| Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1978 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 60593 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 84 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Riley Odoms 42 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | Mike Livingston 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 42 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Kansas City Chiefs | Jan Stenerud 46 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs | Tony Reed 15 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Larry Canada 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 5 | Denver Broncos | Dave Preston 1 run | 23 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 13 | 1 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KC | Tony Reed | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 15t | 1 |
| KC | Ted McKnight | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 27 | 0 |
| KC | Mark Bailey | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| KC | MacArthur Lane | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KC | Arnold Morgado | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KC | Horace Belton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KC | Mike Livingston | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 138 | 6.6 | 42t | 1 | 2 | 9 | 73.1 |
| KC | Mike Livingston | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 1 | 89 | 8.9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.9 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 42 | 1 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Ron Egloff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KC | Tony Reed | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 31 | 0 |
| KC | Walter White | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| KC | MacArthur Lane | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Tom Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KC | Tim Gray | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Bucky Dilts | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 46 | 0 |
| KC | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 4 | 0 | 78 | 19.5 | 53 | 0 |
| KC | Eddie Payton | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 33 | 0 |
| DEN | Bernie Jackson | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| KC | Eddie Payton | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 38 | 0 |
| KC | Arnold Morgado | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| KC | Tom Howard | 1.0 |
| KC | Sylvester Hicks | 0.5 |
| KC | Whitney Paul | 0.5 |
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