| 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 BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Rick Kane 2 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 10 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 19 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Larry Canada 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Horace King 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jack Dolbin |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 71 | LOT | Claudie Minor |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Luther Blue |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 54 | C | Larry Tearry |
| 62 | ROG | Lynn Boden |
| 74 | ROT | Brad Oates |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | FB | Horace King |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 77 | LDT | John Woodcock |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 29 | SS | Mike Burns |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Horace King | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 146 | 6.6 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 86.6 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 1 | 112 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 51.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vince Kinney | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jack Dolbin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Horace King | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Luther Blue | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 5 | 0 | 84 | 16.8 | 49 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| James Hunter | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Rick Kane | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Joe Rizzo | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Doug English | 4.0 |
| Dave Pureifory | 1.5 |
| Bubba Baker | 0.5 |
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