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick)
( 7- 3) GB  Chester Marcol 46 yard field goal
( 7-10) GB  Jon Staggers 26 yard pass from Jim Del Gaizo (Chester Marcol kick)
(10-10) KC  Jan Stenerud 36 yard field goal
                     KC              GB
First Downs:         9               16
Rushes-yards:        33-96           41-169
Yards/rush:          2.9             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-19-67-1      12-23-153-2
Sacked-yards:        2-14            1-7
Net pass yards:      53              146
Net yards/pass:      2.5             6.1
Total net yards:     149             315
Total plays:         54 (61% run)    65 (63% run)  
Yards/play:          2.8             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     5-46            2-20

Attendance: 46,583
Passing:
KC: Len Dawson, 10 of 19 for 67 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
GB: Jim Del Gaizo, 6 of 12 for 89 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Scott Hunter, 6 of 11 for 64 yards

Rushing:
KC: Ed Podolak, 15 for 49 yards; Wendell Hayes, 15 for 45 yards; Jeff Kinney, 2 for 1 yard; Elmo Wright, 1 for 1 yard
GB: MacArthur Lane, 20 for 52 yards; John Brockington, 15 for 106 yards; Perry Williams, 4 for 7 yards; Jim Del Gaizo, 1 for 2 yards; Don Highsmith, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
KC: Ed Podolak, 6 for 30 yards; Otis Taylor, 2 for 24 yards; Morris Stroud, 1 for 8 yards and 1 TD; Jeff Kinney, 1 for 5 yards
GB: MacArthur Lane, 4 for 38 yards; Leland Glass, 3 for 31 yards; Jon Staggers, 2 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Rich McGeorge, 1 for 28 yards; Barry Smith, 1 for 10 yards; John Brockington, 1 for 7 yards

Kick returns:
KC: Warren McVea, 1 for 18 yards
GB: Ike Thomas, 1 for 26 yards

Punt returns:
KC: Ed Podolak, 1 for 2 yards
GB: Jon Staggers, 3 for 17 yards; Ken Ellis, 1 for 1 yard

Interceptions:
KC: Bobby Bell, 1 for 24 yards; Nate Allen, 1 for 8 yards
GB: Tom MacLeod, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
KC: Jerrel Wilson, 7 for 289 yards
GB: Ron Widby, 3 for 116 yards

Field Goals:
KC: Jan Stenerud, 1/1
GB: Chester Marcol, 1/3




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