| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1979 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 51906 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 65 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Otis Armstrong 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dan Fouts 4 run (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Charlie Joiner 32 pass from Dan Fouts (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Wood 24 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 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 |
| 85 | TE | Ron Egloff |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| 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 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | John Floyd |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 56 | C | Bob Rush |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 22 | HB | Mike Thomas |
| 40 | FB | Clarence Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Wilbur Young |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 52 | LLB | Ray Preston |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | FS | Pete Shaw |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Dave Preston | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Clarence Williams | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Mike Thomas | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Dan Fouts | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 | |
| Hank Bauer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 41 | 27 | 65.9 | 4 | 236 | 5.8 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 41.4 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 3 | 230 | 7.9 | 32t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Jensen | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Preston | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Clarence Williams | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| John Floyd | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Burton | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Goode | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 48 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 0 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Hank Bauer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| Gary Johnson | 1.0 |
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