| New England Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1979 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74379 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Denver Broncos | 24 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Rubin Carter 2 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 49 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Rob Lytle 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Haven Moses 7 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Sam Cunningham 2 run (John Smith kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Rick Upchurch 28 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Rob Nairne 22 blocked punt recovery (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | John Smith 42 FG | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rob Lytle 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Don Calhoun | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| NE | Horace Ivory | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| NE | Sam Cunningham | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
| NE | Stanley Morgan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Mosi Tatupu | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Steve Grogan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NE | Harold Jackson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 12 | 14 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Tom Owen | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 0 | 62 | 3.6 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 61.4 |
| NE | Steve Grogan | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 23 | 1.8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 7.5 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 0 | 194 | 10.8 | 28t | 2 | 1 | 12 | 144.2 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Horace Ivory | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Russ Francis | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| NE | Sam Cunningham | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NE | Harold Jackson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| NE | Don Calhoun | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Ron Egloff | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Steve Foley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Eddie Hare | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 53 | 1 |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Stanley Morgan | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Allan Clark | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 27 | 0 |
| NE | Don Westbrook | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| NE | Rick Sanford | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NE | Steve Nelson | 1.0 |
| DEN | Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
| DEN | Don Latimer | 1.0 |
| DEN | Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 1.0 |
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