| Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1981 Location: Kansas City, MO |
| Venue: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 74672 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Billy Jackson 1 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Whitney Paul 47 opponents fumble recovery (Nick Lowery kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 11 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Henry Marshall 64 pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 11 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Joe Delaney 82 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 14 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 46 | RB | Dave Preston |
| 24 | FB | Rick Parros |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 73 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 56 | LILB | Larry Evans |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 22 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Henry Marshall |
| 86 | WR | J.T. Smith |
| 60 | LOT | Matt Herkenhoff |
| 66 | LOG | Brad Budde |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 65 | ROG | Tom Condon |
| 77 | ROT | Charlie Getty |
| 84 | TE | Al Dixon |
| 9 | QB | Bill Kenney |
| 37 | HB | Joe Delaney |
| 48 | FB | James Hadnot |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Dave Lindstrom |
| 91 | NT | Ken Kremer |
| 99 | RDE | Mike Bell |
| 52 | LOLB | Tom Howard |
| 57 | LILB | Jerry Blanton |
| 59 | RILB | Gary Spani |
| 51 | ROLB | Charles Jackson |
| 24 | LCB | Gary Green |
| 34 | SS | Lloyd Burruss |
| 26 | FS | Gary Barbaro |
| 44 | RCB | Eric Harris |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Joe Delaney | 21 | 149 | 7.1 | 82t | 1 |
| James Hadnot | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Billy Jackson | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Bill Kenney | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Grupp | 1 | -19 | -19.0 | -19 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 38 | 25 | 65.8 | 1 | 342 | 9.0 | 63 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 101.0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 16 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.8 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Bill Kenney | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 100 | 8.3 | 64t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 16 | 2 |
| Riley Odoms | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 63 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Henry Marshall | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 64t | 1 |
| J.T. Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Dixon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| James Hadnot | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Randy Gradishar | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Gary Barbaro | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Eric Harris | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 58 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Bob Grupp | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| J.T. Smith | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| James Murphy | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Whitney Paul | 2.0 |
| Don Parrish | 1.5 |
| Ken Kremer | 1.0 |
| Charles Jackson | 0.5 |
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