| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1979 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74997 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 85 F Humidty: 11% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Norris Weese 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Clarence Williams | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| SD | Mike Thomas | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| SD | Artie Owens | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| SD | Bo Matthews | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 45 | 27 | 60.0 | 3 | 305 | 6.8 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.5 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 35 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 60.8 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 100.7 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Charlie Joiner | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 0 | |
| SD | Clarence Williams | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| SD | Kellen Winslow | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| SD | John Jefferson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| SD | Bob Klein | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| SD | Artie Owens | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| SD | Mike Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| DEN | Joe Rizzo | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DEN | Bernie Jackson | 0 | 13 | 13L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SD | Jeff West | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 49 | 0 |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 7 | 350 | 50.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Artie Owens | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SD | Leroy Jones | 1.0 |
| SD | Charles DeJurnett | 1.0 |
| SD | Wilbur Young | 1.0 |
| SD | Fred Dean | 1.0 |
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