| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 29, 1981 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 51533 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 63 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 14 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Larry Canada 4 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 4 run (Rolf Benirschke kick failed) | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 21 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 3 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Eric Sievers 1 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 10 pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) | 17 | 34 |
| 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 |
| 45 | LCB | Perry Smith |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 22 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 74 | ROT | Chuck Loewen |
| 85 | TE | Eric Sievers |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 46 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 90 | RDE | John Woodcock |
| 57 | LLB | Linden King |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 44 | SS | Pete Shaw |
| 27 | FS | Glen Edwards |
| 48 | RCB | Allan Ellis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Parros | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Tony Reed | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 14t | 4 |
| James Brooks | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Luther | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 2 | 270 | 8.7 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 62.6 |
| Steve DeBerg | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 1 | 83 | 5.5 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 58.5 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 0 | 256 | 8.8 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 |
| Ed Luther | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tony Reed | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Ron Egloff | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Eric Sievers | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 22 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dwight Scales | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Willie Buchanon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodrow Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 49 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| George Roberts | 6 | 231 | 38.5 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Hank Bauer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| John Woodcock | 1.5 |
| Woodrow Lowe | 1.0 |
| Louie Kelcher | 1.0 |
| Gary Johnson | 0.5 |
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