1979 Denver (10-6) 0 6 3 7 16 1979 San Diego (16-0) 7 3 0 7 17 1 6:42 San Diego TD Fouts 19 pass to Joiner (Benirschke) (8-66-3:35) 0-7 2 11:17 San Diego FG Benirschke 38 (8-47-5:50) 0-10 2 8:09 Denver FG Turner 40 (10-49-2:56) 3-10 2 1:12 Denver FG Turner 19 (3-7-0:54) 6-10 3 6:38 Denver FG Turner 20 (7-35-3:06) 9-10 4 4:28 San Diego TD Mitchell 1 run (Benirschke) (8-77-5:25) 9-17 4 0:36 Denver TD Upchurch 6 run (Turner) (12-59-3:39) 16-17 Den SD First Downs 12 20 Rushes 32-122 26-66 Passes 28-9-81 37-28-304 Sacked 0-0 2-9 Fumble 0 2 Penalties 4-25 6-60 Turnovers 1 4 Time 26:26 33:33 Third Down 5-18 4-9 Fourth Down 0-2 0-3 Net Offense 203 361 Injuries: none < Denver > < San Diego > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Morton 26 9 81 0 0 1 0 27.9 Fouts 37 28 304 2 1 2 1 85.9 Weese 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Preston 12 51 4.3 2 1 15 0 Williams 8 30 3.8 1 1 11 0 Armstrong 12 50 4.2 3 1 12 0 Thomas 4 20 5.0 1 1 13 0 Lytle 4 12 3.0 0 0 5 0 Mitchell 11 19 1.7 1 0 9 1 Upchurch 1 6 6.0 1 0 6 1 Fouts 3 -3 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Jensen 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 26 66 2.5 3 2 13 1 Morton 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Keyworth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 32 122 3.8 6 2 15 1 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Preston 4 0 33 8.3 2 0 12 0 Joiner 7 0 128 18.3 6 1 31 1 Odoms 2 0 17 8.5 1 0 12 0 Jefferson 5 0 43 8.6 2 0 19 0 Upchurch 2 1 23 11.5 2 0 13 0 Winslow 5 0 39 7.8 2 0 10 0 Keyworth 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Williams 4 0 32 8.0 2 0 10 0 Jensen 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 3 0 36 12.0 2 0 18 0 Armstrong 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Klein 2 0 13 6.5 0 0 10 0 Thomas 2 0 13 6.5 2 0 11 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Chavous 0 1 0 Fouts 1 0 0 Jackson 0 1 0 Mitchell 1 0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Preston 3 82 27.3 34 0 Owens 4 93 23.3 29 0 Grant 1 26 26.0 26 0 Joiner 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Preston 1 0 19 19.0 19 0 Shaw 2 1 12 6.0 8 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Turner 3-3 40 1-1 10 Benirschke 1-1 38 2-2 5 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Prestridge 5 219 43.8 2 0 0 58 West 1 38 38.0 0 0 0 38 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Gradishar 10 1 0 2 0 1 0-0 Lowe 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wright 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Buchanon 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 West 7 0 0 0 0 0 1-32 Williams 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Carter 7 0 1 3 1 0 0-0 Jones 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Foley 6 0 0 0 0 0 1-13 Johnson 4 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 Jackson 5 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Horn 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Atkinson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Fuller 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Chavous 3 0 1 1 1 0 0-0 Shaw 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thompson 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Preston 2 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 Swenson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stringert 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Pane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dean 1 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 Manor 1 0 0 0 2 1 0-0 Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rizzo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Nairne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Goode 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Latimer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Play-By-Play Play-By-Play KO 14:45 SD Owens ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 14:35 SD Fouts-Joiner 14 Bas S-Out 3-4 tM Run/Lo 1 10 own43 13:57 SD Fouts-Joiner 8 Bas S-Hitch 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 2 2 opp49 13:17 SD Fouts-Thomas 2 Bas S-Flat 3-3 tM Pass/Bz1/Lo 1 10 opp47 12:38 SD Fouts-Joiner 15 Bas M-Hitch 3-3 tM Pass/Bz1/Lo 1 10 opp32 11:44 SD Williams 2 Bas Dive 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 2 8 opp30 10:48 SD Williams 4 3W1 Draw 3-3 tM Pass/Li 3 4 opp26 10:44 SD Fouts-Winslow X 3W1 S-Slant 3-3 tM Pass/Li 4 4 opp26 10:40 SD Fouts-Winslow X 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 own26 10:33 Den Morton-Upchurch X Bas M-Hitch/PBK/sec 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own26 10:28 Den Morton-Odoms X Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Basic 3 10 own26 10:23 Den Morton-Preston X Bas S-Flat 4-2 M Pass-Dbl-Preston 4 10 own26 10:17 Den Prestridge 40,Shaw 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 10:14 SD Fouts-Jefferso 7 Bas S-Out 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 2 3 own41 9:18 SD Fouts-Thomas 11 Bas S-Slant/sec 3-3 tM oPass/Lo 1 10 opp48 8:33 SD Thomas 3 Bas Sweep-R 3-3 tM oPass/Bz1/Lo 2 7 opp45 8:29 SD Fouts-Winslow X Bas S-Hitch 3-3 tM oPass/Lo 3 7 opp45 8:26 SD Fouts-Williams 9 3W1 S-Out 3-3 dZ Prevent/Li 1 10 opp36 7:33 SD Fouts-Winslow 10 3W1 S-Cross 3-3 Z oPass/Lo 1 10 opp26 7:33 SD Pen5(Jackson) 3W1 OffTkl-L 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 1 5 opp21 6:56 SD Williams 2 3W1 OffTkl-L 3-3 tM oPass/Li 2 3 opp19 6:42 SD Fouts-Joiner 19/TD Bas M-Slant 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 0-7 KO 6:29 Den Preston ret of 28 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 5:51 Den Preston 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Pass 2 6 own34 5:14 Den Lytle 5 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Dbl-Preston 3 1 own39 4:34 Den Preston -1 2T2 Dive 4-3 M Run 4 2 own38 4:30 Den Weese-Egloff X 2T2 S-Out/PBK/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp38 3:55 SD Sk-Gradishar -4 Bas S-Slant 3-4 tM Pass/Bz4/Lo 2 14 opp42 3:47 SD Williams 7 3W1 Pitch-L 3-4 sZ Pass/Li 3 7 opp35 3:10 SD Fouts-Klein 3 3W1 S-Hitch 3-4 tM Pass/Lo 4 4 opp32 3:01 SD Williams 2 3W1 Sweep-R 3-4 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 own30 2:22 Den Armstrong 3 Bas Dive/PA/RO 4-3 M Dbl-Armstrong 2 7 own33 2:18 Den Morton-Upchurch X Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Run 3 7 own33 2:13 Den Morton-Moses X Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Pass 4 7 own33 2:07 Den Prestridge 39,Shaw 4 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 1:29 SD Thomas 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 tM Pass/Bz4/Lo 2 8 own34 0:38 SD Thomas 13 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 tM Pass/Bz4/Li 1 10 own47 0:00 SD Mitchell 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 tM Pass/Lo 2nd Quarter 2 8 own49 14:10 SD Fouts-Mitchell 5 Bas S-Flat 3-4 tM Pass/Lo 3 3 opp46 13:27 SD Fouts-Joiner 24 Bas M-Slant 3-4 tM Basic/Lo 1 10 opp22 12:43 SD Mitchell 0 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 2 10 opp22 12:06 SD Fouts-Jefferso 6 3W1 S-Out/sec 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 3 4 opp16 11:17 SD Sk-Jackson -5 3W1 S-Slant 3-3 tM Pass/Bz3/Lo 4 9 opp21 11:12 SD FG Benirschke 38/G --- FG --- Block 0-10 KO 11:05 Den Preston ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 11:02 Den Morton-Armstron X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Run 2 10 own28 10:58 Den Morton-Preston X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Pass 3 10 own28 10:48 Den Preston 7/Pen15(Jone Bas Draw 4-2 M Pass 1 10 50 10:45 Den Morton-Preston 7 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 M Basic 2 3 opp43 10:42 Den Morton-Jensen X Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 M Run 3 3 opp43 10:03 Den Morton-Upchurch 13 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 sZ Run 1 10 opp30 9:59 Den Morton-Odoms X Bas M-Out 4-3 tM Key-Armstrong 2 10 opp30 9:02 Den Lytle 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 3 8 opp28 8:09 Den Morton-Odoms 5 Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Pass 4 3 opp23 8:03 Den FG Turner 40/G --- FG --- Block 3-10 KO 7:49 SD Owens ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 7:42 SD SD Pen10(Shields) Bas M-Slant 3-4 tM Pass/Lo 1 20 own16 7:27 SD Fouts-INT-Foley Bas L-Slant 3-4 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 opp37 7:23 Den Morton-Upchurch X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp37 6:29 Den Armstrong 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 7 opp34 5:53 Den Morton-Preston 4 Bas S-Flat 4-3 sZ Basic 4 3 opp30 5:49 Den Weese-Upchurch X Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Run 1 10 own30 5:41 SD Fouts-Williams 7 Bas S-Flat 3-4 tM Pass/Bz4/Lo 2 3 own37 5:36 SD Fouts-Williams X Bas S-Out 3-4 tM oPass/Lo 3 3 own37 4:57 SD Fouts-Winslow 8 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 tM Pass/Li 1 10 own45 4:50 SD Fouts-Mitchell X Bas Screen 3-4 sZ Pass/Lo 2 10 own45 4:11 SD Fouts-Williams 10 3W1 S-Slant/sec 3-3 sZ Pass/Lo 1 10 opp45 3:35 SD Fouts-Winslow 6 3W1 S-Slant 3-3 sZ Pass/Lo 2 4 opp39 3:29 SD Mitchell 4/F 3W1 Trap-R 3-3 sZ Pass/Lo 1 10 opp43 2:36 Den Morton 1 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Run 2 9 opp42 2:32 Den Morton-Moses X Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 3 9 opp42 2:26 Den Morton-Preston X Bas S-Flat 4-3 sZ Pass 4 9 opp42 2:21 Den Prestridge 42,Shaw 0 --- Pt-side --- faircatch 1 10 own20 2:14 SD SD Pen10(Shields) Bas Draw 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 1 20 own10 2:07 SD Fouts -1/F 3W1 Draw 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 1 9 opp9 2:00 Den Morton-Keyworth 8 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 tM Pass 2 1 opp1 1:22 Den Keyworth 0 2T2 Overtop 6-2 tM Goalline 3 1 opp1 1:12 Den Preston -1 2T2 Dive 4-3 M Run 4 2 opp2 1:08 Den FG Turner 19/G --- FG --- Block 6-10 KO 1:02 SD Owens ret of 14 --- KO-angle --- Return 1 10 own24 0:27 SD Mitchell -4 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 dZ oPass/Lo 2 14 own20 0:00 SD Mitchell 9 3W1 Draw 3-3 dZ oPass/Lo 3rd Quarter KO 14:48 Den Grant ret of 26 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 13:54 Den Jensen 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Pass 2 8 own32 13:11 Den Lytle 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 5 own35 12:13 Den Preston 2 Bas Sweep-L 4-2 sZ Pass/Lo 4 3 own37 12:04 Den Prestridge 40,Shaw 8 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 11:23 SD Thomas 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 2 8 own33 11:23 SD Pen5(Team) 3W1 S-Out 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 2 13 own28 10:46 SD Fouts-Klein 10 3W1 M-Hitch/sec 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 3 3 own38 10:07 SD Fouts-Jefferso 1 3W1 Screen 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 4 2 own39 10:00 SD Pen10(Thomas) --- Pt-deep --- Return 4 12 own29 9:54 SD Pen10(White) --- Pt-deep --- Return 4 22 own19 9:44 SD West 38,Preston 19 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp38 9:10 Den Morton-Preston 12 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Key-Preston 1 10 opp26 8:32 Den Armstrong 4 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Pass 2 6 opp22 7:50 Den Armstrong 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Pass 3 3 opp19 7:40 Den Morton-Odoms 12 Bas M-Out/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Run 1 7 opp7 7:37 Den Morton-Preston X Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 Z Pass 2 7 opp7 6:41 Den Armstrong 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Pass 3 3 opp3 6:38 Den Morton-Upchurch X Bas M-Out/PBK 4-3 sZ Run/Li 4 3 opp3 6:33 Den FG Turner 20/G --- FG --- Block 9-10 KO 6:19 SD Owens ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 6:13 SD Fouts-Winslow 5/Pen1 Bas M-Out/sec 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 own49 5:25 SD Williams 11 Bas Dive 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 opp40 5:19 SD Fouts-Winslow 10 Bas M-Out 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 2 0 opp30 4:39 SD Williams -1 Bas Dive 3-4 tM Run/Bz4/Li 3 1 opp31 4:01 SD Mitchell -1 3W1 Trap-L 3-4 tM Run/Bz4/Li 4 2 opp32 3:58 SD Fouts-Jefferso X 3W1 S-Slant 3-4 sZ Pass/Li 1 10 own32 3:16 Den Preston 15 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own47 2:34 Den Preston 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Pass 2 7 50 1:54 Den Lytle 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 5 opp48 1:44 Den Pen/Offset Bas M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Pass/Li 3 5 opp48 1:36 Den Morton-Upchurch X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Basic/Lo 4 5 opp48 1:30 Den Pen10(Studdard) --- Pt-side --- faircatch 4 15 own42 1:25 Den Prestridge 58,Shaw 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 0:46 SD Fouts-Mitchell 18 Bas M-Out 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 1 10 own38 0:03 SD Fouts-Joiner 17 Bas M-Hitch 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 opp45 0:00 SD Mitchell 1 Bas OffTkl-L 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 4th Quarter 2 9 opp44 14:53 SD Fouts-Owens X Bas Screen 3-3 tM Pass/Lo 3 9 opp44 14:02 SD Fouts-Mitchell 13 3W1 S-Hitch 3-3 dZ Prevent/Li 1 10 opp31 12:57 SD Mitchell 0 3W1 Draw 3-3 ZoPass/Lo 2 10 opp31 12:49 SD Fouts-INT-West 3W1 M-Out 3-3 tM Pass/Li 1 10 opp46 12:05 Den Armstrong 12 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Key-Preston 1 10 opp34 11:02 Den Morton-Preston 10 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 sZ Pass/Li 1 10 opp24 10:06 Den Armstrong 0 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 2 10 opp24 10:01 Den Morton-Preston X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Pass 3 10 opp24 9:53 Den Morton-INT-Preston Bas S-Flat 4-2 M Pass-Dbl-Moses 1 10 own23 9:20 SD Fouts-Williams 6 Bas M-Slant/sec 3-4 tM Pass/Lo 2 4 own29 8:24 SD Fouts-Joiner 31 Bas L-Hitch 3-4 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 opp40 7:31 SD Williams 3 Bas Draw 3-3 sZ Pass/Li 2 7 opp37 6:40 SD Fouts-Jefferso 10 Bas S-Flat 3-3 sZ Pass/Li 1 10 opp27 5:58 SD Mitchell 6 Bas Trap-R 3-3 sZoPass/Lo 2 4 opp21 5:09 SD Fouts-Jefferso 19 Bas M-Slant 3-4 tM Run/Bz4/Li 1 2 opp2 4:34 SD Mitchell 1 Bas Dive 3-4 tM Run/Bz4/Li 2 1 opp1 4:28 SD Mitchell 1/TD Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Run/Bz4/Li 9-17 KO 4:15 Den Preston ret of 34 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own41 3:34 Den Morton-Upchurch 10 Bas M-Hitch/PBK 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp49 3:25 Den Preston 6 Bas Sweep-R 4-2 M Pass 2 4 opp43 3:02 Den Armstrong 4 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Pass 3 0 opp39 2:39 Den Preston 4 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Pass/Li 1 10 opp35 2:30 Den Preston 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 ZoPass 2 5 opp30 2:03 Den Armstrong 5 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp25 1:53 Den Armstrong 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 Z Pass 2 5 opp20 1:24 Den Preston 3 Bas Trap-R 4-2 Z Pass 3 2 opp17 1:14 Den Armstrong 4 Bas Dive 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 opp13 0:51 Den Armstrong 3 Bas Trap-L 4-2 Z Pass/Li 2 7 opp10 0:44 Den Preston 4 Bas Trap-R 4-2 tM Pass 3 3 opp6 0:36 Den Upchurch 6/TD Bas EndAround 4-2 sZ Pass 16-17 KO 0:29 SD Joiner ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 opp47 0:18 SD Fouts -1 Bas QbKneel 3-4 Z Run/Bz4/Li 2 11 opp48 0:00 SD Fouts -1 Bas QbKneel 3-4 Z Run/Bz4/Li GAME