| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 12, 1982 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 73564 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 56 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 50 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 40 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 24 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 40 FG | 9 | 3 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Scott Fitzkee 18 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 10 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 23 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 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 |
| 59 | MLB | Cliff Thrift |
| 53 | RLB | Dave Lewis |
| 27 | LCB | Jeff Allen |
| 49 | SS | Andre Young |
| 43 | FS | Bob Gregor |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 71 | LOT | Claudie Minor |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 70 | ROG | Dave Studdard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 24 | RB | Rick Parros |
| 46 | RB | Dave Preston |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 72 | NT | Don Latimer |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 56 | LILB | Larry Evans |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 22 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 18 | 79 | 4.4 | 17 | 1 |
| James Brooks | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 0 | 253 | 7.7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.1 |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 2 | 153 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.9 |
| Steve DeBerg | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 71 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 62.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Eric Sievers | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 8 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Scott Fitzkee | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bob Gregor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Andre Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Maury Buford | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 71 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Wade Manning | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Rick Ackerman | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Louis Wright | 1.0 |
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