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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers - October 8th, 1978
Denver Broncos 0 at San Diego Chargers 23
Sunday, October 8, 1978
Denver Broncos 0, San Diego Chargers 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (4-2-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers (2-4-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
Scoring
| DEN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Don Woods 1 yard rush (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | SDG | Hank Bauer 14 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3rd | SDG | Rolf Benirschke 28 yard field goal | 0 | 17 |
| 4th | SDG | Rolf Benirschke 20 yard field goal | 0 | 20 |
| SDG | Rolf Benirschke 24 yard field goal | 0 | 23 |
Team Stats
| DEN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 16-76-0 | 45-128-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-30-90-0-3 | 22-34-187-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 3-17 |
| Net pass yards | 80 | 170 |
| Total yards | 156 | 298 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-30 | 11-78 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dave Preston | DEN | 4 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 3 | 37 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | DEN | 5 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Craig Penrose | DEN | 3 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 4 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lydell Mitchell | SDG | 19 | 65 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 22 | 34 | 187 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Don Woods | SDG | 17 | 50 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| John Jefferson | SDG | 4 | 48 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Pat Curran | SDG | 3 | 30 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Hank Bauer | SDG | 4 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Bob Klein | SDG | 2 | 22 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Rodgers | SDG | 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 | |||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Rizzo | DEN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 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 | |||
| Glen Edwards | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Fuller | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Goode | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Louie Kelcher | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Artie Owens | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||