| Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1981 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 77757 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 36 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 41 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 46 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 36 FG | 7 | 9 |
| 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 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 73 | LOG | Jon Borchardt |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 69 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 86 | TE | Mark Brammer |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 20 | RB | Joe Cribbs |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 59 | RILB | Shane Nelson |
| 58 | ROLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 45 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 24 | 123 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Kush | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 151 | 6.0 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 73.9 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 42 | 21 | 50.0 | 1 | 223 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 56.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 38 | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mark Brammer | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Byron Franklin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 12 | 531 | 44.3 | 67 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 9 | 422 | 46.9 | 71 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Byron Franklin | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jim Ryan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Don Latimer | 1.0 |
| Bob Swenson | 1.0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ken Johnson | 3.0 |
| Rod Kush | 2.5 |
| Sherm White | 1.0 |
| Bill Simpson | 0.5 |
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