| Baltimore Colts at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1981 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74804 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 83 F Humidty: 19% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ron Egloff 7 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 29 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Mike Wood 21 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Curtis Dickey 63 run (Mike Wood kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 18 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 48 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Ray Butler |
| 81 | WR | Roger Carr |
| 69 | LOT | Wade Griffin |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Pratt |
| 53 | C | Ray Donaldson |
| 62 | ROG | Ken Huff |
| 68 | ROT | Jeff Hart |
| 86 | TE | Reese McCall |
| 7 | QB | Bert Jones |
| 27 | RB | Curtis Dickey |
| 32 | FB | Randy McMillan |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 91 | RDT | Bubba Green |
| 71 | RDE | Mike Ozdowski |
| 55 | LLB | Barry Krauss |
| 54 | LB | Sanders Shiver |
| 52 | MLB | Ed Smith |
| 59 | RLB | Mike Woods |
| 42 | LCB | Derrick Hatchett |
| 40 | SS | Bruce Laird |
| 25 | FS | Nesby Glasgow |
| 47 | RCB | Larry Braziel |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 73 | LOT | Kelvin Clark |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 70 | ROT | Dave Studdard |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Curtis Dickey | 12 | 115 | 9.6 | 63t | 1 |
| Zachary Dixon | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Randy McMillan | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bert Jones | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Parros | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Bert Jones | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 1 | 65 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 25.1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 28 | 20 | 71.4 | 4 | 291 | 10.4 | 48t | 4 | 2 | 17 | 104.9 |
| Steve DeBerg | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 108.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Randy McMillan | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Roger Carr | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Curtis Dickey | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Zachary Dixon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 7 | 143 | 20.4 | 48t | 3 |
| Dave Preston | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wade Manning | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Larry Braziel | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bruce Laird | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bubba Green | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Randy Gradishar | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 300 | 50.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Dave Shula | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 35 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Kim Anderson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Zachary Dixon | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |
| Kim Anderson | 1.0 |
| Mike Barnes | 1.0 |
| Bubba Green | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Rubin Carter | 1.0 |
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