| 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 ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Norris Weese 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 22 | HB | Mike Thomas |
| 40 | FB | Clarence Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Wilbur Young |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 52 | LLB | Ray Preston |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 27 | FS | Glen Edwards |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 14 | QB | Norris Weese |
| 30 | RB | Jim Jensen |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 56 | ROLB | Larry Evans |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Clarence Williams | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Mike Thomas | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Artie Owens | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Matthews | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Norris Weese | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Larry Canada | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 45 | 27 | 60.0 | 3 | 305 | 6.8 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.5 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Norris Weese | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 35 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 60.8 |
| Craig Morton | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 100.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 0 | |
| Clarence Williams | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Kellen Winslow | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| John Jefferson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Artie Owens | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Rizzo | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 0 | 13 | 13L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 7 | 350 | 50.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Leroy Jones | 1.0 |
| Charles DeJurnett | 1.0 |
| Wilbur Young | 1.0 |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
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