| AFC Wild Card Playoff - Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1979 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 48776 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 31 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Dave Preston 7 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 20 FG | 7 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 1 | 144 | 5.3 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 64.4 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 149 | 8.3 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 50.5 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Haven Moses | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Wilson | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Swenson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 5 | 1 | 42 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carter Hartwig | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Andy Dorris | 2.5 |
| Curley Culp | 2.0 |
| Ken Kennard | 1.0 |
| Ted Washington | 0.5 |
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