| New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1979 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74482 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 51 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Garo Yepremian 20 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rick Upchurch 12 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| NO | Mike Strachan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Archie Manning | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NO | Archie Manning | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 1 | 117 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.5 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 3 | 223 | 8.6 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 65.5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Henry Childs | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Ike Harris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| NO | Mike Strachan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 1 | |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Joe Federspiel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NO | Pat Hughes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NO | Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Charlie West | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NO | Rick Partridge | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 56 | 0 |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NO | Mike Fultz | 1.0 |
| NO | Barry Bennett | 1.0 |
| NO | Don Reese | 1.0 |
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