| Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1979 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 57677 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 74 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Norris Weese 10 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | William Andrews 3 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 24 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 25 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Norris Weese 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Wallace Francis 22 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 5 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 24 FG | 20 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 10t | 2 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| ATL | William Andrews | 20 | 41 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| ATL | Ricky Patton | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 1 | 215 | 9.8 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 73.1 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 0 | 326 | 11.2 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 129.4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jack Dolbin | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 8 | 138 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 0 | |
| ATL | William Andrews | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 10 | 1 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| ATL | Jim Mitchell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Rick Byas | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 0 | |
| ATL | John James | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 22 | 0 |
| DEN | Bernie Jackson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 29 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Edgar Fields | 1.0 |
| ATL | Fulton Kuykendall | 0.5 |
| ATL | Don Smith | 0.5 |
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