| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1977 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74905 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 66 F Humidty: 6% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Lonnie Perrin 41 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 46 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 32 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 27 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 36 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 19 run (Jim Turner kick) | 9 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 20 | WR | Johnny Rodgers |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 53 | C | Ralph Perretta |
| 62 | ROG | Don Macek |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 33 | RB | Don Woods |
| 34 | RB | Rickey Young |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 69 | RDE | John Lee |
| 51 | LLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 50 | RLB | Don Goode |
| 29 | LCB | Mike Williams |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 21 | FS | Clarence Duren |
| 45 | RCB | Hal Stringert |
| 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 |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| 35 | RB | Lonnie Perrin |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | DE | 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 |
| 29 | S | Bernie Jackson |
| 36 | S | Billy Thompson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rickey Young | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Washington | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Bo Matthews | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Johnny Rodgers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Don Woods | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jon Keyworth | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Norris Weese | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 41 | 24 | 58.5 | 2 | 276 | 6.7 | 0 | 58.6 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 0 | 133 | 7.8 | 1 | 98.4 | |||
| Craig Penrose | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 3 | 49 | 4.9 | 0 | 32.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rickey Young | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Washington | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Rodgers | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Pat Curran | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dwight McDonald | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Dolbin | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Hal Stringert | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Woodrow Lowe | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Randy Gradishar | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Clarence Williams | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
| John Grant | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Charles DeJurnett | 3.0 |
| Gary Johnson | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Lyle Alzado | 1.0 |
| Bob Swenson | 1.0 |
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