| Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1977 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 46875 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 2 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 13 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 13 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 42 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 29 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Norris Weese 5 run (Jim Turner kick) | 24 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jack Dolbin |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 74 | LOT | Andy Maurer |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 52 | C | Mike Montler |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 89 | WR | Eddie Foster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 72 | ROT | Kevin Hunt |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ken Kennard |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 77 | RDE | James Young |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 20 | LS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | RS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Jensen | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Norris Weese | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Tim Wilson | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 1 | 187 | 8.5 | 2 | 98.1 | |||
| Craig Penrose | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 70.8 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 152 | 8.0 | 1 | 96.8 | |||
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Haven Moses | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Jack Dolbin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 1 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Barber | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Giles | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 4 | 200 | 50.0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 8 | 318 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| John Schultz | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | ||
| Mike Voight | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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