| Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1981 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74744 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 69 F Humidty: 15% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Rob Lytle 2 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Fred Steinfort 23 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Larry Canada 2 run (Jim Ryan run failed) | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Kansas City Chiefs | Nick Lowery 43 FG | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Kansas City Chiefs | Nick Lowery 45 FG | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs | James Hadnot 1 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 13 | 16 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Joe Delaney | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Fuller | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| James Hadnot | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 4 | 1 |
| Billy Jackson | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Tony Reed | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Steve Fuller | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 1 | 261 | 7.7 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 65.9 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 0 | 281 | 11.7 | 86 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 106.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Al Dixon | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 48 | 0 |
| J.T. Smith | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 25 | 0 |
| James Hadnot | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Stan Rome | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Delaney | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| James Murphy | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 2 | 103 | 51.5 | 86 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Studdard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Swenson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| James Murphy | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Mike Harden | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Ken Kremer | 1.0 |
| Art Still | 1.0 |
| Mike Bell | 1.0 |
| Don Parrish | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Don Latimer | 1.0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1.0 |
| Brison Manor | 1.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
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