| Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1981 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74527 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SEA | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 22 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Wilson Alvarez 28 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 33 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 43 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 24 FG | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Wilson Alvarez 20 FG | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Parros 8 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | David Hughes 5 pass from Dave Krieg (Wilson Alvarez kick) | 13 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 64 | LOT | Ron Essink |
| 65 | LOG | Edwin Bailey |
| 51 | C | John Yarno |
| 67 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 81 | TE | John Sawyer |
| 17 | QB | Dave Krieg |
| 30 | RB | Theotis Brown |
| 33 | FB | Dan Doornink |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jacob Green |
| 75 | LDT | Robert Hardy |
| 70 | RDT | Mike White |
| 74 | RDE | Manu Tuiasosopo |
| 55 | LLB | Michael Jackson |
| 58 | MLB | Terry Beeson |
| 53 | RLB | Keith Butler |
| 26 | LCB | Kerry Justin |
| 45 | LS | Kenny Easley |
| 44 | RS | John Harris |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| 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 |
| 22 | LCB | Aaron Kyle |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 31 | FS | Mike Harden |
| 49 | RCB | Dennis Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Dan Doornink | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Krieg | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Largent | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 11 | 12 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| David Hughes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Parros | 16 | 82 | 5.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Dave Preston | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Dave Krieg | 40 | 18 | 45.0 | 0 | 219 | 5.5 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 70.7 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 2 | 144 | 4.8 | 22t | 1 | 1 | 8 | 47.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sherman Smith | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Doornink | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Largent | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| David Hughes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Kenny Easley | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| John Harris | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Paul Johns | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Gregg Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Horace Ivory | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Don Dufek | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Mike White | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Don Latimer | 1.0 |
| Bob Swenson | 1.0 |
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