| Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1978 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 71785 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Rick Kane 2 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Riley Odoms 10 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 19 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Larry Canada 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Horace King 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2t | 1 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 146 | 6.6 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 86.6 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 1 | 112 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 51.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 1 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Vince Kinney | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Jack Dolbin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Bernie Jackson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Bucky Dilts | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 55 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 5 | 0 | 84 | 16.8 | 49 | 0 |
| DET | James Hunter | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 20 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Callicutt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DEN | Joe Rizzo | 1.0 |
| DET | Doug English | 4.0 |
| DET | Dave Pureifory | 1.5 |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 0.5 |
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