| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1980 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74970 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 81 F Humidty: 15% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 53 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Fred Steinfort 51 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | John Cappelletti 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Fred Steinfort 46 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Charlie Joiner 22 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 17 | 6 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Glen Edwards 68 interception return (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 6 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 32 FG | 27 | 6 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 42 FG | 30 | 6 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Haven Moses 15 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 30 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Clarence Williams | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | John Cappelletti | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| SD | Booker Russell | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SD | LaRue Harrington | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| SD | Ed Luther | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Lawrence McCutcheon | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Matt Robinson | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 3 | 211 | 7.8 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.5 |
| DEN | Matt Robinson | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 4 | 146 | 5.8 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 30.2 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 2 | 124 | 6.9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 65.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Charlie Joiner | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 29 | 1 |
| SD | Kellen Winslow | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 41 | 0 |
| SD | John Jefferson | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 19 | 0 |
| SD | John Cappelletti | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 26 | 1 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DEN | Ron Egloff | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Glen Edwards | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 68t | 1 |
| SD | Woodrow Lowe | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SD | Jim Laslavic | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SD | Hal Stringert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SD | Cliff Thrift | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Foley | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| DEN | Maurice Harvey | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Bernie Jackson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SD | Rick Partridge | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 55 | 0 |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Pete Shaw | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 5 | 0 | 36 | 7.2 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Mike Harden | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Mike Harden | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SD | Gary Johnson | 4.0 |
| SD | John Lee | 1.0 |
| SD | Charles DeJurnett | 1.0 |
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