| Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1984 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 53162 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 76 F Humidty: 32% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 44 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Charlie Joiner 25 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 45 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 49 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 43 FG | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rich Karlis 37 FG | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 16 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 63 | LOG | Mark Cooper |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 88 | TE | Clarence Kay |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 85 | HBK | Don Summers |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 50 | LOLB | Jim Ryan |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 58 | RILB | Steve Busick |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 23 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 77 | LOT | Sam Claphan |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 67 | ROT | Ed White |
| 84 | TE | Ron Egloff |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 41 | RB | Earnest Jackson |
| 1 | RB | Lionel James |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Chuck Ehin |
| 68 | NT | Bill Elko |
| 76 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 57 | LOLB | Linden King |
| 58 | LILB | Mike Green |
| 54 | RILB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 51 | ROLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 22 | LCB | Gill Byrd |
| 28 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 48 | FS | Tim Fox |
| 27 | RCB | John Turner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 22 | 37 | 1.7 | 5 | 1 |
| John Elway | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Earnest Jackson | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Buford McGee | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Lionel James | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| John Elway | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 0 | 188 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 69.7 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 38 | 22 | 57.9 | 0 | 261 | 6.9 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 87.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Ray Alexander | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Clarence Kay | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 25t | 1 |
| Wes Chandler | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lionel James | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bobby Duckworth | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jesse Bendross | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Holohan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Andy Gissinger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | 44 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Maury Buford | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gerald Willhite | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lucious Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Buford McGee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Bill Elko | 1.0 |
| Keith Ferguson | 1.0 |
| Linden King | 1.0 |
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