| San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1981 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74844 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 81 F Humidty: 12% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 19 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 93 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Wright 2 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 21 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dave Preston 2 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ronnie Smith 39 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 52 FG | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | John Cappelletti 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Kellen Winslow 1 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 35 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Lytle 3 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 24 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 84 | WR | Ronnie Smith |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 46 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| 25 | FB | John Cappelletti |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 57 | LLB | Linden King |
| 59 | MLB | Cliff Thrift |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 47 | SS | Frank Duncan |
| 43 | FS | Bob Gregor |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| James Brooks | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 9 | 1 |
| Chuck Muncie | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Larry Canada | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 5 | 1 |
| Rick Parros | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 47 | 26 | 55.3 | 3 | 298 | 6.3 | 39t | 2 | 4 | 31 | 62.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 18 | 17 | 94.4 | 0 | 308 | 17.1 | 93t | 4 | 2 | 17 | 158.3 |
| Steve DeBerg | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 59 | 9.8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Kellen Winslow | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Eric Sievers | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ronnie Smith | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Dwight Scales | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 8 | 178 | 22.3 | 93t | 2 |
| Riley Odoms | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 19t | 1 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Wade Manning | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| George Roberts | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Clarence Williams | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Aundra Thompson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Gary Johnson | 1.0 |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 2.0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
| Rubin Carter | 1.0 |
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