| Denver Broncos at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 26, 1980 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 67598 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 49 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| New York Giants | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Jim Jensen 1 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 28 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 45 FG | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Otis Armstrong 2 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 14 | 9 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 25 | 106 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Jensen | 14 | 92 | 6.6 | 32 | 1 |
| Jon Keyworth | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Billy Taylor | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Heater | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Leon Perry | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 0 | 65 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 |
| Matt Robinson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 95.8 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 1 | 200 | 5.6 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 57.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Danny Pittman | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Earnest Gray | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Friede | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Heater | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Mullady | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 54 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 6 | 262 | 43.7 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 1 | 58 | 19.3 | 31 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Alvin Garrett | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Larry Brunson | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Mark Haynes | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Nate Johnson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rubin Carter | 1.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| Gary Jeter | 0.5 |
| Phil Tabor | 0.5 |
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