| AFC Wild Card Playoff - Denver Broncos at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1979 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 48776 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 31 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Dave Preston 7 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 20 FG | 7 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 9 | 1 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 1 | 144 | 5.3 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 64.4 |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 149 | 8.3 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 50.5 |
| HOU | Gifford Nielsen | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 12 | 1 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 25 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Ron Egloff | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Barber | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Bob Swenson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOU | Gregg Bingham | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 52 | 0 |
| HOU | Cliff Parsley | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| HOU | Rich Ellender | 5 | 1 | 42 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| HOU | Carter Hartwig | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| HOU | Carter Hartwig | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DEN | Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| HOU | Andy Dorris | 2.5 |
| HOU | Curley Culp | 2.0 |
| HOU | Ken Kennard | 1.0 |
| HOU | Ted Washington | 0.5 |
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