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Sunday November 25, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/25/1973:



Denver took over first place in the AFC West by running its unbeaten string to seven games (including two ties) on two touchdown passes by Charley Johnson to Haven Moses within an 81-second span in the second quarter. The Chiefs narrowed the gap with a seven-yard TD pass from Mike Livingston to Otis Taylor with 4:49 to go but Charlie Greer intercepted a tipped pass on the Broncos' 19 to end a late threat.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Kansas City ChiefsOFFENSE127.9  (18)132.4  (16)260.3  (18)22
DEFENSE138.1  (11)115.4  (5)253.5  (6)28
Denver BroncosOFFENSE150.8  (12)188.5  (5)339.3  (2)22
DEFENSE129.5  (7)179.9  (25)309.4  (19)22

Line: Even

Team1234F
Kansas City Chiefs (6-4-1)030710
Denver Broncos (6-3-2)0140014

( 3- 0) KC  Jan Stenerud 38 yard field goal
( 3- 7) DEN Haven Moses 18 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick)
( 3-14) DEN Haven Moses 40 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick)
(10-14) KC  Otis Taylor 7 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick)
                     KC              DEN
First Downs:         17              12
Rushes-yards:        37-139          29-82
Yards/rush:          3.8             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-32-138-2     10-21-144-1
Sacked-yards:        5-35            1-7
Net pass yards:      103             137
Net yards/pass:      2.8             6.2
Total net yards:     242             219
Total plays:         74 (50% run)    51 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          3.3             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     5-47            6-61

Attendance: 51,331
Passing:
KC: Mike Livingston, 12 of 31 for 129 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Jerrel Wilson, 1 of 1 for 9 yards
DEN: Charley Johnson, 10 of 21 for 144 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)

Rushing:
KC: Willie Ellison, 19 for 64 yards; Ed Podolak, 12 for 42 yards; Jeff Kinney, 2 for 10 yards; Mike Livingston, 2 for 9 yards; Gary Butler, 1 for 9 yards; Otis Taylor, 1 for 5 yards
DEN: Floyd Little, 18 for 50 yards; Joe Dawkins, 9 for 32 yards; Charley Johnson, 2 for 0 yards

Receiving:
KC: Otis Taylor, 3 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Willie Ellison, 3 for 33 yards; Robert West, 2 for 25 yards; Gary Butler, 2 for 23 yards; Wendell Hayes, 1 for 9 yards; Ed Podolak, 1 for 5 yards; Morris Stroud, 1 for -7 yards
DEN: Haven Moses, 5 for 108 yards and 2 TDs; Joe Dawkins, 3 for 16 yards; Jerry Simmons, 1 for 14 yards; Floyd Little, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
KC: Larry Marshall, 1 for 25 yards
DEN: Otis Armstrong, 1 for 31 yards

Punt returns:
KC: Larry Marshall, 2 for 5 yards; Ed Podolak, 1 for -3 yards
DEN: Bill Thompson, 5 for 82 yards; Ken Criter, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
KC: Mike Sensibaugh, 1 for 27 yards
DEN: Calvin Jones, 1 for 24 yards; Charlie Greer, 1 for 1 yard

Punting:
KC: Jerrel Wilson, 7 for 344 yards
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 8 for 371 yards

Field Goals:
KC: Jan Stenerud, 1/2
DEN: Jim Turner, 0/1




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