| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74983 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Ron Egloff 2 pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Dan Fouts 3 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | John Jefferson 20 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Lonnie Perrin 1 run (Jim Turner kick failed) | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rick Upchurch 75 punt return (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Lonnie Perrin 21 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Bo Matthews | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| SD | Don Woods | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 21t | 2 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 2 | 230 | 7.0 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 64.0 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 141 | 6.4 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 74.2 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122.5 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 |
| SD | Bo Matthews | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SD | John Jefferson | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 20t | 1 |
| SD | Don Woods | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | Charlie Joiner | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 42 | 0 |
| SD | Bob Klein | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 32 | 0 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Ron Egloff | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Jack Dolbin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Bernie Jackson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Foley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SD | Jeff West | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 59 | 0 |
| DEN | Bucky Dilts | 7 | 265 | 37.9 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Johnny Rodgers | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 0 | 75 | 75.0 | 75t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Artie Owens | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 44 | 0 |
| SD | Bob Horn | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
| SD | Johnny Rodgers | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SD | Louie Kelcher | 1.0 |
| SD | Leroy Jones | 1.0 |
| SD | Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| DEN | Rubin Carter | 1.0 |
| DEN | Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
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