| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1978 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 50077 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 73 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Don Woods 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Hank Bauer 14 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 28 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 20 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 24 FG | 0 | 23 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| SD | Don Woods | 17 | 50 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Craig Penrose | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 36 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 54 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 22.5 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 34 | 22 | 64.7 | 1 | 187 | 5.5 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 76.5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 |
| DEN | Jack Dolbin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| SD | John Jefferson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| SD | Pat Curran | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| SD | Bob Klein | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| SD | Charlie Joiner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| SD | Johnny Rodgers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| SD | Don Woods | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Joe Rizzo | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Bernie Jackson | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | |
| SD | Glen Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SD | Louie Kelcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Bucky Dilts | 6 | 215 | 35.8 | 53 | 0 |
| SD | Jeff West | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| SD | Don Goode | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 30 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | Artie Owens | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DEN | Lyle Alzado | 3.0 |
| SD | Gary Johnson | 0.5 |
| SD | Louie Kelcher | 0.5 |
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