| 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 BroncosDEN | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Thompson 2 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 16 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 44 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 7 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Arnold Morgado 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 24 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 30 | RB | Jim Jensen |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Ed Beckman |
| 86 | WR | J.T. Smith |
| 77 | LOT | Charlie Getty |
| 73 | LOG | Bob Simmons |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 65 | ROG | Tom Condon |
| 70 | ROT | Jim Nicholson |
| 81 | TE | Tony Samuels |
| 4 | QB | Steve Fuller |
| 32 | HB | Tony Reed |
| 22 | FB | Ted McKnight |
| Offense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 61 | NT | Don Parrish |
| 75 | RDE | Sylvester Hicks |
| 53 | LOLB | Whitney Paul |
| 51 | LILB | Charles Jackson |
| 59 | RILB | Gary Spani |
| 52 | ROLB | Tom Howard |
| 24 | LCB | Gary Green |
| 31 | SS | Jerry Reese |
| 26 | FS | Gary Barbaro |
| 44 | RCB | Tim Collier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jon Keyworth | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Zachary Dixon | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Canada | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Ted McKnight | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Arnold Morgado | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Tony Reed | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Fuller | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 1 | 218 | 7.3 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 87.9 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Steve Fuller | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 56 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 30.5 |
| Mike Livingston | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 38 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Haven Moses | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 1 | |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Tony Reed | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ted McKnight | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| J.T. Smith | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Arnold Morgado | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Beckman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Louis Wright | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Gary Barbaro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Bob Grupp | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 0 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Chris Pane | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Horace Belton | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Steve Gaunty | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 2.0 |
| Brison Manor | 1.0 |
| Bruce Radford | 1.0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Don Parrish | 1.0 |
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