1979 Denver Broncos 10-6 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Denver 72 99 83 79 0 333 Opponent 43 65 31 103 0 242 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 333 242 0-1 7 Cincinnati 17 66ø 0-5 First Downs 345 235 1-1 27 Los Angeles 17 59ø 0-5 Rush 128 68 2-1 20 @Atlanta 0 73ø 0-10 Pass 202 152 3-1 21 Seattle 14 59ø Pen 15 15 3-2 17 @Oakland 29 68ø 5-15 Penalties 89 86 3-3 31 San Diego 35 61ø Yards 578 609 4-3 14 @Kansas City 7 67ø 5-15 4-4 20 @Pittsburgh 21 65ø 10-20 Rushing Att 590 396 5-4 21 Kansas City 14 35ø 0-5 Yards 2424 1456 6-4 28 New Orleans 14 46ø 0-5 Ave 4.1 3.7 7-4 20 New England 7 45ø 0-5 TD 16 10 8-4 23 @San Francisco 7 62ø 0-10 9-4 35 Oakland 9 29ø 0-5 Passing Att 453 466 9-5 16 @Buffalo 27 33ø 5-15 Comp 283 256 10-5 17 @Seattle 7 70ø % 62.5 54.9 10-6 16 @San Diego 17 76ø Int 15 20 % 3.3 4.3 TD 25 21 % 5.5 4.5 Yards 3330 2941 Sacked 39 24 Punt Return 42 31 Yards 315 192 Ave 7.5 6.2 Kick Return 55 67 Yards 1016 1423 Ave 18.5 21.2 Punts 62 85 Yards 2502 3465 Ave 40.4 40.8 FG Att 17 11 Made 14 6 % 82.4 54.5 Third Downs 217 209 Made 75 78 % 34.6 37.3 Fourth Downs 52 22 Made 35 8 % 67.3 36.4 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 35 25 Lost 11 10 Turnovers 26 30 Net Offense 5537 4233 Per Play 5.1 4.8 1979 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Armstrong 114 528 4.6 13 28 26 4 Upchurch 69 3 926 13.4 4 51 35 5 Jensen 119 499 4.2 11 23 30 3 Moses 57 0 877 15.4 5 48 48 5 Lytle 104 405 3.9 8 18 19 3 Odoms 46 5 500 10.9 0 32 24 5 Keyworth 94 372 4.0 9 18 17 0 Keyworth 21 1 160 7.6 0 10 16 2 Preston 48 216 4.5 6 19 18 2 Jensen 20 2 187 9.4 0 14 19 3 Canada 50 188 3.8 6 11 11 3 Armstrong 17 2 184 10.8 0 14 15 2 Weese 17 163 9.6 8 10 20 0 Preston 15 2 113 7.5 0 8 12 1 Morton 21 44 2.1 0 0 6 0 Lytle 14 2 124 8.9 0 10 11 1 Upchurch 1 6 6.0 0 1 6 1 Watson 7 2 74 10.6 0 5 14 0 Dixon, Z. 12 2 0.2 0 0 3 0 Canada 7 0 54 7.7 0 2 12 0 Penrose 10 1 0.1 0 0 3 0 Egloff 6 0 80 13.3 0 5 18 0 590 2424 4.1 61 128 30 16 Dolbin 4 0 51 12.8 1 3 25 1 283 19 3330 11.8 10 202 48 25 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Keyworth 1 1 100.0 28 28.0 28 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 118.8 Weese 71 45 63.4 452 10.0 19 7 0 1 1.4 14 4 5.6 94.3 Morton 374 234 62.6 2781 11.9 48 26 8 14 3.7 25 21 5.6 88.3 Penrose 7 3 42.9 69 23.0 32 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 78.9 453 283 62.5 3330 11.8 48 33 10 15 3.3 39 25 5.5 89.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Turner 42 39 92.9 17 14 82.4 66.7 0.0 40 81 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Prestridge 62 2502 58 7 0 21 31 192 35.0 40.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Grant 1 26 26.0 26 0 Upchurch 33 14 251 7.6 18 0 Preston 12 290 24.2 38 0 Pane 5 10 16 3.2 9 0 Pane 22 425 19.3 30 0 Preston 4 2 48 12.0 19 0 Upchurch 5 84 16.8 24 0 42 26 315 7.5 19 0 Canada 3 50 16.7 19 0 Dixon, Z. 4 56 14.0 22 0 Jackson,B. 5 59 11.8 16 0 Armstrong 2 22 11.0 13 0 Glassic 1 4 4.0 4 0 55 1016 18.5 38 0 Fumbles Morton 13 Keyworth 4 Armstron 3 Thompson 1 Pane 1 Armstron 3 Upchurch 6 Dixon, Z 4 Weese 2 Dolbin 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Chavous 8 Manor 22 Carter, 11 Thompson 10 Gradisha 6 Morton 4 Manor 6 Chavous 19 Chavous 7 Foley, S 8 Jackson, 3 Moses 3 Carter, 5 Carter, 7 Swenson 7 Swenson 8 Ryan 3 Studdard 3 Jackson, 2 Gradisha 6 Wright 7 West 3 Manor 3 Swenson 2 Jackson, 4 Carter, 4 Wright 2 Odoms 2 Gradisha 1 Manor 3 Gradisha 4 Chavous 2 Bryan 2 Rizzo 1 Chavous 4 Swenson 2 Chavous 2 Foley, S 1 Jackson, 3 Manor 2 Glassic 2 West 1 West 3 Evans 1 Foley, S 2 Jackson, 2 Jackson, 1 Dixon, Z 2 Manor 2 Carter, 1 Rizzo 2 Jackson, 1 Latimer 1 Thompson 1 Upchurch 1 Jensen 1 Brown,K. 1 Pane 1 West 1 Tackles Swenson 93 Carter, 62 Foley, S 44 Atkinson 16 Pane 9 Evans 6 Gradisha 83 Chavous 55 Manor 38 Radford 14 Latimer 9 Wright 77 Jackson, 55 Rizzo 32 Grant 12 Ryan 8 Thompson 72 West 54 Jackson, 18 Brown,K. 10 Nairne 8 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Foley, S. 7 29 4.1 16 0 Thompson 5 105 21.0 38 0 Swenson 3 1 0.3 1 0 Wright 2 20 10.0 15 0 West 2 32 16.0 32 0 Jackson,T 1 16 16.0 16 0 20 203 10.2 38 0 1979 Denver Broncos Coach: Red Miller Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Morton, Craig 4 B 1 3 QB Penrose, Craig 4 O 1 3 QB Weese, Norris 5 O 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Armstrong, Otis 2 1 4 108 453 26 4.2 2 14 138 17 9.9 KR RB Jensen, Jim 2 1 5 106 400 30 3.8 3 19 144 25 7.6 RB Lytle, Rob 2 1 4 102 371 19 3.6 2 13 93 12 7.2 RB Keyworth, Jon 2 1 5 81 323 17 4.0 2 18 132 18 7.3 RB Preston, Dave 2 1 3 43 169 18 3.9 4 19 137 19 7.2 RET RB Canada, Larry 2 1 5 36 143 17 4.0 1 3 36 15 12.0 KR RB Dixon, Zachary 2 1 2 3 9 7 3.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR WR Upchurch, Rick 0 0 5 3 17 18 5.7 8 64 937 47 14.6 RET WR Moses, Haven 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 7 54 943 64 17.5 WR Watson, Steve 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 6 83 22 13.8 WR Dolbin, Jack 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 3 74 45 24.7 WR Kinney, Vince 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR TE Odoms, Riley 4 2 4 1 -7 -7 -7.0 6 40 638 45 16.0 TE Egloff, Ron 4 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 5 70 22 14.0 KR Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Bryan, Billy 5 5 5 C Brown, Ken 4 4 5 LS G Howard, Paul 7 7 5 G Glassic, Tom 5 5 5 T Minor, Claudie 7 7 5 T Studdard, Dave 6 6 5 T Clark, Kelvin 4 4 4 G-T Hyde, Glenn 4 4 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Carter, Rubin 7 7 0 1 4 0 0 DT Latimer, Don 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 DE Manor, Brison 5 4 0 3 5 6 0 DE Chavous, Barney 5 5 0 2 5 4 0 DE Grant, John 5 5 0 1 5 1 0 KR DE Radford, Bruce 3 3 0 1 5 1 0 ILB Gradishar, Randy 9 8 2 0 5 0 0 ILB Rizzo, Joe 6 5 2 0 4 0 2 ILB Evans, Larry 4 4 1 1 5 2 0 OLB Swenson, Bob 9 8 2 0 5 0 3 OLB Jackson, Tom 7 6 2 3 4 4 1 OLB Nairne, Rob 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 LB Ryan, Jim 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 CB Wright, Louis 10 0 10 0 5 0 2 CB Foley, Steve 6 0 6 0 5 0 6 S Thompson, Billy 8 2 6 0 5 1 4 S West, Charlie 5 1 4 0 5 0 1 PR S Jackson, Bernard 5 1 4 0 3 0 0 KR S Atkinson, Butch 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 DB Pane, Chris 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 RET Special Teams K Steinfort, Fred P Prestridge, Luke K Turner, Jim