| Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1983 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74640 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 68 F Humidty: 20% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Theotis Brown 1 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Nathan Poole 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 31 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 46 pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Nick Lowery 21 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 27 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Nathan Poole 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Billy Jackson 9 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Carlos Carson 8 pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick) | 24 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Carlos Carson |
| 89 | WR | Henry Marshall |
| 60 | LOT | Matt Herkenhoff |
| 66 | LOG | Brad Budde |
| 53 | C | Bob Rush |
| 73 | ROG | Bob Simmons |
| 72 | ROT | Dave Lutz |
| 81 | TE | Willie Scott |
| 9 | QB | Bill Kenney |
| 27 | HB | Theotis Brown |
| 43 | FB | Billy Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 74 | NT | Dino Mangiero |
| 99 | RDE | Mike Bell |
| 52 | LOLB | Tom Howard |
| 57 | LILB | Jerry Blanton |
| 59 | RILB | Gary Spani |
| 51 | ROLB | Charles Jackson |
| 24 | LCB | Gary Green |
| 34 | SS | Lloyd Burruss |
| 20 | FS | Deron Cherry |
| 23 | RCB | Lucious Smith |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 85 | TE | Ron Egloff |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 34 | RB | Nathan Poole |
| 46 | RB | Dave Preston |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 58 | LILB | Steve Busick |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Billy Jackson | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 9t | 1 |
| Theotis Brown | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 4 | 1 |
| Bill Kenney | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dave Preston | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 6 | 2 |
| Steve DeBerg | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Bill Kenney | 52 | 27 | 51.9 | 2 | 365 | 7.0 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 65.0 |
| Henry Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 41 | 21 | 51.2 | 0 | 350 | 8.5 | 46t | 1 | 4 | 21 | 88.5 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Carlos Carson | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 35 | 1 |
| Henry Marshall | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Ken Thomas | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Anthony Hancock | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Jackson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Willie Scott | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Stephone Paige | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Beckman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 46t | 1 |
| Dave Preston | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Mike Harden | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Louis Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 7 | 339 | 48.4 | 56 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| J.T. Smith | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Zach Thomas | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Mike Bell | 1.0 |
| Charles Jackson | 1.0 |
| Dino Mangiero | 1.0 |
| Art Still | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Steve Busick | 1.0 |
| Randy Gradishar | 1.0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
| Dennis Smith | 1.0 |
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