| 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 BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Don Woods 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Hank Bauer 14 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 28 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 20 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 24 FG | 0 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jack Dolbin |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 71 | LOT | Claudie Minor |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 53 | C | Ralph Perretta |
| 62 | ROG | Don Macek |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 26 | RB | Lydell Mitchell |
| 37 | FB | Hank Bauer |
| Offense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Wilbur Young |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 50 | LLB | Don Goode |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 29 | LCB | Mike Williams |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | FS | Pete Shaw |
| 45 | RCB | Hal Stringert |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Norris Weese | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 17 | 50 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Hank Bauer | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dan Fouts | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Penrose | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 36 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 |
| Norris Weese | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 54 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 22.5 |
| Craig Morton | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 34 | 22 | 64.7 | 1 | 187 | 5.5 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 76.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Dolbin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| John Jefferson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Curran | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Rodgers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Joe Rizzo | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louie Kelcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 6 | 215 | 35.8 | 53 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Goode | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Lyle Alzado | 3.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Gary Johnson | 0.5 |
| Louie Kelcher | 0.5 |
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