| AFC Championship - Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: January 1, 1978 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74982 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 17 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland RaidersOAK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | OAK | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Errol Mann 20 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 74 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jon Keyworth 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Dave Casper 7 pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 12 pass from Craig Morton (Norris Weese pass failed) | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Dave Casper 17 pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Fred Biletnikoff |
| 21 | WR | Cliff Branch |
| 78 | LOT | Art Shell |
| 63 | LOG | Gene Upshaw |
| 50 | C | Dave Dalby |
| 64 | ROG | George Buehler |
| 70 | ROT | Henry Lawrence |
| 87 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 12 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 28 | RB | Clarence Davis |
| 30 | RB | Mark Van Eeghen |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | John Matuszak |
| 74 | MG | Dave Rowe |
| 60 | RDE | Otis Sistrunk |
| 52 | LOLB | Floyd Rice |
| 58 | LILB | Monte Johnson |
| 39 | RILB | Willie Hall |
| 83 | ROLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 37 | LCB | Lester Hayes |
| 26 | SS | Skip Thomas |
| 32 | FS | Jack Tatum |
| 24 | RCB | Willie Brown |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jack Dolbin |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 74 | LOT | Andy Maurer |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 52 | C | Mike Montler |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 53 | LOLB | Randy Gradishar |
| 51 | LILB | Bob Swenson |
| 57 | RILB | Tom Jackson |
| 59 | ROLB | Joe Rizzo |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Banaszak | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Clarence Davis | 9 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Lonnie Perrin | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Otis Armstrong | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 35 | 17 | 48.6 | 1 | 215 | 6.1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 75.3 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 224 | 11.2 | 74t | 2 | 1 | 7 | 102.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Dave Casper | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 26 | 2 |
| Fred Biletnikoff | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Cliff Branch | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Mark van Eeghen | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Morris Bradshaw | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Siani | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pete Banaszak | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Haven Moses | 5 | 168 | 33.6 | 74t | 2 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Swenson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Ray Guy | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 62 | 0 | |
| Clarence Davis | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| John Schultz | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Otis Sistrunk | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Rubin Carter | 1.0 | 11.0 |
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