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Denver Broncos 23 at Kansas City Chiefs 17
Sunday, September 24, 1978
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium, Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 68 degrees, relative humidity 66%, wind 6 mph
Weather: 68 degrees, relative humidity 66%, wind 6 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (3-1-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| Kansas City Chiefs (1-3-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| DEN | KAN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Riley Odoms 42 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Chiefs | Mike Livingston 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Broncos | Jim Turner 42 yard field goal | 10 | 7 |
| Chiefs | Jan Stenerud 46 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Chiefs | Tony Reed 15 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 10 | 17 |
| Broncos | Larry Canada 3 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| OT | Broncos | Dave Preston 1 yard rush | 23 | 17 |
Team Stats
| DEN | KAN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 58-228-2 | 41-155-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-21-138-1-1 | 7-10-89-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-9 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 129 | 89 |
| Total yards | 357 | 244 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-31 | 6-40 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Canada | DEN | 19 | 94 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 12 | 21 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 4 | 60 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 13 | 48 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 8 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 5 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Reed | KAN | 17 | 79 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 31 | ||||||
| Mike Livingston | KAN | 7 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ted McKnight | KAN | 7 | 33 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Walter White | KAN | 2 | 30 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mark Bailey | KAN | 9 | 29 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| MacArthur Lane | KAN | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Arnold Morgado | KAN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Horace Belton | KAN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Bernard Jackson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Jackson | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 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 | |||
| Tim Gray | KAN | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Arnold Morgado | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Payton | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bucky Dilts | DEN | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Turner | DEN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | KAN | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 0 | ||||
| Jan Stenerud | KAN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |