1974 Kansas City 30, 1974 Denver 20

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1974 Kansas City

14

3

7

6

0

30
1974 Denver

0

10

3

7

0

20
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 13:40 1974 Kansas City C.Miller 3 yd. run (J.Stenerud kick) 7-0 KCA
1 10:27 1974 Kansas City L.Brunson 10 yd. pass from L.Dawson (J.Stenerud kick) 14-0 KCA
2 14:10 1974 Denver O.Armstrong 8 yd. run (J.Turner kick) 14-7 KCA
2 1:52 1974 Kansas City J.Stenerud 32 yd. field goal 17-7 KCA
2 0:45 1974 Denver J.Turner 35 yd. field goal 17-10 KCA
3 9:28 1974 Denver J.Turner 38 yd. field goal 17-13 KCA
3 4:24 1974 Kansas City L.Dawson 2 yd. run (J.Stenerud kick) 24-13 KCA
4 14:11 1974 Kansas City J.Stenerud 26 yd. field goal 27-13 KCA
4 4:52 1974 Denver O.Armstrong 4 yd. run (J.Turner kick) 27-20 KCA
4 1:22 1974 Kansas City J.Stenerud 47 yd. field goal 30-20 KCA

Team Statistics
1974 Kansas City 1974 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 8-13-0-21 7-12-1-20
Third Down Efficiency 6-16-38% 6-13-46%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 27-42-64% 20-28-71%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 315-76-4.1 315-70-4.5
Total Net Yards Rushing 82 149
Total Rushes 32 34
Average Per Rush 2.6 4.4
Passes Completed/Attempted 28/42 (66.7%) 18/32 (56.3%)
Net Yards Passing 233 166
Avg Yards Per Pass 5.8 6.1
Sacked/Yards Lost 2/10 4/28
Punts/Average 6/34.7 3/47.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage 3/14 3/26
Kickoffs/Returns 4/77 7/168
Interceptions/Returns 2/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/15 3/25
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 2/2 6/4
Time of Possession 32 mins 10 secs 27 mins 50 secs
Average Drive Start KCA 42 DEA 31

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1974 Kansas City
Len Dawson 42 28 243 66.7 5.8 1 2.4 0 0 17 2/10 89.7
1974 Denver
Charley Johnson 32 18 194 56.3 6.1 0 0 2 6.3 41 4/28 48.2

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1974 Kansas City
Woody Green 11 52 4.7 15 0 0 0/0
Cleo Miller 5 -1 -0.2 3 1 0 0/0
Ed Podolak 5 19 3.8 6 0 0 0/0
Jeff Kinney 5 -4 -0.8 2 0 0 1/1
Wendell Hayes 2 8 4.0 8 0 0 0/0
Willie Ellison 2 6 3.0 3 0 0 0/0
Len Dawson 2 2 1.0 2 1 0 0/0
1974 Denver
Otis Armstrong 29 146 5.0 25 2 0 2/1
Jon Keyworth 5 3 0.6 3 0 0 2/1

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1974 Kansas City
Woody Green 6 44 7.3 17 0 0
Otis Taylor 4 44 11.0 13 0 0
Cleo Miller 4 35 8.8 13 0 0
Barry Pearson 4 21 5.3 11 0 0
Willie Ellison 3 38 12.7 16 0 0
Elmo Wright 2 16 8.0 10 0 0
Morris Stroud 2 21 10.5 11 0 0
Ed Podolak 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
Larry Brunson 1 10 10.0 10 1 0
Jeff Kinney 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
1974 Denver
Riley Odoms 6 118 19.7 41 0 0
Otis Armstrong 6 39 6.5 10 0 0
Floyd Little 4 23 5.8 8 0 0
Bill Van Heusen 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
Haven Moses 1 6 6.0 6 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1974 Kansas City
Jan Stenerud 0/0 1/2 1/1 1/1 0/0 3/4 75.0
1974 Denver
Jim Turner 0/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 0/0 2/2 100

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1974 Kansas City
Jerrel Wilson 6 34.7 30.3 0 1 46 0
1974 Denver
Bill Van Heusen 3 47.7 43.0 0 1 53 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1974 Kansas City
Cleo Miller 2 42 21.0 28 0
Bill Thomas 2 35 17.5 22 0
1974 Denver
Otis Armstrong 5 126 25.2 29 0
Bill Thompson 2 42 21.0 32 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1974 Kansas City
Ed Podolak 2 0 15 7.5 14 0
Larry Brunson 1 0 -1 -1.0 -1 0
1974 Denver
Charlie Greer 2 0 10 5.0 7 0
Bill Thompson 1 0 16 16.0 16 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1974 Kansas City
Willie Lanier 15 0 3
Bobby Bell 9 0 0
Marvin Upshaw 7 1 0
Jim Lynch 5 0 0
Nate Allen 4 0 0
John Matuszak 4 1 0
Jim Kearney 4 0 0
Buck Buchanan 3 1 0
Mike Sensibaugh 1 0 0
Emmitt Thomas 1 0 0
Wilbur Young 1 1 1
1974 Denver
Ray May 14 1 0
Tom Jackson 11 1 0
Bill Laskey 11 0 0
Bill Thompson 4 0 0
Calvin Jones 4 0 0
Pete Duranko 3 0 0
John Rowser 3 0 0
Charlie Greer 3 0 0
Barney Chavous 2 0 1
Lyle Alzado 2 0 0
John Grant 1 0 0
Lonnie Hepburn 1 0 0
Otis Armstrong 0 0 1
Jerry Simmons 0 0 2

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1974 Kansas City
Jim Kearney 1 0 0.0 0 0
Emmitt Thomas 1 0 0.0 0 0
1974 Denver

Game Story
With a solid effort the visitors from Kansas City beat Denver by the score of 30 to 20. Len Dawson passed 42 times for 243 yards adding a touchdown. Kansas City had a good start outscoring Denver 14 to 0 in the first quarter. They led at halftime 17 to 10. Kansas City led after three quarters 24 to 13. Otis Armstrong rushed the ball 29 times gaining 146 yards and scoring 2 times for Denver .