| Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1979 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 74292 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 62 F Humidty: 32% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Billy Thompson 2 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Haven Moses 16 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Kansas City Chiefs | Jan Stenerud 44 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rick Upchurch 7 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 4 | Kansas City Chiefs | Arnold Morgado 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 24 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| DEN | Zachary Dixon | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| KC | Ted McKnight | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| KC | Arnold Morgado | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| KC | Tony Reed | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| KC | Steve Fuller | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KC | Mike Williams | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 1 | 218 | 7.3 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 87.9 |
| KC | Steve Fuller | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 56 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 30.5 |
| KC | Mike Livingston | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 38 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 1 | |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Ron Egloff | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KC | Tony Reed | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| KC | Ted McKnight | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| KC | J.T. Smith | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| KC | Arnold Morgado | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KC | Ed Beckman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Louis Wright | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| KC | Gary Barbaro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| KC | Bob Grupp | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KC | J.T. Smith | 3 | 0 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KC | Horace Belton | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 |
| KC | Steve Gaunty | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DEN | Barney Chavous | 2.0 |
| DEN | Brison Manor | 1.0 |
| DEN | Bruce Radford | 1.0 |
| KC | Don Parrish | 1.0 |
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