| Washington Redskins at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1980 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74657 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 61 F Humidty: 27% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Otis Armstrong 8 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 23 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 57 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Wilbur Jackson 55 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 23 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Art Monk 1 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 32 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Johnny McDaniel |
| 83 | WR | Ricky Thompson |
| 75 | LOT | Terry Hermeling |
| 62 | LOG | Dan Nugent |
| 54 | C | Bob Kuziel |
| 73 | ROG | Jeff Williams |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 40 | HB | Wilbur Jackson |
| 38 | FB | Clarence Harmon |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Karl Lorch |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 59 | LLB | Brad Dusek |
| 52 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 50 | RLB | Pete Wysocki |
| 24 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 23 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 80 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 17 | QB | Matt Robinson |
| 24 | HB | Otis Armstrong |
| 30 | FB | Jim Jensen |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 58 | LOLB | Rob Nairne |
| 56 | LILB | Larry Evans |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 27 | FS | Maurice Harvey |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Wilbur Jackson | 12 | 104 | 8.7 | 55t | 1 |
| Clarence Harmon | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Buddy Hardeman | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Jim Jensen | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 23 | 18 | 78.3 | 0 | 158 | 6.9 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 109.8 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 43 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18.4 |
| Craig Morton | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 108 | 13.5 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 156.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Art Monk | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Clarence Harmon | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 35 | 1 |
| Jim Jensen | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Paul Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Connell | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 1 | 2 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 2 | 28 | 9.3 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Larry Brunson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |
| Perry Brooks | 1.0 |
| Dave Butz | 1.0 |
| Coy Bacon | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Greg Boyd | 2.0 |
| Larry Evans | 1.0 |
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