NFL game summary for 12/16/1973:

Oakland won the AFC West in a showdown game with Denver for the division championship. Trailing 14-10 with fourth and 10 on the Denver 49, the Broncos failed on a fake punt and lost the ball. Ken Stabler then took the Raiders in for a touchdown in three plays. Charley Johnson was injured early in the fourth quarter but Steve Ramsey moved the Broncos to within four points, 21-17, on a scoring pass to tight end Riley Odoms.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Denver Broncos	OFFENSE	143.4  (11)	184.6  (3)	328.0  (5)	26
	DEFENSE	125.7  (7)	177.4  (24)	303.1  (19)	27
Oakland Raiders	OFFENSE	180.7  (3)	163.8  (6)	344.5  (2)	32
	DEFENSE	106.2  (3)	120.8  (6)	227.0  (2)	30

Line: Raiders by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Denver Broncos (7-5-2)	0	3	7	7	17
Oakland Raiders (9-4-1)	7	7	0	7	21

( 0- 7) OAK Charlie Smith 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick)
( 0-14) OAK Clarence Davis 8 yard rush (George Blanda kick)
( 3-14) DEN Jim Turner 50 yard field goal
(10-14) DEN Haven Moses 13 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick)
(10-21) OAK Mike Siani 31 yard pass from Ken Stabler (George Blanda kick)
(17-21) DEN Riley Odoms 14 yard pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick)

                     DEN             OAK
First Downs:         16              16
Rushes-yards:        27-90           45-161
Yards/rush:          3.3             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-38-145-3     12-20-139-0
Sacked-yards:        5-26            1-5
Net pass yards:      119             134
Net yards/pass:      2.8             6.4
Total net yards:     209             295
Total plays:         70 (38% run)    66 (68% run)  
Yards/play:          3.0             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-2
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     3-25            5-65

Attendance: 51,910

Passing:
DEN: Charley Johnson, 11 of 22 for 91 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Steve Ramsey, 4 of 16 for 54 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
OAK: Ken Stabler, 12 of 20 for 139 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
DEN: Floyd Little, 14 for 42 yards; Joe Dawkins, 12 for 47 yards; Otis Armstrong, 1 for 1 yard
OAK: Clarence Davis, 15 for 78 yards and 1 TD; Marv Hubbard, 14 for 53 yards; Charlie Smith, 11 for 12 yards and 1 TD; Pete Banaszak, 3 for 16 yards; Ken Stabler, 2 for 2 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Riley Odoms, 7 for 68 yards and 1 TD; Haven Moses, 2 for 30 yards and 1 TD; Billy Van Heusen, 2 for 25 yards; Joe Dawkins, 2 for 17 yards; Gene Washington, 1 for 5 yards; Floyd Little, 1 for 0 yards
OAK: Fred Biletnikoff, 6 for 58 yards; Mike Siani, 4 for 62 yards and 1 TD; Bob Moore, 1 for 10 yards; Charlie Smith, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Bill Thompson, 1 for 25 yards; Otis Armstrong, 1 for 21 yards
OAK: Clarence Davis, 2 for 34 yards; Charlie Smith, 1 for 23 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Bill Thompson, 4 for 40 yards; Charlie Greer, 2 for 0 yards
OAK: George Atkinson, 4 for 41 yards

Interceptions:
OAK: Willie Brown, 2 for -1 yards; Skip Thomas, 1 for 12 yards

Punting:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 8 for 345 yards
OAK: Ray Guy, 7 for 297 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 1/1
OAK: George Blanda, 0/2

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