| Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 6, 1981 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74796 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 73 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland RaidersOAK | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | OAK | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Raymond Chester 9 pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rick Upchurch 44 pass from Craig Morton (Craig Morton pass failed) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 29 FG | 7 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Offense | ||
| 21 | WR | Cliff Branch |
| 85 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 78 | LOT | Art Shell |
| 63 | LOG | Gene Upshaw |
| 50 | C | Dave Dalby |
| 65 | ROG | Mickey Marvin |
| 70 | ROT | Henry Lawrence |
| 88 | TE | Raymond Chester |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 33 | RB | Kenny King |
| 30 | RB | Mark Van Eeghen |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | John Matuszak |
| 68 | MG | Johnny Robinson |
| 73 | RDE | Dave Browning |
| 83 | LOLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 57 | LILB | Randy McClanahan |
| 55 | RILB | Matt Millen |
| 53 | ROLB | Rod Martin |
| 37 | LCB | Lester Hayes |
| 36 | SS | Mike Davis |
| 44 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 35 | RCB | Dwayne O'Steen |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 85 | TE | Ron Egloff |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 46 | RB | Dave Preston |
| 24 | FB | Rick Parros |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 73 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 56 | LILB | Larry Evans |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 22 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Mark Van Eeghen | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Arthur Whittington | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenny King | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 19 | 87 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 2 | 125 | 5.2 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 51.6 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 0 | 194 | 7.8 | 44t | 1 | 2 | 12 | 87.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Raymond Chester | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 10 | 1 |
| Kenny King | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Arthur Whittington | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff Branch | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Mark Van Eeghen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Larry Evans | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Ray Guy | 5 | 288 | 57.6 | 69 | 0 |
| Chris Bahr | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Ira Matthews | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Malcolm Barnwell | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |
| John Matuszak | 1.0 |
| Dave Browning | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Greg Boyd | 2.0 |
| Don Latimer | 1.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
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