| 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 Broncos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Otis Armstrong 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Dan Fouts 4 run (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Charlie Joiner 32 pass from Dan Fouts (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Mike Wood 24 FG | 7 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| SD | Clarence Williams | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| SD | Mike Thomas | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 | |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 41 | 27 | 65.9 | 4 | 236 | 5.8 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 41.4 |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 3 | 230 | 7.9 | 32t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.9 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Watson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| SD | Clarence Williams | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| SD | Bob Klein | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| SD | Charlie Joiner | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| SD | John Floyd | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| SD | Larry Burton | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Steve Foley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SD | Pete Shaw | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| SD | Don Goode | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 48 | 0 |
| SD | Jeff West | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 2 | 0 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| SD | Pete Shaw | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 37 | 0 |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SD | Artie Owens | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SD | Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| SD | Gary Johnson | 1.0 |
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