| Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1979 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74908 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 65 F Humidty: 23% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Jensen 25 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 5 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 32 pass from Jon Keyworth (Jim Turner kick blocked) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 27 FG | 3 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Henry Marshall |
| 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 |
| 10 | QB | Mike Livingston |
| 32 | HB | Tony Reed |
| 22 | FB | Ted McKnight |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 49 | SS | Gerald Jackson |
| 26 | FS | Gary Barbaro |
| 44 | RCB | Tim Collier |
| 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 |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 58 | LILB | Rob Nairne |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 56 | ROLB | Larry Evans |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 40 | WS | Charlie West |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Tony Reed | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Ted McKnight | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Mike Williams | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Fuller | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Arnold Morgado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Larry Canada | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Steve Fuller | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 1 | 92 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 50.4 |
| Mike Livingston | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 32 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 21.5 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 1 | 254 | 7.9 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 95.1 |
| Norris Weese | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Ted McKnight | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Tony Samuels | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Reed | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| J.T. Smith | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Henry Marshall | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Horace Belton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 7 | 114 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 2 | |
| Jim Jensen | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Gary Green | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Louis Wright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Bob Grupp | 5 | 250 | 50.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 1 | 45 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Horace Belton | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 52 | 0 | |
| Earl Gant | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Don Parrish | 1.0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Brison Manor | 2.0 |
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