| Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1979 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 42910 |
| Weather: Temp: 60 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Paul Hofer 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 13 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | James Owens 85 kickoff return (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Wilbur Jackson 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Otis Armstrong 12 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jon Keyworth 5 run (Jim Turner kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 9 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bob Swenson 88 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Turner kick) | 38 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bob Bruer 16 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 38 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 57 | OLB | Tom Jackson |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 53 | ILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 58 | ILB | Rob Nairne |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 40 | WS | Charlie West |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Mike Shumann |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 82 | TE | Bob Bruer |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 36 | HB | Paul Hofer |
| 40 | FB | Wilbur Jackson |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Archie Reese |
| 75 | LDT | Ted Vincent |
| 74 | RDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 50 | LLB | Ron Shumon |
| 58 | MLB | Gordy Ceresino |
| 59 | RLB | Willie Harper |
| 28 | LCB | Charles Cornelius |
| 30 | SS | Tim Gray |
| 46 | FS | Melvin Morgan |
| 29 | RCB | Gerard Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| Jim Jensen | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Canada | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Hofer | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Phil Francis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Melville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Bruer | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| James Owens | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 34 | 19 | 55.9 | 1 | 225 | 6.6 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93.4 |
| Norris Weese | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 0 | 136 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.1 |
| Joe Montana | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 30 | 6.0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 1 | |
| Riley Odoms | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 27 | 1 |
| Otis Armstrong | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wilbur Jackson | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Paul Hofer | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Phil Francis | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Bruer | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| James Owens | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dwight Clark | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 6 | 231 | 38.5 | 43 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dan Melville | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 0 | 47 | 15.7 | 44 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dwight Hicks | 4 | 0 | 57 | 14.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Tony Dungy | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Chris Pane | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Vince Kinney | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| James Owens | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 85t | 1 | |
| Phil Francis | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dwight Hicks | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Jean Barrett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| San Francisco 49ers | |
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