1978 AFC Conf. Championship * Playoff * 08-10-2008 Temp:34 Wind:0-5 Line:Even MVP:Stabler 1978 Oakland (12-5) 7 14 10 3 34 1978 Denver (12-5) 7 0 0 7 14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6:00 Oakland TD Stabler 20 pass to Casper (Mann) (7-56-2:44) 7-0 1 0:52 Denver TD Morton 16 pass to Upchurch (Turner,J) (13-93-5:02) 7-7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 11:06 Oakland TD van Eeghen 2 run (Mann) (9-70-4:36) 14-7 2 0:51 Oakland TD Stabler 19 pass to Bradshaw (Mann) (1-19-0:13) 21-7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 7:02 Oakland FG Mann 35 (8-58-4:50) 24-7 3 2:40 Oakland TD Stabler 11 pass to Casper (Mann) (7-35-3:09) 31-7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 15:00 Oakland FG Mann 39 (6-14-1:43) 34-7 4 9:46 Denver TD Morton 10 pass to Upchurch (Turner,J) (13-80-5:08) 34-14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oak Den First Downs 22 21 Rushes 33-116 28-161 Passes 22-14-206 38-15-184 Sacked 2-12 4-31 Fumble 2 2 Penalties 4-32 7-64 Turnovers 2 4 Time 27:07 32:51 Third Down 3-10 5-14 Fourth Down 0-0 2-3 Net Offense 310 314 Injuries: none < Oakland > < Denver > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Stabler 22 14 206 2 1 2 3 95.8 Morton,C 38 15 184 4 1 3 2 39.8 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Whittington 14 65 4.6 4 3 11 0 Perrin 18 100 5.6 6 4 12 0 van Eeghen 17 53 3.1 3 1 10 1 Armstrong 7 38 5.4 2 0 7 0 Stabler 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Morton,C 3 23 7.7 1 1 10 0 33 116 3.5 7 4 11 1 28 161 5.8 9 5 12 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Bradshaw 5 0 67 13.4 4 1 26 1 Moses 5 1 91 18.2 5 1 29 0 Casper 5 1 71 14.2 5 0 22 2 Upchurch 3 1 34 11.3 2 0 16 2 Branch 2 0 43 21.5 2 0 23 0 Perrin 2 0 15 7.5 1 0 10 0 Whittington 1 0 13 13.0 1 0 13 0 Armstrong 2 1 21 10.5 1 0 16 0 van Eeghen 1 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 0 Dolbin 1 1 10 10.0 0 0 10 0 Preston 1 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Odoms 1 0 8 8.0 1 0 8 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Stabler 1 1 0 Dolbin 1 0 0 van Eeghen 1 0 0 Perrin 1 0 0 Hayes 0 1 0 Morton,C 0 1 0 Marvin 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Hart,H 2 50 25.0 25 0 Upchurch 4 47 11.8 17 0 Russell,B 1 0 0.0 0 0 Preston 1 18 18.0 18 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Colzie 3 2 5 1.7 7 0 Upchurch 2 0 16 8.0 8 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Mann 2-2 39 4-4 10 Turner 0-0 0 2-2 2 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Guy 3 123 41.0 0 2 0 48 Dilts 5 151 30.2 0 0 0 44 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Hayes 7 0 1 0 0 0 1-11 Alzado 9 1 0 1 0 1 0-0 Johnson,M 7 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 Chavous 7 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 Browning 5 1 0 2 0 0 0-0 Thompson,B 7 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Matuszak 5 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gradishar 4 0 0 1 0 0 1-11 Sistrunk 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wright,L 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Hendricks 4 2 1 0 0 0 0-0 Foley 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 4 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Jackson,T 3 0 1 0 0 0 1-17 Jackson,M 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Grant,J 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tatum 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Carter,R 3 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Villapiano 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Manor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Westbrooks 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Swenson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Colzie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Evans,L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Martin,R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rizzo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Huddleston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 West 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Philyaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Smith,P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ramsey,D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Phillips 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-37 Hall,W 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-By-Play ----------------------------------------- --- -------------------- ----------------------- Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:52 Oak Hart ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 14:09 Oak van Eeghen 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 2 7 own28 13:25 Oak Whittington 4 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Dbl-van Eeghen 3 3 own32 13:22 Oak Stabler-Casper X Bas M-Seam/PBK 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 4 3 own32 13:17 Oak Pen15(Grant) --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own19 12:32 Den Armstrong 5 Bas Stretch-R 3-4 M Basic 2 5 own24 11:48 Den Morton-Odoms 8 Bas S-Out 3-4 tM Basic/Bz1 1 10 own32 11:02 Den Perrin 8 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 2 2 own40 10:16 Den Perrin 6 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Basic 1 10 own46 9:38 Den Sk-Matuszak -6 Bas M-Out 3-4 M Run/Bz2 2 16 own40 9:30 Den Morton-Moses X 4WR M-Isolate/SG 3-2 Z Pass/Li 3 16 own40 8:50 Den Morton-Preston 5 4WR L-Slant/SG/sec 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1 4 11 own45 8:44 Den Dilts 11,Colzie 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own44 8:36 Oak Stabler-Casper X Bas M-Cross/PBK 4-3 M Dbl-van Eeghen 2 10 own44 7:51 Oak Whittington 10 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Pass Dbl-Branch/Bz1 1 10 opp46 7:06 Oak van Eeghen 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Stuff 2 9 opp45 7:00 Oak Stabler-Bradshaw 5/P Bas S-Slant/PBK 4-3 tM Key-Whittingto 1 10 opp25 6:13 Oak van Eeghen 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Key-van Eeghen 2 5 opp20 6:00 Oak Stabler-Casper 20/TD Bas M-Isolate/PBK 4-3 M Run-Whittingto/Bz2 7-0 KO 5:54 Den Upchurch ret of 9 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own7 5:40 Den Morton-Armstron 16 Bas S-Flat 3-4 M Run 1 10 own23 5:33 Den Morton-Moses 19 Bas M-Out 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 own42 4:45 Den Armstrong 7 Bas Draw 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 2 3 own49 4:35 Den Pen10(Minor) Bas Stretch-R 3-4 tM Basic/Bz2 2 13 own39 4:32 Den Morton-Upchurch X 3W2 M-Seam/SG 3-3 Z Pass 3 13 own39 3:48 Den Morton-Moses 24 3W2 L-Hitch/SG 3-3 Z Pass/Bz2/Lo 1 10 opp37 3:03 Den Armstrong 5 Bas Stretch-R 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 2 5 opp32 2:53 Oak Pen5(Browning) Bas Trap-R 3-4 tM Basic/Li 1 10 opp27 2:07 Den Perrin 7 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Basic 2 3 opp20 1:20 Den Perrin 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic/Li 1 10 opp16 1:12 Den Morton-Moses X Bas M-Fade 3-4 M Run 2 10 opp16 1:05 Den Morton-Moses X Bas M-Straight 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Lo 3 10 opp16 0:52 Den Morton-Upchurch 16/T 4WR M-Fade/SG 3-1 Z Pass/Li 7-7 KO 0:42 Oak Hart ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 0:00 Oak Stabler-Branch 20 Bas M-Straight/PBK 4-3 Z Run-van Eeghen 2nd Quarter 1 10 own45 14:52 Oak Whittington 7 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen/Bz2 2 3 opp48 14:13 Oak van Eeghen 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp44 13:29 Oak Stabler-Casper 22 Bas M-Seam/PBK 4-3 Z Stuff 1 10 opp22 12:44 Oak van Eeghen 4 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 tM Key-van Eeghen 2 6 opp18 11:57 Oak Stabler-Whitting 13 Bas S-Hitch/PBK/sec 4-3 tM Key-van Eeghen/Bz2 1 5 opp5 11:52 Oak Stabler-van Eegh X 2T2 S-Out/sec 6-3 sM Goalline 2 5 opp5 11:13 Oak Sk-Alzado -2/F 2T2 S-Slant/PBK 6-3 sM Goalline 3 2 opp2 11:06 Oak van Eeghen 2/TD 2T2 Sweep-L 6-3 sM Goalline 14-7 KO 11:06 Den kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 10:59 Den Perrin 10 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 tM Basic/Bz1/Li 1 10 own30 10:53 Den Perrin 5 Bas Stretch-R 3-4 Z Basic/Bz1 2 5 own35 10:13 Den Morton-Perrin 10 Bas S-Flat 3-4 sZ Basic/Bz1/Lo 1 10 own45 10:06 Den Morton-Odoms X Bas M-Hitch 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 2 10 own45 9:26 Den Sk-Hendricks -9 Bas M-Seam/sec 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 3 19 own36 8:41 Den Morton 9 4WR L-Hitch/SG 3-1 dZ Pass/Li 4 10 own45 8:35 Den Dilts 23,Colzie-2 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own30 7:54 Oak Stabler-van Eegh 12 Bas S-Flat 5-1 Z Key-van Eeghen 1 10 own42 7:06 Oak Whittington 11 Bas Trap-L 5-1 Z Key-van Eeghen/Bz1 1 10 opp47 6:18 Oak Stabler-Bradshaw 26 Bas M-Straight/PBK 4-3 Z Stuff 1 10 opp21 5:31 Oak van Eeghen 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen/Bz2 2 5 opp16 4:47 Oak Sk-Grant -10 Bas M-Fade/PBK 4-3 tM Dbl-van Eeghen 3 15 opp26 4:42 Oak Pen10(Lawrence) 3W1 Screen/sec 4-1 sZ Pass 3 25 opp36 4:38 Oak Stabler-Casper X 3W1 M-Hitch/PBK 4-1 dZ Pass 4 25 opp36 4:33 Oak Guy 33,Upchurch 8 --- Pt-pooch --- Return 1 10 own11 4:24 Den Pen6(Neville) Bas Stretch-R 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 1 16 own5 3:31 Den Perrin 12 Bas Draw 3-4 M Basic/Bz3/Li 2 4 own17 2:45 Den Perrin -2/F Bas Pitch-L 3-4 tM Run/Bz2 3 6 own15 2:11 Den Morton-Moses 7 3W2 M-Seam/SG 3-2 sZ Pass/Lo 1 10 own22 2:00 Den Armstrong 3 Bas Stretch-R 3-4 M Run 2 7 own25 1:54 Den Morton-INT-Phillips 4WR M-Out/SG/sec 3-2 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp37 1:45 Oak van Eeghen 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 2 7 opp34 1:38 Oak Stabler-Casper X Bas M-Seam/PBK 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 3 7 opp34 1:29 Oak Stabler-INT-Jackson Bas S-Hitch 4-1 sZ Pass 1 10 own42 1:22 Den Morton-Upchurch X 4WR L-Hitch/SG 3-2 Z Pass/Li 2 10 own42 1:16 Den Morton-Preston X 4WR L-Straight/SG/sec 3-2 Z Pass/Bz2/Lo 3 10 own42 1:04 Den Morton-INT-Phillips 4WR M-Hitch/SG/sec 3-1 Z Pass/Lo 1 10 opp19 0:51 Oak Stabler-Bradshaw 19/ Bas M-Fade/PBK 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 21-7 KO 0:44 Den Upchurch ret of 6 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own10 0:08 Den Perrin 12 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 M Pass/Li 1 10 own22 0:00 Den Perrin 10 Bas Stretch-R 3-4 M Basic 3rd Quarter KO 14:50 Den Upchurch ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 14:10 Den Armstrong 7 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 M Basic 2 3 own28 13:25 Den Perrin 5 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 own33 12:46 Den Sk-Browning -9 Bas M-Hitch 3-4 M Basic/Bz3/Lo 2 19 own24 12:00 Den Perrin 8 Bas Stretch-R 3-3 Z Pass 3 11 own32 11:55 Den Morton-Moses X Bas S-Flat/SG/RB 3-1 M Pass/Lo 4 11 own32 11:52 Den Dilts 44,Colzie 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 11:13 Oak Whittington 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 2 6 own28 10:40 Oak Stabler-Casper 10 Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own38 10:03 Oak van Eeghen 5/F Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen/Bz3 2 5 own43 9:27 Oak Whittington 9 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run-van Eeghen 1 10 opp48 8:53 Oak Stabler-Branch 23 Bas M-Straight/PBK 4-3 Z Stuff 1 10 opp25 8:14 Oak Whittington 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 tM Pass Dbl-Branch 2 5 opp20 7:36 Oak van Eeghen 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-van Eeghen 3 5 opp20 7:02 Oak Whittington 2 3W1 Draw 4-3 tM Dbl-Casper 4 3 opp18 6:57 Oak FG Mann 35/G --- FG --- Block 24-7 KO 6:44 Den Upchurch ret of 15 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 6:39 Den Morton-Armstron X Bas B-Post/sec 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 2 10 own16 6:00 Den Sk-Hendricks -7 Bas S-Flat/sec 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 3 17 own9 5:53 Den Morton-Moses X 4WR L-Hitch/SG 3-1 dZ Pass 4 17 own9 5:49 Den Dilts 33,Colzie 7 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp35 5:14 Oak Stabler-Bradshaw 11 Bas S-Cross/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp24 4:37 Oak van Eeghen -1 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz3 2 11 opp25 4:03 Oak Whittington 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 3 7 opp21 3:29 Oak Stabler-Casper 8 3W1 S-Hitch/PBK 4-1 sZ Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp13 3:25 Den Pen5(Thompson) Bas S-Slant/PBK 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 1 8 opp8 2:49 Oak Whittington -3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Goalline 2 11 opp11 2:40 Oak Stabler-Casper 11/TD Bas M-Out/PBK 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 31-7 KO 2:33 Den Preston ret of 18 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own18 1:50 Den Perrin 8 Bas Stretch-R 3-3 M Pass/Bz1/Li 2 2 own26 1:43 Den Morton-Dolbin 10/F Bas M-Straight/sec 3-4 M Run/Lo 1 10 opp36 1:34 Oak van Eeghen 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Run-van Eeghen 2 7 opp33 0:57 Oak Whittington 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run-van Eeghen 3 5 opp31 0:48 Oak Stabler-Bradshaw 6 3W1 S-Flat/sec 4-1 Z Pass 1 10 opp25 0:42 Oak Stabler-Bradshaw X Bas M-Isolate/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 2 10 opp25 0:02 Oak Whittington -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-Whittingto/Bz3 3 11 opp26 0:00 Oak van Eeghen 4 3W1 Draw 4-1 sZ Pass 4th Quarter 4 7 opp22 14:54 Oak FG Mann 39/G --- FG --- Block 34-7 KO 14:54 Den kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 14:48 Oak Pen12(Phillips) 4WR L-Out/SG/sec 3-1 M Pass 1 10 own32 14:41 Den Morton-Moses X 4WR L-Hitch/SG 3-1 M Pass/Li 2 10 own32 14:36 Den Morton-Upchurch X 4WR S-Flat/SG 3-1 M Pass/Bz1/Lo 3 10 own32 14:36 Den Pen5(Matuszak) 4WR Stretch-R 3-1 Z Pass 3 5 own37 13:58 Den Perrin 3 4WR Draw 3-1 sZ Pass/Li 4 2 own40 13:22 Den Perrin 3 4WR Draw 3-2 tM Basic/Li 1 10 own43 12:45 Den Morton-Upchurch 8 4WR M-Isolate/SG 3-1 M Pass/Bz1/Lo 2 2 opp49 12:05 Den Morton-Moses 29 4WR L-Hitch/SG 3-2 Z Basic/Li 1 10 opp20 11:28 Den Perrin -1 4WR Draw/SG 3-1 M Pass/Lo 2 11 opp21 11:20 Den Morton-Dolbin X 4WR S-Out/SG/sec 3-1 M Pass/Bz1 3 11 opp21 10:42 Den Morton-Moses 12 4WR M-Hitch/SG 3-1 Z Pass/Lo 1 9 opp9 10:02 Den Perrin -1 4WR Draw/SG 3-2 M Basic/Li 2 10 opp10 9:53 Den Morton-Moses X 4WR M-Fade/SG 3-1 Z Pass 3 10 opp10 9:46 Den Morton-Upchurch 10/T 4WR M-Fade/SG 3-1 M Pass/Bz1 34-1 KO 9:42 Oak Russell ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 opp48 9:31 Oak Stabler-INT-Gradisha Bas M-Seam/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 1 10 opp49 8:41 Den Morton-Armstron 5 3W2 M-Seam/SG/sec 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 2 5 opp44 7:46 Den Armstrong 5 3W2 Draw/SG 3-4 Z Basic/Lo 1 10 opp39 6:49 Den Morton 10 3W2 B-Fly/SG 3-4 M Basic/Bz2 1 10 opp29 6:40 Den Morton-Moses X 3W2 L-Hitch/SG 3-3 M Basic/Bz1/Lo 2 10 opp29 5:53 Den Morton-Perrin 5 3W2 S-Hitch/SG/sec 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1/Lo 3 5 opp24 4:58 Den Perrin 3 3W2 Draw/SG 3-3 tM Pass/Li 4 2 opp21 4:03 Den Armstrong 6 3W2 Draw/SG 3-4 M Run/Bz2/Li 1 10 opp15 3:54 Den Morton-Moses X 3W2 M-Fade/SG 3-4 M Basic/Bz1/Lo 2 10 opp15 3:51 Den Morton-Perrin X 3W2 M-Out/SG/sec 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 3 10 opp15 3:42 Den Morton-Upchurch X 3W2 M-Fade/SG 3-3 M Pass/Bz1/Li 4 10 opp15 3:33 Den Morton-INT-Hayes 3W2 M-Hitch/SG 3-1 Z Pass/Li 1 10 own13 2:38 Oak van Eeghen 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 2 8 own15 2:26 Oak Whittington 11 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen 1 10 own26 2:18 Oak van Eeghen 10 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own36 2:18 Oak Pen5(Chavous) Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen/Bz3 1 5 own41 2:08 Oak van Eeghen 2 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Key-van Eeghen/Bz3 2 3 own43 1:58 Oak Whittington 0 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Stuff/Bz3 3 3 own43 1:50 Oak van Eeghen 1 3W1 Dive 3-1 Z Pass 4 2 own44 1:46 Oak Guy 48,Upchurch 0 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own8 1:40 Den Morton-Upchurch X 4WR B-Fly/SG 3-1 dZ Prevent 2 10 own8 1:17 Den Morton 4 4WR B-Post/SG 3-1 dZ Prevent 3 6 own12 1:12 Den Morton-Upchurch X 4WR L-Straight/SG/sec 3-1 dZ Prevent 4 6 own12 1:05 Den Dilts 40,Colzie 0 --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own48 0:28 Oak Stabler -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 Z Basic 2 11 own47 0:00 Oak Stabler -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 Z Basic