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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears - December 12th, 1976
Denver Broncos 28 at Chicago Bears 14
Sunday, December 12, 1976
Denver Broncos 28, Chicago Bears 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (9-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Chicago Bears (7-7-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Scoring
| DEN | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI | Allan Ellis 22 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | CHI | Walter Payton 21 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3rd | DEN | Jon Keyworth 13 yard pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4th | DEN | Rick Upchurch 19 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 14 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong 11 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| DEN | Riley Odoms 12 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 28 | 14 |
Team Stats
| DEN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 5 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 59-356-3 | 31-116-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-25-107-1-5 | 2-17-64-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-10 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 97 | 56 |
| Total yards | 453 | 172 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-35 | 5-47 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Norris Weese | DEN | 7 | 22 | 98 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 12 | 120 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 26 | 116 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 2 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 43 | ||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 8 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Kiick | DEN | 4 | 31 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 6 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Craig Penrose | DEN | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brian Baschnagel | CHI | 1 | 58 | 0 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 13 | 50 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 14 | 49 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 2 | 17 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Johnny Musso | CHI | 3 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Harvey Goodman | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Jackson | DEN | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Poltl | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Brian Baschnagel | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ross Brupbacher | CHI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Allan Ellis | CHI | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Virgil Livers | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||