| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 14, 1976 Location: San Diego, CA Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 32017 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 69 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 59 pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 42 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tom Jackson 46 interception return (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 82 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 75 | LOT | Bill Bain |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 10 | QB | Steve Ramsey |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | LDT | Rubin Carter |
| 63 | RDT | John Grant |
| 70 | RDE | Paul Smith |
| 59 | LLB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | MLB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | RLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 46 | LS | John Rowser |
| 36 | RS | Billy Thompson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 89 | WR | Dwight McDonald |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 62 | ROG | Don Macek |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 82 | TE | Pat Curran |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 33 | RB | Don Woods |
| 34 | RB | Rickey Young |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Fred Dean |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 68 | RDE | Leroy Jones |
| 50 | LLB | Don Goode |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 45 | LCB | Hal Stringert |
| 42 | LS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | RS | Chris Fletcher |
| 20 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7/18 | / | 7 | 75 | 3 | 1 | |
| SD | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5/15 | / | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 15 | 21 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 61 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mercury Morris | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Don Woods | 12 | 11 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Clint Longley | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Matthews | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 33 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 34 | 19 | 55.9 | 1 | 224 | 6.6 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 73.7 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 19 | 55.9 | 1 | 224 | 6.6 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 73.7 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 2 | 120 | 5.5 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 32.4 | |
| Clint Longley | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 10 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 5 | 130 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 18.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Jack Dolbin | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Lyons | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 224 | 11.8 | 1 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rickey Young | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | |
| Pat Curran | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Don Woods | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dwight McDonald | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Jackson | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Steve Foley | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| John Rowser | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 1 | |||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Tom Graham | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||
| Norris Weese | 8 | 293 | 36.6 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 293 | 36.6 | ||||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||
| Jeff West | 9 | 327 | 36.3 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 327 | 36.3 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 1 | 51 | 12.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eddie Bell | 5 | 0 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| John Schultz | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Perretta | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Team Totals | 6.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |