| New England Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1979 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74379 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 24 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rubin Carter 2 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 49 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Lytle 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 7 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 2 run (John Smith kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 28 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Nairne 22 blocked punt recovery (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 42 FG | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Lytle 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 58 | LOT | Pete Brock |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 74 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 23 | HB | Horace Ivory |
| 39 | FB | Sam Cunningham |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 64 | RDE | Richard Bishop |
| 59 | LOLB | Mike Hawkins |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 56 | ROLB | Rod Shoate |
| 26 | LCB | Ray Clayborn |
| 27 | SS | Doug Beaudoin |
| 48 | FS | Tim Fox |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Haynes |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 58 | LILB | Rob Nairne |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 40 | WS | Charlie West |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Don Calhoun | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 12 | 14 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Owen | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 0 | 62 | 3.6 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 61.4 |
| Steve Grogan | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 23 | 1.8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 7.5 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 0 | 194 | 10.8 | 28t | 2 | 1 | 12 | 144.2 |
| Norris Weese | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Horace Ivory | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Russ Francis | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| Haven Moses | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Eddie Hare | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 53 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Allan Clark | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 27 | 0 | |
| Don Westbrook | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Rick Sanford | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Steve Nelson | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
| Don Latimer | 1.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1.0 |
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