| 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 Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Jim Jensen 25 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Rick Upchurch 5 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Rick Upchurch 32 pass from Jon Keyworth (Jim Turner kick blocked) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs | Jan Stenerud 27 FG | 3 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KC | Tony Reed | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| KC | Ted McKnight | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| KC | Mike Williams | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| KC | Steve Fuller | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| KC | Arnold Morgado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| KC | Steve Fuller | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 1 | 92 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 50.4 |
| KC | Mike Livingston | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 32 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 21.5 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 1 | 254 | 7.9 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 95.1 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KC | Ted McKnight | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| KC | Tony Samuels | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| KC | Tony Reed | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| KC | J.T. Smith | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| KC | Henry Marshall | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| KC | Horace Belton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 7 | 114 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 2 | |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Steve Watson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KC | Gary Green | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| DEN | Louis Wright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| KC | Bob Grupp | 5 | 250 | 50.0 | 58 | 0 |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KC | J.T. Smith | 3 | 1 | 45 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KC | Horace Belton | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 52 | 0 |
| KC | Earl Gant | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| KC | Don Parrish | 1.0 |
| KC | Whitney Paul | 1.0 |
| DEN | Brison Manor | 2.0 |
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