| Denver Broncos at Seattle Seahawks Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1979 Location: Seattle, WA |
| Venue: Kingdome Attendance: 60038 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sherman Smith 17 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sherman Smith 1 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Craig Morton 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 7 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick blocked) | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Jensen 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 3 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Steve Largent 35 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 29 FG | 23 | 21 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Steve Largent 43 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 23 | 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 |
| 85 | TE | Ron Egloff |
| 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 |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 40 | WS | Charlie West |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 63 | LOT | Nick Bebout |
| 61 | LOG | Tom Lynch |
| 51 | C | John Yarno |
| 60 | ROG | Ron Coder |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 82 | TE | Mark Bell |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 47 | RB | Sherman Smith |
| 33 | FB | Dan Doornink |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 75 | LDT | Robert Hardy |
| 74 | RDT | Manu Tuiasosopo |
| 77 | RDE | Bill Gregory |
| 55 | LLB | Michael Jackson |
| 57 | MLB | Pete Cronan |
| 53 | RLB | Keith Butler |
| 26 | LCB | Kerry Justin |
| 42 | SS | Keith Simpson |
| 27 | FS | Autry Beamon |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Jensen | 13 | 37 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sherman Smith | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 2 | |
| Dan Doornink | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Zorn | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Al Hunter | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 40 | 22 | 55.0 | 2 | 245 | 6.1 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 60.9 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 39 | 22 | 56.4 | 2 | 308 | 7.9 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| Dave Preston | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Dan Doornink | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Sam McCullum | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 0 | |
| Sherman Smith | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Largent | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 2 | |
| Brian Peets | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Al Hunter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jeff Moore | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| John Harris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kerry Justin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 6 | 230 | 38.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 7 | 303 | 43.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 4 | 0 | 49 | 12.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| John Harris | 5 | 0 | 35 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| John Grant | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Chris Pane | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Jeff Moore | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Tony Green | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Bill Cooke | 2.0 |
| Bill Gregory | 1.0 |
| Manu Tuiasosopo | 1.0 |
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