| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1980 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 51435 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 64 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 34 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Lytle 3 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 28 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 42 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dave Preston 4 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 20 | 6 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Jefferson 3 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 20 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 73 | LOT | Kelvin Clark |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 80 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 46 | HB | Dave Preston |
| 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 |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 41 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 60 | ROT | Dan Audick |
| 88 | TE | Gregg McCrary |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 46 | FB | Chuck Muncie |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 51 | LLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 52 | RLB | Ray Preston |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 44 | SS | Pete Shaw |
| 27 | FS | Glen Edwards |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3t | 1 |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 21 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 23 | 115 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 144 | 6.0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 68.7 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 45 | 29 | 64.4 | 1 | 363 | 8.1 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 87.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Jensen | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 9 | 127 | 14.1 | 36 | 0 |
| John Jefferson | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Kellen Winslow | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Ronnie Smith | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Gregg McCrary | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 7 | 288 | 41.1 | 51 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Larry Brunson | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 53 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Smith | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Greg Boyd | 2.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.5 |
| Don Latimer | 1.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 0.5 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Louie Kelcher | 2.0 |
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